[Live-demo] Re: Application to include MapWindow 4.8.6 on the OSGeo Live DVD

Daniel P. Ames dan.ames at isu.edu
Wed Jan 4 18:06:43 EST 2012


Yes please do keep me as back up. Paul and I manage this project together.
Thanks to everyone on the DVD committee for considering us!

- Dan

--------------------------
Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
Associate Professor, Geosciences
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
dan.ames at isu.edu
geology.isu.edu
www.mapwindow.org



On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Thank you Daniel,
>
> As discussed with you earlier, I think that MapWindow plays an important
> role in the Geospatial Open Source stack, and while it doesn't run on linux
> as other OSGeo-Live applications, I think we should make an exception and
> include as a windows installer.
>
> I caveat this comment based upon whether we can find enough room, which
> will probably come at the expense of windows installers for other
> applications. I'm hoping we should have a better understanding of the space
> availability after Alex creates a build which I think he will be doing
> soonish.
>
> Does anyone else from the OSGeo-Live community have comments or
> suggestions related to this application?
>
> Paul Meems, can you please confirm that you are ok to be OSGeo-Live's
> contact person for MapWindow?
> Daniel, do you mind if we keep you name as a back up contact person as
> well? (It means you will be CCed on emails we send to project owners, which
> doesn't happen too often).
>
>
> On 5/01/2012 4:03 AM, Daniel P. Ames wrote:
>
> Cameron, can you approve my membership on this mailing list so that our
> application can go through? Thanks,
>
>  - Dan
>
>  --------------------------
> Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
> Associate Professor, Geosciences
> Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
> dan.ames at isu.edu
> geology.isu.edu
> www.mapwindow.org
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: <live-demo-owner at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:01 AM
> Subject: Application to include MapWindow 4.8.6 on the OSGeo Live DVD
> To: dan.ames at isu.edu
>
>
> This is an application to include the MapWindow GIS 4.8.6 software on the
> OSGeo Live DVD. The reasons for making this request now are 1) we have
> reached a point where MapWindow is mature and stable enough to be included,
> 2) we would like to offer a .NET native Windows application on the DVD, 3)
> We are holding our 3rd international conference in June in the Netherlands
> and would like to distribute this DVD to the conference goers (which will
> include users and developers of a variety of FOSS4G products - hence we'd
> like to give them the full OSGeo Live DVD - not just a CD of MapWindow.)
>
>  Here are specific answers to the application request form (answers in
> bold).
>
>
>    - Please describe your application.
>       - What is its name? *MapWindow GIS 4.8.6*
>       - What is the home page URL?* www.mapwindow.org*
>       - Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used? *Mozilla Public
>       License (MPL 1.1)*
>       - What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>       GeoSpatial stack of software? *This is a desktop GIS that can be
>       extended through plugins written in .NET*
>       - Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of
>       the standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how
>       standards are used.* The software uses shapefiles and raster data.
>       Plugins are under development to access WFS and WMS data.*
>       - What language is it written in?* C++, C#, VB.NET*
>       - Which version of the application should be included in the next
>       OSGeo-Live release?* 4.8.6*
>
>
>    - Stability is very important to us on OSGeo-Live. If a new user finds
>    a bug in one application, it will tarnish the reputation of all other
>    OSGeo-Live applications as well. (Way pay most attention to the following
>    answers):
>       - If risk adverse organisations have deployed your application into
>       production, it would imply that these organisations have verified the
>       stability of your software. Has the application been rolled out to
>       production into risk (ideally risk adverse) organisations? Please mention
>       some of these organisations? *US EPA and USGS have made extensive
>       use of MapWindow.*
>       - What is the size of the user community? You can often answer this
>       by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email list? *Approximately
>       6,000 downloads per month and 14,000 people on the opt-in mailing list.
>       *
>       - What is the size of your developer community?* about 10 active
>       developers on MapWindow 4.x with other developers focused on plugins and
>       other versions of the software (MapWindow 6 is an active work in progress).
>       *
>       - Do you have a bug free, stable release? 4.8.6 is significantly
>       bug free.* The only major errors reported are related to third
>       party plugins that need to be updated.*
>       - Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone
>       through. *This version (4.8.x) has undergone 6 test releases over
>       the past 18 months. Bugs were found in each test release that were then
>       fixed until we got to this stable version.*
>       - How long has the project has had mature code. *MapWindow 4.x was
>       first released in 2005. The code has continued to mature and improve over
>       the years with many new features that sometimes introduce bugs - which is
>       why the latest version had 6 candidate releases.*
>
>
>    - OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use rather
>    than libraries. Does the application have a user interface (possibly a
>    command line interface) that a user can interact with? (We do make an
>    exception for Incubated OSGeo Libraries, and will include Project Overviews
>    for these libraries, even if they don't have a user interface.) *Yes,
>    MapWindow 4.x is primarily an end user interface, though it can be extended
>    through custom plugins using the MapWindow libraries.*
>
>
>    - We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects which
>    are presented at FOSS4G <http://foss4g.org/> conferences. If your
>    project is involved in OSGeo Incubation, or has been selected to be
>    presented at FOSS4G, then please mention it. *MapWindow is not an
>    Incubated project as of yet, but has been presented at many FOSS4G
>    conferences through demo booths, talks, posters, etc.*
>
>
>    - With around 50 applications installed on OSGeo-Live, us core
>    packagers do not have the time to liaise with every single project email
>    list for each OSGeo-Live release. So we require a volunteer (or two) to
>    take responsibility for liaising between OSGeo-Live and the project's
>    communities. This volunteer will be responsible for ensuring the install
>    scripts and English documentation are updated by someone for each
>    OSGeo-Live release. Also test that the installed application and Quickstart
>    documentation works as expected on release candidate releases of
>    OSGeo-Live. Who will act as the project's liaison person.* We have
>    asked Mr. Paul Meems to take this role. *
>
>
>    - OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
>       1. Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
>       2. Install .deb files from a PPA
>       3. Write a custom install script
>
>  Can you please discuss how your application will be installed. -* As
> we've discussed with Cameron, MapWindow 4.x is a Windows native .NET
> application hence the application will need to appear on the DVD as a
> single executable installer - something like MapWindow4.8.x_Install.exe.*
>
>    - OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application run
>    in 512 Meg of RAM?* (N/A)*
>
>
>    - How much disk space will be required to install the application and
>    a suitable example application? *Installation requires about 65 MB of
>    HD space.*
>
>
>    - We aim to reduce disk space by having all applications make use of a
>    common dataset. We encourage applications to make use of the example
>    datasets already installed:
>
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets If
> another dataset would be more appropriate, please discuss here. Is it
> appropriate, to remove existing demo datasets which may already be included
> in the standard release. *Our small 45MB installer includes a few sample
> data sets that are extracted to the HD on the Windows machine.*
>
>    - Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview available
>    under a CC By <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/> and a
>    Quickstart available under a CC By-SA<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/> license.
>    (You may release under a second license as well). Will you produce this?
>    *Yes we will produce this. *
>
>
>    - In past releases, we have included Windows and Mac installers for
>    some applications. It is likely we won't have space for these in future
>    releases. However, if there is room, would you be wishing to include
>    Windows and/or Mac installers? *Yes in this case we ONLY would like to
>    include a Windows installer. *
>
>
>
>  Thanks to the DVD committee for considering inclusion of MapWindow in
> the OSGeo Live DVD.
>
>  - Dan
>
>  --------------------------
>  Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
> Associate Professor, Geosciences
> Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
> dan.ames at isu.edu
> geology.isu.edu
> www.mapwindow.org
>
>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Solutions Manager
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>
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