[Live-demo] Re-categorising OSGeo-Live projects

[Barry Rowlingson]

On 9 December 2012 19:24, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:

> As I'm reviewing the OSGeo-Live overview contents [1], I think that we
> should be recategorising some of the projects. Here are my suggestions
>
> Rasdaman - Move from Databases to Web Services (I understand it is best
> described as a WCS)
>
> GDAL - Move from "Spatial Tools" to "Geospatial Libraries"
>
> OSSIM - Move from "Desktop" to "Spatial Tools"
>
> Geopublisher & AtlasStyler - Move from "Desktop" to a new "Prior OSGeoLive
> Projects" section
>
> Any objections or other suggestions?
>
> [1] http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/**livedvd/docs/en/overview/**
> overview.html<http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html>
>
>
 Some thoughts:

1. "Browser Clients" doesn't seem a very informative or accurate
description of the projects listed, several of which have server-side
components. "Web Mapping and GIS" might be better. Or something else.

2. "Databases" might be better as "Spatial Data Storage and Management".
I'd take pgRouting off that category.

3. I'd take everything after SAGA (ie OSSIM onwards) off the Desktop GIS
category, so that this category is purely general purpose GIS packages.
OSSIM, Geopublisher, AtlasStyler, osgEarth, and MB-System are not 'Desktop
GIS' as understood by your average GIS person...

4. Create a new category of specialised ('vertical'?) applications,
containing such as: zyGrib, OpenCPN, MB-System and possibly Ushahidi and
Sahana Eden.

5. Put pgRouting and the remaining GPS-related packages into a Tracking and
Routing category.

6. Think maybe a categorical index is a bit simplistic and maybe we should
just tag everything instead.

7. Wonder why OSSIM and OTB are in different categories and think it's
getting late I should just go to bed instead.

Barry
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