[OSGeoLive] Proposal to officially add OWSLib to OSGeoLive

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

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Astrid Emde
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Astrid Emde
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Am 25.05.2025 11:58 schrieb Seth G via osgeolive:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to propose officially adding the OWSLib Python library as
> a project to OSGeoLive. OWSLib is already installed on OSGeoLive and
> is an OSGeo Community Project.
> A project overview and quickstart are available in a PR at:
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/893
> Below hopefully covers all the questions outlined at
> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
> I am happy to act as the project liaison.
> 
> Summary
> --------------
> 
> Name: OWSLib
> Description: OWSLib is a Python package for client programming with
> Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web service interface standards, and
> their related content models.
> OGC Standards: Client supporting many OGC standards
> https://owslib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/features.html#standards-support
> Homepage: https://owslib.readthedocs.io/
> PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/OWSLib/
> Authors: Sean Gillies, Tom Kralidis, and the OWSLib team
> Licence: BSD 3-Clause License -
> https://owslib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/license.html
> Language: Python
> Version: 0.33.0 (already installed).
> OpenHub: https://openhub.net/p/OWSLib
> Download stats: https://pypistats.org/packages/owslib and
> https://pepy.tech/projects/owslib
> Size: owslib-0.33.0-py3-none-any.whl (240.1 kB)
> Contributors: https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/graphs/contributors
> and https://openhub.net/p/OWSLib/contributors/summary
> 
> In terms of stability, OWSLib has been developed continually since
> 2007. It is a cornerstone of the geospatial Python ecosystem, and is
> included in software such as QGIS. In the last month it has been
> downloaded 150,128 times, and in total 4.93 million times. It has a
> test suite, with coverage of 60% -
> https://coveralls.io/builds/73820767.
> OWSLib has featured in several FOSS4G conferences, and in workshops
> such as "Doing Geospatial in Python":
> https://geopython.github.io/geopython-workshop/
> 
> It does not have a user interface, but Jupyter notebooks have been
> added to allow interaction using a UI. See PRs:
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-Notebooks/pull/34,
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-Notebooks/pull/35, and
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-Notebooks/pull/36.
> 
> Installation
> ----------------
> 
> OWSLib is installed already as part of the base_python.sh script using
> apt-get install:
> https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive/blob/master/bin/base_python.sh#L40.
> It is packaged as part of UbuntuGIS:
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntugis-unstable/+packages?field.name_filter=owslib
> 
> Let me know if there are any further details required,
> 
> Seth Girvin and the OWSLib team.
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