[OSGeoLive] Proposing t-rex vector tile server

Thu Jun 13 11:30:40 PDT 2019

+1 from me as well

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Cameron,
> The initial e-mail in this thread has all the answers inline.
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 2:29 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the delayed response. I was just searching my emails, and
>> can't seem to find anywhere where someone has answered our OSGeoLive
>> project selection criteria. It would be good to make sure that we have
>> all our usual criteria ticked off before adding it in.
>>
>> I suggest that someone make sure these questions are answered before we
>> include t-rex into OSGeoLive.
>>
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
>>
>> On 12/6/19 6:01 am, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>> > HI all,
>> >
>> > +1
>> >
>> > Astrid
>> >
>> > Am 11.06.2019 13:57 schrieb Nicolas Roelandt:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> +1 for me too
>> >>
>> >> Bests,
>> >>
>> >> Nicolas
>> >>
>> >> Le dim. 9 juin 2019 à 19:55, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> >> a écrit :
>> >>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> Just a reminder that Pirmin has already submitted the documentation
>> >>>
>> >>> needed for 13.0 and the pull request is pending:
>> >>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/444 [1]
>> >>>
>> >>> Motion to accept t-rex in OSGeoLive 13.0:
>> >>> My +1,
>> >>> Angelos
>> >>>
>> >>> On 8/13/18 12:30 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> >>>> Dear Pirmin,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for the details!
>> >>>> Strong +1 from me to add t-rex to OSGeoLive.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I see a pull request in place already:
>> >>>> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/232 [2]
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Since we are very close to the release of 12.0 version, perhaps
>> >>> we should
>> >>>> include t-rex without adding the documentation yet, since our
>> >>> translators
>> >>>> will have zero time to translate until release. In any case, for
>> >>> 13.0 we
>> >>>> would need a project overview and a quickstart.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Best,
>> >>>> Angelos
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:35 AM Pirmin Kalberer
>> >>> <pi_ml at sourcepole.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi all,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Referring to https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/ticket/1881 [3],
>> >>> I'm proposing
>> >>>>> adding t-rex to OSGeo Live.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Description:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What is its name?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> t-rex
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What is the home page URL?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> https://t-rex.tileserver.ch/ [4]
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> MIT
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>> >>>>> GeoSpatial? stack of software?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> t-rex is a standalone vector tile server supporting PostGIS and
>> >>> GDAL
>> >>>>> datasources.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> t-rex supports OGC simple feature data (plus ISO curves) and
>> >>> vector tile
>> >>>>> output in OGC WMTS compatible grids.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What language is it written in?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Rust (https://www.rust-lang.org/ [5])
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Which version of the application should be included in the
>> >>> next
>> >>>>> OSGeo-Live release?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> 0.9.0
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Stability:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Known users are a national ornithological institute, real estate
>> >>>>> companies and public transport organisations. There was user
>> >>> feedback at
>> >>>>> FOSS4G conferences from national cadastral and mapping
>> >>> authorities about
>> >>>>> their use of t-rex for creating vector tiles.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Open HUB provides metrics to help assess the health of a
>> >>> project. Eg:
>> >>>>> http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html
>> >>> [6] Could you
>> >>>>> please ensure that your project is registered with Open HUB, and
>> >>> Open
>> >>>>> HUB has been updated to reference the correct code repository(s)
>> >>> for
>> >>>>> your project. What is the Open HUB URL for your project?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> https://www.openhub.net/p/t-rex-tileserver [7]
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What is the size of the user community? You can often answer
>> >>> this by
>> >>>>> mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email list?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Download statistics:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> https://www.somsubhra.com/github-release-stats/?username=t-rex-tileserver&repository=t-rex
>> >>
>> >>> [8]
>> >>>>> Total Downloads: 1,440 - 278 hub.docker.com [9] pulls.
>> >>>>> Communication is currently limited to Github and personal
>> >>> feedback to
>> >>>>> presentations at conferences.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - What is the size of your developer community?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Main application: 1 main committer, 8 code contributors
>> >>>>> Web-UI: 2 main committers
>> >>>>> rust-postgis: 2 main committers, 4 code contributors
>> >>>>> rust-gdal: 2 main committers, 9 code contributors
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Do you have a bug free, stable release?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Releases since 0.6.0 are considered production ready.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone
>> >>> through.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There is a built-in test suite which is automatically executed
>> >>> on Travis
>> >>>>> CI.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - How long has the project has had mature code.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The first public release was 2016-08-17 and version 0.6.0, which
>> >>> is
>> >>>>> considered production ready, was released 2016-11-07.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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.)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> t-rex is an application with a command line interface and a
>> >>> built-in
>> >>>>> web-based 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.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> There were t-rex specific FOSS4G presentations and vector tile
>> >>>>> presentations covering t-rex among others.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Pirmin Kalberer
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Deb Package for Ubuntu is available.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Installation:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ~13MB for application binary
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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
>> >>> [10] 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.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Examples are based on Natural Earth dataset.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> - 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?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> A Windows installer (MSI) is available. For Mac there is a
>> >>> binary only.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Regards
>> >>>>> Pirmin
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Pirmin Kalberer - @implgeo
>> >>>>> Sourcepole - http://www.sourcepole.com [11]
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>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> >>> Charter Member
>> >>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> >>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos [13]
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>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Bien cordialement,
>> >>
>> >> Nicolas Roelandt
>> >> mail: roelandtn.pro at gmail.com
>> >> mobile: +33 (0)6 42 40 42 55
>> >> twitter: @ROELANDTN42 [14]
>> >>
>> >> Links:
>> >> ------
>> >> [1] https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/444
>> >> [2] https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/pull/232
>> >> [3] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/ticket/1881
>> >> [4] https://t-rex.tileserver.ch/
>> >> [5] https://www.rust-lang.org/
>> >> [6] http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html
>> >> [7] https://www.openhub.net/p/t-rex-tileserver
>> >> [8]
>> >>
>> https://www.somsubhra.com/github-release-stats/?username=t-rex-tileserver&repository=t-rex
>> >>
>> >> [9] http://hub.docker.com
>> >> [10] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets
>> >> [11] http://www.sourcepole.com
>> >> [12] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
>> >> [13] http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>> >> [14] https://twitter.com/RoelandtN42
>> >>
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