[Marketing] two ideas

[Cameron Shorter]

Christian Willmes did an excellent job revamping the OSGeo Advocate page 
[1] such that it now makes use of structured wiki data.
And once you have structured data, you can do cool things, like make an 
OSGeo Advocate Map [2].

A start for sourcing data from prior FOSS4G events could be found here:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History

Christian will likely be able to refine this suggestion further.

[1] 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Process_for_becoming_an_OSGeo_Advocate
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Advocates_Map


On 14/05/2016 10:55 am, Bob Basques wrote:
>
>
> On 05/13/2016 07:16 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Although it may not seem obvious I try and control my scope as a 
>> volunteer (so I do not burn out) by only taking on one mad plan at a 
>> time. Having wrapped up the working party on sponsorship, and 
>> finished an osgeo talk at foss4gna I have two ideas to do within the 
>> context of the marketing committee.
>>
>> I do not really mind which one is done first, is anyone interested in 
>> helping out?
>>
>> *Community Event Map*
>>
>> I was amazed to hear about the size of some of the foss4g regional 
>> events taking place in Europe. It could be I do not sign up to all 
>> the lists ever, but I did feel uninformed and cannot imagine I am alone.
>> Idea: /Make an animated map of the regional event, with circle size 
>> based on number of attendees, transparency based on how long ago it 
>> was - similar to what is on the GeoForAll website for established labs./
> /Why not mix the two maps together.  Both the Geo4All and the Events 
> maps.  either as an entierly new map, or as a mashup. Seems pertinent 
> to see those layers next to each other.
>
> Also seem like it should be tied into the OSGeo news feed as new 
> events are plotted.
>
> /
>> Approach: /I think we could either attract a volunteer or outsource 
>> as a small contract. It is not quite as simple as a map as we need a 
>> way to add additional events into the mix, and their attendance numbers./
>> References:
>> - http://www.osgeo.org/news
>> - http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ (example map)
>> - http://www.opengeospatial.org/event
>> - http://tour.locationtech.org/2015/
>>
>> *Updated Service Providers Page*
>> Our service providers page (http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile) is 
>> ... not very professional even though we are showcasing some amazing 
>> organizations!
>>
>> While the groups listed here are not always involved as we may wish 
>> they do often operate on the front lines of open source adoption. The 
>> QGIS, GeoServer and MapServer communities point to a great way to 
>> address both these issues - group service/product providers by their 
>> level of participation in the community:
>> - *core contributors* take responsibility for some aspect of the 
>> project (such as releases, documentation or maintenance); while
>> - *contributors* have shown the ability to successfully develop a new 
>> feature on behalf of their customers (meeting community Q, 
>> documentation guidelines
>> - *others *...
>>
> I've thought about this myself in the past, if the service providoers 
> DB were to be set up as a WMS map for example, where it could easily 
> be added to any viable consuming app, it would make it easy to spread 
> the word via mapping, as well as a reverse geocoder for nearest to me 
> queries.
>> It is also a bother that each project is having to maintain their own 
>> page on this subject, setting up something pretty/consistent would 
>> reduce overhead for our project teams.
>>
>> Idea: /database backed page on service providers, showcasing logos 
>> for core contributors and contributors - in order to recognize those 
>> that make our community go in a place where it matters (where 
>> customers are trying to find them)./
>> Approach: /attract volunteers (should hopefully be interested 
>> parties) and form a work group. Alternative is once again setup a 
>> design, accept quotes, and outsource./
>> References:
>> - http://mapserver.org/community/service_providers.html
>> - 
>> http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/commercial_support.html#qgis-commercial-support
>> -
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
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