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

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

All,

I've asked this question in the past, with mixed results, but what might be the best way of describing a project that crosses boundaries (as described in this thread)?  Where they could fit into more than one box.  I've always wondered why there wasn't a matrix of capabilities associated with the projects under the OSGeo umbrella.

Bobb



From: live-demo-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:live-demo-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 4:25 PM
To: Cameron Shorter
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Subject: Re: [Live-demo] Re-categorising OSGeo-Live projects


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

 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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