Hi Marco,
It sounds like you have the start of a good project.
However, my feeling is that has not yet reached the maturity of the
other projects we have on OSGeo-Live.
In particular, we help new users answer the questions:
* What good open source GIS projects are out there?
* What is everyone else using?
What I suggest working on is getting a stronger answer to the second
question.
Aim to build up a community behind your project.
Look to get your project used by many organisations.
Aim to attract developers from these organisations.
I know this is a tough ask, and often takes years to attract such a
community.
But attracting a community is the true test of whether a project is
valuable or not.
Apache has a good page about building a community which might be worth a
read:
http://incubator.apache.org/guides/community.html
On 26/11/2015 6:39 am, Marco Afonso wrote:
Hello Alex,
Thank you for your reply.
Follows the MapIgniter application request to integrate OSGeo Live. As
we can see, this is a very recent project but with very good
technological background to evolve and specially satisfy user needs.
I hope it can be accepted. If work has to be done, I'm on it!
Cheers,
Marco
*Please describe your application.
What is its name?*
It's name is MapIgniter2. The name came from previous release, where
it was based on CodeIgniter PHP framework.
*What is the home page URL?*
The project's home is hosted on GitHub at
https://github.com/taviroquai/mapigniter2
*Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?*
It uses the MIT license.
*What does the application do and how does it add value to the
GeoSpatial stack of software?*
MapIgniter is a GeoCMS which combines web mapping features with
Content Management System (CMS) features. It is a browser-based
software, or more commonly refered as a web application. The main
purpose of this software is to let users publish Geographic
Information on the Internet / Intranet on a free and Open Source
platform. Considering that there are other Open Source web mapping
platforms, MapIgniter distinguishes it self, and adds value to
GeoSpatial stack software, by being powered by cutting edge Javascript
and PHP frameworks/libraries, providing the best tools for creating
modern web applications.
*
*
*Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of the
standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how
standards are used.*
This software makes use of a subset of OGC standards; currently WMS
and WFS. Specific version numbers can be configured by the user.
MapIgniter backoffice interface allows to configure these OGC service
parameters to be used by OpenLayers 3 (frontend web mapping library).
*What language is it written in?*
The default interface language is English. Also includes Portuguese
language files. Any idiom can be added later. This is a feature of the
PHP Laravel Architecture which is the PHP Framework that powers this
software.
*Which version of the application should be included in the next
OSGeo-Live release?*
MapIgniter2 targets release 1.0 for the next release of OSGeo-Live.
*Stability is very important to us on OSGeo-Live. If a new user finds
a bug in one application, it will tarnish the reputation of all other
OSGeo-Live applications as well. (We pay most attention to the
following answers):
If risk adverse organisations have deployed your application into
production, it would imply that these organisations have verified the
stability of your software. Has the application been rolled out to
production into risk (ideally risk adverse) organisations? Please
mention some of these organisations?*
The number of organisations using MapIgniter2 is unknown. Mainly
because this is a very recent software. Although, being MapIgniter
built upon Laravel 5.1 and OpenLayers 3, these two frameworks have
proven it's success in web development applications it's usage by a
number of companies.
Please see
Laravel Jobs https://larajobs.com/?partner=5#/
Openlayers Sponsors http://openlayers.org/sponsors.html
*Open HUB provides metrics to help assess the health of a project. Eg:
http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html Could you
please ensure that your project is registered with Open HUB, and Open
HUB has been updated to reference the correct code repository(s) for
your project. What is the Open HUB URL for your project?*
The Open Hub URL is https://www.openhub.net/p/mapigniter2
*What is the size of the user community? You can often answer this by
mentioning downloads, or describing a healthy, busy email list?*
MapIgniter2 has no community yet. The previous release has 10 forks on
GitHub, 19 starred and 9 people watching the repository. The Google
groups has been some activity since 2012 until April 2015 from several
users.
*What is the size of your developer community?*
Currently there is one developer.
*Do you have a bug free, stable release?*
Not yet.
*
*
*Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone through.*
There will be automated tests in soon.
*How long has the project has had mature code.*
The project is very recent.
*OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use rather
than libraries. Does the application have a user interface (possibly a
command line interface) that a user can interact with? (We do make an
exception for Incubated OSGeo Libraries, and will include Project
Overviews for these libraries, even if they don't have a user interface.)*
Yes the software works on a web browser interface.
*We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects which are
presented at FOSS4G conferences. If your project is involved in OSGeo
Incubation, or has been selected to be presented at FOSS4G, then
please mention it.*
Previous release of MapIgniter was presented to the OSGeo Portuguese
community on the 16th November 2012.
Please see
http://www.osgeo.org/node/1318
http://osgeopt.pt/eventos/sasig5.markdown/
*
*
*With around 50 applications installed on OSGeo-Live, us core
packagers do not have the time to liaise with every single project
email list for each OSGeo-Live release. So we require a volunteer (or
two) to take responsibility for liaising between OSGeo-Live and the
project's communities. This volunteer will be responsible for ensuring
the install scripts and English documentation are updated by someone
for each OSGeo-Live release. Also test that the installed application
and Quickstart documentation works as expected on release candidate
releases of OSGeo-Live. Who will act as the project's liaison person.*
*
OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
Install .deb files from a PPA
Write a custom install script
Can you please discuss how your application will be installed.*
*MapIgniter is a web mapping application based on PHP Laravel 5.1
Framework. Laravel framework runs over Apache2 or Nginx web servers.
MapIgniter system requirements matches Laravel 5.1 requirements.*
MapIgniter install procedure is similar to Laravel install procedure.
It can be manually installed by using the instructions documented in
MapIgniter GitHub repository. Also, there is an install script (linux)
that automates the install process. Just enter onto Apache public
folder and run from shell curl
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taviroquai/mapigniter2/master/install.sh
| sudo sh
Please see
Laravel Documentation http://laravel.com/docs/5.1
Install script
https://github.com/taviroquai/mapigniter2/blob/master/install.sh
*OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application run in
512 Meg of RAM?*
Yes.
*How much disk space will be required to install the application and a
suitable example application?*
Approximately 38 Mbytes.
*We aim to reduce disk space by having all applications make use of a
common dataset. We encourage applications to make use of the example
datasets already installed:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets If
another dataset would be more appropriate, please discuss here. Is it
appropriate, to remove existing demo datasets which may already be
included in the standard release.*
Examples datasets provided by OSGeo Live are fine to be used with
MapIgniter. Optimum data is with native Web Mercator projection.
*Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview available
under a CC By and a Quickstart available under a CC By-SA license.
(You may release under a second license as well). Will you produce this?*
Yes.
*In past releases, we have included Windows and Mac installers for
some applications. It is likely we won't have space for these in
future releases. However, if there is room, would you be wishing to
include Windows and/or Mac installers?*
Yes, Windows installer.
*
*
2015-11-25 17:01 GMT+00:00 Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com
<mailto:tech_...@wildintellect.com>>:
On 11/25/2015 08:24 AM, Marco Afonso wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to submit a new project for OSGeo-Live.
>
> The project in case is MapIgniter2.
> Here is the home of the project:
https://github.com/taviroquai/mapigniter2
>
> I would like to know what are the requirements and procedures to be
> accepted to integrate OSGeo Live.
>
>
>
Marco,
Reply to this thread with the answers to the following questions:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
The expanded details of adding new projects is documented at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project
Thanks,
Alex
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Marco Afonso
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