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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 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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=LocationTech Industry Working Group=

 

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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.

 

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The working group formally launch on February 5th, 2013.

 

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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:

 

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* 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://www.locationtech.org/charter Charter] for more useful information including dues.

 

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==Get Involved==

 

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===Next meetings===

 

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* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/Hangouts uDig GIS November 27th, 5pm EST via. Google Hangout & OnAir]

 

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* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/Hangouts Leaflet December 4th, 11am EST via. Google Hangout & OnAir]

 

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* Web components sub-team meeting - TBA

 

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* High performance sub-team meeting - TBA

 

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[http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/Hangouts Schedule a demo for your project]

 

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===Participate in the Discussions===

 

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[http://www.locationtech.org/mailman/listinfo/location-iwg Join the discussion list]

 

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[http://www.locationtech.org/pipermail/location-iwg/ View the discussion list archives]

 

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We moved the list to locationtech.org, see the [http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/location-iwg/ old 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, deadline to be a Founder October 26, 2012

 

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* Formal Launch - scheduled for December 5th, 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, presentation materials, etc].

 

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* Conference call on August 30th, 2012 @ 9am EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Location/August30_2012 See the the minutes, presentation materials, etc].

 

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* Google hangout & conference call on October 10th, 2012 @ 9am EDT - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/October10_2012 See the the minutes, video, etc.] - [http://youtu.be/dORs4OaLtJ4 Video available]

 

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* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/October30_2012 Steering Committee meeting October 30th, 2012]

 

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* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/Hangouts OpenLayers 3 November 6th, 11am EST via. Google Hangout & OnAir] - [http://youtu.be/cgHudJim07o Video available]

 

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* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/Hangouts Demo of Cesium Globe viewer November 13th, 11am EST via. Google Hangout & OnAir] - [http://youtu.be/S745qetDaCc Video available]

 

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* Conference call on November 15th, 2012 @ 5pm EST - [http://wiki.eclipse.org/LocationTech/November15_2012 General IWG Minutes]

 

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