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Francophone Chapter Report 2009

== Francophone Local Chapter Report for 2009 ==
* Contact name: Yves Jacolin
=== Key Accomplishments ===
* We translated & published QGIS documentation release 1.0.0, and began translating QGIS release 1.4.0 doc, 
* We signed an agreement with the French national mapping agency IGN to promote and create common projects,
* We assisted the French OpenStreetMap community importing data from the public sector,
* We worked on the translation of OpenLayers documentation. We're currently at the proof-reader step,
* We celebrated our first birthday as a Legal Association
=== Areas for Improvement ===
* We need people to help translating documentation & writing information for the future OSGeo-fr website
* We need more people to advocate OSGeo and Free and Open Source software and data to the francophone world! (but there are already some, out there ;-)
 
=== Opportunities to Help ===
* Get Involved! All contributions are welcomed. 
* Sign up for the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/francophone and say hello to the francophone world!
* Spread the "free geodata & free software" world !
=== Outlook for 2010 ===
* Stronger contact and link with the French OpenStreetMap community - act as a Legal Association for them, if they ask us to. Discussions are underway on this possibility.
* Incentive to free more geodata from the public sector, with an eye on OpenStreetMap,
* Create and develop the OSGeo-fr website,
* Open Source village at the "Rencontre SIG La Lettre" Tradeshow with conferences and OSGeo-fr booth,
* "RMLL 2010" Tradeshow: a booth and several presentations to expect.
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Category: Reports 2009
Francophone Chapter Report 2010

* Contact name: Yves Jacolin
== Key Accomplishments ==
* new board elected : june 2010
== Areas for Improvement ==
* encourage people to contribute more to translation projects
* create a marketing package and help people in organizing booth on events
* attract additional contributors and project managers
* improve communication in the francophone geospatial community
== Opportunities to Help ==
* help in translating MapServer documentation: need for translators and proof readers
* help in organizing Francophone QGIS events: OGRS 2011, booth at several conferences
* help in marketing duties: flyer, booth, OSGeo-fr website
== Outlook for 2011 ==
* clean up legal association administratif paper
* continue and achieve the set up of the legal association
* improve doc translation process, add new translation.
* organize QGIS fr day!
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Category: Reports 2010
Category: Local chapter francophone
Francophone Chapter Report 2012

== French Language OSGeo Local Chapter Activity Report 2012==
* Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2012
* Authors: OSGeo-fr local chapter community
* Contact name: Yves Jacolin - president at osgeo.asso.fr
* The French speaking OSGeo Local Chapter had 275 members on the main Mailing list as of April 14th, 2013.
OSGeo-fr is the legal association to represent OSGeo in the French speaking world. We are running, as OSGeo does, as a low capital association and aims to organize code sprints, events and user meeting. We are working also to provide french translation of documentation for all OSGeo project.
===Key Accomplishments===
* Events
** We organized QGIS HackFest in april 2012 at Lyon. It was a great success. Four companies sponsored the hackFest : 3Liz, Camptocamp, Oslandia and Services géographiques. More than 30 people attended, working on different topics (WPS and SEXTANTE, QGIS Server, QGIS 1.8, Android Python bindings, mobile GUI, Documentation, OrfeoToolbox provider for Sextante, rasters). Link: http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/7_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Lyon_2012
* Localizations & Translations
** Ongoing work on various projects like QGIS, MapServer (still lagging behind from master documentation though), GDAL-OGR.
* Outreach Activities
** we are trying to share all french speaking blogs in one place, offer workshops in conferences (as «Rencontre SIG La Lettre» held in may 2012 and next june 2013). There is room for improvement with better use of twitter, OSGeo-fr legal website, etc.
* Legal association
** we have an official headquarter for the association in Paris.
** Board members are registered at the national level
===Areas for Improvement===
We need to get new members more involved in our process, specifically to help translating documentation and marketing material. We need to improve all the marketing process and get contact with the whole community to share handouts, liveDVD, etc.
===Opportunities to Help===
* We need help to organize news events or projects. Contact us if you are interested to help us (and then help you !)
* We hope that more open source GIS related event will be held in French speaking countries.
===Outlook for 2013===
* We are organising our first francophone conference followed by a code sprint. We chose FROG as the conference FRancophone sur l'Opensource et la Géomatique. The organisation is currently running smoothly and surely, involving new people and getting traction.
* We will give workshops at the «Rencontres SIG La lettre», the main GIS conference in France
* We currently improve the french translation processes for QGIS using transiflex and MapServer and GDAL-OGR.
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Category: Reports 2012
Category: Local chapter francophone
François Meyer

Chargé de mission Mobilité durable au sein d'une collectivité territoriale, j'utilise au quotidien les logiciels géomatiques libres et gratuits appliqués à la planification de la politique des transports. 
Membre de l'Open Source Geospatial Foundation, je vous propose de vous guider dans l'installation et la configuration de PostGIS sur Windows (testé sous Windows 7/8 64 bits)
1. Téléchargez :
- le système de gestion de base de données PostgreSQL (binaries) ;
- l'extension spatiale PostGIS (setup).
2. Configurez :
- Créez la variable d'environnement Windows pour l'emplacement de PostgreSQL avec le nom PGSQL et la valeur C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\pgsql ;
- Créez la variable d'environnement Windows pour l'emplacement de la base de données avec le nom PGDATA et la valeur %PGSQL%\data ;
- Ajoutez à la variable d'environnement Windows pour l'emplacement des commandes nommée Path, la valeur %PGSQL%\bin arpès un point-virgule.
3. Installez :
- Créez un dossier PostgreSQL dans C:\Program Files\ et copiez dedans le dossier de PostgreSQL pgsql ;
- Configurez vos autorisations d'utilisateur comme contrôle total pour le dossier PostgreSQL et ses sous-dossiers ;
- Excécutez dans l'invite de commandes Windows la commande d'initialisation de la base de données : initdb -U postgres -E utf8 ;
- Excécutez dans l'invite de commandes Windows, en tant qu'administrateur, la commande d'enregistrement du service : pg_ctl register ;
- Redémarrez Windows ce qui lancera le serveur PostgreSQL ;
- créer un raccourci pour l'interface d'administration de PostgreSQL pgAdmin3 située dans : C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\pgsql\bin ;
- Exécutez le programme d'installation de PostGIS en cochant l'option pour créer une base de données spatiales dans C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\pgsql\ : ne modifiez pas le nom de l'utilisateur postgres et le port 5432, ne saisissez pas de mot de passe et nommez la base de données spatiales postgis.
Category:OSGeo Member
Category:Local chapter francophone
FreeGIS

The following text is copied verbatim from the FreeGIS Project at http://www.freegis.org/. Find all further information there.
== Aims and Services ==
The FreeGIS Project aims to promote the freedom in the scope of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A GIS can be defined as an information system that is designed to work with data referenced by spatial or geographic coordinates ( more definitions). It seeks to reach its aim through
* promoting the use, development and support of Free GIS Software,
* promoting the use and release of publicly available geographic data in the same sense of freedom as for Free Software,
* promoting the use, writing, translation and extending of free documents in the GIS field.
The FreeGIS projects concentrates mainly on two services:
* the website, which summarizes the said software, data and documents with additional infos and search opportunities,
* a community discussion list, where the news and releases are announced and synergy is sought among the interested community members and projects.
== Freedom ==
Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free" as in "free speech" or "free markets", not as in "for free" (gratis).
Free Software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.
== History ==
The FreeGIS Project was launched in late 1999 as an initiative of Intevation GmbH, a consulting company based in Germany.
Free GIS Book

Placeholder for FreeGIS Book. We're migrating it from http://www.eogeo.org/Projects/projects_wiki/FreeGISBook
=FreeGIS Book=
Book Outline
Sample Chapter Outline
==Chapters==
Geospatial Data Chapter Outline
 Metadata
==Related Work==
Spanish Free GIS book effort
Mapping Math Book
Category:Free GIS Book
Category:Education
Free Software

The OSGeo is not a primary source of information regarding Free Software or Open Source. Please refer to the corresponding web sites for a thorough treatment. This page intends to give a quick insight to the topic and explain some basics. Feel free to edit this page if you feel that it is not enough or needs pruning.
== Introduction ==
Free Software is a legal construct to protect source code from being commercially exploited by proprietary business models. This construct is know as Copyleft which is not the contrary of Copyright but uses Copyright to protect information from becoming proprietary. At the same time a healthy Business ecology is growing around Free Software offering Commercial Services of all kinds. 
Free Software is closely related (and in many contexts perceived as identical) to Open Source and often used in commercial contexts.. 
The Free Software definition allows for several freedoms that enable individuals to collaborate easily on a project. As the source code is protected from becoming proprietary it is not necessary to de-sign and then-sign complicated contracts that define who may use the software for which purpose.
== Commercial Use of Free Software ==
Free Software is not anti-commercial! There are many companies and individuals who make a living by producing, maintaining and enhancing Free Software or by offering all kinds of Commercial Services around it. In the geospatial realm it has grown into a healthy Business ecology. Find a company near you that speaks your language using the Service Provider Directory. Add yourself if you provide services.
Category:Advocacy
Free and Open Source Software

Free Software licensing models and Open Source development methodologies can be abbreviated as FOSS. Some alternatives add an "L" to read FLOSS to explicitly refer to the french word "Libre" like in liberty to differentiate it to free as in gratis. Some people are irritated by the connotation to dental floss.
A range of FOSS primers, documents that can be used to convey a message to new audiences, can be found at the Open Source Network
Category:Advocacy
FunComMeeting1

= Time =
Proposed date: Tuesday May 9th. 2006
Proposed time: 1600 UTC (noon EST, 9:00am PST)
Proposed location: IRC channel #osgeo
= Agenda =
* Add new members to the committee (Dave Mclhagga, R. Paul Warriner, Alain Grignon).
* Discuss fundraising approaches other than sponsorship.
* Discuss Sponsorship, prepare plan for revision and approval.
# Have we picked appropriate price points? Are discrete sponsorship levels the way to go?
# Are there ways we can name and position the sponsorship program to make it easier for friendly folks in organizations to sell it to management? (ie. "maintenance fees" are a well understand cost item in most orgs).
# When we first floated the mapserver foundation idea Ed stressed the importance to potential sponsors to get in on the first big press deluge to get the most value out of a sponsorship. Obviously we are to late for that for OSGeo, but should we be making sure that anyone that wants to has a chance to get into the first big sponsorship press release? (ie. founding sponsors) rather than starting to get sponsorships in a trickle.
# Much of my thinking has been around positioning sponsorship as a way for organizations reliant on foundation projects to providing sustaining financing to improve the core quality of the software with a hint of preferrential support access, with promotional benefit thrown in for good measure. Do we really need two programs? One aimed at those wanting a promotional benefit (perhaps not project specific?) and another that is a bit like a support/maintenance contract without much in the way of guaranteed service levels?
# How do we organize our approach to organizations so as not to mess things up. I'm a bit nervous about a bunch of folks running around bugging companies without a unified sales job, possibly giving a negative impression of the foundation. How do we avoid that?
# How soon do we want a sponsorship program up and running? I must admit to be eager, though you might not be able to tell that from my level of activity in leading this committee! In particular, I'm eager to start approaching my clients for OSGeo sponsorships (oriented to supporting GDAL) so I can turn some of that money around into a maintainence contract for GDAL over the summer. I have someone in mind that I'm paying out of my own pocket through May.
# Assuming we allow project directed sponsorship, what sorts of controls should we be putting into place on PSC's spending their dedicated funds to ensure the use is responsible? I think sponsors will expect the foundation to ensure orderly and responsible use of the money.
FunCom Meeting 3

= Time =
Proposed date: Tuesday Aug 29nd. 2006
Proposed time: 1600 UTC (noon EST, 9:00am PST)
Proposed location: IRC channel #osgeo
= Agenda =
* Approve minutes for Second Meeting.
* Discuss Project Sponsorship proposal, and possibly approve. 
* Discuss Foundation Sponsorship proposal, and possibly approve.
= Minutes = 
* Approved Second Meeting minutes.
* Reviewed Project Sponsorship proposal. Reaction supportive. Suggestions included:
# Making "Past Sponsors" optional. 
# Dropping "Past Sponsors" off the list after two years. 
# Give a name for sponsors less than Silver (perhaps Associate or Friend of project).
# Possibly just use paypal donations for small contributions. 
# Clarify that much of the fundraising bookkeeping could be done by the ED or a bookkeeper rather than the Treasurer directly.
# Need to clarify the value add of OSGeo to project sponsorship. Financial transparency, etc
# Should we reduce or remove OSGeo overhead on "earmarked sponsorships"? Decided not to for now.
# Possibly realign level names, and cutoffs with the foundation sponsorships. 
# Apply OSGeo overhead portion of sponsorships towards OSGeo foundation sponsorships. 
# We need to run this past the projects for review before approving.
* Reviewed Foundation Sponsorship. Suggestions included:
# Earmarking ... decided it was better to handle this as project sponsorships.
# Make sure some sort of sponsor visibility on the OSGeo main page (perhaps a rotating logo/link?) 
* The committee passed a motion approving the Foundation Sponsorship proposal, and forwarding to the board of directors for approval, with the intent to implement post-haste. 
* Agreed to meeting against next week to roll out foundation sponsorship, and possibly approve project sponsorship.
* Meeting closed.
* Motion to adopt Project Sponsorship proposal passed by email vote (closing 25th October, 2006).
FunCom Meeting 4

= Time =
Proposed date: Deferred, no scheduled date. 
Proposed location: IRC channel #osgeo
= Agenda =
* Approve minutes for Third Meeting.
* Work on roll out of Foundation Sponsorship proposal, detailed public documents (OSGeo Sponsorship Page), etc.
* Plan for translation of sponsorship documents into other languages (requested by MarkusN).
* Select new committee chair.
Fundraising Committee Motion

I, Frank Warmerdam, move that a Fundraising Committee be formed to manage the development of a sponsorship program, solication of sponsorships, and pursue of other fundraising efforts. 
The initial committee will include:
* Frank Warmerdam (Chair)
* Ed McNierney
* Gary Lang
The Fundraising Committee has responsibilities to
* Preparing and recommending a sponsorship program to the board.
* Soliciting sponsorship for organizations. 
* Proposing and pursuing other fundraising options. 
* Pursue contributions in kind (equipment, manpower). 
== Notes ==
* The sponsorship program should be approved by the board before it is advertised, or sponsorships are actively pursued.
* Other fundraising efforts should be approved by the board before they are pursued. 
* The commitee should add and remove members as deemed appropriate. 
* The chair of the committee will be deemed an officer of the corporation (VP Fundraising), requiring board authorization for a new chair.
GDAL

This page copies the introduction paragraphs of the OSGeo Info Sheet at http://www.osgeo.org/gdal_ogr
* Home Page: http://www.gdal.org/
* Mailing List: http://lists.maptools.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev/
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL/OGR) is a cross platform C++ translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats that is released under an X/MIT style Open Source license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract data model to the calling application for all supported formats. It also comes with a variety of useful commandline utilities for data translation and processing.
GDAL supports over 50 raster formats, and OGR over 20 vector formats.
It provides the primary data access engine for many applications including MapServer, GRASS, QGIS, and OpenEV. It is also utilized by packages such as OSSIM, Cadcorp SIS, FME, Google Earth, VTP, Thuban, ILWIS, MapGuide and ArcGIS. GDAL/OGR is the most widely used geospatial data access library.
Professional support options are available for commercial software developers desiring assistance integrating and extending GDAL, or dig in yourself and join the development team!
Category:OSGeo Project
GDALDWG SoC 2016

Implementation of ODA DWG files Specification, which will allow to read DWG as a newly supported file-format. 
Idea for this project was taken from GDAL SoC Ideas.
== Links ==
* Dev Blog: http://gsoc2016gdaldwg.blogspot.ru
* GitHub (libopencad): https://github.com/sandyre/libopencad
== Implementation details ==
=== Write a new library to read DWG files ===
* Library should be written in an easy-to-extend style, so every DWG version can be handled easily.
* Library should provide a clear API how to interact with it, and an easy method to write OGR Driver based on it.
* Library should has an abstract data model for all DWG/DXF files of any version (so, DXF format also could be added to the library).
=== GDAL Driver ===
Implement a new DWG driver for OGR, which will work with libopencad.
== Possible future extension (not necessarily part of SoC project) ==
* Support for writing ability - creating CAD files is more complicated than reading, but with good library/driver architecture it will be possible without any painful refactoring.
* Not all DWG format versions will be handled during GSoC, so working with them will also be a good extension.
== Schedule ==
* May 28: Reading of DWG R15, basic documentation of libopencad
* June 20: Implementation of OGR Driver for reading DWG R15.
* July 8: OGR DWG Driver documentation and testing.
* July 22: Implement DWG R13, R14, bug fixes and testing.
* August 18: Completed documentation for libopencad and OGR DWG Driver, PR to GDAL Trunk.
== What new functionality this project brings ==
* A lot of GIS Applications are based on GDAL, so adding a new supported extension will give a capability to work with Autodesk DWG files, which is the most popular CAD format in the world[1].
* There is no open-source library which is still maintained and is under X/MIT compatible license. libopencad will be under X/MIT license, so every application which is interested in DWG files can use it.
== Student's Biography ==
My name is Alexandr Borzykh, I am second-year undergraduate student at ITMO University.
I am pretty new to OpenSource projects. I like C/C++ languages, have some experience with Python.
Category:Google Summer of Code
GDAL SoC Ideas

For 2008, GDAL ideas are in the GDAL Trac Wiki.
GDAL/OGR Related ideas for the Google Summer of Code 2007:
# Write an OGC WMS (Web Map Service) driver, likely somewhat modelled on the WCS driver implementation. 
#* WMS Specification
#* WCS Code
#* GDAL Raster Driver Tutorial
# Extend the existing KML vector feature writer to also support reading KML, and otherwise generalize this driver.
#* GSoC KML Read - Construction Draft
#* writer code
#* driver docs
#* OGR Driver Tutorial
# Implement a raster reader/writer for KML. -- More info in GDAL2Tiles SoC 2007
#* KML Docs
#* GDAL Raster Driver Tutorial
# Implement GeoPNG/GeoJPEG by embeding coordinate system and geotransformation information (possibly in GML) as chunks in PNG and JPEG files (see GML JP2 for a model of how this might be done). 
#* GMLJP2 Specification
#* GMLJP2 Code: gdaljp2metadata.cpp gdalgmlcoverage.cpp
#* PNG Driver (using libpng)
#* JPEG Driver (using libjpeg)
# OGR WFS read driver using existing OGR GML driver for feature parsing.
#* OGC WFS Specification
#* OGR Driver Tutorial
# Design a SAR (Synthetic Aperture RADAR) "Processor" using GDAL as a data reader/processed data writer
#* Provide enhancements to relevant drivers (and potentially write new drivers) for reading new/common unprocessed SAR data sources, including metadata support where needed
#* Implement an end-to-end Range-Doppler Algorithm processor for platforms where processing details are available
#* more SAR Processor details
# Develop a driver for GeoRSS
#* GeoRSS specification
# Complete C# bindings with gdal_warp api support
#* GDAL Warp API
Category:Google Summer of Code