[OSM-dev] [OSM-talk-be] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and main track speakers

Mon Aug 13 12:23:43 BST 2012

I do think that some OSM projects would be interested in sharing such a
devroom

Both projects have similar concerns:

   - licensing of data
   - finding open data sources
   - motivating contributors

But there are also differences

Wikipedia has more conflicts, so they have more conflict-resolving tools
(like a complete anarchy of moderators). Wikipedia could give extra talks
about the "social" aspect of collecting data.

OSM data (in contrary to Wikipedia data) can't be used or edited without
special software. So we could ask for different software authors.

Having a mapping party could be interesting, although I doubt a lot of
people would join. There are so many interesting talks on FOSDEM, while you
can go out mapping at any time of the year.

Some subprojects we could talk about:

   - H.O.T. project: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Hot
   - OSM editors: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Editor
   - Rendering OSM data:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Rendering(probably small renderer
like Maperitive or Tilemill is better to talk
   about than the server-renderer Mapnik, with a workshop "render your own
   maps")
   - Routing software: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing Some of
   these routes have great algorithms, like Monav. It would also be
   interesting to discuss the parsing from plain OSM data to a routable graph:
   how are all those different tags implemented (maxweight, maxheight, speed
   restrictions, road classifications ... ) to calculate the optimal route
   - How to get OSM data on existing navigation devices:
   http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin
   - OSM as offline data on your mobile device: A talk about an app as
   OsmAnd or Navit (which combines all the uses - rendering, routing and
   searching - in one app, on a general-purpose mobile device)

I think there would be talks enough (and will even have to cut in them) to
join a devroom.

Regards,
Sander

2012/8/13 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com>

> I'm adding talk-be to this discussion.
>
> I'm living 30km from Brussels, so I can easily come to help with a stand
> or a dev room. Last year I helped out at the Openstreetmap stand and there
> was definitely an interest in the project.
>
> Do you see a stand in a dev room as some sort of mapping party or an
> actual effort to create/discuss code of editors/renderers/PostGIS and the
> like?
>
> Polyglot
>
> 2012/8/13 Katie Filbert <filbertk at gmail.com>
>
>> Would OSM folks be interested in being part of a devroom at FOSDEM?  It
>> could make sense to partner with the Wikimedia folks?
>>
>> Who typically handles stuff like this?  I've not been to FOSDEM yet but
>> probably will go this year.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Katie
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Arthur Richards <arichards at wikimedia.org>
>> Date: Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Fwd: FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and
>> main track speakers
>> To: Siebrand <Mazeland at xs4all.nl>, Wikimedia developers <
>> wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Cc: mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>> It would be awesome if we could put together a devroom at FOSDEM.
>>
>> Over the last couple of years, FOSDEM has become my favorite
>> conference. The ethos of the conference is fantastic - totally
>> grassroots, transparent, and open. It draws an unbelievable crowd. The
>> technical breadth and depth of the talks is generally impressive. And
>> the Wikimedia/Mediawiki-related talks pack the rooms - at least they
>> did the last couple of years. We should have a much bigger presence at
>> this event - from my perspective, it seems like it is a fantastic
>> learning, community building, and recruiting opportunity - perhaps
>> even more so than most of the other conferences at which we have a
>> presence.
>>
>> If folks think this would be something cool to do, it might also be
>> worth teaming with some other similarly-minded orgs with some overlap
>> - like Mozilla, Creative Commons, OLPC, CiviCRM, etc. From the
>> invitation for proposals, it sounds like this would increase our odds
>> at securing a devroom, it would certainly help us further
>> cross-pollinate, and ultimately strengthen the broader open source
>> community.
>>
>> What do you all think?
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Siebrand Mazeland <s.mazeland at xs4all.nl>
>> wrote:
>> > Forwarded from FOSDEM at lists.fosdem.org. Subscribe at
>> > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem.
>> >
>> > Siebrand
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------------------------- Original Message
>> ----------------------------
>> > Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM calls for devroom organizers and main track
>> speakers
>> > From:    "Tias Guns" <tias at fosdem.org>
>> > Date:    Sun, August 12, 2012 14:40
>> > To:      "Fosdem Announce" <fosdem at lists.fosdem.org>
>> >
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > <<< help spread the word and make FOSDEM awesome >>>
>> >
>> >
>> > FOSDEM is a non-commercial event offering open source communities a
>> > place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renowned for being
>> > highly developer-oriented and brings together 5000+ geeks from all over
>> > the world. FOSDEM will take place in Brussels, Belgium on the 2nd and
>> > 3rd of February 2013.
>> >
>> > We invite proposals for *devrooms* and *main track talks*:
>> >
>> >
>> > *Main Track Talks*
>> > The main tracks host high-quality seminars for a broad and technical
>> > audience. Every track is organized around a theme (security, kernel,
>> > collaboration, ...). They are held in the two biggest auditoria and last
>> > 50 minutes. Each of the talks is given by a speaker who gets their
>> > travel and accommodation costs reimbursed.
>> >
>> > To apply for a FOSDEM Main Track talk, visit
>> > https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_main_speakers.html
>> >
>> > To suggest a main track speaker that we should invite, mail
>> > program at fosdem.org
>> >
>> >
>> > *Devrooms*
>> > A devroom is a 'developer room' in which open source communities can
>> > organize their own schedule, made of presentations, brainstorming and
>> > hacking sessions. Our goal is to stimulate developer collaboration and
>> > cross-pollination between projects.
>> >
>> > Each year we receive more requests than we can host. To better achieve
>> > our goals, preference will be given to *proposals involving multiple,
>> > collaborating projects*. Projects with similar goals/domains that make
>> > separate requests will be asked to co-organize a devroom under their
>> > common theme.
>> >
>> > To propose organizing a devroom, visit
>> > https://fosdem.org/2013/call_for_devrooms.html
>> >
>> > Note! Linux distributions should apply to the dedicated distribution
>> > mini-conference:
>> > https://fosdem.org/2013/distrominiconf.html
>> >
>> >
>> > *Key Dates*
>> > - 1 October: deadline for devroom proposals
>> > - mid October: devroom announcements
>> > - 1 November: deadline main track proposals
>> > - mid November: main track announcements
>> > - 2 and 3 February: FOSDEM 2013
>> >
>> >
>> >
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