Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread Mike Adair
Tom Kralidis and I also worked on a WFS implementation of an OWS resources catalog some time ago for the CGDI: http://atlas.gc.ca/cgi-bin/owscatwfs?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities where service_endpoints: are actual service instances service_resources: are layers and feature types parsed o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread Benjamin Chartier
Good news. Feel free to contact me directly if you want more details about OWS Search Engine. Benjamin Tim Schaub a écrit : Hey- pere roca ristol wrote: hi all, there was a nice site (wms-sites.com ) that I enjoyed very much because you could do thematic searches

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread Tim Schaub
Hey- pere roca ristol wrote: hi all, there was a nice site (wms-sites.com ) that I enjoyed very much because you could do thematic searches of avaible WMS, getting back a RSS feed that can be parsed and so on. the site has disappeared and I wonder if someone knows s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread Benjamin Chartier
Thank you Cédric for promoting this web application. Since I'm the author of OWS Search Engine, I would like to clarify what it is: just a GUI for Yahoo! Search BOSS specialised in finding OGC web services; not a catalogue of WMS services. wms-sites.com was rather a catalogue. By the way, I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-09-28 Thread Massimo Di Stefano
Hi All, I agree with you i think we need a "local chapter" policy, to redistribute knowledge and organizational experience through the LC, helping ourselves to organize hack meetings and local conferences. I think we also need to focus on an "educational strategy" to promote FOSS inside u

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread Cédric Moullet
something equivalent: http://ows-search-engine.appspot.com/ On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:23 PM, pere roca ristol wrote: > hi all, there was a nice site (wms-sites.com) that I enjoyed very much > because you could do thematic searches of avaible WMS, getting back a RSS > feed that can be parsed a

[OSGeo-Discuss] what about wms-sites.com ?

2009-09-28 Thread pere roca ristol
hi all, there was a nice site (wms-sites.com) that I enjoyed very much because you could do thematic searches of avaible WMS, getting back a RSS feed that can be parsed and so on. the site has disappeared and I wonder if someone knows something or similar sites... I just know the list below, b

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo server admin

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Paolo Cavallini wrote: Hi all. Concerning ticket http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/392 I think the discussion should be brought to the attention of the list. For my experience, I do not think server administration is well suited for volunteer work. To me, server administration is a service, mo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-09-28 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40:17PM -0500, Howard Butler wrote: > > On Sep 14, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: > >> Hi everyone, a recent chat I was asked about our vision for OSGeo over >> the next 3 and 5 years. I'd really like to hear thoughts on the >> matter >> and pool a few

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-09-28 Thread Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)
Howard, your list looks good to me. OSGeo should focus on: * Local Chapters * Conferences (FOSS4G + many, many localized versions) * Global strategic binding (that is cross project, journal, marketing, etc.) I want to add that for me it is also a goal to limit OSGeo's growth wrt the number of paid

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo server admin

2009-09-28 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Paolo Cavallini wrote: Hi all. Concerning ticket http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/392 I think the discussion should be brought to the attention of the list. Good point! For my experience, I do not think server administration is well suited for volunteer work. To me, server administration is