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

[Cameron Shorter]

On 10/12/2012 9:24 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
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>
> On 9 December 2012 19:24, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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"
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>     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
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>
>  Some thoughts:
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> 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.
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> 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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Thanks Barry,
As usual you have some very good suggestions about categorising which 
I'll have a go at putting into practice.

Point 6 about tagging is valid, but I'm still in favour of categorising, 
as I think there is value in it, even if it is not perfect.

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