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

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Cameron,

Based on this link:
https://github.com/geopython/mapslicer/graphs/contributors
I volunteer to by the maintainer, unless ActivityWorkshop wants to step 
up :)

Best,
Angelos

On 07/18/2015 02:55 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> 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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>
>


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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
OSGeo Charter Member
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