[Live-demo] JTS Topology Application for inclusion in Live-DVD

Sun Nov 11 16:19:03 PST 2012

+1 from me too.

Angelos

On 11/12/2012 12:06 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Thanks Stefan,
> I believe JTS is a mature library, used by many OSGeo projects, and 
> which has a user interface which is often used to demonstrate the 
> principles of geometry functions.
> Assuming we have sufficient space on OSGeo-Live, I'm strongly in 
> favour of including JTS, and thank Stefan for putting forward this 
> proposal.
> So +1 from me.
>
> Any other comments before we make a final call on this?
>
> On 12/11/2012 3:19 AM, Stefan Steiniger wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> On behalf of Martin Davis and as a response to a request of Cameron I 
>> would like to formally apply for the Project “JTS Topology Suite” to 
>> be included in the (next?) Live-DVD release:
>>
>> Please describe your application.
>> =================================
>> * What is its name?
>> JTS Topology Suite
>>
>> * What is the home page URL?
>> http://tsusiatsoftware.net/jts/main.html
>>
>> * Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?
>> LGPL
>>
>> * What does the application do and how does it add value to the 
>> GeoSpatial stack of software? :
>> JTS is a geometry library that provides geometry classes and spatial 
>> operations as defined in the OGC simple features specification for SQL.
>> - It is used as a geometry engine by a range of FOSS4G, such as 
>> OpenJUMP, gvSIG, OrbisGIS, deegree, GeoTools, Sextante GIS etc. (see: 
>> http://tsusiatsoftware.net/jts/jts-links.html#systems) It also the 
>> "reference" implementation for the OSGeo project "GEOS" used by many 
>> C++ FOSS4G (PostGIS, GDAL, QGIS). JTS iships with the JTS TestBuilder 
>> that allows creating and processing geometry and has a value as tool 
>> in production and education.
>>
>> * Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of 
>> the standards? Client or server?
>> - OGC Simple Features for SQL, (at least v. 1.2.0)
>> - rather server side, but on what side are desktop GIS? ;)
>> - OGC SFS applies to both client and server side
>>
>> * What language is it written in?
>> Java
>>
>> * Which version of the application should be included in the next 
>> OSGeo-Live release?
>> version 1.12
>>
>> ==================================
>> 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? :
>> - The library is used in production. Is used in several desktop GIS 
>> and server applications, and such have been used in public 
>> administration (JUMP, OpenJUMP, gvSIG, GeoServer).  Many hundreds of 
>> organizations have deployed products containing JTS.
>>
>> * What is the size of the user community? You can often answer this 
>> by mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email list?
>> - The last version 1.12, from June 2011, has about 7200+ downloads 
>> (by 10. Nov. 2012). The user list:jts-topo-suite-user AT 
>> lists.sourceforge.net, receives an average of 1-2 emails per day (and 
>> sometimes many more).
>>
>> * What is the size of your developer community?
>> one core developer (Martin Davis)  and several contributing 
>> developers over time
>>
>> * Do you have a bug free, stable release?
>> bug free is unlikely ;) but stable exists
>>
>> * Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone 
>> through.
>> - a lot since 2003, given its use in other GIS software
>> - many unit tests are supplied, including over 2000 geometric cases
>>
>> * How long has the project has had mature code.
>> - since February 2002
>>
>> * 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.)
>> - yes, JTS comes with the JTS Testbuilder, that can be used for case 
>> studies and teaching
>>
>> * 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.
>> - it has been presented at FOSS4G conferences (e.g. FOSS4G 2007 in 
>> Victoria BC, FOSS4G 2011 in Denver), and in 2011 Martin Davis 
>> received the OSGeo Sol Katz award for his work.
>>
>> ============================
>> * 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.
>> - most likely Martin Davis (mtnclimb - gmail), Stefan Steiniger 
>> (sstein - geo uzh ch), etc.
>>
>> * OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
>> - needs custom install script
>> - but jts 1.11 is also in Debian GIS 
>> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=jts&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all
>>
>> * OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application run 
>> in 512 Meg of RAM?
>> How much disk space will be required to install the application and a 
>> suitable example application?
>> - yes
>> - about 10 Meg
>>
>> * 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.
>> - JTS comes with an extensive set of test examples, which can serve 
>> as demo data.  Ideally these are provided with the distribution, but 
>> if necessary they can be reduced or removed. Also the TestBuilder is 
>> able to accept datasets in geometries in WKT and SHP format.
>>
>> * 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?
>> * probably; but not sure about it by now as it depends on time 
>> constraints.  These are not strictly necessary, since the application 
>> ships with scripts to run it on both platforms.
>>
>> best regards,
>> Stefan & Martin
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