[Incubator] GeoLens community project application
Even Rouault
even.rouault at spatialys.com
Tue Sep 29 00:45:00 PDT 2026
Looking at
https://github.com/geolens-io/geolens/graphs/contributors?from=27%2F06%2F2026
, you can see that there were 4 other committers than Ian (excluding
dependabot), contributing a grand total of 7 commits compared to Ian's
1095, and looking at their commits, it is clear (from the verbosity of
the commit message) that 3 of them also used an agent. So the
collaboration space is limited to people using agents.
Le 29/09/2026 à 08:35, Nick Bearman via Incubator a écrit :
> 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
>>>> <http://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
>>>>> <http://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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>> LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.
>> Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"
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LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot.
Let's guillotine them! "Ah ! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira !"
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