#OSGEO IRC Log - 2008-10-16

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03:22:32 crschmidt: oh man, automated translation
03:22:34 crschmidt: "Jeff McKenna: Conference patsy of documentation charge"
04:01:18 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1231]: test arnulf <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1231>
04:01:28 CIA-30: osgeo: arnulf * r1231 /marketing/README: test arnulf
04:22:43 ominiverde2: test yourself, good idea ;- )
05:21:29 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1232]: Update logos ( deleting old ones ) <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1232>
05:22:03 CIA-30: osgeo: ticheler * r1232 /marketing/logo/ ( OSGeoLogoFIN3.pdf OSGeoLogoFIN3_Main.pdf OSGeo ): Update logos ( deleting old ones )
05:35:11 seven: ominiverdi2: How should I know that CIA picks on me
05:35:18 : * seven just installed another SVN client...
05:35:20 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1233]: Update logos ( deleting old ones ) <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1233>
05:35:34 CIA-30: osgeo: ticheler * r1233 /marketing/logo/OSGEOlogo-eps.zip: Update logos ( deleting old ones )
05:35:38 seven: That was ticheler...
05:35:49 seven: We are about to release the updated logos. Finally...
05:36:02 : * crschmidt wonders what seven means by "CIA picks on me"...
05:36:17 ticheler: OK, have to run and put Teun on a horse :- )
05:37:27 seven: crschmidt: Nothing, just my confused paranoid self.
06:03:41 ominiverdi2: seven: when CIA.gov will really pick on you, you'll be aware quickly
06:51:18 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1234]: adding presentation about OSGeo and OSGeo-es for Malaga and Agueda <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1234>
06:51:48 CIA-30: osgeo: lbecchi * r1234 /community/presentations/ ( 200810-malaga-agueda 200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo.html ): adding presentation about OSGeo and OSGeo-es for Malaga and Agueda
07:15:08 spacedman: anyone know how many people attended foss4g this year?
07:15:39 crschmidt: ~500
07:16:31 spacedman: down from last year?
07:17:34 crschmidt: Yes; being in the Southern Hemisphere will do that : )
07:17:57 spacedman: still a lot of people thought. thx.
07:18:08 spacedman: though
07:27:11 FrankW: I understood the registration was 550 the week before which isn't far off Victoria.
07:28:02 crschmidt: FrankW: Ah, your numbers are better than mine.
07:28:27 spacedman: I can say 'regularly attracts over 500 delegates' and be safe.
07:29:08 FrankW: spacedman: yes, that is a solid statement.
07:29:59 spacedman: harder to quantify how good and useful the conference is though : )
07:40:17 plasmab: our company will continue to sponsor the OSGeo and the conference...
07:40:43 plasmab: we derive value from it
07:40:51 plasmab: although im not sure how we quantify that
07:41:16 plasmab: i think more than anything it helps stop ESRI take over the world.
07:42:44 Schuyler: what's wrong with ESRI? other than their UIs suck, their error messages suck, and they charge too much for their software
07:43:12 plasmab: competition is good : )
07:43:26 crschmidt: their recent APIs are a lot better though
07:43:42 crschmidt: Way easier to use than anything in the open source world for a lot of things
07:43:59 plasmab: but according to my colleague you need to pay for an add on to be standards compliant...
07:44:11 FrankW: crschmidt: Do you mean there rest interface? Or C++ level APIs?
07:44:25 crschmidt: FrankW: The REST interfaces, yes
07:44:31 crschmidt: C'mon, me know anything about C++? : )
07:44:42 FrankW: It seemed unlikely...
07:45:06 crschmidt: plasmab: For the client, yes, you have to pay for the standards stuff.
07:45:15 crschmidt: It's included on the server side now, though.
07:45:40 FrankW: plasmab: you have me curious - who are you with? ( IRC nicks can be so opaque! )
07:45:49 plasmab: 1Spatial/Laserscan
07:45:58 FrankW: Ah, cool
07:46:10 plasmab: been working here since april
07:46:38 plasmab: and not using GDAL/OGR for the first time in years... and hence not bugging you ; )
07:46:50 FrankW: I suspect I should have known that, with Chris Evans?
07:47:01 plasmab: yeah he's my PM at the moment
07:47:18 plasmab: although he breaks my code from time to time
07:47:20 FrankW: As you can see, I just have a terrible memory, since I *did* know that.
07:47:22 FrankW: :- )
07:47:25 plasmab: : )
07:47:35 plasmab: did you attend the conference?
07:47:44 FrankW: yes
07:48:14 plasmab: just wondering what you thought of my colleague Crispin's talk
07:48:20 plasmab: ( if you went to it )
07:48:25 plasmab: it was at 8am apparently
07:48:49 FrankW: I don't believe I did, though he and I sat in on the "Oracle BOF" together.
07:48:59 crschmidt: FrankW at foss4g2008: http://flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/tags/foss4g2008,frankw
07:49:01 sigq: Title: Flickr: Tagged with foss4g2008 and frankw ( at flickr.com )
07:49:03 FrankW: What did he speak on? As usual I missed lots of presentations I would like to have seen.
07:50:24 crschmidt: ( And Crispin at FOSS4G: http://flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/2927036883/ )
07:50:25 sigq: Title: Crispin, OSGeo Sponsors on Flickr - Photo Sharing! ( at flickr.com )
07:50:32 plasmab: I think it was on the Autodesk connector technology. He has a plugin product for Autocad called MapRelate. I think it was on that
07:50:47 FrankW: Ah, that would have been interesting.
07:51:18 plasmab: indeed
07:51:25 crschmidt: Crispin's talk: http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/paper/view/310
07:51:26 sigq: Title: Hoult ( at conference.osgeo.org )
07:51:38 crschmidt: Ah, it was a lab maybe?
07:52:19 crschmidt: ah, no
07:52:20 plasmab: perhaps.. i havent seen the talk. I just drank the wine he brought back
07:52:32 crschmidt: I'm just forgetting that multiple talks got bunched together
07:52:54 plasmab: I'm hoping to attend next time round
07:53:21 plasmab: Do a talk on 3D GIS.. the area im currently researching
07:54:53 plasmab: nice : )
07:55:37 plasmab: my next trip is to LSI in Washington early next year
07:55:58 plasmab: working closely with 2 guys from their office.
08:39:01 sigq: osgeofeed: Ticket #188 ( task closed ): Wiktionary software installation on "osgeo2" <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/188#comment:3>
08:57:07 darkblue_B: does anyone know if the presentation material itself is showing up on FOSS4G2008 anywhere?
08:58:25 FrankW: It is supposed to, but I haven't been watching for it.
08:59:05 : * darkblue_B cant find it if its there
11:05:47 sigq: osgeofeed: Ticket #188 ( task reopened ): Wiktionary software installation on "osgeo2" <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/188#comment:4>
11:09:53 darkblue_B: is justin deoliveira on IRC ever? handle?
11:10:23 crschmidt: jdeolive?
11:10:40 crschmidt: i mean, that seems plausible, right? and that nick is in this channel...
11:10:53 darkblue_B: y
11:15:27 darkblue_B: email sent...
11:36:02 jdeolive: darkblue_B: hi
11:36:28 darkblue_B: jdeolive: hello
11:36:36 darkblue_B: did you get the email I just sent?
11:36:44 jdeolive: checking...
11:36:46 jdeolive: yup
11:36:49 darkblue_B: ok
11:37:13 darkblue_B: well I have given a 20 minute talk on generating KML from PostGIS before
11:37:23 darkblue_B: but it was using CLI and FeatureServer
11:37:39 darkblue_B: so I am now attempting to expand it with GeoServer
11:37:48 jdeolive: cool
11:38:00 darkblue_B: which I admittedly have poked and now and then, but have also gotten stuck here and there too
11:38:01 jdeolive: so are you looking for some slides only, or do you want to set up some demos as well?
11:38:19 darkblue_B: hmm its a workshop, so I allegedly wll teach them something
11:38:46 darkblue_B: I want to paint an overview, but should get into some hands on
11:39:16 darkblue_B: they are probably not GIS specialists nor programmers..
11:39:19 jdeolive: darkblue_B: ok... i can make available the workshop docs we gave at foss4g
11:39:24 darkblue_B: so this is experimental
11:39:42 jdeolive: it walks through some of the basic things with geoserver, kml, and google earth
11:39:51 darkblue_B: yes - excellent
11:40:10 jdeolive: cool, i will reply to your email with some links to some material
11:40:14 darkblue_B: I am doing my first kml_reflector now
11:40:26 darkblue_B: ok, thanks very much
11:40:38 jdeolive: darkblue_B: no problem
12:17:21 TylerM: wildintellect: looks like we're good to go for the AAG booth
12:17:35 TylerM: just awaiting the final confirmation, but have an informal note about it just a second ago.
12:58:24 jsanz_home: hi TylerM
12:58:30 darkblue_B: jdeolive: I am looking through the material.. but that link to a geoserver you sent me appears to be a Windows Installer?
12:59:05 jdeolive: darkblue_B: yes, i take it you are not working on windows?
12:59:13 darkblue_B: jdeolive: I have a gs 1.6.3 setup, but the Map Previews link fails for unknown reasons.. Java null ptr exception
12:59:28 darkblue_B: I run Ubuntu Linux servers, and own a Mac laptop
12:59:52 jdeolive: darkblue_B: any chance your server is visible?
12:59:56 jdeolive: or is it on a local network?
13:00:03 TylerM: hi jsanz_home
13:00:09 darkblue_B: 24.7.79.159 jdeo
13:00:37 jsanz_home: do you have an pudated freemind of osgeo? that one on svn for presentations
13:00:41 jsanz_home: updated
13:00:58 jdeolive: darkblue_B: thanks, i am getting the same errror... but its not all that verbose, is there any chance you can post the server log?
13:00:59 TylerM: no, not updated recently
13:01:16 jsanz_home: :S ok
13:01:33 TylerM: i can take a look it today if you'd like me to run through it
13:02:27 TylerM: we could walk through it together now too, if you want
13:02:51 jsanz_home: ok, I don't want to bother you
13:04:12 TylerM: jejeje
13:59:00 darkblue_B: jdeolive: GeoServer doesnt seem to understand EPSG:102009
13:59:37 darkblue_B: ( I'm not that great with projections.. I know ths one works.. but dont know if there is an equiv or how to add a new SRS to GeoServer )
14:00:45 : * darkblue_B look for GeoServer setup lab notes...
14:01:44 darkblue_B: hey! its from you
14:01:51 jdeolive: darkblue_B: http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/Custom+projection+definition+in+Geoserver+1.5.0+%28onwards%29
14:01:53 sigq: Title: Custom projection definition in Geoserver 1.5.0 ( onwards ) - GeoServer ( at geoserver.org )
14:03:01 jdeolive: if you want to add a custom crs to geoserver
14:03:01 darkblue_B: I must have been in your class, if you taught this at Where 2.0
14:03:01 jdeolive: darkblue_B: i did indeed : )
14:03:02 darkblue_B: there were alot ofpeople there that day, as I recall
14:03:02 darkblue_B: ok, looking
14:03:26 simboss: darkblue_B: that code is non standard
14:03:26 simboss: actually
14:03:41 darkblue_B: ohh - wht to use then?
14:04:28 simboss: I guess this is what you want
14:04:29 simboss: http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/102009/
14:04:31 sigq: Title: North_America_Lambert_Conformal_Conic: ESRI Projection -- Spatial Reference ( at spatialreference.org )
14:04:41 darkblue_B: yes - that one
14:04:46 simboss: but anyway jdeolive is right, you might need to explicitly add it to geoserver
14:05:01 darkblue_B: aha - ther is no equiv pre-loaded?
14:05:14 simboss: nope
14:05:22 darkblue_B: ok
14:05:22 simboss: it is not so common afaik
14:05:31 simboss: jdeolive: what do you think?
14:05:56 darkblue_B: hmmm well the Berkeley UPenn Urban Data Modellers toolkit has quite a bit of SHP data, and it appears to be in that very projection
14:06:00 jdeolive: simboss: not sure... i am not familiar with that projection...
14:06:13 jdeolive: but yeah... either find one that is equivalent , or simply add it as custom
14:06:14 darkblue_B: I used it in PostGIS with great success
14:06:30 darkblue_B: ok, back to looking at the doc page
14:06:46 simboss: why do you need this man?
14:06:53 simboss: ( i forgot a comma )
14:06:54 : * crschmidt doesn't see anything that matches it in proj4
14:07:00 darkblue_B: thats my sample data
14:07:01 simboss: why do you need this, man?
14:07:04 simboss: cool
14:07:25 darkblue_B: crschmidt: what to use then?
14:08:28 crschmidt: darkblue_B: As jdeolive said, you'll have to add it as a custom projection.
14:08:31 darkblue_B: http://dpaste.com/84950/
14:08:33 sigq: Title: dpaste: #84950 ( at dpaste.com )
14:08:39 darkblue_B: ok
14:10:55 : * milovanderlinden hints that this projection may also be needed in the spatial_ref_sys table if postgis is used
14:11:52 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1235]: updated slides and added new sponsors logos <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1235>
14:12:15 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1235 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/ ( OSGeo/view_mindmap.html OSGeo.html ): updated slides and added new sponsors logos
14:13:06 darkblue_B: milovanderlinden: yes thanks.. I dd that one a while ago.. thats what I use most often
14:13:15 darkblue_B: GeoServer is new to me
14:13:27 darkblue_B: that -> PostGIS
14:13:37 milovanderlinden: Ok, good
14:21:22 darkblue_B: "Workflow is submit then apply".. it seems to be submit, apply, save
14:27:36 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1236 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo/ ( 7 files ): added osgeo sponsors images
14:28:14 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1236]: added osgeo sponsors images <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1236>
14:36:07 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1237 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo/ ( 18 files ): added mime types for images
14:36:07 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1237]: added mime types for images <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1237>
14:37:41 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1238]: added mime type for freemind html wrapper <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1238>
14:38:09 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1238 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo/view_mindmap.html: added mime type for freemind html wrapper
14:48:57 darkblue_B: styling.. yup
14:53:36 darkblue_B: oohhh geoserver
16:54:42 McDougall: Hey, I'm looking for free GIS software that is comparable to ArcGIS just to play around with and learn. ( I have 0 experience with it ) I am on OSX... any suggestions?
16:55:39 TylerM: hi McDougall - you're used to arcgis desktop
16:55:40 TylerM: ?
16:56:10 McDougall: No... my school uses ArcGIS and I wanted a program that is like it so I can learn GIS software
16:57:11 McDougall: Self educational purposes : )
16:59:24 jlivni: i'd recommend qgis. others might suggest udig or jump or others
17:00:08 McDougall: I've downloaded qgis and I'm trying to get grass working... but grass crashes every time I try and open it.
17:03:39 jlivni: crschmidt: ill try get those vids on tomorrow. just got back - and i'm exceedingly tired right now.
17:04:11 crschmidt: understood: no rush, just interested
17:04:37 crschmidt: no one has ever gotten good video of my dancing before and shared it with me
17:06:28 jlivni: i didn't say it was good
17:07:05 jlivni: btw - awesome pics of kruger. i assume you're glad you went?
17:07:25 crschmidt: i think the footage was good: i did glance at it. Whether the subject matter is good is obviously subject to debate
17:07:29 : * jlivni stumbles off to meet wife
17:07:46 crschmidt: totally, though my bank account isn't
17:07:53 crschmidt: later
17:25:20 springmeyer: welcome back jlivni
19:55:53 amdijefri: hello, new here
19:56:44 TylerM: hi amdijefri , welcome
19:56:57 amdijefri: thanks
19:58:34 amdijefri: coming to ya from 38.91799, -92.34745
20:00:19 TylerM: well, good morning then
20:00:43 TylerM: i'm at 52N 121W
20:00:51 TylerM: somewhere in there anyway ; )
20:03:46 amdijefri: well, we might get a frost tonight in the low-lying areas. imagine you're well past that
20:05:25 TylerM: is that -92N or -92E? : )
20:05:34 TylerM: no, winter is kicking in here too
20:07:07 amdijefri: 38N,92W
20:07:32 TylerM: ah, we're almost neighbours ; )
20:07:59 amdijefri: dunno what my gps would say about 92, n or s : )
20:08:23 TylerM: heh
20:09:28 TylerM: i think you fall off the earth : )
20:16:01 amdijefri: say, is this channel more active during the day? i'm hoping to find out if there are other geospatial software clearinghouses than osgeo.org and freegis.org
20:17:11 TylerM: usually earlier in the day, yes
20:17:26 TylerM: but just ask away, many people only check for updates every now and then.
20:19:22 amdijefri: thanks, appreciate it. pleasure chatting with you, g'night
22:37:19 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1239]: minor changes <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1239>
22:37:41 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1239 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo.html: minor changes
23:26:40 wildintellect: TylerM, FYI deadline for AAG papers extended to Nov 13, I'm going to send a Call for Papers to most of the Osgeo project lists in the next few dats
23:26:42 wildintellect: days
23:38:07 TylerM: wildintellect: yeah i see, that's great
23:52:02 wildintellect: we had a suspicion they would extend, since they always seem to but it's still nice to have another month to build up the speaker list
23:54:06 sigq: osgeofeed: Changeset [1240]: reverted mime type to html <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset/1240>
23:54:29 CIA-30: osgeo: jsanz * r1240 /community/presentations/200810-malaga-agueda/OSGeo.html: reverted mime type to html