#OSGEO IRC Log - 2008-10-07

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00:15:35 Tim_B: Thanks to all Opensource Geospatial contributors. Without the many osgeo supported projects out there, I would never have been able to accomplish this:
00:15:39 Tim_B: http://www.balloonfiesta.com/GasTracking/2008/gb_map.php
00:15:40 sigq: Title: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta ( at www.balloonfiesta.com )
00:15:55 Tim_B: http://www.balloonfiesta.com/Gas/i_gas.php
00:15:56 sigq: Title: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta ( at www.balloonfiesta.com )
08:42:21 sigq: osgeofeed: Ticket #295 ( task closed ): Mailing list for OSGeo Spanish Board <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/295#comment:3>
09:24:24 ajolma: How do I get email sent to my osgeo.org address delivered to me?
09:25:37 : <_wolf_> there is probably some alias mapping somewhere... try asking SAC
09:25:53 ajolma: _wolf_: I believe you're in SAC : )
09:26:22 : <_wolf_> : ) right, but I've got no clue, and was hoping that someone else would tell me so that I could learn :P
09:27:54 FrankW: ajolma: Would you like an ajolma@osgeo.org email forwarder?
09:28:04 ajolma: yes
09:28:20 FrankW: forwarding too?
09:28:21 ajolma: I put it into my osgeo business card
09:28:28 : <_wolf_> ahaa I'm finding some docs...
09:28:35 FrankW: Err, I mean "forwarding to what address?"
09:28:47 ajolma: ari.jolma@tkk.fi
09:29:25 ajolma: ( still hoping to be forever employed by tkk )
09:29:46 FrankW: :- )
09:30:30 FrankW: ok, it should work now.
09:30:37 FrankW: I'd suggest you test it of course.
09:30:45 : <_wolf_> FrankW: please tell me how to do it? so that I can do it next time...
09:31:01 FrankW: _wolf_: I added it to /etc/aliases, and then run the newaliases command on osgeo1.
09:31:05 : <_wolf_> or is it even documented anywhere?
09:31:10 : <_wolf_> ok
09:31:12 : <_wolf_> : )
09:31:17 FrankW: I'm not aware of any docs on this activity.
09:31:26 FrankW: Though it is a pretty normal way of doing stuff on unix.
09:31:49 : <_wolf_> no need I suppose. did SAC ever decide on a policy for those @osgeo.org email addresses?
09:31:50 FrankW: we normally only provide these forwarders for board members or others who would like to appear officially related to OSGeo.
09:32:08 FrankW: I'm not aware of any specific policy beyond the above loose one.
09:32:16 : <_wolf_> ack : ) now that should maybe be documented ; )
09:33:23 : <_wolf_> odd... osgeo.org doesn't have an MX record? ( try host -t MX osgeo.org )
09:33:44 : <_wolf_> ajolma: will the tkk.fi domain beocme aalto.fi next year?
09:34:44 ajolma: _wolf_: no idea, surely at some point, but hopefully tkk.fi address works forever still
09:34:53 : <_wolf_> :D
09:57:12 ajolma: FrankW: thanks, the alias works
10:00:14 sanooj: hey. in FDO RFC #16, "FDO Provider for SQLite", it talks about the extra geometry_format column in the geometry_columns table, and in particular about the "WKB" vs. "WKB12" formats
10:00:59 sanooj: it says it doesn't support multidimensional WKB as per spec, but that the WKB12 tag is reserved for later.
10:01:26 sanooj: my question is, does that just mean that the z and m coordinates aren't supported?
10:01:52 sanooj: here's the link http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/wiki/FDORfc16
10:01:53 sigq: Title: FDORfc16 - FDO - Trac ( at trac.osgeo.org )
10:05:47 sanooj: My application really likes to embed the srid in geometries as per the EWKB/Extended WKB proposal. It looks like there's no tag for that in the FDO RFC though, so I'm thinking of just using 'EWKB' as the tag there.
10:15:31 sanooj: yeah. that'll work for now.
10:15:39 sanooj: right, I guess I didn't really have a question after all.
10:15:43 sanooj: thanks for listening. : )
12:07:24 FrankW: pramsey: would it be ok to post a link to your acceptance as part of the Sol Katz announcement?
12:08:50 pramsey: sure, FrankW
12:13:19 FrankW: http://www.osgeo.org/node/778 - I can do updates if anything is wrong/lame.
12:13:22 sigq: Title: Paul Ramsey Wins Sol Katz GFOSS Award | OSGeo.org ( at www.osgeo.org )
12:16:26 pramsey: looks OK. the .mov link is dead. I can export a "streamable" version of the .mov if you like
12:41:12 FrankW: link fixed. I'm not sure what you mean by streamable.
12:54:23 pramsey: probably nothing, I'm ignorant of many things : )
17:33:26 ahughes_: hey CameronShorter mleslie how goes your worlds?
17:46:23 CameronShorter: hi ahughes_
17:48:06 ahughes_: heya, hows things?
17:49:55 mleslie: things're good. days are sunny and long : )
18:44:39 sigq: osgeofeed: Ticket #298 ( task created ): svn repository for Live DVD packaging scripts <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/298>
22:50:50 franck: http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2892&trv=1
22:50:51 sigq: Title: FOSS4G 2008 Cape Town, South Africa: Internet Roundup - Articles ( at www.directionsmag.com )
22:50:55 franck: Have you seen that?