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− | This is an initial landing page for the Location Industry Working Group (IWG) at Eclipse. A proper web site will replace this page in the near future.
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− | This industry working group is governed by the [http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/industry_wg_process.php Eclipse Foundation Industry Working Group Process] document. You can also [http://www.eclipse.org/org/ read more about the Eclipse Foundation]. | + | This is an initial landing page for the Location Industry Working Group (IWG) at Eclipse. The site is moving to [http://locationtech.org locationtech.org] in November 2012. |
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− | =LocationTech Industry Working Group=
| + | '''This page is no longer being maintained and is available purely for archive reasons. Please visit http://locationtech.org''' |
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− | LocationTech will be the leading community for individuals and organizations to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software that is location aware.
| + | This industry working group is governed by the [http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/industry_wg_process.php Eclipse Foundation Industry Working Group Process] document. You can also [http://www.eclipse.org/org/ read more about the Eclipse Foundation]. |
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− | The IWG is currently forming and is expected to formally launch Q3-2012. This date may change due to strong interest.
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− | ==Initiative Goals==
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− | This group exists to enable a partnership of organizations to invest in and benefit from: | + | |
− | * High quality re-usable software components that are IP-clean and serve as reference implementation of standards
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− | * B2B forum of technology consumers and providers
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− | ===Activities===
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− | # Growing user communities and outreach
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− | # Growing developer communities
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− | # Growing research communities and encouraging innovation
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− | # Growing business communities and markets
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− | # Drive increased adoption of location technology, and interoperability
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− | # Nurture a vibrant ecosystem for the above communities
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− | ===Expected outputs===
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− | # A software forge & build farm including discussion forums and mailing lists
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− | # Location aware open source technology projects
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− | # A platform, released annually, providing reusable, modular, and "IP Clean" software components
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− | # Joint marketing materials, and events
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− | ===FAQ===
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− | See the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/FAQ frequently asked questions page] for more useful information
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− | ===Charter===
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− | See the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/Charter Draft Charter] for more useful information including dues.
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− | ==Get Involved==
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− | ===Next meetings===
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− | [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20121010T09&p1=188&ah=1 Wednesday October 10, 2012 @ 9am EDT] [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/October10_2012 see the agenda] | + | |
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− | ===Participate in the Discussions===
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− | [https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/location-iwg Join the discussion list]
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− | [http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/location-iwg/ View the discussion list archives]
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− | [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech#Past_meetings View minutes from past meetings]
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− | Participate in IWG calls (see the Roadmap below for call dates and times)
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− | ===IRC live chat===
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− | Using your IRC client of choice, you can join the Internet Relay Chat live chat forum by joining #locationtech on Freenode.
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− | [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#locationtech Alternatively, use this web client to join "#locationtech".] | + | |
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− | (simply make up a nickname, complete the captcha, and then click connect)
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− | ===Edit this wiki===
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− | Register for an Eclipse account and contribute to this wiki page
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− | ===Recruit===
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− | If you know others that would be interested, invite them to this page and the discussion list.
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− | ==Areas of Interest==
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− | * Storage and processing of massive data volume
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− | * Model driven design
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− | * Desktop, Web, and mobile mapping
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− | * Real time analysis of business critical data
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− | ==Lead projects==
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− | One product of this IWG will be new projects. See a guide on [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Starting_A_New_Project creating a new project].
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− | The LocationTech IWG will provide a forge (code repository, bug tracker, build farm, etc.) for related technology. The following are projects that are interested in hosting in this facility.
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− | * uDig - [http://udig.refractions.net/ - A Desktop GIS suite & component framework]
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− | * Jackpine - [http://csng.cs.toronto.edu/projects/20 a geospatial database benchmarking suite]
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− | * GeoScript - [http://geoscript.org/ project adding spatial capabilities to scripting languages]
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− | * GeoAPI - [http://www.geoapi.org/ GeoAPI is an abstraction library for related Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and ISO standards]
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− | * Cesium - [http://cesium.agi.com/ a powerful web-based globe and map viewer implemented in JavaScript]
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− | * Nunaliit - [http://nunaliit.org/ A web based framework that makes it easy to tell stories and highlight relationships between many different forms of information from a variety of sources]
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− | We are interested in new projects. If you have some R&D that would benefit from more eyes & developers to advance it, or some useful technology you need to have but it isn't a source of competitive advantage, consider releasing it.
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− | ==Roadmap==
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− | The following is tentative roadmap.
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− | * Inaugural conference call - Completed, Took place March 22, 2012
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− | * Conference call - Completed, Took place April 17
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− | * Conference call - Completed, Took place April 19
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− | * Face to face meeting - Completed, Took place May 22 in Washington D.C.
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− | * Create IWG Charter - Completed, posted May 2012
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− | * Identify inaugural chair - Completed, representatives from IBM & Oracle, May 2012
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− | * Board resolutions giving approval - Completed with unanimous approval June 19th, 2012
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− | * Pick a name - Completed June 22, 2012
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− | * Identify initial projects for launch - In progress, anticipated for June & July 2012
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− | * Identify initiating member(s) - In progress, anticipated for July & August 2012
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− | * Press release draft iterated amongst launching members - Anticipated for August 2012
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− | * Formal Launch - September 2012
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− | ===Past meetings===
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− | * Conference call on March 22, 2012 @ 2pm EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/March22_2012 See the minutes, etc.]
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− | * Conference call on April 19, 2012 @ 2pm EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/April_2012 See the minutes, etc.]
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− | * Face to face meeting May 22, 2012 @ 1pm EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/May22_2012 See the minutes, etc.]
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− | * Conference call on June 19th, 2012 @ 4pm EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/June19_2012 See the the minutes, etc].
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− | * Conference call on July 25th, 2012 @ 3pm EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/July25_2012 See the the minutes, etc].
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− | * Conference call on August 30th, 2012 @ 9am EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012 See the the minutes, etc].
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This is an initial landing page for the Location Industry Working Group (IWG) at Eclipse. The site is moving to locationtech.org in November 2012.