[talk-au] OSM involvement @ Foss4g2009
Sarah Manley
sarah at cloudmade.com
Thu Mar 5 18:23:24 GMT 2009
Dear All,
I recently received this message, and was curious is anyone is already
involved or planning to be? I am based out of SF, and would be willing
to help from a distance.
Best,
Sarah
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Shoaib Burq <saburq at gmail.com>
> Date: March 4, 2009 1:43:38 PM PST
> To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Cc: Mark Leslie <mrk.leslie at gmail.com>, foss4g2009-private <foss4g2009-private at lists.osgeo.org
> >, Sarah Manley <sarah at cloudmade.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009-private] Summary time!
>
> Hi all,
>
> They guys at OSM & CloudMade should be interested in a Mapping Party
> as well as a tutorial to the latest tools coming out of CloudMade
> during FOSS4G2009 - they are doing impressive stuff:
> http://developers.cloudmade.com/projects
>
> Just note that mapping party is meant to be open to all - an informal
> get together (with pre-registered interest) before or during the
> conference and is not strictly a workshop tutorial.
>
> I think the best approach for the mapping party is to email the Sarah
> Manley who can help publicize the event and (I think) help organise
> the logistics to some extent. I've cc'd Sarah - hope I'm not being
> presumptuous o_O
>
> Sarah at cloudmade.com
> Cell: 631-338-3815
> Skype: Sarah_cloudmade
> Twitter: SarahManley
>
> Shoaib
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mark, do we have an OpenStreetMap submission?
>> I'm hopeful that they take a tutorial slot, which would take them
>> outside
>> walking around the streets.
>> Has someone checked against the program for 2007, 2008 workshops
>> and labs to
>> determine whether there are other areas not covered? It would be
>> good to
>> send a letter to these presenters saying something like:
>>
>> "We notice that your project was represented at the 2008
>> conference. Will
>> you, or someone else from your project be presenting a workshop at
>> FOSS4G
>> 2009?
>>
>> Details are ..."
>>
>> Mark Leslie wrote:
>>>
>>> I didn't want to interrupt the fervour, but I'll fire out a quick
>>> summary
>>> now.
>>>
>>> So far we've got:
>>> 10 Workshops
>>> 2 PostGIS-ish
>>> 2 MapServer
>>> 1 MapFish
>>> 1 OS Business
>>> 1 GeoExt
>>> 1 SEXTANTE
>>> 1 OpenLayers
>>> 1 GeoNetwork
>>> 5 Tutorials
>>> 1 MapFish
>>> 1 GeoExt
>>> 1 Community Schemas
>>> 1 ILWIS
>>> 1 Security Layer
>>>
>>> So there are two things that are not well represented here, desktop
>>> clients and tutorials. Word has it that there's a uDig workshop
>>> coming down
>>> the pipe. Jeff is chasing GRASS and QGIS, Simon is after MapGuide
>>> and FDO.
>>> Jody is prodding away for an OpenJUMP presenter. degree and
>>> GeoServer are
>>> currently MIA.
>>>
>>> What we really need are some clever use-casey tutorials that will
>>> show a
>>> single blob of functionality. The complex features Rob is
>>> offering is a
>>> good example, or the security layer by 52N. Something that builds
>>> upon
>>> general knowledge. Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Mark Leslie
>>> Geospatial Software Architect
>>> LISAsoft
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> mapbutcher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've contacted Jackie here in Melbourne with regard to MapGuide
>>>> and FDO
>>>> (and pinged the lists)
>>>>
>>>> Simon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2009/3/3 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>>> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
>>>>
>>>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mark,
>>>> Tomorrow, Tuesday, can you please send a list of workshops
>>>> and
>>>> tutorials that have been submitted, or are planned to be
>>>> submitted.
>>>> I expect we'd then be able to identify gaps, and chase
>>>> specific
>>>> people of groups for a workshop.
>>>>
>>>> If there are specific workshops that didn't go as well
>>>> previously, it would be good to note those now, so that we
>>>> don't
>>>> chase them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I see big gaps here:
>>>>
>>>> - no GRASS workshop submissions
>>>> - no QGIS workshop submissions
>>>> - no GeoServer workshop submissions
>>>> - no MapGuide Open Source workshop submissions
>>>>
>>>> (I usually have to chase after the GRASS and QGIS community
>>>> every
>>>> year for submissions, and I'll do the same this year)
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Systems Architect
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
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Sarah Manley
Sarah at cloudmade.com
Cell: 631-338-3815
Skype: Sarah_cloudmade
Twitter: SarahManley
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