Vienna Code Sprint 2014

OSGeo Code Sprint 2014 official web site: http://vienna2014.sprint.osgeo.org. Please contact us if you are interested in our sponsorship opportunities.
Gold Sponsors
http://www.airborne.aero/	
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http://www.fossgis.de
Silver Sponsors
http://www.anachb.at/mehr
Bronze Sponsors
http://metaspatial.net/en/institute	
http://www.oslandia.com	
http://rapidlasso.com
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http://gfoss.it
Venue Sponsor
http://www.wien.gv.at/
Other/in-kind sponsors
http://eox.at
== Purpose ==
Get together project members to make decisions and tackle larger geospatial 
problems (as done last year at the Boston Code Sprint 2013 and previous 
years: Island Wood (2012), 
Montreal (2011), 
New York City (2010), and 
Toronto (2009)). This code sprint is targeting 
members of the "C Tribe" (e.g., MapServer, QGIS, GRASS, GDAL, Proj, PostGIS, 
MapGuide, OpenLayers). Other tribes are welcome to join the sprint, of course, 
but we hope that "C Tribe" members will give this event special consideration.
== Venue ==
The City of Vienna MA 14 gladly provides the location for the Vienna Code Sprint for up to 60 sprinters in their very new office called STAR 22 located at Stadlauerstraße 56 (see also OSM map).
The venue is not far from the center of Vienna (~25min via train and subway) and can be reached easily from the Vienna airport via train.
Directions
Convenient route planning for public transportation: http://www.wienerlinien.at/ (both German and English)
From the airport take the train S-Bahn S7 going to Wien Floridsdorf and exit 
at Praterstern (~30min). Make sure to avoid the CAT as it doesn't bring you 
to Praterstern and I consider it too costly for gaining just 10 minutes.
From Praterstern take the subway U-Bahn U2 going to Seestadt and exit at 
Stadlau. Now either take a 15 minutes walk to the venue or take the bus 
Autobus 86A going to Breitenleer Straße/Arnikaweg or 87A going to 
Hermann-Gebauer-Straße and exit at Genochplatz.
From Praterstern instead of the U2 you can also take the subway U-Bahn U1 
particularly when going to the Hotel Hillinger. Take the U1 going to 
Leopoldau and exit at Kagran. Now take the tram Straßenbahn 25 going to 
Oberdorfstraße or the bus Autobus 26A going to Großenzersdorf and exit at 
Polgarstraße for the Hotel Hillinger or continue to Konstanziagasse for the 
code sprint venue.
== Dates and Times ==
March 24-28 2014
Note: March 19-21 FOSSGIS Berlin
Duration: Full week
== Agenda ==
=== Sunday Ice Breaker ===
If you're in Vienna already on Sunday you're invited to join us for a small 
ice breaker starting from 7pm at Green - Cafe-Wok-Grill-Restaurant which is 
located next to the sprint venue. You will see the signs when you enter the 
plaza of Star22.
=== Evening plans ===
* Monday: Welcome party at venue starting at 19:30; doors close 12pm
* Tuesday: Pizza at venue starting at 19:00; doors close 10pm
* Wednesday: Guided city walk (see below) from 6:30pm to 8pm; meeting point: At entrance of St. Stephen´s Cathedral, subway U1 station Stephansplatz (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.20872/16.37240); Dinner at Augustinerkeller, Albertinaplatz (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.20479/16.36794) starting at 8pm; doors (at venue) close at 8pm but probably earlier to leave in time for the dinner
* Thursday: Dinner at Vorstadtbeisl zum Selitsch (walking distance from venue http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.22255/16.45246); doors (at venue) close 10pm
* Friday: End of sprint at 5pm; farewell dinner at Schweizerhaus (http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/48.21421/16.40161) starting at 6pm
=== Project Plans ===
On Monday we will start 9ish with some sort of "official" opening around 10.
GRASS GIS Agenda: See http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Vienna_2014
<add your agenda>
== Hotel ==
Two blocks of rooms have been negotiated at the two hotels closest to the sprint venue, Hotel Hillinger (map) and Hotel Wiener Kindl (map). Please make your own choice.
The rooms are blocked for the sprint week i.e. 24.-28. March 2014 whereas +/- one day should be no problem.
Please find the lists of available rooms below. If you make a reservation for one of the listed rooms please indicate this by adding your name to the list. Thanks.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you need any assistance.
=== Hotel Wiener Kindl ===
 Hotel-Wiener-Kindl
# Beds	Rate 	# Rooms	Reservations 	Notes
1 	€ 65,-	3 	Martin Isenburg (willing to share room with 2 or 3 beds) 	
2 	€ 80,-	6 	(Martin Dobias & Peter Wells), Even Rouault, (Anne and Stefano), (Richard Duivenvoorde (booked, offering to share)	
3 	€ 90,-	2 	 	
The rates include breakfast buffet, sat TV, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with shower, minibar, and free WLAN.
Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee later
These rooms are blocked until 28.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "wienerkindl@utanet.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.
If you really want to save on budget you might consider a room with shared bathroom and sometimes also shared shower. Note that these rooms are available at the hotel as backup rooms but not recommended. You have been warned.
 Hotel-Wiener-Kindl-low-budget
# Beds	Rate 	# Rooms	Reservations 	Notes
1 	€ 45,-	3 	Radim Blazek 	
2 	€ 50,-	2 	<add your name>	
=== Hotel Hillinger ===
Note, in case you've seen the previous note, that today I visited the hotel again and hopefully resolved all misunderstandings.
 Hotel-Hillinger
# Beds	Rate 	# Rooms 	Reservations 	Notes
2 	€ 85,- 	15 are blocked of up to 50 	<add your name>	Most of the rooms have double beds and some twin beds. Ask for your preferred choice.
1 	€ 65,- 	Same as above but single use	Luigi Pirelli 	
3 	€ 105,-	4 	<add your name>	2 of the rooms can also be used as 4 bed rooms for € 125,-.
The rates include breakfast buffet, cable and pay-TV, air conditioning, direct dial telephone, ensuite bathroom with bathtub or shower, hairdryer, and free WLAN in the whole hotel. In addition they offer free usage of the climbing hall and fitness center on the other side of the street.
Accepted payment methods: cash or creditcard.
Cancellation policy:
* Free cancellation until 7 days in advance
* 50% fee from 7 to 3 days in advance
* 100% fee later
These rooms are blocked until 15.02.2014. Please make your reservation via mail to "hotel@hillinger.at" and indicate that you're participating at the "OSGeo Vienna Code Sprint" in order to get a room of the block.
=== Alternatives ===
If you don't feel comfortable with both options we recommend to look for alternatives around Kagran (map) which is just a couple of stops away from the venue with the tram and also close to the city center with the subway.
== Costs ==
Participants should plan for the following costs:
* Travel to Vienna
* Accommodation for four nights
* Breakfast and dinner (partly)
== Communication ==
* Please join the mailing list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint
* IRC chat during the event: #tosprint Server: irc.freenode.net
: irc://freenode/tosprint
== Participants ==
We are planning for attendance of 50-60 participants. Please add your name and the projects 
you are hoping to sprint and note the likeliness of your attendance as well as 
any special needs.
 Participants
# 	Participant 	Country	Arrival 	Departure 	Accomodation 	Work on 	Notes
1 	Stephan Meissl 	AT 	first day 	last day 	home 	MapServer 	Definite - No special needs
2 	Andreas Hocevar 	AT 	Mar 25 	Mar 28 	family 	OpenLayers 	Definite - No hotel needed
3 	Paul Ramsey 	CA 	Mar 23 (AC6164) 	Mar 30 (AC9159) 	TBD 	PostGIS 	Booked
4 	Michael Smith 	US 	Mar 23 (BA0700 	Mar 30 (BA0701) 	 	PDAL/MapServer 	Booked
5 	Jeff McKenna 	CA 	Mar 26 (AC6158) 	Mar 31 (AC6159) 	 	MapServer, ZOO-Project, pycsw 	Booked
6 	Daniel Morissette 	CA 	Likely Mar 23 	Mar 31 	 	MapServer, GDAL/OGR 	Booked
7 	Howard Butler 	USA 	Mar 22 	Mar 29 	 	MapServer, GDAL/OGR, PDAL 	Booked
8 	Olivier Courtin 	FR 	 	 	 	PostGIS, TinyOWS 	Booked
9 	Luca Delucchi 	IT 	 	 	 	GRASS GIS 	Booked
10	Martin Landa 	CZ 	Mar 24 midday 	Mar 28 evening 	Hillinger 	GRASS GIS, PostGIS, GDAL/OGR 	Booked
11	Thomas Bonfort 	FR 	Mar 24 midday 	Mar 28 	 	MapServer 	Definite
12	Tamas Szekeres 	HU 	Mar 24 midday 	Mar 28 	Hillinger 	MapServer, GDAL/OGR, QGIS 	Definite
13	Mateusz Loskot 	 	 	 	 	PDAL 	Likely No :-(
14	Paolo Cavallini 	 	 	 	 	QGIS 	Very likely
15	Markus Neteler 	IT 	Mar 23 	Mar 28 	 	GRASS GIS 	Booked
16	Angelos Tzotsos 	GR 	Mar 23 (OS0802) 	Mar 29 (OS0801) 	Hillinger 	OSGeoLive,pycsw,GeoNode,OTB,ZOO-Project 	Booked
17	Anne Ghisla 	DE 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	Wiener Kindl 	GRASS GIS/QGIS/Translations 	Definite
18	Jachym Cepicky 	 	 	 	 	PyWPS/GeoPython (OpenLayers) 	Likely No :-(
19	Jorge de Jesus 	 	 	 	 	PyWPS/REST/GeoPython 	Likely
20	Andreas Trawoeger 	 	 	 	 	GRASS GIS 	Definite - No special needs
22	Martin Paces 	 	 	 	 	EOxServer 	Very Likely
23	Fabian Schindler 	 	 	 	 	EOxServer/MapServer 	Definite
24	Gérald Fenoy 	FR 	Mar 23 (AF1738) 	Mar 29 (AF7680) 	Hillinger 	MapServer, ZOO-Project 	Booked
25	Marco Hugentobler 	CH 	Mar 24 (OS562) 11:40 	Mar 28 (OS565) 	Hillinger 	QGIS 	Booked
26	Mathias Walker 	CH 	Mar 24 (OS562) 11:40 	Mar 28 (OS565) 	Hillinger 	QGIS 	Booked
27	Pirmin Kalberer 	CH 	Mar 24 (OS562) 11:40 	Mar 28 (OS565) 	Hillinger 	QGIS, GDAL/OGR 	Booked
28	Paolo Corti 	IT 	Mar 23 (AZ190) 	Mar 28 (AZ191) 	Resonanz 	GeoNode/pycsw/QGIS 	Booked
29	Arnulf Christl - OSGeo, Geo for All	DE 	 	 	 	Guest 	
30	Richard Duivenvoorde 	NL 	Mar 24 (KLM1845) 11:45	Mar 28 (KLM1848) 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS, context help, vector tools 	Booked
31	Tim Sutton 	 	 	 	 	QGIS 	likely
32	Marco Bernasocchi 	CH 	 	 	 	QGIS 	Very likely
33	Martin Dobias 	SK 	Mar 23 20:45 	Mar 28 20:45 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Booked
34	Hugo Mercier 	FR 	 	 	 	QGIS, SFCGAL, PostGIS 	Booked
36	Helmut Kudrnovsky 	AT 	 	 	 	GRASS GIS 	Likely
37	Giovanni Manghi 	PT/IT 	 	 	 	QGIS 	Likely
38	Luigi Pirelli 	ES/IT 	24(VY8710) 14:30 	30(VY8711) 	Hillinger 	QGIS 	Booked
39	Milena Nowotarska 	PL 	Mar 23 	Mar 26 	 	GRASS GIS/QGIS 	Booked
40	Margherita Di Leo 	IT 	24 h11:50 	28 h15:15 	Arnes Hotel 	GRASS GIS / INSPIRE 	Booked
41	Werner Macho 	AT 	 	 	 	QGIS 	Likely
42	Vasile Crăciunescu 	RO 	Mar 23 	Mar 28 	Hillinger 	GRASS GIS / INSPIRE/ Open GeoData 	Booked
43	Radim Blazek 	CZ 	Mar 24 	Mar 27 	Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	
44	Martin Isenburg 	DE 	Mar 24 (LH2324) 	Mar 29 	Wiener Kindl 	LiDAR in QGIS, LAStools toolbox, light-weight data base	Booked flight
45	Johan Van de Wauw 	BE 	 	 	 	SAGA - QGIS processing, OSGeo live 	Likely, probably not all days
46	Andreas Neumann 	CH 	Mar 24 08:30 	Mar 28 18:00 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS, QGIS Web Client 	Booked
47	Denis Rouzaud 	CH 	March 23 22:00 	March 27 14:00 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Very Likely
48	Peter Wells 	UK 	Mar 23 20:45 	Mar 28 20:45 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Booked
49	Jürgen Fischer 	DE 	24(KLM1845) 11:45 	28(KLM1848) 	Wiener Kindl 	QGIS, GDAL/OGR, OSGeo4W 	booked
50	Yves Jacolin 	FR 	Mar 23 	Mar 28 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Very Likely
51	Stéphane Brunner 	CH 	Mar 23 	Mar 28 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Very Likely
52	Arnaud Morvan 	FR 	Mar 23 	Mar 28 	Hotel Wiener Kindl 	QGIS 	Very Likely
53	Alessandro Pasotti 	IT 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	Wiener Kindl 	QGIS, QGIS Web Client, QGIS Plugins repo 	Booked
54	Even Rouault 	FR 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	Wiener Kindl 	GDAL, MapServer, QGIS? 	Booked
55	Rob Emanuele 	US 	tbd 	tbd 	tbd 	GDAL 	Likely
56	Stefano Cavallari 	DE 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	Wiener Kindl 	GRASS/QGIS, Python 	Definite
57	Anita Graser 	AT 	tbd 	tbd 	home 	QGIS 	Definite
58	Kenny Shepard 	US 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	AirBnB 	GDAL 	Booked flight
59	Rafael Krucker 	CH 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	budget or youth hostel	QGIS 	Booked
60	Tobias Schmitz 	CH 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	budget or youth hostel	QGIS 	Booked
61	Dražen Odobašić 	HR 	Mar 26 	Mar 28 	Hillinger 	QGIS 	Booked
62	Stepan Turek 	CZ 	tbd 	tbd 	tbd 	GRASS 	Likely
63	Borys Jurgiel 	PL 	Mar 26 20:17 	Mar 28 13:31 	tbd 	QGIS 	Definite
64	Nikos Alexandris 	GR 	tbd 	tbd 	tbd 	GRASS GIS 	Likely
65	Ratko Vasiljević 	HR 	tbd 	tbd 	tbd 	GRASS GIS, QGIS, ILWIS 	Likely
66	Georg Ramler 	AT 	Mar 24 	Mar 27 	 	pycsw, QGIS Plugins 	Definite - No special needs
67	Jürgen Zornig 	AT 	Mar 24 	Mar 27 	 	pycsw, QGIS Plugins 	Definite - No special needs
68	Roberto Angeletti 	IT 	Mar 24 	Mar 28 	 	3D , QGIS Plugins 	Likely
69	Stephan Bösch-Plepelits 	AT 	Mar 26, 28 (mornings) 	Mar 26, 28 (mornings)	home 	pgmapcss (can it be used for MapServer?) 	-
70	Igor Crnković 	HR 	Mar 26 	Mar 28 	Hillinger 	QGIS 	Booked
71	Sebastiaan Couwenberg 	NL 	Mar 28 	Mar 28 	Wiener Kindl 	QGIS Deb packaging 	TBD
== Individual Preparation ==
* Bring your own computer
* Bring AC power connector adapter if needed (Austria )
* Install git, subversion and the compiler tools, and come with a working development environment if possible
== FAQ ==
* Is the Vienna Code Sprint just a coding event?
** Yes, a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects.
* Will it be possible to present new projects during this event?
** While this is not a presentation-oriented event like FOSS4G, there will be the possibility to have presentations. There are plans to get a dedicated room with beamer.
== Social Activities ==
=== Welcome party ===
In the evening of the first day of the sprint we will invite all sprinters to a big welcome party. More details shall not be revealed yet but we try to make it a memorable event.
=== Guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance" ===
On Wednesday evening we invite interested participants to a guided evening walk - "The City of Vienna at a glance". An on-site registration will be needed due to a limit number of 25 places.
The downtown tour introduces the imperial city, Vienna´s great history, its unique architecture, and todays life-style.
Meeting in front of St. Stephen´s Cathedral, Vienna’s main 900 years old landmark, we will stroll along Graben and Kohlmarkt, passing former court confectionary Demel and the most exclusive shops in Vienna. Crossing the courtyards of the Imperial Palace "Hofburg" you will hear about the great times of former Austrian monarchy, see where Empress Elizabeth (Sisi) married Emperor Franz Joseph, where the Vienna Boys’ Choir sings mass on Sunday, and where the famous white Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School perform. You will enjoy the great view from Heroes Square to some of the magnificent buildings of the famous Ringstraße. We will continue walking towards State Opera and the legendary hotel Sacher and will end the tour at Albertinaplatz.
=== Skiing ===
We will leave Vienna early on Saturday to go to Haus im Ennstal for skiing. In the evening we will visit an open air concert and return on Sunday.
Please contact Stephan Meissl if you're interested.
== Media outreach ==
See Vienna_Code_Sprint_2014_Media_Outreach
== Budget ==
* The 2014 budget is available online here.
* There is an accumulated surplus of € 9,826.03 including € 2,424.98 from previous years available for future code sprints.
* Receipts for the 2014 expenses are available online , part 2, and part 3.
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