[Live-demo] Project owner for MapSlicer (previously MapTiler)

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi all,
I'm wondering if we can find a volunteer to act as OSGeo-Live
point-of-contact for the MapSlicer project (previously called MapTiler).

(I'm interested to know what version we should package for the next
OSGeo-Live release).

Warm regards, Cameron

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Activity Workshop <
mail at activityworkshop.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've had a quick look at the MapTiler source, and I agree with those who
> think it should be _kept_ in osgeo if at all possible.  It seems to work
> fine, it looks good, seems very useful and is one of those things that's
> easy to demo too so it fits extremely well.  All credit to Petr and the
> other authors, thank you for this nice piece of work!
>
> I'd be glad to help with the necessary "adjustments" to the code if I
> can, and if help is needed.  From the spreadsheet it looks to be
> unaltered for several versions of osgeo so I assume that it has been
> thoroughly tested and it works.  So the effort to maintain it working
> but without the MapTiler references should be very manageable.  It's
> just a shame that the request was received (and already acted upon) so
> suddenly before the release, it would have been better to have more time
> for preparation.
>
> What I think we need now is a stable base of the source code and a way
> to build a package suitable for osgeo.  Unfortunately it seems that the
> code on github (I found two versions, both identical) is _not_ the same
> as the one on the osgeo DVD.  Github (and googlecode) have 1.0alpha3 and
> osgeo has 1.0beta2, and despite the innocuous-sounding version numbers
> there are huge differences between them.  I assume we want to go forward
> starting from the osgeo code, unless someone has a more complete source
> package somewhere?  Could this be put up on somewhere like github too?
>
> About the differences between the gdal2tiles.py files provided by gdal
> and maptiler, that sounds like a complex issue but maybe that doesn't
> have to be resolved immediately - this conflict has been around for a
> while.
>
> About the MapTiler icon, personally I can't see any reason why we can't
> continue to use it, at least in the short term.  The image is
> BSD-licensed and is already "out there", so we should have no problems
> using and redistributing it.  Maybe the icon can be changed later, but
> the priority now should be to get the software available again.
>
> And about the name "IceTiler" - is this open for discussion?  I
> understand the tip of the hat to Iceweasel, but maybe a more descriptive
> name would be more appropriate here - something to give a clue what the
> software does (like the name MapTiler does).  It doesn't tile ices.
> Might I suggest some alternative names, like "MapSlicer" or "TileGenie"
> instead?  Actually it looks like those names have gone already, but
> something else in that direction maybe?
>
> Regards,
> activityworkshop
>
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just received a confirmation from Peter Briggs, the creator and contact
> person of CCP4's MapSlicer, that there is no conflict with the names since
> that is a utility under the CCP4 project.
>
> I think we are ok with the potential name. The poll is going to be open
> for 1 more hour.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
>
>
> On 02/14/2015 02:46 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
>
>> Le samedi 14 février 2015 13:24:42, Activity Workshop a écrit :
>>
>>> If anyone would like to help with this, we now have a wiki page (thanks,
>>> Angelos!)
>>>      https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapSlicer
>>>
>>>  There's another project named MapSlicer:
>> http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/mapslicer.html
>>
>> CartoSlicer seems unused
>>
>>  Anyone is welcome to fill something in in there, giving basic details
>>> and links.
>>> Also if anyone wants to make a start on the docs, the more hands the
>>> better!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> activityworkshop
>>>
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>>
>
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos
> Remote Sensing Laboratory
> National Technical University of Athens
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>
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