Talk:GRASS Community Sprint Prague 2011

Reports

Luca Delucchi

• creation of v.pack and v.unpack modules add upload in GRASS addons (please test it add bug report) r46388
• fix a bug on pyModis with Stefano Cavallari, the library that I'll use for r.modis [1]
• implement a new class in pyModis to parse XML files of MODIS products
• create wiki page for my Google summer of code project r.modis

Martin Landa

• Mediawiki youtube extension - http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2011-May/060863.html
• nviz_cmd: remove double parameter & cosmetics in params description - r46349
• wx.psmap moved from addons to the main repo (author: Anna Kratochvilova) - r46356
• various minor changes in wxGUI - r46392

Vaclav Petras

• wxGUI menu customization - r46397
• wxGUI GSelect height customization - r46397

Markus Neteler

• Sponsor money management
• Nicer donations page, together with Stefano Cavallari who implemented the Paypal connector
• r.mask: catch user error - r46372
• grass-addons/grass7/display/d.mon: fix missing Makefile - r46370
• Toolboxes assignment together with Helena Mitasova

Robert Szczepanek

• continued Polish translation

Milena Nowotarska

• continued Polish translation
• work on wxGUI menu improvements

Markus Metz

• r.mask: bug fixed for reclassed maps in 6.x - r46345, r46346
• LiDAR, LAS handling: creation of import modules [r|v].in.lidar for the ASPRS LiDAR LAS format
• GRASS 7 development
  • time series, together with Helena Mitasova and Sören Gebbert (project leader): design of a true temporal GIS
  • scalable vector topology, with Radim Blazek

Press release draft

... write it ... mention achievements and sponsors ... at bottom 3 lines what GRASS is, take from here

Organizer's page

• Sponsors
  • √ Find and coordinate them

• √ (B367) Hackfest Room
  • √ Wifi or switch(es)
  • √ extension cables
  • √ video projector
  • √ Opportunity to prepare coffee or likewise (if possible)

• Video broadcasting
  • camera for streaming (maybe not needed)

• Accommodation
  • √ Reserve sufficient (cheap) rooms in advance
  • √ Find some really low budget places

• Social dinner
  • √ Sunday evening

• City tour
  • √ Consider one city walk event to get distracted :)

• Documentation
  • √ IRC broadcast on #grass
  • Etherpad for live notes
  • Fotos
  • Press release which includes the relevant sponsor names for newspapers and GRASS communication channels

Hints for the Preparation

• Very useful guide: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2007_Lessons_Learned