[Incubator] GeoLens community project application

Mon Sep 28 23:35:59 PDT 2026

Hello,

Here are my thoughts. 

The board said they are not banning or enforcing the use if AI, it is up to individual projects. They didn't say about use of AI in Communtiy Projects. 

I suggest we apply the rest of the criteria - which, if memory serves incudes that the project shows collaboration:

<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_OSGeo_Community_Projects_Initiative>

We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests.

So I think this project qualifies. I've not reviewed everything else but assuming it does then I think it is ok. 

Please do share more thoughts everyone!

My personal opinion is that it would be worth making clear how you used AI coding agents Ian. Perhaps this is something to add to the README or CONTRINUTING  files?

Best wishes
Nick. 

On 28 September 2026 23:03:19 BST, Jody Garnett via Incubator <incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> The board has not really provided guidance on vibe coding.
>
>My own personal opinion is that open source requires collaboration - the
>test our incubation process has is to have input from several organizations
>(not just several developers) in order to offer users some assurance that a
>project will be sustained. With that in mind, while I am okay with AI being
>used for assistance / reference, it has some weakness from the
>sustainability angle.
>
>The above is my own take only; there was some osgeo discussion over the
>summer but I did not understand the result.
>- -
>Jody Garnett
>
>
>On Sep 28, 2026 at 2:55:04 PM, Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Even,
>>
>> Yes. AI coding agents, mainly Claude Code with Codex as a reviewer, write
>> most of GeoLens with guidance from me.
>>
>> If this is grounds for ineligibility, I'll withdraw the page submission.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> @Ian looking at the commit history and pull request history, this is
>>> obviously vibe coded. Can you confirm ?
>>>
>>> @Jody  Is this OK for vibe coded projects to be community projects ?
>>>
>>> Even
>>> Le 28/09/2026 à 23:15, Ian Shiland via Incubator a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the access. The GeoLens project page is now submitted for
>>> review. I left the project type as None for now and will switch it to
>>> Community Project once the committee confirms. Let me know if anything on
>>> the page needs changing.
>>>
>>> Ian
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>
>>>> I added you as project author role, so you should be able to create a
>>>> page now!
>>>> - -
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 20, 2026 at 7:42:07 AM, Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve confirmed that my OSGeo account, ishiland, still cannot access the
>>>>> Projects dashboard - it returns a permission error. Could you enable
>>>>> project-author access and confirm the current status of GeoLens’s Community
>>>>> Project application? The listing content and logo are ready.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an OSGeo user id now: *ishiland*. Regina sent a mantra through
>>>>>> sysadmin, so registration is done and a profile has been created.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM Ian Shiland <ishiland at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jody, I've requested a mantra from mantra-request at osgeo.org so I
>>>>>>> can create the account. I'll send the user id as soon as it comes through.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please provide your osgeo user id, and sign into the osgeo.org website
>>>>>>>> to fill in your profile information. Then I can grant the profile
>>>>>>>> permission to make a new project page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For more information see:
>>>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/add-a-project/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - -
>>>>>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2026 at 6:33:34 AM, Ian Shiland via Incubator <
>>>>>>>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'd like to apply for OSGeo Community Project status for GeoLens, a
>>>>>>>>> self-hosted geospatial data catalog and map builder built on PostGIS. It
>>>>>>>>> ingests common vector and raster formats, serves them through OGC API -
>>>>>>>>> Features, OGC API - Records, STAC and DCAT, and includes a web map builder
>>>>>>>>> with vector tiles.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    - Repository: https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens (Apache-2.0)
>>>>>>>>>    - User documentation: https://docs.getgeolens.com
>>>>>>>>>    - Live demo: https://demo.getgeolens.com
>>>>>>>>>    - Contribution policy: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md (DCO)
>>>>>>>>>    - Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md (Contributor Covenant)
>>>>>>>>>    - Issue tracker and discussions: public on GitHub
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The first public release was June 2026 and the project has shipped
>>>>>>>>> regular tagged releases since (currently v1.14.1). The repository has
>>>>>>>>> issues and pull requests from outside contributors, and GeoLibre (an
>>>>>>>>> OpenGeos project) ships a built-in GeoLens integration that I've
>>>>>>>>> contributed fixes back to.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If a project listing on osgeo.org needs to exist before this
>>>>>>>>> application, point me at the right process and I'll take care of it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Happy to answer any questions.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ian Shiland
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