[Live-demo] TileMill Live_GIS_Disc_Apply Form
Angelos Tzotsos
gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com
Sat Dec 22 15:36:02 PST 2012
Hi all,
+1 from me too to include TileMill on OSGeoLive
Greetings,
Angelos
On 12/22/2012 10:31 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Thanks Javi,
>
> Based on Javi's responses, and also that I understand from Brian
> Hamlin that an installer has already been written, I'm +1 for
> including TileMill as part of the OSM tools that we include on
> OSGeo-Live.
>
> I can see from responses that this project is well established, and
> has a strong user community behind it.
>
> On 21/12/12 18:54, Javi Sanchez wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Following the instructions at
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply , we have filled in
>> the requiered information to apply for TileMill to be included in the
>> Disc.
>>
>> Find answers either bellow or at [1]
>>
>> [1]
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlRFyY1XenjJdHZpZTJLcHNITHMwNG5wZWgxQXkxcFE
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Javi Sánchez
>> Capitulo Hispanohablante OSGeo (Madrid)
>>
>>
>> - TileMill Live_GIS_Disc_Apply -
>>
>> What is its name? TileMill
>> What is the home page URL? http://tilemill.com
>> Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used? BSD
>> What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>> GeoSpatial stack of software? TileMill is a tool to quickly and
>> easily design maps for the web using custom data. It is built on the
>> powerful open-source map rendering library Mapnik ( the same software
>> OpenStreetMap and MapQuest use to make some of their maps ) and uses
>> CartoCSS as a stylesheet language.
>> 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. TileMill does not support
>> any OGC standards, like WMS or WFS. Rather it adhers the widespread
>> practices of z/x/y tile schemes used by Google and OSM and is based
>> on the MBTiles and UTFGrid specifications.
>> What language is it written in? JavaScript - Uses Node.js
>> on the serverside and shares some backbone.js models on the clientside
>> Which version of the application should be included in the
>> next OSGeo-Live release? 0.10.1
>>
>> 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. (We 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?
>> TileMill can be both used as a Desktop GUI tool and a
>> serverside/command line rendering engine. In both forms is has been
>> used by many organizations in production. MapBox uses it to render
>> global baselayers down to z17 (mapbox-streets), NPR used it to make
>> the census map: http://apps.npr.org/fire-forecast/, and many more
>> examples: http://mapbox.com/tilemill/gallery/
>> What is the size of the user community? You can often answer
>> this by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email
>> list? New releases usually see 10-15 thousand downloads
>> What is the size of your developer community? 10 Developers
>> Do you have a bug free, stable release? Every release
>> becomes more stable, 0.10.1 is the most stable yet.
>> Please discuss the level of testing that your project has
>> gone through. TileMill has unit tests as well as many of the
>> libraries it depends upon
>> How long has the project has had mature code. Several years
>>
>> 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.) TileMill is a map design studio desktop application that
>> users can interact with by means of its graphical user interface.
>>
>> We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects which
>> are presented at FOSS4G conferences. If your project is involved in
>> OSGeo Incubation, or has been selected to be presented at FOSS4G,
>> then please mention it. "- TileMill is not an incubated project
>> at present.
>> - It was present at FOSS4G 2011
>> - Workshop at Girona (Spain) GIS Open Source 2011 venue
>> - Next FOSS4g 2013 paper:
>> http://foss4g-na.org/schedule/cartography-with-tilemill-postgis-and-openstreetmap/"
>>
>> 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. Javier Sánchez
>>
>> OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
>> Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
>> Install .deb files from a PPA
>> Write a custom install script Write a custom
>> install script
>>
>> Can you please discuss how your application will be
>> installed. Application is installed by means of an Ubuntu PPA
>>
>> OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application
>> run in 512 Meg of RAM? YES
>>
>> How much disk space will be required to install the application
>> and a suitable example application? 146.3MB on disk
>>
>> 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. ok, Current datasets are
>> appropriate, as OSM and PostGIS examples can be managed from
>> TileMill. On the other hand, example projects are also included.
>>
>> Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview available
>> under a CC By and a Quickstart available under a CC By-SA license.
>> (You may release under a second license as well). Will you produce
>> this? YES
>>
>> 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 indeed, as
>> Installations from Mac OS X and Windows are available
>>
>>
>> El 14/12/12 00:16, Cameron Shorter escribió:
>>> Javi,
>>> This was discussed at this week's weekly meeting, and we were
>>> reasonably supportive of this proposal. Could you please make an
>>> official application, answering our standard questions for including
>>> a new application, which will allow us to make a better assessment.
>>>
>>> The questionnaire is here:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
>>>
>>> On 14/12/12 09:32, Javi Sanchez wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> As Volunteer to maintain OSM apps, this is to suggest a last minute
>>>> change to switch to TileMile instead of osmarender, within current
>>>> release 6.5. I have confirmed that the installing script is already
>>>> available, and I would be ready to write the overview/quickstart
>>>> over the next 1 month, according to the planned milestones.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know your opinions or if there is any inconvenience
>>>> we may have to discus or take into account.
>>>>
>>>> This can significantly improve the capabilities to exploit OSM data
>>>> and It may be worth it.
>>>>
>>>> Best Rergards,
>>>>
>>>> Javi Sánchez
>>>> Capitulo Hispanohablante OSGeo (Madrid)
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Angelos Tzotsos
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National Technical University of Athens
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