Hi all, I'm wondering if we can find a volunteer to act as OSGeo-Live point-of-contact for the MapSlicer project (previously called MapTiler).
(I'm interested to know what version we should package for the next OSGeo-Live release). Warm regards, Cameron On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Activity Workshop < m...@activityworkshop.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I've had a quick look at the MapTiler source, and I agree with those who > think it should be _kept_ in osgeo if at all possible. It seems to work > fine, it looks good, seems very useful and is one of those things that's > easy to demo too so it fits extremely well. All credit to Petr and the > other authors, thank you for this nice piece of work! > > I'd be glad to help with the necessary "adjustments" to the code if I > can, and if help is needed. From the spreadsheet it looks to be > unaltered for several versions of osgeo so I assume that it has been > thoroughly tested and it works. So the effort to maintain it working > but without the MapTiler references should be very manageable. It's > just a shame that the request was received (and already acted upon) so > suddenly before the release, it would have been better to have more time > for preparation. > > What I think we need now is a stable base of the source code and a way > to build a package suitable for osgeo. Unfortunately it seems that the > code on github (I found two versions, both identical) is _not_ the same > as the one on the osgeo DVD. Github (and googlecode) have 1.0alpha3 and > osgeo has 1.0beta2, and despite the innocuous-sounding version numbers > there are huge differences between them. I assume we want to go forward > starting from the osgeo code, unless someone has a more complete source > package somewhere? Could this be put up on somewhere like github too? > > About the differences between the gdal2tiles.py files provided by gdal > and maptiler, that sounds like a complex issue but maybe that doesn't > have to be resolved immediately - this conflict has been around for a > while. > > About the MapTiler icon, personally I can't see any reason why we can't > continue to use it, at least in the short term. The image is > BSD-licensed and is already "out there", so we should have no problems > using and redistributing it. Maybe the icon can be changed later, but > the priority now should be to get the software available again. > > And about the name "IceTiler" - is this open for discussion? I > understand the tip of the hat to Iceweasel, but maybe a more descriptive > name would be more appropriate here - something to give a clue what the > software does (like the name MapTiler does). It doesn't tile ices. > Might I suggest some alternative names, like "MapSlicer" or "TileGenie" > instead? Actually it looks like those names have gone already, but > something else in that direction maybe? > > Regards, > activityworkshop > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just received a confirmation from Peter Briggs, the creator and contact > person of CCP4's MapSlicer, that there is no conflict with the names since > that is a utility under the CCP4 project. > > I think we are ok with the potential name. The poll is going to be open > for 1 more hour. > > Best, > Angelos > > > > On 02/14/2015 02:46 PM, Even Rouault wrote: > >> Le samedi 14 février 2015 13:24:42, Activity Workshop a écrit : >> >>> If anyone would like to help with this, we now have a wiki page (thanks, >>> Angelos!) >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MapSlicer >>> >>> There's another project named MapSlicer: >> http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/mapslicer.html >> >> CartoSlicer seems unused >> >> Anyone is welcome to fill something in in there, giving basic details >>> and links. >>> Also if anyone wants to make a start on the docs, the more hands the >>> better! >>> >>> Regards, >>> activityworkshop >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Live-demo mailing list >>> Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo >>> http://live.osgeo.org >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >>> >> > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos > Remote Sensing Laboratory > National Technical University of Athens > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > Live-demo@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > -- -- Cameron Shorter, Software and Data Solutions Manager LISAsoft Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099
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