| 01:57:22 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Ticket #316 ( task created ): ka-Map2 needs a home <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/316> |
| 05:44:57 | ajturner: | what is the appropriate tool to take a KML file and some base data and create a map for printing or editing in illustrator |
| 05:44:58 | ajturner: | ? |
| 07:37:52 | FrankW: | hobu: any thoughts on #316 - hosting for kamap2? |
| 07:39:34 | FrankW: | ominoverde: normally there would need to be a primary administrator from SAC volunteer to do the grunt work for a "non-OSGeo project" hosting request such as yours. Then there would be a motion to SAC and passive vetting by the board. |
| 07:40:22 | FrankW: | I'm a bit leery about the proliferation of SVN/Trac instances that SAC is responsible for taking care of. |
| 07:40:40 | crschmidt: | I'm somewhat concerned about having us continue to give project hosting t anyone who asks; a couple different people in Japan said "What do I get from OSGeo?" and my "shared infrastructure" claim was met with scoffs due to people saying that anyone who wants SVN/Trac can get it. |
| 07:41:37 | FrankW: | crschmidt: Was the question "What does my project get out of becoming an official ( incubated ) OSGeo project?" |
| 07:41:58 | crschmidt: | Of going through the incubation process, yeah. |
| 07:42:16 | ominoverde: | hi guys |
| 07:42:19 | FrankW: | If so, certainly infrastructure is a relatively weak reason to go through the process since you may not need to for getting hosting, and because comparible services are available from elsewhere ( ie. sourceforge ). |
| 07:42:53 | ominoverde: | Frankw: I see the problem don't worry. I was just wandering what was teh difference between this kind of project and other that are not under incubation |
| 07:43:35 | crschmidt: | ominoverde: I think the question is just "Does a SAC member want to take on the responsibility" -- other projects have gotten a SAC member to take on the role |
| 07:43:51 | FrankW: | I will say that most other projects that were provided with svn/trac hosting were expected to eventually go through incubation. |
| 07:44:00 | FrankW: | ( eg. metacrs, geos ) |
| 07:44:28 | ominoverde: | crschmidt: I know, I didn't ask before, I'll wait for the sentence. |
| 07:44:41 | ominoverde: | it would not be the first time that ka-map goes in silence |
| 07:44:52 | FrankW: | The sentance? What do you mean? |
| 07:45:11 | : | * ominoverde looking at the dictionary |
| 07:45:53 | strk: | the "official response" : ) |
| 07:46:15 | ominoverde: | yep, in english sound a little heavier |
| 07:46:24 | strk: | "sentenza" is the final word of a jugde at the end of a proceedment |
| 07:46:27 | FrankW: | Generally speaking it takes a motion to get an official response. |
| 07:46:40 | FrankW: | And you aren't really supposed to make the motion till you have a SAC volunteer to do the work. |
| 07:46:56 | FrankW: | I'm personally hesitating to volunteer. |
| 07:47:05 | ominoverde: | right, I was wandering if some SAC guy would be interested in getting the charge |
| 07:47:10 | FrankW: | ( despite warm feelings for ominoverde and kamap ) |
| 07:47:20 | ominoverde: | don't worry FrankW, I'm expecting nothing especial |
| 07:47:29 | FrankW: | ok, so really you are waiting for a volunteer. |
| 07:47:37 | ominoverde: | exactly |
| 07:47:47 | ominoverde: | but it can come or not |
| 07:48:45 | ominoverde: | I mean, I didn't know if it was an easy thing or not. apparently is much more complicated of what I was imaging |
| 07:48:49 | FrankW: | ok |
| 07:49:20 | ominoverde: | I can ask sourceforge even if I don't love it |
| 07:49:37 | TylerM: | ominoverde: you beat pywps to ask the question ;- ) |
| 07:50:11 | ominoverde: | TylerM: hehe |
| 07:50:28 | ominoverde: | I'll ask again for pywps if it is possible |
| 07:50:41 | ominoverde: | in this days I'm coding on ka-map then I asked first ;- ) |
| 07:51:40 | TylerM: | sounds like intevation has a valuable service for smaller projects.. hopefully they can continue to accomodate them - it's a valuable service it seems |
| 07:52:12 | ominoverde: | strk, suggested savannah too |
| 07:53:00 | ominoverde: | crschmidt: we can make ka-map as a OL add-in ;- ) |
| 07:54:44 | TylerM: | or for mapserver? |
| 07:54:47 | TylerM: | : ) |
| 07:55:06 | FrankW: | I was wondering if it might make sense for the OL trac+svn to host some sorts of layered projects though that might not be well received. |
| 07:55:07 | ominoverde: | yup, could be. |
| 07:55:32 | TylerM: | ominoverde: aren't you supposed to be down at the cafe? |
| 07:55:36 | TylerM: | :D |
| 07:55:54 | TylerM: | hunting through the garbage can for a secret recipe for me? : |
| 07:56:13 | ominoverde: | TylerM: I guess you are right, it makes me unconfortable to put somewhere ka-map, it's a small bunch of code now but there's still a lot of people using it |
| 07:56:50 | : | * ominoverde going to the cafe soon |
| 07:57:40 | TylerM: | oh, i wasn't suggesting anything, just noting that i hear often about projects using intevation services to help them with their project |
| 07:57:49 | TylerM: | .. and wish osgeo had more to offer on that front. |
| 07:58:12 | TylerM: | though, with google code up now, there is that better option than sourceforge for small projects |
| 07:58:13 | ominoverde: | hehe, but who's volunteering then? |
| 07:58:34 | : | * ominoverde doesn't like google, cuba as ex. can't access |
| 07:58:43 | TylerM: | :o |
| 07:59:56 | crschmidt: | yeah, their interpretation of us export laws is somewhat stricter than most |
| 08:00:00 | crschmidt: | probably because they're bigger than most |
| 08:00:10 | strk: | didn't google also filter out china ? |
| 08:00:12 | ominoverde: | probably |
| 08:00:23 | ominoverde: | strk: that's a market ;- ) |
| 08:00:35 | strk: | they didn't filter themselves out |
| 08:00:40 | strk: | just selected search results IIRC |
| 08:00:40 | ominoverde: | hehehe |
| 08:01:03 | ominoverde: | strk, savannah seems cool |
| 08:01:14 | ominoverde: | https://savannah.nongnu.org/ |
| 08:01:15 | sigq: | Title: Welcome [Savannah] ( at savannah.nongnu.org ) |
| 08:01:25 | strk: | yeah, way to go |
| 08:01:29 | strk: | Welcome! |
| 18:18:25 | amalon: | hi, i'm wanting to load geotiff files of landsat data into using libgeotiff. they appear to have a WGS84 projection. Would i need to use proj.4 on top of that to convert between pixels coordinates and longitude/latitude or is there someway of getting libgeotiff to do it without me worrying about specific projections? |
| 18:22:29 | TylerM: | amalon: what program are you going to use the image in? |
| 18:23:09 | amalon: | my own program which i'm writing, at the moment i do naive linear conversion and its not lining up with the elevation data |
| 18:23:56 | TylerM: | do you want to preprocess your data or do you need to have it do it on-the-fly? |
| 18:24:20 | TylerM: | there are great command line tools for projection your data into UTM |
| 18:25:21 | amalon: | i need it on the fly really |
| 18:28:15 | amalon: | so what does libgeotiff actually do? just provide an interface for accessing the tags? |
| 18:34:07 | darkblue_B: | that seems likely yo me |
| 18:34:09 | darkblue_B: | to |
| 18:34:19 | darkblue_B: | ( just looking at it now ) |
| 18:34:33 | darkblue_B: | have you worked with TIFF before? |
| 18:43:21 | TylerM: | I can't speak to libgeotiff, ( others here can ) but why not use the GDAL libs instead ( http://gdal.org ) |
| 18:43:22 | sigq: | Title: GDAL: GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library ( at gdal.org ) |
| 18:45:16 | TylerM: | definitely more features, as far as i know, including projections, etc built in. |