[OSGeo-UK] How to spend some money

Fri Feb 24 11:24:55 PST 2017

Hi all

Of course I had an ulterior motive...and sorry in advance for hijacking the
email for a polemic...

My pitch at Raster Revealed was for a tile-serving platform (opentiles.org)
that can deliver 1Tb of tiles for less than £70. And not be beholden to the
near-standards landing from the open-source world.

Those working with rasters as professionals may not see "cost" as a
constraint. Their institute pays. But cost-of-delivery is a key issue for
maps.  Particularly if you don't try to second-guess how people will use
them.  Maps create this problem because unstructured image data is
inherently Big.  With 2Tb of raw material in my collection, it's not clear
how it could be published otherwise.

What I observe as a hobbyist is that great open-source work done 2006-2010
is now being progressively commerialised behind standards.  People who were
pioneers at that time now have to make a living, and we see this in
so-called start-ups that can somehow manage to employ 60, 120 people
setting the standards. For example, the ".mbtiles" database is touted as a
standard for tiles serving - but has significant design flaws.

The next phase (IMHO) in open-source is this: Open "implementations" of
open-source software.

OpenTiles.org is a maps project.  It does not aspire to replace open source
software - but it does challenge the n-year-old tools that are out there
now. The project will contribute improvements to O/S software where they
are shown to deliver value.

I'm a 58-year-old guy from the UK. I've had an interesting career in
business and IT, and can bring something to the party. Some practical help
would be welcome; more carto input;  help with engaging with the community.

Thanks for reading

*Matthew Shaw*
opentiles.org
@OpenTilesOrg

On 24 February 2017 at 17:26, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It was a good suggestion from Matthew to wait until Rasters Revealed to
> see if there were any projects that could do with some funding, but I've
> not heard of anything. So this is the last call for funding ideas,
> otherwise we'll pursue the QGIS/Geoserver integration option.
>
> All the best
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Matthew Shaw <shawmat.sl6 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Rather that closing the survey this week, we have Rasters Revealed coming
>> up next Tuesday 21st.  Would it make sense to see what's presented there
>> first, in case there are some projects that need a bit of incubation?
>>
>> Matthew Shaw
>>
>> On 14 February 2017 at 16:36, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> It looks as if, amongst those that have responded, we have a strong
>>> preference for the QGIS/Geoserver integration funding. If you have a strong
>>> opinion or preference for any of the other options then let us know before
>>> close of play on Friday. Our next step is to contact GeoSolutions to
>>> discuss where our donation could best be used, as they have split their
>>> funding request into several discrete packages of work.
>>>
>>> Regards- and thanks to everyone who has replied!
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Sam Franklin <mr.samfranklin at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> +1 for the QGIS/Geoserver integration funding. Cheers, Sam
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Sam Franklin
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>>>>
>>>> On 12 February 2017 at 16:48, Alastair Graham <a.graham at geoger.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> I like Ian's idea of a marketing pack, but I think that for the
>>>>> current funding I would support option 1 for the same reason as Tom (i.e.
>>>>> they are looking for funding for a specific task)
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Alastair
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On 10 February 2017 at 09:54, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello UK Chapter folk,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OSGeo:UK still has a small amount of money remaining that could be
>>>>>> donated or otherwise used in this financial year. We've got a couple of
>>>>>> suggestions, so we'd like opinions!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) QGIS/Geoserver integration: http://www.geo-solutions.it/ne
>>>>>> ws/crowdfunding-qgis-geoserver-styling-interoperability/
>>>>>> 2) Attendance for a developer at a code sprint
>>>>>> 3)Travel to Boston for one person (probably a self-employed developer
>>>>>> or student)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that for options 2 or 3 we'll need to thrash out the details.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let us know what you think, or even let us know of other options-
>>>>>> we'd be happy to contribute to other projects but need a clear funding
>>>>>> mechanism to do it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jo
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>
>
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> 7RL, UK
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> @astuntech <https://twitter.com/astuntech>
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> iShare - enterprise geographic intelligence platform
> <https://astuntechnology.com/ishare/>
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