Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Projects Mailing List

2011-09-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
27;s a SaaS, > but it is a way to illustrate my point: > > http://highrisehq.com/ > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for help with OS farm and ranch mapping tool.

2011-09-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
For the record, I did some of the initial development on the landplanner side of things with William, so anyone who helps out on that side of things can spend their nights cursing me :-) (That code is available as a general tool under crschmidt/olhttp in github.) --Chris On Sep 12, 2011 8:32 AM,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Street Map WMS Servers in EPSG:4326

2011-08-04 Thread Christopher Schmidt
est regards. > > Alvaro Zabala > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open-source project site construction

2011-03-08 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ere hosted on SourceForge, which enforced these restrictions, but they were never in place on servers maintained by OSGeo. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Comparison of Mobile GIS applications

2011-02-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ou should share them on the mailing lists to help support the effort. -- Chris > > Thanks > > bobb > > > > > >>> Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 03:25:45PM -0500, Bob Basques wrote: > > Milo, > &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Montreal Code Sprint 2011

2010-11-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ct is indeed a GIS instance. > > Accordingly, in my presentation's title or elsewhere, I'm thinking of using > something like "... GIS[?] ..." and explaining that usage. > > Reactions/suggestions appreciated. > > > ___ > Di

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usage of 'FOSS4G' in webpages?

2010-10-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ly that using the term "FOSS4G" in the OSGeo space would have the effect you're hoping for. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs

2010-10-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
's heading in a very similar direction to what you're describing, without the need for some all-world-hierarchy to tie it to, which might actually help you get a bit further. -- Chris > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Christopher Schmidt > wrote: > > > How about the fact

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Representing Places With Intelligent URLs

2010-10-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
Warning: > Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects > including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly pr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS and layer stacking.

2010-09-15 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ience Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor > Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu > --- > Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science > ==

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2010: Good, Bad and the Ugly

2010-09-15 Thread Christopher Schmidt
get some each way no matter what you do. > k) Could not see many students. More explanation here; did you mean that students were unable to attend? That you couldn't tell who the students were? That you didn't feel there was ample oppourtunity to meet up with students? Something else? Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Staistical analysis support needed

2010-09-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
both will have there pros and cons, no > doubt. > Never the less thanks for helping me so much and iI am sorry if I hurt you. Not me personally :) I just like to make sure that I'm not misrepresenting projects; especially ones I don't work on :) -

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Staistical analysis support needed

2010-09-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
statistics. Each will have different pros/cons, but "it's a desktop GIS" isn't really either :) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Staistical analysis support needed

2010-09-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ector object, and interact with them from there. 2. I know that at least some of these mechanisms (like Kriging) are implemented in GRASS, and I would bet that this is your second best option. GRASS is a bit intimidating to a first time user (though I guess not much more so than

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Best GIS with below listed requirements

2010-09-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
f the top of my head. I believe something like OpenGeo's "GeoNode" is actually a 'competitor' of sorts to something like Mapbender, a combination of catalog services and tools to manage and browse them. If I have misspoken about any of the projects de

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Where to discuss TMS?

2010-09-10 Thread Christopher Schmidt
e. For TMS, in the form of implementation of the standard, the new tiling list (lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tiling) is probably best. For vending machines on every corner, I recommend Japan. For big, person sized trash cans on every corner, I recommend Barcelona. Best of luck. Regards,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] is TileCache alive ?

2010-09-01 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ly millions of tiles every day by at least dozens of deployments (my guess is that it's more like hundreds). It doesn't solve every problem for every user, but it provides a simple framework and has been extended and abused for many many things, and I don't see that changing any ti

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Publications on FOSS4G tools in web services

2010-08-04 Thread Christopher Schmidt
yskich 8 > 24-10 Pulawy > Poland > www.erozja.ung.pulawy.pl > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: land records management with open source GIS

2010-06-22 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ource'; the whole point of the 'open' part is that it shouldn't be a problem if it's commercial. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fusion Layout Remove Login

2010-06-18 Thread Christopher Schmidt
do as well. Would recommend: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/fusion-users to ask this question. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] displaying complex GML in web-based enviroment ?

2010-06-15 Thread Christopher Schmidt
>> >>> TIA for any feedback >>> >>> Andrea >>> ___ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______ >> Discus

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Getting a .kmz into GIS

2010-06-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
kmz. > >> Thanks, > >> Ezra > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> &

[OSGeo-Discuss] SVN/Trac Migration

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
. If it says: Powered by Subversion version 1.5.6 (r36142). It is the old server. Thank you for your patience during this transition to better serve you. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] SVN/Trac Migration

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
mp;sec=0 Yep, that's what I meant. Thanks. > thanks > Markus > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Christopher Schmidt > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > As of this morning, I believe that I have completed the final testing > > for migration of trac/svn serv

[OSGeo-Discuss] SVN/Trac Migration

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
f trac/svn starting around midnight eastern time tonight. Once the DNS changes have been made, I will update the list. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Comparison of Mobile GIS applications

2010-06-02 Thread Christopher Schmidt
gt; > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: fastest option of serving huge imagery on web map on the fly

2010-05-22 Thread Christopher Schmidt
er. I have no experience using other imagery servers to solve this problem. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Illegal Request to Geoserver ?

2010-04-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
avid Bohm, quantum physicist, 1917–1992 > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Schmidt
27;free time' contributors -- but I think it can happen, and that these contributions are just as valuable, if not more so, than the others made by hobbyists, on a 'value per time' scale. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?

2010-04-19 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ere a MetaCarta project, and some portion of my work time is still done with support from my employer on open source software, but most of it is just me spending my own time. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open source desktop shootout

2010-04-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:36:43PM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > > Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:16:52AM +0200, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > >> Markus Neteler wrote: > >>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Cameron Shorter > >&

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] open source desktop shootout

2010-04-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
> > Best regards, > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COTS > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_off-the-shelf > > -- > Arnulf Christl > > Exploring Space, Time and Mind > http://arnulf.us > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
"Not every programmer programs like I do". There are many different, effective ways, and tools that can be used to write code; writing them off for yourself is fine, but trying to control the decisions someone else makes is ill-advised and potentially harmful. Regards, -- Ch

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ve that in addition to the basic product', adding > to the relative complexity and fragility of an implementation. > > So, thanks, but no thanks. > > AS > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Di

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Whitebox GAT (Chris Puttick)

2010-03-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
Discouraging someone taking steps towards releasing open source software because you don't agree with the design/development choices they made isn't appropriate, in my opinion, in an open source software discussion forum. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo maintained ArcSDE (EDN ?) instance

2010-02-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
being responsible for maintaining an > > ArcSDE instance seems costly for no tangible corresponding benefit to > > OSGeo.) > > Thanx for your comments. > > Yves > > > _______ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo maintained ArcSDE (EDN ?) instance

2010-02-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ention the idea of SAC being responsible for maintaining an ArcSDE instance seems costly for no tangible corresponding benefit to OSGeo.) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WCS/WMS accuracy tests?

2010-01-27 Thread Christopher Schmidt
t; View this message in context: > > > http://n2.nabble.com/WCS-WMS-accuracy-tests-tp4127002p4148407.html > > > Sent from the OSGeo Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ___ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > ___ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _ > Sabia que você tem 25Gb de armazenamento grátis na web? Conheça o Skydrive > agora. > http://www.windowslive.com.br/public/product.aspx/view/5?ocid=CRM-WindowsLive:produtoSkyDrive:Tagline:WLCRM:On:WL:pt-BR:SkyDrive > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for OS softwre to stitch aerial photos automatically

2010-01-22 Thread Christopher Schmidt
's no > funtion to patch a bunch of aerial photos by detecting similarities in > overlapping areas, I guess. > Hopefully, I'm wrong. Sounds like the kind of thing I'd expect ossim to have, but I never got it to work. Regards

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] HELP PLEASE - Does anyone know where I can get high resolution GIS data for use in tutorials?

2010-01-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
tralia.com.au > <mailto:scrop...@botanicusaustralia.com.au> > web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au <http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au> > > ___________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mail

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Support for '@' field type in a Shapefile.

2010-01-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ttp://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/data_types.html > > > > -- > > Ariel Núñez // GeoSolutions > > http://www.geo-solutions.it/ > > ___ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.osgeo.or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO code

2009-12-22 Thread Christopher Schmidt
advance, > > best regards, > > Jo > -- > "#define QUESTION ((bb) || !(bb))" (Shakespeare) > ___________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Copyright ownership

2009-12-13 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ich projects might feel uncomfortable about giving copyright to OSGeo, for fear of what that might mean. Improving that, through solid documentation, seems a great first step in making projects feel more comfortable with that process; this is certainly true for me as a contributor to OpenLayers. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] copyright assignment

2009-11-18 Thread Christopher Schmidt
d to sue you), so corporations take a more strict interpretation of their legal requirements. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] role of foundation with regard to licensing

2009-11-18 Thread Christopher Schmidt
d for the project unless it was no longer in a position where it made sense to do so, at which point the project would no longer be a participating project in OSGeo. This is just what seems to me to be the most reasonable and logical approach to the situation as it stands today. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] distributing "read-only" vector files?

2009-11-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ibute. Additionally, these types of restrictions typically serve to limit the usefulness of the data -- the more restricted a dataset is, the more likely you are to block legitimate usage unintentionally while 'protecting' the data. That said,

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

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Schmidt
; it's willing to become much more vendor-like, which is something OSGeo > has repeatedly shied away from (perhaps because OSGeo has many members > who work for companies, that, like OpenGeo, are monetizing open > source). (And Paul says in a paragraph what I say poorly in 10.) Regar

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

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 04:24:37PM +, Chris Puttick wrote: > > - "Christopher Schmidt" wrote: > > > > > > Speak to whom? Decision makers with no real knowledge of the thing > > they are > > > signing off on, being advised by lazy people

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

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ource projects. However, to go back to my earlier statements: I think that OSGeo can be a supportive force in that direction, but the effort really needs to come from participants in the project who have their own reputation built into the project. The motivation just isn't there otherwise.

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

2009-09-30 Thread Christopher Schmidt
simply were the best tool for the job. The job of OSGeo should be to provide the resources for educated users to make the correct decisions, if they seek them. Pushing the information to people who are currently happy with non-OSGeo solutions seems (to me) to be far less important in the big sch

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

2009-09-28 Thread Christopher Schmidt
tinues to be > fostered by us. From my biased developer's perspective, these have been > OSGeo's biggest accomplishments along with the local chapter development > and consolidation of the conference. I was going to write a post in response to this, but after reading Howard

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Christopher Schmidt

2009-09-25 Thread Christopher Schmidt
Greetings to All and Sundry, I'm Christopher Schmidt. I feel proud to have been nominated for the OSGeo Board, and would gladly serve on it in order to help OSGeo continue to grow and mature as an organization which is able to represent the best in Open Source GIS software. I have partici

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Options for setting up a Web Feature Service

2009-09-21 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ough recent KML work has sort of improved that situation as well.) Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Lurkers

2009-08-21 Thread Christopher Schmidt
> have been quiet lately.) I'm the only one working on serious > improvements or changes, and not just bug fixes. I would really like to > reach out to these lurkers to get them more involved. Ultimately, the > survival of the project may depend on it. See also: OpenLay

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats andProprietaryAlgorithms[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-08-21 Thread Christopher Schmidt
simplification, and some of it is probably not-entirely right, but the problems are -- as you suggested -- more complex than most people not working in imagery know. (And even more complex than some of them know, most likely :)) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and ProprietaryAlgorithms[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-08-21 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ressee. > Please > notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If > you are > not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disclose, or > distribute this > message or its contents or enclosures to any other person and any such > actions > may be unlawful. Ball reserves the right to monitor and review all > messages > and enclosures sent to or from this email address. > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > Warning: > Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects > including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary Algorithms

2009-08-20 Thread Christopher Schmidt
s person time, but ignore that for the time being.) If these are your options -- and this *is* the case for a non-zero number of imagery providers -- which one would you prefer to use? Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Options for sharing geodata symbology along with WFS?

2009-08-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
n de la réponse aux urgences environnementales / > Environmental Emergency Response Section > alexandre.ler...@ec.gc.ca > > > ___________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Options for sharing geodata symbology along with WFS?

2009-08-14 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ttp://feature.opengeospatial.org/forumbb/viewforum.php?f=17 ) but > activity is pretty low. I'm confident this list will provide insightful > answers! :-) To my defense for this OSGeo-unrelated question, we do > process and serve all the related geodat

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Christopher Schmidt
hat blog is written by Richard Fairhurst. http://www.systemeD.net/blog/about.html Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Using GPL for geospatial software in a commercial application.

2009-07-15 Thread Christopher Schmidt
eems likely that this won't be an issue: your code is GPL, and you're not 'shipping' their code, or at least not outside 'mere aggregation' (which doesn't drag in derivative clauses). So, I can't see any likely problems with this. IANAL, -- Christop

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

2009-05-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
this? I can't find a license file which indicates this. > > What I have missed ? > > > Jérôme > - Original Message - From: "P Kishor" > To: "OSGeo Discussions" > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Librar

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

2009-05-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
than the OP was talking about; it's best not to treat too much in that project's licensing as doctrine, since it's different from any other open sourced project I've ever dealt with, and unusual in a number of ways. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

2009-05-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
> >> >> Discuss mailing list > >> >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > >> > > >> > ___ > >> > Discuss mailing list > >> > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ > >> Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org/ > >> Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ > >> Science Commons Fellow, Geospatial Data http://sciencecommons.org > >> Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ > >> --- > >> collaborate, communicate, compete > >> === > >> Sent from Madison, WI, United States > >> ___ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

2009-05-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
fine. He can still run a commercial > business based on this code, as many people do. > > But if he wants to keep his code under some closed-source license then he can > not link to or embed any GPL licensed code or library. You beat me to it :) this is exactly what I tried to say

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS_Libraries

2009-05-05 Thread Christopher Schmidt
27;t make money off giving you the software, and it seems unlikely that much software can be 'sold' when it's under the GPL. (It's not impossible, though -- especially when things like 'compiling on Windows' come in to play.) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: TOP 20 OSGeo Mailman subscriber statistics - GeoNetwork stats

2009-04-27 Thread Christopher Schmidt
africa: 229 >> portugal: 227 >> >> Best >> Markus >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] List of FOSS GIS Implementations

2009-04-04 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 03:50:52PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Christopher Schmidt > wrote: > ... > > http://gallery.osgeo.org/ > > would it be possible to link the screenshot to a higher res > version of the uplo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] List of FOSS GIS Implementations

2009-04-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ed. If you > have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Liability Issues For Companies Supporting OpenSource Development

2009-04-02 Thread Christopher Schmidt
| Geospatial Programmer for Rent > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > Warning: > Information provided via electronic media is not guarant

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: [Majas-dev] [Majas-users] Flex in geomajas

2009-02-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
the same boat as you are in the browser world. At the moment, Adobe Flash marketshare is big enough that you probably don't need to care about this for business reasons -- but that used to be the case for IE, too. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] seeking OS client API to embed maps in desktop app

2009-01-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
s with embedded GIS data browsing > functionality. GDAL trunk has GeoRSS support; I don't know if you can open arbitrary GDAL datasources with QGIS yet, but at the very least, it's not inconceivable to add that support with relatively limited coding effort. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Symbology/styles exchange

2008-12-27 Thread Christopher Schmidt
nlayers.org/dev/examples/styles-rotation.html Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] State of OpenAerialMap

2008-12-18 Thread Christopher Schmidt
fy the situation with regard to OAM, and spur the community onwards towards taking the base that has been started with and developing a real solution to some of the hard problems the project needs to solve to continue to grow. Best Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: GeoExt: call for participation

2008-12-15 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ual GPL/MIT license) and would there be interest from the > OSGeo-minded community to join forces to achieve that goal? The Commercial Ext license is very open: I've not found *anything* I can't do once I've paid for it. If GPL restr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The state of WMS tile caching

2008-11-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 07:37:54AM -0500, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:46:48PM +0100, Gilles Bassière wrote: > > I was recently confronted to the same problem. I needed a cached WMS, > > although on some occasion I would need to perform untiled map re

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The state of WMS tile caching

2008-11-26 Thread Christopher Schmidt
different from TileCache -- you have to request a tile that the cache knows about. the WMTS request format can be used with TileCache -- there is nothing you can get out of WMTS that you can't *already* get out of TileCache, except the URL Format. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The state of WMS tile caching

2008-11-25 Thread Christopher Schmidt
d -- the restriction of tilecache to not do stitching is somewhat intentional. (Enough people complain about it being slow without ading in intentional slowdowns!) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Language Specific Lists Summary

2008-11-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:51:44PM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Christopher Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > * Germany > > ... is here: > https://lists.fossgis.de/mailman/listinfo/GAV-talk > > Italy: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Language Specific Lists Summary

2008-11-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
, so in the Dutch translatin, we'll just mention that the Dutch mailing list should be reserved for cases of real "lack of English", I guess :) Thanks for the feedback, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Disc

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Language Specific Lists Summary

2008-11-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
s scary -- and I think the lower the level of English knowledge, the truer this is. > I'm not very aware of how much OpenLayers is used in Finland but my > guess is that it's or will be growing in the future so I'd welcome > discussions and questions about OpenLayers

[OSGeo-Discuss] Language Specific Lists Summary

2008-11-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
n to the above? Also, from the AGM, there were local chapters for: * Korea * India * Germany Which are not represented in these lists. Are there lists for these chapters hosted elsewhere? Would they be open to such questions? Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web D

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foreign Language Community Support

2008-11-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 08:21:04PM +0100, Lorenzo Becchi wrote: > > > Christopher Schmidt wrote: > > > > does > >http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/GettingHelp/ForeignLanguageSupport seem > >like an appropriate way to enocurage people to seek help? Does my > &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foreign Language Community Support

2008-11-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
yers.org/wiki/GettingHelp/ForeignLanguageSupport seem like an appropriate way to enocurage people to seek help? Does my suggestions for how to handle lack of speaking a language make some sense? Thanks in advance, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Dis

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Foreign Language Community Support

2008-11-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
(depending, in part, on what feedback I get from the community) -- the URL itself is (I would hope) not the most important part of the page, and bad titles can hopefully be resolved with adequate linking. Anyway, feedback on the text of the English page (the french is just an e

[OSGeo-Discuss] Foreign Language Community Support

2008-11-09 Thread Christopher Schmidt
;re also welcome to say that :) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Raster data on a DBMS

2008-11-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
The user should have the option, according to his needs. I'm not sure if you feel that someone is preventing this from happening in some way. It sounds like you think that there is some blocker here other than someone investing the time and effort to make this happen. Regards, -

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Benefits raster data on RDBMS

2008-11-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
rgument for storing image blobs in the database. Of course, all things are not equal :) If your database has built in MrSID support, for example, you could imagine using Database Storage for Images, because you'd get the automatic compression combine

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] defining a Geospatial Integration Showcase to be launched at FOSS4G 2009

2008-10-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
tiction determines that copyright is not applicable > to geodata, then both copyright and the creative commons license > go away. But contract law doesn't. The Open Database License rests in part on Contract Law, Database Protections, etc. Copyright law isn't all there is

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] defining a Geospatial Integration Showcase to be launched at FOSS4G 2009

2008-10-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
f data seems like the right way to go. > I assume this is the license being referred: > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CCZero > ddi > Christopher Schmidt wrote: > >On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 08:21:03PM +0900, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: > > > >>Cameron Shorter wrote: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] defining a Geospatial Integration Showcase to be launched at FOSS4G 2009

2008-10-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
you haven't read it, *Please do* before advising anyone who has not already released data on license issues. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Can we use a LiveDVD for workshops and labs at FOSS4G 2009?

2008-10-20 Thread Christopher Schmidt
ent on a closed source platform. That's like saying "OpenLayers is not open source when used with Google Maps" -- OpenLayers (and correspondingly, MapWindow) is (or can be) still Open Source, regardless of the libraries it depends on. Let's not play the &q

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009 Code sprint

2008-10-12 Thread Christopher Schmidt
g did people attend for? >From whatever time they showed up -- ranging from 8:30 to 12:30 -- til we had to leave at 5. > did everyone stay for the full 3 days or did some leave early? There was only one day of the sprint. Regards, -- Christopher Sch

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009 Code sprint

2008-10-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
onference registration" in order > to capture everyone who is wanting to attend? I don't think we've had anything ike that happen in either 2007 or 2008... not to my memory, anyway. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Dis

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2009 Code sprint

2008-10-11 Thread Christopher Schmidt
o 'a 5 day long rave' due to the amount of energy it consumes) feels dangerous. :) Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Conference Photos

2008-10-10 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 06:09:20AM -0400, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > I finally finished uploading all the photos I took at/around the FOSS4G > conference. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/crschmidt/sets/72157607549536663/ An additional point: All of these photos are CC-By, whic

[OSGeo-Discuss] Conference Photos

2008-10-10 Thread Christopher Schmidt
, and I'll add you back. Any names I got wrong, please let me know, either via email or by simply commenting on the flickr photo. Thanks to all for helping to create such a photogenic conference. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Questions about CS-Map, ArcSDE 9.3, buffer operations

2008-10-03 Thread Christopher Schmidt
se GEOS/OGR for that. I have no idea aabout its compatibility with FDO, but I wouldn't be that hopeful. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The existence (and value of) "clean" geocoding tools?

2008-09-24 Thread Christopher Schmidt
this field, so you just tend to look for the people who are doing statistics the best. (Given that I work for MetaCarta, I won't offer an opinion on how much better we are than everyone else at this. ;)) Is this what you're looking for? Are there open source related solutions that you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and use of freenode for IRC

2008-08-23 Thread Christopher Schmidt
through chanserv), group registration is social (filling out paperwork with network admins) right? Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt Web Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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