tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:57:41 +0000WMSFrançaisCodeSprint2011GSoCRdvOSGeoQcEnglishCodeSprint2012MapServerMapgearsUbuntuGISOSGeoFOSS4GOSGeo-QcVisionGéomatiqueOSGeo4WGDAL/OGROGCGeo Gears, Nuts & Boltshttp://dmorissette.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)Blogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-4669933254851071584Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +00002012-12-13T11:07:05.851-05:00OGCWMSMapServerEnglishDon't "upgrade" to WMS 1.3.0 unless you really have to, stick to 1.1.1Chances are that you already heard me say something along the lines of "Don't 'upgrade' to&nbsp; WMS 1.3.0 unless you really have to because it's a mess, stick to WMS 1.1.1 if you can". This may sound like an old story to those who have been around since the adoption of WMS 1.3.0 in 2004, but believe it or not we still hit those 1.3.0 issues today 8 years later. The last time was a few weeks ago and that got me started on that same old rant once again. I figured that I'd archive a copy of it here once and for all, and next time I can just point people to this blog.<br /><br /><h3>The long story</h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3>"Don't 'upgrade' to&nbsp; WMS 1.3.0 unless you really have to because it's a mess, stick to WMS 1.1.1 if you can"... well, I may not have used those exact words, but I mean it, WMS 1.3.0 is a pain to support properly, both on the client and on the server side, and should be avoided unless you have very good reasons to switch to it, like requirement for ISO compliance for instance. If you can stick to WMS 1.1.1 then you will be much happier. <br /><br />I was involved with the OGC revision working group (RWG) that worked on the adoption of WMS 1.3.0 and I had the "chance" (or not?) to witness what happened. The "problem" is that OGC was trying to get WMS 1.3.0 approved as an ISO spec, and the ISO review process forced them to break compatibility with WMS 1.1.1 and older on a few aspects in order to meet the very strict ISO requirements. <br /><br />One of those aspects was a requirement to honour the axis order defined by EPSG in its database of coordinate systems. In WMS 1.1.1 and older, early day OGC WMS authors and implementers had made a "mistake" and always assumed an x-followed-by-y axis order for coordinates, so the BBOX for EPSG:4326 (WGS84 geographic coordinates in degrees) was treated as: <br /><br />&nbsp; BBOX=lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max <br /><br />But the EPSG database that WMS refers to defines the axis order for its 4326 SRS to be latitude followed by longitude (or y-x for the mathematicians around the table), so in WMS 1.3.0, you have to use: <br /><br />&nbsp; BBOX=lat_min, lon_min, lat_max, lon_max <br /><br />However, for <b class="moz-txt-star">most</b> projected coordinate systems, EPSG still defines the axis order as x followed by y, so nothing changes between 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 in those cases. For instance, with EPSG:3857 (Google Mercator projection in meters), the BBOX coordinate order remains the same for both WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0: <br /><br />&nbsp; BBOX=xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax <br /><br />This strict compliance requirement imposed by the ISO review process on the OGC RWG means that WMS 1.3.0 server and client code needs to be aware of the axis order for each SRS that it supports and to use the correct coordinate order in its BBOX (and also the BoundingBox elements of the GetCapabilities output IIRC)... that's the mess I was alluding to. (There are a few thousand codes in the EPSG database that software needs to be made aware of.)<br /><br />The issues that we encounter the most often with WMS 1.3.0 implementation range from incomplete axis order support for some EPSG codes to some implementations incorrectly assuming that WMS 1.3.0 just swaps the axis order to y-x for every SRS. And yes, there are still some implementations in 2012 that don't get this right.<br /><br />Note that to help work around this issue for those writing simple clients/servers who want to avoid using EPSG codes and be free to continue with x-y axis order everywhere, the WMS 1.3.0 RWG invented a new "CRS:*" namespace for projection codes in which it defined a few well-known coordinate systems. They are listed in Annex B of the WMS 1.3.0 spec. The most common one is CRS:84 which is essentially EPSG:4326 with lon-lat (x-y) axis ordering. Unfortunately this is just a patch and doesn't address the core issue which is a brutal incompatibility between WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0.<br /><br /><h3>Examples</h3><h3>&nbsp;</h3>Since <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> complies with all those requirements, here are some example showing the change in behaviors between WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0 with MapServer WMS, taking the following BBOX:<br /><br />&nbsp; bbox=-90,0,0,90 <br /><br />Using WMS 1.3.0 with EPSG:4326 (with lat-lon, a.k.a y-x axis order):<br /><br />&nbsp; bbox=-90,0,0,90&amp;crs=EPSG:4326&amp;version=1.3.0 <br /><br />this bbox is interpreted as<br /><br />&nbsp; lat_min = 90 South&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; lon_min = 0 <br />&nbsp; lat_max = 0 <br />&nbsp; lon_max = 90 East<br /><br />and you get the following map image: <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0E3mIqlfL7k/UMnz_JirrSI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lAAHE9PnO2I/s1600/wms-130-4326.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0E3mIqlfL7k/UMnz_JirrSI/AAAAAAAAAHc/lAAHE9PnO2I/s1600/wms-130-4326.png" /></a></div><br />&nbsp;However, if you want to keep it simple and stick to x-y axis ordering, and want the BBOX treated as <br /><br />&nbsp; lon_min = 90 West <br />&nbsp; lat_min = 0&nbsp; <br />&nbsp; lon_max = 0 <br />&nbsp; lat_max = 90 North <br /><br />then you can either use WMS 1.3.0 with CRS:84:<br /><br />&nbsp; bbox=-90,0,0,90&amp;crs=CRS:84&amp;version=1.3.0 <br /><br />Or stick to WMS 1.1.1 with EPSG:4326:<br /><br />&nbsp; bbox=-90,0,0,90&amp;srs=EPSG:4326&amp;version=1.1.1 <br /><br />and in both cases you'll get this:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-paBa0-yGIL0/UMn0X-Aa2bI/AAAAAAAAAHk/rBPMBILIgOw/s1600/wms-130-crs84.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-paBa0-yGIL0/UMn0X-Aa2bI/AAAAAAAAAHk/rBPMBILIgOw/s1600/wms-130-crs84.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Hopefully now you'll understand next time you hear me mumble "... stick to WMS 1.1.1...".<br /><br />P.S. Also note in the examples above that the WMS 1.1.1 "srs=..." parameter was renamed to "crs=..." in WMS 1.3.0, but that's a story for another day. http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/12/dont-upgrade-to-wms-130-unless-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-1831519505258075870Tue, 15 May 2012 03:31:00 +00002012-06-07T09:13:12.675-04:00VisionGéomatiqueRdvOSGeoQcFrançaisOSGeo-QcAppel de présentations pour le Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc 2012<u><b><i>Mise à jour: la date limite pour soumettre une proposition a été étendue au 18 juin 2012.</i></b></u><br /><br />Vous avez jusqu'au <b><strike>1er</strike> <u>18</u> juin 2012</b> pour soumettre vos <b>propositions de présentations</b> pour le <b>Rendez-vous OSGeo-Québec 2012</b> qui se tiendra les <b>17 et 18 octobre 2012 à Saguenay</b>.<br /><br />Je vous rappelle que pour cette édition, le Centre de Géomatique du Québec (CGQ), l'Association de géomatique municipale du Québec (AGMQ) et OSGeo-Québec s'associent pour la tenue d'un événement commun. Il s'agira donc de Vision Géomatique 2012, combiné au colloque automnal de l'AGMQ, et au Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc 2012. <br /><br />Techniquement, les trois événement se dérouleront en parallèle sur deux jours et une seule inscription permettra à tous les visiteurs d'assister aux conférences des trois événements. Une salle de conférences du programme sera dédiée aux thèmes du Rendez-vous OSGeo-Québec pendant les deux jours de l'événement. <br /><br />Plus de détails sont disponibles sur le site <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://visiongeomatique.com/">visiongeomatique.com</a> et l'appel de propositions de présentations est disponible en suivant <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://visiongeomatique.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=56&amp;catid=12">ce lien</a>.<br /><br />Puisqu'il s'agit d'un événement combiné, nous utilisons le même formulaire d'appel de propositions de présentations pour les 3 groupes. Il vous suffit de cocher "Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc" dans la 2eme page du formulaire pour bien indiquer que vous soumettez une présentation sur le thème des logiciels et/ou données libres.<br /><h4> Plan de visibilité</h4>Finalement, comme dans les éditions précédentes, un <a href="http://visiongeomatique.com/documents/Plan_Visibilite_VisionGeomatique2012.pdf">plan de visibilité</a> est disponible pour les entreprises intéressées à s'afficher en tant que partenaire de l'événement ou à exposer leurs produits et services dans un kiosque.<br /><br /><b>N'oubliez pas de soumettre vos <a href="http://visiongeomatique.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=56&amp;catid=12">propositions de présentations</a> avant le <strike>1er</strike> <u>18</u> juin 2012!</b>http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/05/appel-de-presentations-pour-le-rendez.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-3301606507674461302Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:00 +00002012-04-27T14:42:55.141-04:00VisionGéomatiqueOSGeoRdvOSGeoQcFrançaisOSGeo-Qc17-18 Octobre 2012: Vision Géomatique, AGMQ et Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TsJkiveKR48/T5rEMWuTMmI/AAAAAAAAAGA/SFm7FH7FFzk/s1600/VG2012-reservezvosdates.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TsJkiveKR48/T5rEMWuTMmI/AAAAAAAAAGA/SFm7FH7FFzk/s400/VG2012-reservezvosdates.png" width="400" /></a></div>&nbsp;Les 17 et 18 octobre prochain, le <a href="http://cgq.qc.ca/">Centre de Géomatique du Québec</a> s'associe à l'<a href="http://www.agmq.qc.ca/">AGMQ</a> et à <a href="http://qc.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Québec</a> pour la tenue au Saguenay de la 3ème édition de <a href="http://visiongeomatique.com/">VisionGÉOMATIQUE</a>, combinée au <a href="http://www.agmq.qc.ca/colloque.aspx">colloque bi-annuel de l'AGMQ</a> et à la 2ème édition du <a href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/">Rendez-vous OSGeo-Québec</a>.<br /><br />Plus de détails sur l'horaire de l'événement ainsi qu'un appel de propositions de présentations seront diffusés très bientôt. Comme en 2010, je suis membre du comité organisateur, et je vous invite donc à réserver vos dates pour ce qui sera sûrement l'événement de l'automne de la géomatique au Québec.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/04/17-18-octobre-2012-vision-geomatique.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-2288428456986405854Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:08:00 +00002012-04-04T13:48:03.297-04:00MapgearsMapServerEnglishMapgears continues its growth and launches Mapgears Solutions<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1423979447" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g59uLwIPP94/T3sjlNBw89I/AAAAAAAAAFo/MaD8xUiSlfM/s200/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" width="200" /></a>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.ca/2012/04/mapgears-continue-sa-croissance-avec.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">Mapgears</a> and <a href="http://www.mgeospatial.com/">Mgeospatial</a> just announced the merge of their respective geospatial consulting operations to launch a new division: <b>Mapgears Solutions</b>. Thus, it is with great pleasure that we welcome two new members in the Mapgears family: <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonMercier">Simon Mercier</a> and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-%C3%A9ric-bourget/45/b31/789">Charles-Éric Bourget</a>.<br /><br />Technically, the new entity will be based in Quebec City and will operate under the direction of Simon Mercier, vice president of the new Mapgears Solutions division. Its mission will be to complement the technology offer of the current team based in Chicoutimi with highly specialized consulting services to assist customers in the setup and deployment of <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> and related open source technologies.<br /><br />Simon founded Mgeospatial a little over a year ago based on this same vision that will remain at the core of Mapgears Solutions. With respect to the current Mapgears team that you all know, we will now refer to it as Mapgears Technologies, and as the name says, it will continue to focus on the development and support of MapServer and related technologies, which is what we do best and has led us to where we are today.<br /><br />I am very glad that Simon accepted the opportunity to join Mapgears. The synergy between the two teams will allow us to better serve our clients and to accelerate the growth of the two entities who were having a hard time responding to the growing demand for our technologies and services. I already expect a few more names to join the teams in the coming months, stay tuned.<br /><br />BTW, Simon, Julien and I will be at <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/">FOSS4G-NA</a> in Washington next week and we'll be happy to discuss this further with you.<br /><br />P.S. With this announcement comes the need for a new website to better reflect today's Mapgears product and services offering. A preview of the new style is already available at <a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">www.mapgears.com</a> and the new site currently under construction should hopefully be available in the coming weeks.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/04/mapgears-continues-its-growth-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-5930406773709094184Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:08:00 +00002012-04-04T13:46:43.202-04:00MapgearsFrançaisMapServerMapgears continue sa croissance avec Solutions Mapgears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1423979447" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g59uLwIPP94/T3sjlNBw89I/AAAAAAAAAFo/MaD8xUiSlfM/s200/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" width="200" /></a>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.ca/2012/04/mapgears-continues-its-growth-and.html">English version</a>)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">Mapgears</a> et <a href="http://www.mgeospatial.com/">Mgeospatial</a> viennent d'annoncer la fusion de leurs activités de consultation en géomatique respectives afin de fonder une nouvelle division: <b>Solutions Mapgears</b>. C'est donc avec grand plaisir que je souhaite la bienvenue à <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonMercier">Simon Mercier</a> et <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/charles-%C3%A9ric-bourget/45/b31/789">Charles-Éric Bourget</a> au sein de la grande famille Mapgears.<br /><br />Techniquement, la nouvelle division Solutions sera basée à Québec et opérera sous la direction de Simon qui agira à titre de vice-président de la division Solutions Mapgears. Ils auront pour mission de complémenter l'offre de technologies de l'équipe actuelle basée à Chicoutimi par des services de consultation spécialisés de haut niveau afin d'accompagner les clients dans l'implantation et le déploiement de <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> et des technologies de logiciel libre et open source associées.<br /><br />On se rappelle que Simon avait fondé Mgeospatial il y a un peu plus d'un an basée sur cette même vision qui demeurera au coeur de Solutions Mapgears. Quant à l'équipe actuelle de Mapgears, on y fera maintenant référence sous le nom de Technologies Mapgears, et comme le nom l'indique, elle pourra maintenant mieux se concentrer sur le développement et le support de MapServer et des technologies associées, ce qu'on sait faire de mieux et qui a fait notre marque depuis des années.<br /><br />Je suis très heureux que Simon ait accepté l'invitation à se joindre à Mapgears. La synergie entre les deux groupes permettra de mieux servir nos clients et d'accélérer la croissances des deux entités qui avaient peine à soutenir la demande grandissante pour nos produits et services. Je m'attends déjà à ce que de nouveaux noms viennent s'ajouter aux deux équipes dans les prochains mois. C'est un dossier à suivre...<br /><br />P.S. Avec cette annonce vient aussi la décision de rajeunir notre site Web afin de réfléter la nouvelle offre de produits et services de Mapgears. Un aperçu de la nouvelle image est déjà visible à <a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">www.mapgears.com</a> et le nouveau site en construction devrait être complété dans les prochaines semaines.<br /><br /><b>Mise à jour:</b><br /><br />Voir aussi le billet de Simon Mercier:&nbsp; <a href="http://simonmercier.net/blog/?p=987">Solutions Mapgears</a>http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/04/mapgears-continue-sa-croissance-avec.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-7778235919179910634Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:14:00 +00002012-03-27T10:14:54.005-04:00OSGeoFOSS4GEnglishFOSS4G North America only 2 weeks away - April 10-11<a href="http://foss4g-na.org/">FOSS4G North America 2012</a> is only two weeks away - April 10-12 in Washington, DC. <a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">Mapgears</a> is a proud sponsor of the event and I'll be there of course! <br /><br />The program of the first two days (April 10-11) includes <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/schedule/">51 talks</a> from presenters ranging from hardcore developers to visionary managers and technology architects, and four <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/speakers/">keynote speakers</a>: Josh Berkus of PostgreSQL, Michael Byrne from the FCC, Paul Ramsey from OpenGeo and Keith Barber, from the NGA.<br /><br />The third day (April 12) is <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/schedule/sponsor-day/">Sponsor Day</a>, with a <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_NA_2012_Code_Sprint">Code Sprint</a> taking place in parallel.<br /><br /><a href="http://foss4g-na.org/registration/">Online registration</a> is open until April 2nd. Hurry up if you haven't registered yet as space is limited to 400 participants. More information is available on the <a href="http://foss4g-na.org/">foss4g-na.org</a> website.<br /><br />As for any FOSS4G event, the most important part for me is the networking with other developers and users of <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> software, so I look forward to seeing you there!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/03/foss4g-north-america-only-2-weeks-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-3615963583562494697Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:15:00 +00002012-02-08T19:16:40.147-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2012MapServerGSoCEnglishMapServer and TinyOWS Releases at the Islandwood OSGeo Sprint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z0pSKSbaHMs/TzMMvGjtqgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/G8soVBVtKz4/s1600/DSC01793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z0pSKSbaHMs/TzMMvGjtqgI/AAAAAAAAAEA/G8soVBVtKz4/s320/DSC01793.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />This week, 21 developers are getting together for a code sprint in the wonderful venue of <a href="http://www.islandwood.org/">Islandwood</a> to work on the advancement of their respective <a href="http://osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> projects. Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/mpgerlek">Michael Gerlek</a> for organizing and to our <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012">sponsors</a> for their support.<br /><br />I am happy to report that <a href="http://tinyows.org/">TinyOWS</a> version 1.0 has just been released. Congratulations to Olivier Courtin for leading the project to this important milestone!<br /><br />Last summer it was decided that TinyOWS (<a href="http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-70.html">RFC-70</a>) and MapCache (<a href="http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-71.html">RFC-71</a>) would join the <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer project</a>. This means that with the upcoming MapServer 6.2 release, we will also release the MapServer Suite which includes "mapserv" (the CGI/FastCGI), MapScript, MapCache and TinyOWS. The long term plan is to provide a more seamless integration of the tools under this MapServer Suite umbrella, while still allowing the use of each component independently or with other non-MapServer packages for those who wish to do so.<br /><br />Another outcome of the sprint is that the TinyOWS documentation has been integrated in the development tree <a href="http://mapserver.org/trunk/tinyows/">here</a>. Thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/dmiddlecamp">David</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/halm">Hal</a>, for their work on this and their other contributions. <br /><br />On the MapServer front, we just announced the<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2012-February/071476.html"> release of version 6.0.2 and 5.6.8</a>. There are no new features in those releases, only fixes, and they do include a fix for a security vulnerability that was found in the handling of WFS Filters inside SLDs, so you are encouraged to upgrade your installation. More details in the announcement <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2012-February/071476.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Finally, one of our next goals is to work out a plan for a MapServer 6.2 feature freeze and release this spring.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/02/mapserver-and-tinyows-releases-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-6347616819909676955Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:13:00 +00002012-01-26T13:22:52.400-05:00OSGeoEnglishIntellectual Property vs CopyrightIn the past I have often used the terms <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property">Intellectual Property</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright">Copyright</a> to mean essentially the same thing, without realizing that this was incorrect. Maybe that was because English is not my native language, but probably not since I have actually heard several others making the same mistake as well.<br /><br />This morning in a discussion on this topic on the <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator">OSGeo Incubator mailing list</a>, <a href="http://fwarmerdam.blogspot.com/">Frank Warmerdam</a> explained the difference between the two terms and now I better understand why the terms Intellectual Property and Copyright should not be confused, especially in the context of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).<br /><br />I thought I'd share a copy of Frank's great explanation here in case it helps others better understand the distinction:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;">Daniel, <br /><br />I believe the rationale behind avoiding the term Intellectual Property <br />has two parts. <br /><br />First, it attempts to conflate a variety of very different legal mechanisms. <br />Primarily copyright, patents and trademarks.&nbsp; Giving them all one name makes <br />it harder to separate out things we might agree with (copyright) from things <br />we might not (ie. Patents). <br /><br />Second, it expresses these legal mechanisms in a manner that implies that <br />they are some sort of fundamental or manifest right rather than limited <br />government granted monopolies intended to serve specific needs of society</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;">[...]</blockquote>You can read the full email and the rest of the thread <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2012-January/001741.html">here</a>.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2012/01/intellectual-property-vs-copyright.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-4034186719446264658Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:24:00 +00002011-11-24T11:35:49.202-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2012MapServerGDAL/OGREnglishTime to Register for the February 2012 OSGeo Code SprintThe <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012">2012 OSGeo Code Sprint</a> is approaching fast: February 5-9, 2012 at <a href="http://www.islandwood.org/">IslandWood</a> (near Seattle). I will be there to work on <a href="http://www.mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> and am already looking forward to spending some quality time there with other <a href="http://osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> developers and contributors.<br /><br /><b>Please don't wait and <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012#Registration.2C_Participant_Costs">register now</a>!</b> Space is limited, and early registrations also help with the planning of the event. You will have a unique chance to work with others on your OSGeo projects and to interact with key developers from other projects. All in the woods on a small island in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound">Puget Sound</a>.<br /><br />If you've been to one of the previous editions in <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009#Recaps">Toronto (2009)</a>, <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_York_Code_Sprint_2010#Recaps">New-York (2010)</a> and/or <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Announcements.2C_News.2C_Recaps">Montreal (2011)</a> then you already know how productive those meetings are, if not then I invite you to read my <a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-from-montreal-osgeo-code-sprint.html">summary of the 2011 Montreal Code Sprint</a>.<br /><br />For more information or to register please visit the <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IslandWood_Code_Sprint_2012">wiki page</a>, or email our host, Michael Gerlek, directly at <a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com">mpg@flaxen.com</a>.<br /><br />I signed up already. Have you?http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/11/time-to-register-for-february-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-2405707597975221250Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:06:00 +00002011-11-18T08:48:13.149-05:00OSGeoMapgearsMapServerUbuntuGISEnglishThe Mapgears team is growing!<a href="http://mapgears.com/img/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://mapgears.com/img/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" width="200" /></a>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/11/lequipe-de-mapgears-sagrandit.html">Version Française</a>)<br /><br />I am very excited to welcome Jessica Lapointe and Vincent Foley who just joined the <a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">Mapgears</a> team in the last few weeks. This influx of new blood aims at increasing our ability to respond to the growing demand for <a href="http://www.mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> and related open source technologies of course, but for Mapgears, this is also (and mostly) an investment to insure that we can continue to innovate and revolutionize the field of mobile and web mapping for years to come.<br /><br />Jessica is an entrepreneur. Despite her young age, she already shines at the international level (just like Mapgears!) with her font production business: <a href="http://cuttyfruty.com/">CuttyFruty.com</a>. She developed her interest for font sets when she was 13, and today, her fonts are being used by big names such as Lise Wathier, Barbie, Microsoft and Rihanna. (Read more <a href="http://www.forcesavenir.qc.ca/en/collegial_finalistes/finaliste_view/24">here</a>.)<br /><br />Even if her first start-up was very artsy, Jessica also has a passion for software and web development, and she actually won some prizes in that field. She is in the process of completing a bachelor's degree in computer science, and it is as a software developer that she joins our team. I am already looking forward to what her exceptional combination of artistic and programming skills will bring to the web mapping world.<br /><br />With respect to Vincent, he combines experience in web development with a solid knowledge of Linux and the set of software development tools used by MapServer and several other OSGeo technologies. As part of our team, he will be working at the lower level of the architecture on the server side, the less visible, but no less critical part of the web mapping stack.<br /><br />The users of <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS">Ubuntu GIS</a> will have a chance to appreciate his contributions fairly soon as he is currently working with Alan to port the OSGeo UbuntuGIS packages to Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric). Stay tuned!<br /><br />Welcome once again to our two solid recruits!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/11/mapgears-team-is-growing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-3770284868475413927Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:36:00 +00002011-11-18T08:06:33.913-05:00OSGeoMapgearsFrançaisMapServerUbuntuGISL'équipe de Mapgears s'agrandit !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mapgears.com/img/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://mapgears.com/img/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://mapgears.com/img/mapgears_rgb_transparent_400x244.png" width="200" /></a></div>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/11/mapgears-team-is-growing.html">English Version</a>)<br /><br />J'ai le plaisir de souhaiter la bienvenue à Jessica Lapointe et Vincent Foley qui se sont joint à l'équipe de <a href="http://www.mapgears.com/">Mapgears</a> au cours des dernières semaines. Cet apport de sang neuf vise bien entendu à répondre à la demande croissante pour les technologies open source de la famille de <a href="http://www.mapserver.org/">MapServer</a>, mais il s'agit aussi et surtout d'un investissement visant à nous permettre de continuer à innover et révolutionner le monde de la cartographie Web et mobile dans les années à venir.<br /><br />Jessica est une entrepreneure: malgré son jeune âge, elle rayonne déjà à l'échelle internationale (tout à fait à l'image de Mapgears!) avec son entreprise de production de polices de caractères <a href="http://cuttyfruty.com/">CuttyFruty.com</a>. Elle a commencé à s'intéresser à ce domaine alors qu'elle avait 13 ans, et aujourd'hui ses polices de caractères sont utilisées par des grands noms tels Lise Wathier, Barbie, Microsoft et Rihanna. (Voir <a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-quotidien/201106/03/01-4405951-jessica-derriere-des-publicites-monstres.php">ici</a> et <a href="http://www.forcesavenir.qc.ca/fr/collegial_finalistes/finaliste_view/24">ici</a>.)<br /><br />Mais malgré le style artistique de son premier start-up, Jessica est aussi passionnée du monde du développement logiciel et du Web, et elle a d'ailleurs remporté des concours dans ce domaine. Elle est en train de compléter ses études en informatique à l'<a href="http://www.uqac.ca/">Université du Québec à Chicoutimi</a> et c'est à titre de développeure qu'elle joint notre équipe. J'ai déjà hâte de voir ce que cette combinaison exceptionnelle d'aptitudes artistiques et informatiques va apporter au monde de la cartographie.<br /><br />Pour ce qui est de Vincent, il combine une expérience en développement Web à de solides connaissances des serveurs Linux et des outils de développement utilisés par MapServer et les autres technologies OSGeo. Il sera donc appelé à oeuvrer dans le domaine du développement bas niveau du côté serveur au sein de notre équipe, la partie moins visible, mais non moins critique du monde de la cartographie Web.<br /><br />Les utilisateurs d'<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS">Ubuntu GIS</a> auront la chance d'apprécier les contributions de Vincent très bientôt puisqu'il travaille présentement avec Alan à porter les "packages" OSGeo d'UbuntuGIS vers Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric).<br /><br />Bienvenue encore une fois à nos deux solides recrues!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/11/lequipe-de-mapgears-sagrandit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-378552407684707582Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:46:00 +00002011-10-17T10:32:10.290-04:00FrançaisOSGeo-QcRetour sur la semaine de la géomatique à MontréalLa semaine dernière, j'ai eu la chance de participer à ce que nous avons baptisé la semaine de la géomatique à Montréal.<br /><br />Le centre de gravité de la semaine était évidemment le congrès Géomatique 2011 qui avait lieu les mercredi et jeudi 12-13 octobre. Un WhereCamp et un 5 à 7 sont venus se greffer en marge de l'événement le mardi 11 octobre pour compléter le tout.<br /><br /><b>WhereCamp Montréal</b><br /><br />La semaine s'est ouverte avec le <a href="http://wherecamp-yul-2011.eventbrite.com/">WhereCamp Montréal</a> du mardi 11 octobre à la maison Notman. Entre 20 et 30 participants sont venus échanger dans une embiance de <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp">BarCamp</a> sur les thèmes de l'heure, incluant entre autres: géomatique et mobilité, "geek" vs géomaticien, données ouvertes, open source, et quelques autres que j'oublie.<br /><br />Merci à <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/lucvaillancourt">Luc Vaillancourt</a> et <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/froginthevalley">Sylvain Carle</a> pour l'organisation et l'animation, et à la <a href="http://notman.org/fr/">Maison Notman</a> pour l'accueil.<br /><br /><b>5 à 7 OSGeo / ACSG</b><br /><br />Les discussions se sont poursuivies lors d'un 5 à 7 commandité par <a href="http://quebec.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Québec</a> et l'<a href="http://www.acsg-montreal.ca/">ACSG Montréal</a>. En plus des participants du WhereCamp, un certain nombre de participants de Géomatique 2011 se sont joints au groupe.<br /><br /><b>Géomatique 2011</b><br /><br />Finalement, le plat de résistance fut <a href="http://www.geomatique2011.com/">Géomatique 2011</a> qui fêtait son 30ème anniversaire avec un programme de conférences et un salon d'exposants bien remplis. Une couverture plus complète de l'événement est disponible sur les sites de <a href="http://media.baliz-geospatial.com/fr/search/node/geomatique+2011">Baliz Media</a> et <a href="http://slashgeo.org/category/Tags/Geomatique-2011">Slashgeo</a>, les partenaires média de l'événement.<br /><br />Comme à l'habitude dans ce genre d'événements, pour moi ce sont les discussions et rencontres avec tout un réseau de collaborateurs, partenaires et clients existants ou potentiels qui sont les plus importantes. Une chance unique de discuter d'idées, de technologies et de projets autour du monde géospatial qui me passionne depuis maintenant 17 ans. Ce fut un plaisir de vous revoir tous!<br /><br />J'en reviens évidemment la tête pleine d'idées et il me reste maintenant à trouver le temps pour en concrétiser au moins quelques unes. Au travail!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/10/retour-sur-la-semaine-de-geomatique.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-621245893336185976Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:27:00 +00002011-07-15T15:27:09.974-04:00OSGeoGDAL/OGREnglishObligations related to open source software licensesA question that I hear often is whether open source software can be used in a proprietary (closed source) application. The answer is "it depends": it depends on the license of the open source components that you use and how the components are being used in your application.<br /><br />This question came up again today on the <a href="http://gdal.org/#index_maillist">gdal-dev</a> discussion list, and Even Rouault posted <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2011-July/029481.html">an answer</a> that summarizes very well the obligations related to the most common licenses in our field: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL">GPL</a>, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#LGPL">LGPL</a>, <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause">BSD</a> and <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html">MIT/X11</a>.<br /><br />I reproduce Even's answer here for reference as a starting point for next time someone asks:<br /><br /><pre wrap="">... here's my understanding of the obligations of the licences. Take it with a<br />grain of salt : "I'm not a lawyer".<br /><br />* If your application links to a GPL library, the whole application, including<br />your own code, is bound by the GPL. You must include the appropriate copyright<br />notice for the library and provide the user access to the source code of the GPL<br />library (including the modifications you may have done) and to the code of your<br />application too under the terms of the GPL.<br /><br />* If your application links to a LGPL library, you must include the appropriate<br />copyright notice for the library and provide the user access to the source code<br />of the LGPL library (including the modifications you may have done in it). Your<br />application itself may be released under the terms you like.<br /><br />* If your application links to a BSD library, well, that's depend of the BSD<br />licence. There are 2-clause, 3-clause and 4-clause variants of the BSD<br />licence... If it includes the following clause "Redistributions in binary form<br />must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the<br />following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with<br />the distribution", well just comply with it. Otherwise, if you don't distribute<br />any source code (and you don't have to), you have nothing to do. In any case,<br />the licence only covers the library code, not your application.<br /><br />* The MIT licence is a bit similar, except that, the general understanding is<br />that it places no obligations if you distribute the library as a binary object.<br />But I've always found that the term "the Software" in the licence isn't very<br />explicit if it only covers only the source code or binaries generated from it.<br />So it might be nice to include the copyright notice somewhere if you distribute<br />it as a binary. If you distribute it as source code, it's clear that you must<br />include the copyright notice.<br /></pre>http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/07/obligations-related-to-open-source.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-1763000180730973124Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:19:00 +00002011-03-18T14:37:28.017-04:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011MapServerGDAL/OGREnglishNews from the Montreal OSGeo Code Sprint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N_fKw61RJZo/TYOh6Uz4xfI/AAAAAAAAACk/lVmyyabbQ4Q/s1600/2011-03-15+11.51.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N_fKw61RJZo/TYOh6Uz4xfI/AAAAAAAAACk/lVmyyabbQ4Q/s320/2011-03-15+11.51.20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit;">This week, Montreal was the host of OSGeo's <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">2011 Code Sprint</a> where 29 OSGeo project developers and contributors from North America and Europe spent four intensive days working and meeting face to face for the advancement of their respective projects.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">This year's sprint included teams working on the following projects: <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a>, <a href="http://gdal.org/">GDAL/OGR</a>, <a href="http://postgis.org/">PostGIS</a>, <a href="http://liblas.org/">libLAS</a>, <a href="http://www.zoo-project.org/">ZOO Project</a>, <a href="http://tinyows.org/">TinyOWS</a> and <a href="http://geoprisma.org/">GeoPrisma</a>. In addition to the actual coding and project meetings, those sprints provide a unique way to build and maintain synergies between the projects and their developers.<br /><br />On the MapServer front, the focus was on the <a href="http://mapserver.org/trunk/development/release/release-plan-6.0.html">6.0 release</a>. MapServer 6.0.0-beta2 should be released later this afternoon with the outcome of the sprint work.<br /><br />Ruby bindings for MapServer and GDAL were brought back into maintenance, and some enhancements were made to the Oracle (OCI) driver in OGR.<br /><br />The LibLAS group has been planning and setting up the bases of the new <a href="http://libpc.org/">libPC</a> (PC for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_cloud">Point Cloud</a>), which will provide a generic interface to point cloud data formats. Think of libPC as the GDAL of point clouds.<br /><br />The PostGIS team moved closer to the PostGIS 2.0 release with core changes to indexes, better support for <a href="http://www.quantdec.com/SYSEN597/GTKAV/section9/map_algebra.htm">raster map algebra</a>, and several tickets closed on shp2pgsql.<br /><br />The ZOO Project team worked on a new WPS service for athmospheric dispersion to simulate the dispersion of the cloud that spreads from the Japanese nuclear power plants. The team also made some good progress (testing and docs) towards the upcoming ZOO 1.2 release.<br /><br />A MapServer mapfile parser has been added to TinyOWS to directly read the layer configuration information from a MapServer mapfile. This addition will significantly facilitate the use of TinyOWS as a WFS-T to complement MapServer.<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">The GeoPrisma team got together to add support for two new service types (OGC WFS and WPS), as well as fixes to the print widget and some general security issues. They also started to build demos integrating the latest version of most projects present at the sprint including: MapServer, TinyOWS (with mapfile support), GeoPrisma, Zoo-Project and WKTRaster. Stay tuned to see this demo in action (link not available yet).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">And of course there was the social side of the program, with a hockey night on Thursday, and hours of talk and lots of new ideas exchanged informally during the social events each night.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rK6UjkP2dKQ/TYOfrxN5ifI/AAAAAAAAACg/0Ec816o-92c/s1600/2011-03-17+20.26.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rK6UjkP2dKQ/TYOfrxN5ifI/AAAAAAAAACg/0Ec816o-92c/s320/2011-03-17+20.26.54.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Part of the group also went for a hike to the top of Mont-Royal to enjoy the view from the top of Montreal Island:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0HMJXrsfjbM/TYObdTGTHNI/AAAAAAAAACc/mXbfimN-434/s1600/OSGeoCodeSprint_Montreal2011_Group_MontRoyal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0HMJXrsfjbM/TYObdTGTHNI/AAAAAAAAACc/mXbfimN-434/s320/OSGeoCodeSprint_Montreal2011_Group_MontRoyal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once again, thank you to our <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#2011_Sponsors">sponsors</a> and to our host for making this event possible, and to all the participants who made this a success.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, there are already talks about the 2012 Code Sprint which is likely going to take place in Seattle (see <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/tosprint/2011-March/000245.html">here</a>).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">P.S. More pictures from the sprint are available <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=montrealsprint2011&amp;m=tags">on flickr</a>. </span></span></div>http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-from-montreal-osgeo-code-sprint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-3022806092927789599Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:35:00 +00002011-03-07T13:50:42.263-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011OSGeo-QcEnglishOSGeo Montreal Code Sprint seeking more sponsors due to record participation<blockquote><b><i>Update 1 (2011-03-04): <a href="http://www.tydac.ch/">Tydac</a> just signed up for a 750$ sponsorship. Thank you for your support!</i></b> </blockquote><blockquote><b><i>Update 2 (2011-03-07): I am glad to announce two more 750$ sponsors: <a href="http://www.appliedimagery.com/">Applied Imagery</a> and <a href="http://www.neogeo-online.net/">Neogeo Technologies</a>! Thanks!</i></b> </blockquote><br />The <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Montreal Code Sprint</a> of March 15-18, 2011 has reached a record of <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Participation">29 registered participants</a> from 9 open source projects as of yesterday. This is awesome news for <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> and its projects that will get a significant boost of code and contributions during that week!<br /><br />The downside of this is that our initial budget was for ~20 participants, and with close to 50% more sprinters we need to adjust the budget accordingly and are turning to you to help us find more sponsors to balance the <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Budget">new budget</a>.<br /><br /><b>CALL FOR NEW SPONSORS - An investment in the technology that you use!</b><br /><br />We are looking for another round of sponsors ($750 each) to support food and fun for the sprinters as they work hard and play hard for four productive days. Each $750 sponsorship will be put towards lunch, snacks and dinner costs for the sprinters, and any surplus at the end of the event will be turned over to OSGeo or used for a future code sprint.<br /><br />If your organization is using one of the software projects listed below, then please consider this <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Sponsors">call for sponsorship</a> as <b>an investment in the technology that you use</b> and <b>contact me at <u>dmorissette@mapgears.com</u> to confirm your sponsorship</b>. In addition to visibility in our public announcements you will get recognition for your contribution from the developers and from the OSGeo community.<br /><br />Please also keep in mind that all the participants are volunteering several days of their time in addition to paying for their own travel and hotel expenses.<br /><br />More information about this event is available <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">here</a>. The Open Source projects currently represented are:<br /><ul><li> <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://gdal.org/">GDAL/OGR</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://postgis.org/">PostGIS</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://liblas.org/">libLAS</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://www.zoo-project.org/">ZOO Project</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://tinyows.org/">TinyOWS</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://geoprisma.org/">GeoPrisma</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://openlayers.org/">OpenLayers</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="http://www.geoext.org/">GeoExt</a>.</li></ul><br />Thank you once again to our <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#2011_Sponsors">current sponsors</a>:<br /><table border="0"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><th width="200"></th></tr><tr> <th bgcolor="#c0c0c0" colspan="2">750$ Sponsors </th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.lizardtech.com/"><img alt="LizardTech" border="0" height="45" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/8/8f/Logo-lizardtech.png/160px-Logo-lizardtech.png" width="160" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.azavea.com/"><img alt="Azavea" border="0" height="40" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/3/39/Logo-azavea.png/160px-Logo-azavea.png" width="160" /></a></div></div></th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://qpublic.net/"><img alt="qPublic" border="0" height="41" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/0/01/Logo-qpublic.png/160px-Logo-qpublic.png" width="160" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://fargeo.com/"><img alt="Farallon Geographics" border="0" height="70" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/1/11/Logo-farallon.jpg" width="160" /></a></div></div></th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://airborne.aero/"><img alt="Airborne Interactive" border="0" height="34" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/f/f5/Logo-airborne.png" width="131" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.boreal-is.com/"><img alt="Boreal - Information Strategies (Borealis)" border="0" height="92" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/4/42/Logo-borealis.png" width="150" /></a></div></div></th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/"><img alt="Mapgears" border="0" height="88" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/4/42/Logo-mapgears.png/160px-Logo-mapgears.png" width="160" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.tydac.ch/"><img alt="Tydac" border="0" height="43" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/c/c8/Logo-tydac.png/160px-Logo-tydac.png" width="160" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"></th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.appliedimagery.com/"><img alt="Applied Imagery" border="0" height="33" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/1/16/Logo-appliedimagery.png/160px-Logo-appliedimagery.png" width="160" /></a></div></div><a href="http://www.mapgears.com/"></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.neogeo-online.net/"><img alt="Neogeo technologies" border="0" height="53" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/1/19/Logo-neogeo.png" width="150" /></a></div></div><a href="http://www.tydac.ch/"></a></div></div></th><th height="100"></th></tr><tr> <th bgcolor="#c0c0c0">Hockey Night Sponsor </th><th bgcolor="#c0c0c0">Host (Room and Internet) </th></tr><tr> <th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/"><img alt="Gateway Geomatics" border="0" height="38" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/4/49/Gatewaygeomatics-logo.jpg/200px-Gatewaygeomatics-logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div></th><th height="100"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a href="http://cmm.qc.ca/"><img alt="Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)" border="0" height="100" src="http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/thumb/3/3d/Logo-cmm.png/200px-Logo-cmm.png" width="200" /></a></div></div></th></tr></tbody></table><br />Please do not hesitate to forward this announcement in your respective channels.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/osgeo-montreal-code-sprint-seeking-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-341984070061041893Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:50:00 +00002011-03-02T09:41:15.555-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011FrançaisOSGeo-QcGrosse semaine pour OSGeo à Montréal du 15 au 18 mars 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RG960EhjfQU/TW5WrCtHM3I/AAAAAAAAACY/BHr_cKX7fwQ/s1600/osgeo-qc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RG960EhjfQU/TW5WrCtHM3I/AAAAAAAAACY/BHr_cKX7fwQ/s200/osgeo-qc.png" width="189" /></a></div><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WKxttbaSUuk/TW29ZzGMy1I/AAAAAAAAACU/IvKRLJqEDa4/s1600/osgeo-qc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><br />(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/osgeos-montreal-code-sprint-2011-only.html">English Version</a>) <br /><br />Du 15 au 18 mars prochain, soit dans à peine deux semaines, Montréal sera l'hôte du <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Code Sprint OSGeo 2011</a> qui réunira pour 4 jours de travail intensif certains des principaux acteurs de la communauté OSGeo en provenance d'Amérique du nord et d'Europe. Au moment d'écrire ce billet, <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Participation">27 "sprinters"</a> sont inscrits, en provenance des projets <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a>, <a href="http://gdal.org/">GDAL/OGR</a>, <a href="http://postgis.org/">PostGIS</a>, <a href="http://liblas.org/">libLAS</a>, <a href="http://www.zoo-project.org/">ZOO Project</a>, <a href="http://tinyows.org/">TinyOWS</a>, <a href="http://geoprisma.org/">GeoPrisma</a>, <a href="http://openlayers.org/">OpenLayers</a> et <a href="http://www.geoext.org/">GeoExt</a>.<br /><br />Pour l'occasion, <a href="http://quebec.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Québec</a> tiendra un <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/quebec/2011-February/000510.html">5 à 7</a> le lundi 14 mars 2010, la veille de l'ouverture du Sprint, afin de permettre à la communauté OSGeo locale de se rencontrer et d'échanger avec les participants du sprint en visite à Montréal. <b>Vous êtes donc invités à compter de 17:00 le lundi 14 mars au 2ème étage du <a href="http://www.mcleanspub.com/">McLean's Pub</a>, 1210 rue Peel à Montréal.</b><br /><br />Je tiens à remercier au passage les commanditaires qui rendent possible la tenue du code sprint:<br /><ul><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.lizardtech.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lizardtech.com/">LizardTech</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.azavea.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.azavea.com/">Azavea</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://qpublic.net/" rel="nofollow" title="http://qpublic.net/">qPublic</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://fargeo.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://fargeo.com/">Farallon Geographics</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://airborne.aero/" rel="nofollow" title="http://airborne.aero/">Airborne Interactive</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.boreal-is.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.boreal-is.com/">Boreal - Information Strategies (Borealis)</a></li><li><a class="external text" href="http://gatewaygeomatics.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://gatewaygeomatics.com/">Gateway Geomatics</a> </li></ul>(SVP prendre note qu'il y a toujours de la place pour de nouveaux commanditaires. Si vous êtes intéressés vous pouvez obtenir les détails <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Sponsors">ici</a> et me contacter par courriel à dmorissette à mapgears.com.) <br /><br />Et aussi un grand merci à la <a href="http://cmm.qc.ca/">Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)</a> qui accueille le groupe dans ses locaux. Il ne fait pas de doute que les sprinters vont apprécier la vue du 24ème étage!<br /><br />Finalement, il reste encore de la place pour quelques "sprinters". Vous n'avez pas à être un développeur, il y a aussi du travail à faire pour des usagers avancés, comme du travail sur la documentation (traduction ou nouvelle documentation), des tests des nouvelles fonctionnalités, etc. La principale exigence est que vous soyez prêts à mettre la main à la pâte et que vous soyez familiers avec le logiciel pour lequel vous désirez travailler. Si vous êtes intéressés alors ne tardez pas trop, voyez la <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">page de wiki</a> pour tous les détails, et assurez-vous d'ajouter votre nom à la liste des participants et de vous abonner à la <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint">liste de discussion "tosprint"</a> pour être informés des dernières mises à jour!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/grosse-semaine-pour-osgeo-montreal-du.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-15423520866903373Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:03:00 +00002011-03-01T23:05:07.747-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011OSGeo-QcEnglishOSGeo's Montreal Code Sprint 2011 - Only two weeks away!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dCro4JdV5YE/TW2zJsqrC2I/AAAAAAAAACQ/nxxT8MbtW9I/s1600/osgeo-qc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dCro4JdV5YE/TW2zJsqrC2I/AAAAAAAAACQ/nxxT8MbtW9I/s1600/osgeo-qc.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dCro4JdV5YE/TW2zJsqrC2I/AAAAAAAAACQ/nxxT8MbtW9I/s1600/osgeo-qc.png" /></a></div>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/grosse-semaine-pour-osgeo-montreal-du.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br />Yes, time is flying! It's only two weeks away! All the pieces are coming together smoothly for a very exciting <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">OSGeo Code Sprint in Montreal</a> the week of March 15 to 18, 2011.<br /><br />As I am writing this, 27 OSGeo project developers and contributors from North America and Europe have signed up to meet and work on <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a>, <a href="http://gdal.org/">GDAL/OGR</a>, <a href="http://postgis.org/">PostGIS</a>, <a href="http://liblas.org/">libLAS</a>, <a href="http://www.zoo-project.org/">ZOO Project</a>, <a href="http://tinyows.org/">TinyOWS</a>, <a href="http://geoprisma.org/">GeoPrisma</a>, <a href="http://openlayers.org/">OpenLayers</a> and <a href="http://www.geoext.org/">GeoExt</a>.<br /><br />Most of the attendees are from the C Tribe this year, and unfortunately the Java and JavaScript Tribes are essentially missing after making a great presence last year. Come on guys, it's been great to sprint with you last year and we'd like to have you back!<br /><br />Thank you to our sponsors who are supporting food and fun for the sprinters as they work hard and play hard for four productive days:<br /><ul><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.lizardtech.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.lizardtech.com/">LizardTech</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.azavea.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.azavea.com/">Azavea</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://qpublic.net/" rel="nofollow" title="http://qpublic.net/">qPublic</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://fargeo.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://fargeo.com/">Farallon Geographics</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://airborne.aero/" rel="nofollow" title="http://airborne.aero/">Airborne Interactive</a> </li><li> <a class="external text" href="http://www.boreal-is.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.boreal-is.com/">Boreal - Information Strategies (Borealis)</a></li><li><a class="external text" href="http://gatewaygeomatics.com/" rel="nofollow" title="http://gatewaygeomatics.com/">Gateway Geomatics</a> </li></ul>(Note: There is always room for more sponsors. If you are interested please see the details <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011#Sponsors">here</a> and contact me at dmorissette at mapgears.com) <br /><br />And also big thanks to the <a href="http://cmm.qc.ca/">Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM)</a> for hosting us in their wonderful conference room and providing internet access for free. I'm sure the sprinters will appreciate the view of the city from the 24th floor!<br /><br />Finally, there is still room for a couple more sprinters. We only ask that you be knowledgeable and willing to get your hands dirty working for one of the projects that is represented. If you plan on participating then hurry up, visit the <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">wiki page</a> to get all the information and make sure you add your name to the list of participants in the wiki and join the <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint">"tosprint" mailing list</a> to get the latest updates!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/03/osgeos-montreal-code-sprint-2011-only.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-8971056283129075169Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:29:00 +00002011-02-04T10:22:35.021-05:00OSGeoFrançaisOSGeo-QcBon anniversaire OSGeo !!!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TUvxiQdrioI/AAAAAAAAACM/qzAf_qC33KY/s1600/osgeo-bday-cake-5.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TUvxiQdrioI/AAAAAAAAACM/qzAf_qC33KY/s320/osgeo-bday-cake-5.jpg" width="320" /></a>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-birthday-osgeo.html">English Version</a>)<br /><br />Hé oui! c'est il y a exactement 5 ans aujourd'hui que la <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation</a> (OSGeo) était créée lors d'une rencontre qui a eu lieu à <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html.html">Chicago le 4 février 2006</a>.<br /><br />Pour célébrer cet événement, Tyler Mitchell, le directeur exécutif de la fondation nous a préparé le <a href="http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004">gâteau d'anniversaire</a> que vous pouvez voir à droite!<br /><br />OSGeo telle qu'on la connait aujourd'hui a 5 ans, mais la communauté de la géomatique libre et open source est active <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History">depuis bien plus longtemps</a>. Le plus vieux des projets officiels d'OSGeo, GRASS, remote à aussi loin que 1982, MapServer a démarré autour de 1995, GDAL/OGR en 1998, et depuis le nombre de projets et de membres de cette communauté ne cesse de s'accroitre exponentiellement.<br /><br />Voici quelques faits saillants des 5 dernières annés depuis la création de la fondation:<br /><ul><li>OSGeo est passée de 8 projets fondateurs en 2006 à 20 projets logiciels aujourd'hui (dont 6 en incubation)</li><li>la conférence annuelle <a href="http://foss4g.org/">FOSS4G</a> d'OSGeo est devenue un événement vraiment international, en visitant 4 continents en 5 ans</li><li>plus de 20 <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/index.html">chapitres locaux</a> sont actifs à travers le monde dans la promotion des logiciels et de la mission d'OSGeo.</li></ul>Plus près de nous ici, le chapitre local <a href="http://quebec.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Québec</a> a été créé en 2008, et au cours de ces 2.5 années, nous avons:<br /><ul><li>tenu notre première conférence OSGeo locale: le <a href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/">Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc</a> de juin 2010</li><li>participé avec des thématiques et présentations open source dans plusieurs conférences à travers la province</li><li>continué à tenir des événements réguliers (principalement des 5 à 7) à travers la province, les prochaines dates étant:</li><ul><li>Québec, 16 février 2011: 5 à 7 conjoint OSGeo-Qc/APELLQc suivant le premier <a href="http://opencampqc.com/">OpenCamp Qc</a></li><li>Montréal, 14 mars 2011: 5 à 7 OSGeo-Qc 5 à 7 la veille du Code Sprint OSGeo de Montréal</li><li>Montréal, 15-18 mars 2011: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Code Sprint OSGeo de Montréal 2011</a></li></ul></ul>Je pourrais continuer encore longtemps, mais on m'attend pour le gâteau. Bon anniversaire OSGeo!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/02/bon-anniversaire-osgeo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-1235344563955522278Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:07:00 +00002011-02-04T08:43:11.930-05:00OSGeoOSGeo-QcEnglishHappy Birthday OSGeo !!!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TUvxiQdrioI/AAAAAAAAACM/qzAf_qC33KY/s1600/osgeo-bday-cake-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TUvxiQdrioI/AAAAAAAAACM/qzAf_qC33KY/s320/osgeo-bday-cake-5.jpg" width="320" /></a>(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/02/bon-anniversaire-osgeo.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br />Yes, it's been 5 years already since the creation of the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation</a>: OSGeo was born in a meeting that took place in <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html.html">Chicago on February 4th, 2006</a>.<br /><br />To celebrate this event, OSGeo's Executive Director Tyler Mitchell cooked us the <a href="http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004">birthday cake</a> that you see here on the right!<br /><br />OSGeo as we know it today may be 5 years old, but the Open Source Geospatial community itself has been active <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History">for much longer</a>. The oldest OSGeo project, GRASS, goes back to 1982, MapServer started around 1995, GDAL/OGR in 1998, and since then the number of projects and community members has been growing exponentially.<br /><br />Here are a few highlights of the last 5 years since the creation of the Foundation:<br /><ul><li>OSGeo went from 8 founding projects in 2006 to 20 software projects today (including 6 in incubation)</li><li>OSGeo's annual <a href="http://foss4g.org/">FOSS4G</a> conference turned into a truly international event, visiting 4 continents over 5 years</li><li>Over 20 <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/index.html">local chapters</a> are active around the world, promoting OSGeo's software and mission in their local language and communities.</li></ul>Closer to us here, the <a href="http://quebec.osgeo.org/">OSGeo-Quebec</a> local chapter was created in 2008, and over the course of those 2.5 years, we have:<br /><ul><li>held our first local OSGeo conference: <a href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/">Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc</a> in June 2010</li><li>participated with open source tracks and presentations in several geomatics conferences around the province</li><li>continued to hold regular events (mostly 5 à 7) around the province, the next dates are:</li><ul><li>Quebec City, February 16, 2011: Joint OSGeo-Qc/APELLQc 5 à 7 following the first <a href="http://opencampqc.com/">OpenCamp Qc</a></li><li>Montreal, March 14, 2011: OSGeo-Qc 5 à 7 before the Montreal Code Sprint</li><li>Montreal, March 15-18, 2011: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">OSGeo Montreal Code Sprint 2011</a></li></ul></ul>There would be lots more to talk about, but it's time to have a piece of cake. Happy Birthday OSGeo!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-birthday-osgeo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-4169065035332696847Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:06:00 +00002010-11-12T09:06:24.975-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011OSGeo-QcEnglishLooking for venue in Montreal for OSGeo Code Sprint 2011(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/11/recherche-un-espace-montreal-pour-le.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br />We are currently looking for a venue in Montreal, located within walking distance of hotels and restaurant, for the organization of <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">OSGeo's Montreal Code Sprint 2011</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TN0_wuuk2hI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zxCcfhaOvT0/s1600/DSC_4675.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TN0_wuuk2hI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zxCcfhaOvT0/s320/DSC_4675.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This will be OSGeo's third North-American Code Sprint. Each year, over 20 OSGeo project developers and contributors meet for 4 days to work face to face on advancing their software projects. The first North-American sprint took place in <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009">Toronto in March 2009</a>, the second was in <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_York_Code_Sprint_2010">New-York in February 2010</a>, and it will be in <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Montréal for 2011</a>.<br /><br />Here is what we are looking for:<br /><ul><li>Room(s) with working space (tables and chairs) to comfortably accommodate between 20 and 40 developers. Everyone brings their own laptop, so no computer/workstation is required</li><li>Fast and reliable Internet connection</li><li>Availability for 4 consecutive days over a weekend, sometimes between January and March 2011 (e.g. Friday to Monday, Saturday to Tuesday, etc.)</li><li>Location within walking distance of restaurants and hotels, and easy to get to from the airport by shuttle or taxi since several participants will be flying in.</li></ul>If you know of a company, organization, university or college with space that could suit our needs, then please contact me with all the information via email at <a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>. Even if you are not 100% sure about the availability of a given option, please do not hesitate to forward your suggestion with a contact name as soon as possible so that we can consider it in our planning.<br /><br />We can offer visibility or pay a reasonable fee in exchange for the use of the space.<br /><br />Please forward this request through your network of contacts...<br /><br />Thank you in advance!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/11/looking-for-venue-in-montreal-for-osgeo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-816720855382749198Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:19:00 +00002010-11-12T09:06:55.784-05:00OSGeoCodeSprint2011FrançaisOSGeo-QcRecherche un espace à Montréal pour le Code Sprint OSGeo 2011(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/11/looking-for-venue-in-montreal-for-osgeo.html">English version</a>)<br /><br />Nous sommes présentement à la recherche de locaux à Montréal, idéalement à proximité des hôtels et restaurants au centre-ville, pour l'organisation du <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Code Sprint OSGeo 2011</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TN0_wuuk2hI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zxCcfhaOvT0/s1600/DSC_4675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nU6k7gpc5Pw/TN0_wuuk2hI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zxCcfhaOvT0/s320/DSC_4675.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Ce sera la 3ème édition de cet événement nord-américain qui permet aux développeurs des différents logiciels <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> de se réunir pour 4 jours et de travailler de façon intensive à l'avancement de leurs projets respectifs. Le premier sprint nord-américain avait eu lieu à <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Toronto_Code_Sprint_2009">Toronto en mars 2009</a>, le second à <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_York_Code_Sprint_2010">New-York en février 2010</a>, et c'est le tour de <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Montreal_Code_Sprint_2011">Montréal pour 2011</a>.<br /><br />Voici ce que nous recherchons:<br /><ul><li>Locaux avec espace de travail (tables et chaises) pouvant accueillir confortablement entre 20 et 40 développeurs. Chacun apporte son portable, donc pas besoin d'ordinateurs</li><li>Connection internet rapide et fiable</li><li>Disponibilité pour 4 jours consécutifs sur une fin de semaine, entre janvier et mars 2011 (ex: vendredi à lundi, samedi à mardi, etc. )</li><li>Proximité de restaurants et hôtels, et facilité de s'y rendre à partir de l'aéroport par transport en commun, shuttle ou taxi puisque plusieurs participants arriveront via l'aéroport.</li></ul>Si vous connaissez une entreprise/organisme/université/collège qui dispose de locaux qui pourraient nous accommoder alors SVP me contacter par courriel avec les informations à <a href="mailto:dmorissette@mapgears.com">dmorissette@mapgears.com</a>. Même si vous n'êtes pas certain de la disponibilité d'une certaine option, SVP me faire suivre vos idées et le nom d'un contact le plus tôt possible afin que je puisse les considérer dans ma planification.<br /><br />Nous pouvons offrir de la visibilité, ou payer un frais raisonnable en retour de l'utilisation des locaux.<br /><br />SVP faire circuler cette demande dans vos réseaux respectifs...<br /><br />Merci à l'avance!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/11/recherche-un-espace-montreal-pour-le.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-3359525888696103435Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:05:00 +00002010-10-08T09:28:31.252-04:00OSGeoRdvOSGeoQcFrançaisOSGeo-QcRetour sur le 5 à 7 OSGeo-Qc du 7 octobre à SherbrookeJ'ai eu le plaisir de participer au 5 à 7 OSGeo-Québec qui avait lieu hier soir (jeudi 7 octobre 2010) au Boquébière de Sherbrooke. La rencontre était organisée par Jean-Denis Giguère de l'Université de Sherbrooke.<br /><br />Premièrement, côté statistiques, il y avait environ une quinzaine de participants, dont la majorité de l'Université de Sherbrooke et de la région de l'Estrie bien entendu et (de mémoire et pour ne pas les nommer) deux participants de Montréal, deux de Québec, un de Trois-Rivières et moi-même du Saguenay. Bien que le nombre de participants ait été inférieur à ce que l'on retrouve habituellement dans les 5 à 7 OSGeo-Qc, les discussions du groupe ont été plus animées et interactives qu'à l'habitude, donc le plus petit groupe aura finalement eu ses avantages.<br /><br />Trois courtes conférences étaient au menu. Jean-Denis Giguère a ouvert le bal avec une présentation très intéressante des avantages concrets du logiciel libre et open source dans un contexte d'enseignement et d'apprentissage. Une suggestion très intéressante qui est ressortie des nombreux échanges de la soirée sur ce thème est d'amener les institutions d'enseignement québécoises (universités et CEGEP) ayant des programmes en géomatique et géographie à se parler afin d'échanger et de s'entraider dans l'utilisation du logiciel libre et open source au sein de leurs cours respectifs. J'espère que les nombreux représentants du monde de l'enseignement actifs au sein d'OSGeo-Qc (pour ne nommer personne ;-) ) prendront la balle au bon et travailleront en ce sens.<br /><br />J'ai ensuite enchainé avec quelques nouvelles du regroupement OSGeo-Qc ainsi qu'un retour sur le <a href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/">Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc</a> de juin 2010. Je vais tenter d'en reparler plus en détails dans un prochain billet de blogue.<br /><br />Et finalement Yves Moisan a fait un retour sur les points forts du <a href="http://2010.foss4g.org/">FOSS4G 2010</a> qui a eu lieu à Barcelone il y a quelques semaines. Nous avons parlé entre autres des résultats du très attendu <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/gatewaygeomatics.com/wms-performance-shootout-2010">WMS Performance Shootout 2010</a>. Un autre point fort soulevé par Yves est le document publié par de l'état de Valence au sujet de leur migration au logiciel libre et dont il avait rapporté une copie. Il a été souligné qu'ici au Québec le <a href="http://geoegl.msp.gouv.qc.ca/blogue/">MSP</a> a une expérience similaire avec (entre autres) leur <a href="http://geoegl.msp.gouv.qc.ca/blogue/?p=319">serveur autonome géographique (SAG)</a> 100% open source et qu'il serait bien qu'ils publient un document similaire à celui produit par l'état de Valence. Un tel document pourrait servir de guide pour d'autres ministères et organismes intéressés à migrer certains de leurs services au logiciel open source.<br /><br />Tel que mentionné précédemment, le tout s'est déroulé dans une ambiance très interactive, donc je n'ai rapporté ici que quelques uns des nombreux échanges. Merci encore à Jean-Denis pour l'organisation et à tous ceux qui se sont déplacé pour l'occasion et ont contribué au succès de la rencontre.http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/10/retour-sur-le-5-7-osgeo-qc-du-7-octobre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-1034347255172676802Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:03:00 +00002010-07-09T12:20:03.370-04:00OSGeoFrançaisMapServerMapServer - Audits et révisions de sécurité(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/07/mapserver-security-audits-and-security.html">English Version</a>)<br /><br />Ce matin, <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> 5.6.4 et 4.10.6 ont été rendus disponibles avec des correctifs de sécurité importants. Malgré qu'il n'existe pas de méthode connue d'exploiter ces vulnérabilités potentielles, il est fortement conseillé à tous les utilisateurs de mettre à niveau leur installation de MapServer. Tous les détails sont disponibles dans <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2010-July/066052.html">l'annonce faite ce matin</a> (en anglais).<br /><br />Au cours des dernières années, MapServer a commencé à attirer l'attention d'organismes sensibles à la sécurité qui ont exécuté ou commandé des audits de sécurité du code source. Ces audits conduisent parfois à des rapports de vulnérabilités de sécurité potentielles, et à la production de révisions du logiciel avec les correctifs de sécurité comme ça c'est produit ce matin, mais ça n'est pas tout...<br /><br />J'ai tendance à voir l'augmentation du nombre d'audits du code source de MapServer comme étant une bonne chose pour quelques raisons:<br /><ul><li>Premièrement ça confirme que MapServer a atteint la masse critique requise afin d'attirer l'attention d'organismes suffisamment gros pour pouvoir se payer des audits de sécurité. Ça fait toujours du bien d'apprendre que votre logiciel est largement utilisé et qu'il attire l'attention des gros joueurs.</li><li>Étant donné la nature open source de MapServer, des experts en sécurité informatique peuvent réaliser un contrôle de la qualité de son code source et partager avec nous leurs trouvailles et recommandations. Il en résulte bien entendu un logiciel de meilleure qualité pour les utilisateurs, mais ça signifie aussi qu'en tant que développeurs nous pouvons apprendre énormément de leurs rapports et améliorer notre aptitude à produire du code sécuritaire.</li><li>Et le tout sans frais directs pour le projet. C'est le modèle open source à son meilleur: ces audits de sécurité sont des contributions des usagers eux mêmes au projet.</li></ul>Bref, MapServer y gagne en devenant plus robuste et sécuritaire, et nous en tant que développeurs avons la chance d'améliorer nos compétences et d'apprendre des experts en sécurité. Je n'y vois que du positif!<br /><br />P.S. En plus des vulnérabilités de sécurité potentielles pour lesquelles des correctifs ont été rendus disponibles ce matin, le dernier rapport d'audit de sécurité que nous avons reçu contenait aussi quelques recommendations plus générales sur lesquelles nous allons travailler dans les prochaines semaines. Vous pouvez donc vous attendre à un MapServer 6.0 qui sera encore plus robuste et sécuritaire!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/07/mapserver-audits-et-revisions-de.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-6051463969306228352Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:22:00 +00002010-07-09T12:03:51.977-04:00OSGeoMapServerEnglishMapServer security audits and security releases(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/07/mapserver-audits-et-revisions-de.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br />This morning, <a href="http://mapserver.org/">MapServer</a> 5.6.4 and 4.10.6 have been released with some important security fixes. Even if we are not aware of any exploit for the issues, all users are strongly advised to upgrade. All the details are available in the <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2010-July/066052.html">release announcement</a>.<br /><br />In the last couple of years, MapServer has started to attract the attention of security-aware organizations who have performed audits of the source code. These audits sometimes lead to potential vulnerability reports and security releases like what happened this morning, but there is more to this...<br /><br />I like to think of the increasing number of MapServer source code audits as a good thing for a few reasons:<br /><ul><li>First this confirms that MapServer has hit the critical mass required to attract the attention of groups large enough to afford security audits. It's always good to hear that your software is widely used and getting attention from the Big Guys.</li><li>Thanks to MapServer's open source nature, security experts can perform quality assurance on its source code and share their findings and recommendations with us, this of course leads to better software for the users, but also means that we as developers can learn a lot from their reports and get better at writing secure code over time.</li><li>All this comes at no direct cost for us. That's open source at its best: those audits are contributions to the project by the users themselves.</li></ul>In the end, MapServer wins by becoming more robust and secure, and we as developers get to improve our skills and to learn from security experts. That all sounds great to me!<br /><br />P.S. In addition to the potential vulnerability fixes that were released this morning, the last security audit report that we received also contained some more general recommendations that we will be working on in the next few weeks. So you can expect that MapServer 6.0 will be an even more secure release!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/07/mapserver-security-audits-and-security.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808053412198379231.post-6717600958084792010Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:12:00 +00002010-06-09T19:21:49.188-04:00VisionGéomatiqueOSGeoRdvOSGeoQcEnglishRendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 is less than a week away!(<a href="http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/06/moins-dune-semaine-avant-le-rendez-vous.html">Version française</a>)<br /><br />It is with great pleasure that I remind you all that the <a href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/">Rendez-vous OSGeo-Québec</a> is less than a week away!<br /><br />It is next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 15-16, that I will have the opportunity to welcome you in Saguenay, my home town! This means that you only have a few days left to register online at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/inscription/">http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/inscription/</a> ... and be part part of two exciting and memorable days where free and open source geospatial software will be at the center of all discussions, and you will have the chance to hear and chat with some of the key players of <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a> in North America, and even some from as far as France!<br /><br />All the details of our program are available online at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/programme/">http://rendez-vous-osgeo-qc.org/2010/programme/</a><br /><br />In addition to the international and local conference program, in the OSGeo fashion, social/networking activities are planned for each night, including an ice breaker ("5 à 7") on Tuesday, and a boat cruise on the Saguenay Fjord on Wednesday in collaboration with <a href="http://www.visiongeomatique.com/">Vision Geomatique</a>, another GIS event that will take place right after at the same location.<br /><br />Looking forward to meeting you on Tuesday!http://dmorissette.blogspot.com/2010/06/rendez-vous-osgeo-quebec-2010-is-less.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Daniel Morissette)0