[OSGeoLive] [FOSS4G-Oceania] Swag and howtos about OSGeoLive USB

Sun Sep 2 22:02:14 PDT 2018

Hi all !

Cameron, that's great news !

Astrid, did you encounted defects during the dd process ? If yes, how many ?

Yes, final wiki is Trac wiki. so all new information shoud be written
there.

Cheers,

Nicolas

Le dim. 2 sept. 2018 à 08:39, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org> a
écrit :

> Hello all,
>
> Am 01.09.2018 23:50 schrieb Cameron Shorter:
> > OSGeoLive folks,
> >
> > An OSGeoLive USB is high on the swag wish list for the upcoming
> > FOSS4G-Oceania conference. We have a question below about whether we
> > can fit extra data on the USB (I suspect a 8 Gig or 32 Gig USB). I
> > know it has been done in the past, but am also aware that creating
> > bootable USBs quite an art.
>
> I ordered 16GB sticks with USB 3.0 at flashbay. There are quite good.
> https://www.flashbay.de/usb-sticks
> I have experience with twitter and kinetic - they are both fine.
>
> The production with dd was ok but we spend a long time on it.
> So maybe in your case it would make sense to ask the usb-provider to add
> the data directly on the stick.
>
> How many sticks do you want to produce?
>
> Please tell the workshop presenter to link their workshop material here:
> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Live_GIS_Workshop_Install
>
> > Astrid, I think you have recently created USBs? Do you have any advice
> > to pass on (ideally collected in a wiki so we can share with others).
>
> There is this Wiki page already:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Quickstart_USB
>
> Shall we move it to trac-wiki?
>
> Maybe you should use the final 12.0 iso and add you data.
>
> > Ben, Brian, Alex, Angelos, you have also provided good advice on this
> > in the past and might be able to chip in.
>
> Astrid
>
> > Cheers, Cameron
> >
> > On 1/09/2018 10:27 AM, John Bryant wrote:
> >
> >> Re: USB stick, thanks Greg. There's an action item from a couple of
> >> meetings ago for you to follow up on that idea, with some idea of
> >> cost & effort involved, can you chase these details up and let us
> >> know what you find out?
> >>
> >> If we can get an agency to pay for it, sounds great to me. We might
> >> need to discuss though, there has been some resistance in this group
> >> against sponsorship of specific initiatives, because of potential
> >> unfairness to sponsors we already have on board, who haven't had the
> >> opportunity to do so. But I don't think this is irreconcilable -
> >> just need to have a proposal on the table I think, for proper
> >> context for that discussion.
> >>
> >> Question - can you technically put both the OSGeoLive and additional
> >> content on one USB?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> John
> >>
> >> On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 at 00:28, Cameron Shorter
> >> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> +1 for USB stick with OSGeoLive + data. (Disclaimer, I have a soft
> >> spot for OSGeoLive as I'm one of the people behind the project).
> >>
> >> On 29/08/2018 12:04 AM, Greg Lauer wrote:
> >>
> >> We talked briefly at last meeting about USB stick? My thoughst we
> >> could put OSGeo-Live VM on there plus a open data form each state. A
> >> few years ago I got a USB stick from someone in Victoria who had
> >> bundled all the VIC open data into a SQLite database (geopackge now)
> >> and created a QGIS project. Maybe replicate that for each state?
> >>
> >> There is some cost (and time) involved but think we could get an
> >> agency to sponsor?
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 2:19 PM Martin Tomko <tomkom at unimelb.edu.au>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> +1, great ideas.
> >>
> >> The #pyconau thread had some interesting stuff going on now, incl
> >> someone who redesigned their swag.
> >>
> >> M.
> >>
> >> FROM: FOSS4G-Oceania <foss4g-oceania-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on
> >> behalf of Sarah Goodwin <sarah.goodwin at monash.edu>
> >> DATE: Monday, 27 August 2018 at 2:14 pm
> >> TO: Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com>
> >> CC: "foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org"
> >> <foss4g-oceania at lists.osgeo.org>
> >> SUBJECT: Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] Swag
> >>
> >> Colouring book, could be great fun!! :) (esp if Oceania or Melbourne
> >> specific)
> >>
> >> I love these wearable map from splashmap [1]. and could be really
> >> fun swag for a geo conference - we'd have to still design it
> >> obviously... but probably this is not possible as too pricey
> >> (although we could explore costs for batch cost). But not sure would
> >> anyone actually use it ... actually if it was Melbourne specific I
> >> think they would, people could draw on it...and we can mark the
> >> relevant buildings - we might need to provide a wash-off-able
> >> (logo'd perhaps) pen too! We could continue this with fun social
> >> media posts of people using their maps around the city!
> >>
> >> A tea towel is at least useful! and could be very cool if we have a
> >> really great design.... Could we run a tea-towel design competition?
> >> i.e. Using open data and open software design a map for our
> >> "FOSS4G-Oceania" merchandise (merc as this could go even beyond tea
> >> towels to posters or flyers if we wanted). I think this could be fun
> >> and could create some buzz in the community before the conference
> >> ... I imagine we could get some great entries even from outside the
> >> immediate community. And then it goes to public vote, or we (I) can
> >> probably get some people together as a panel of data vis
> >> /cartography / design experts to critic and shortlist them first? we
> >> could hae even different designs and people get them at random - we
> >> might see some swaps...
> >>
> >> Bookmarks could be nice, although I rarely use them myself. Whilst I
> >> like the idea of giving books to go with them but it seems expensive
> >> and difficult to give people books relevant to them and I think we
> >> will end up with lots being left behind partly as they weigh luggage
> >> down! It still might be nice to have some relevant books available
> >> to win if we have money available - maybe a collection of different
> >> ones and the draw happens in the few days before the conference...
> >> Everyone with a ticket gets the chance to win and then they choose a
> >> book relevant to them when they get there (first come first serve on
> >> choice). (If people don't want a book then we get to re-draw for
> >> prize winners).
> >>
> >> On Sun, 26 Aug 2018 at 16:55, Daniel Silk <dwsilk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 2:23 PM Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I’m still super keen on tea towels! Maybe I’m a bit of an old
> >> man, but I could always use of tea towels and having one that
> >> reminds me of our conference would be great!
> >>
> >> If someone can design a nice tea towel using OpenStreetMap data and
> >> the conference logo, I think it would make a good speaker gift.
> >>
> >> It's a bit jarring to me as an item that we put the Platinum
> >> sponsors logos on though.
> >>
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