[Nodedb-interop] About software for free wireless networks

[Federico Capoano]

Hey,

Il 07/04/2012 21.32, Ariel Camino ha scritto:
> [CUT]
>
> freeNetGIS means free networks Geographical Information System (GIS for
> community networks).
>
> It is inspired by similar projects, among which may be mentioned:
>
> * NodeShot [0]: -> Maps [1]
> * BALLS (Buenos Aires Free Location System) [2] -> Maps [3]
> * FFSomething [4] -> Maps [5]
> * Guifi.net [6] -> Maps [7]
>
> Has a number of technical features that differentiate it from other
> projects, among which are:
>
> - Based on the Django web framework (GeoDjango [8])

Cool, we are using the same framework.

> Abstracts of geospatial queries [9] and the handling of geometric data
> types [10] and can be used as a postgis backend [11], mysql, oracle and
> / or SpatiaLite [12].
>
> - You are not restricted only to an propietary API
>
> Use OpenLayers [13] for the map display, which allows using layers of
> different servers at the same time:
> * Open Street Maps - free [14]
> * Google Maps - owner [15]
> * Yahoo Maps - owner [16]
> * Bing Maps - owner [17]

this would be cool, I don't really care about yahoo or bing, i care more
about OSM.

> - You don't need internet
>
> Using databases that store geographic objects, you can import vector
> geospatial (eg shapefiles [18), so you don't need internet connectivity
> to display map layers.

This would be really cool

> - It focuses on decentralization
>
> Techniques are being developed using the protocol PubSubHubbub
> synchronization [19], this allows you to synchronize the application
> with instances of the same system and with other systems using a
> standard publication in common, such as GeoRSS [20].

This would be really cool

> Currently the project is in development, the code is hosted at github
> [21] and are open to any developer who has wanted to make contributions.
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>
> I would like to collaborate on your project and see if we can implement
> some of these ideas.
>
> The website is down (freenetgis.org) :( i have to fix it.

>From my point of view you are mostly welcome in joining the discussion
to see how we can proceed on this. Apparently there is quite a lot of
interest from different communities around the world on this type of
software, so maybe is the right moment to start collaborating.

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