Incubator Application: JVNMobileGIS

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Dear OSGeo Incubation Committee,

I'm Khanh Le - Project owner of JVNMobileGIS project (​http://jvnmobilegis.googlecode.com). I would like to apply for OSGeo Incubation program. Please see my answers to Incubator Application Questionnaire below:

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Please provide the name and email address of the principal Project Owner

*First name: Khanh*

*Last name: Le Ngoc Quoc*

*Email: khanh.lnq at javavietnam.org* <​mailto:khanh.lnq at javavietnam.org>* *

Please provide the names and emails of co-project owners (if any)

Don't have

Please provide the names, emails and entity affiliation of all official committers

*No*

1

*Name*

Son Bui Hong

*Email*

bhs at hcm.ciren.gov.vn <​mailto:bhs at hcm.ciren.gov.vn>

*Entity Affiliation*

Consultant

2

*Name*

An Nguyen Thi Van

*Email*

anntv at javavietnam.org <​mailto:anntv at javavietnam.org>

*Entity Affiliation*

Developer

3

*Name*

Tai Nguyen Anh

*Email*

taina at hcm.ciren.gov.vn <​mailto:taina at hcm.ciren.gov.vn>

*Entity Affiliation*

Developer

4

*Name*

Binh Pham Vu

*Email*

binhpv at javavietnam.org

*Entity Affiliation*

Developer

Please describe your Project

Our project name is *JVNMobileGIS*, it's a mobile map viewer developed with Java ME technology. Support fetching map data from remote server to view on mobile devices. Focus on OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium - ​http://www.opengeospatial.org/) and JCP (The Java Community Process - ​http://jcp.org/) specifications.

Why is hosting at OSGeo good for your project?

OSGeo is the organization aim for GIS promotion. Hosting at OSGeo will help us reach more members and our software will be used by many user around the world. We can contribute and get experience to improve our project better.

Type of application does this project represent(client, server, standalone, library, etc.)

This project is a mobile client application.

Please describe any relationships to other open source projects

Don't have.

Please describe any relationships with commercial companies or products

Don't have.

Which open source license(s) will the source code be released under?

Our code is released under GNU General Public License 2.0.

Is there already a beta or official release?

Yes, all releases are at the project homepage ​http://jvnmobilegis.googlecode.com <​http://jvnmobilegis.googlecode.com/>

What is the origin of your project

(commercial, experimental, thesis or other higher education, government, or some other source)?

Our project's origin is experimental.

Does the project support open standards?

Which ones and to what extent? (OGC, w3c, ect.) Has the software been certified to any standard (CITE for example)? If not, is it the intention of the project owners to seek certification at some point?

Yes, our project supports open standards of OGC and JCP. Our software has not been certified to any standard yet, we are going to seek for certification.

Is the code free of patents, trademarks, and do you control the copyright?

Yes, the code is free of patents and trademarks. Some of the code is taken from other open-source projects which are required to preserve the copyright information.

How many people actively contribute (code, documentation, other?) to the project at this time?

There are 3 persons actively contribute to project at this time.

How many people have commit access to the source code respository?

3 persons have commited access to source code respository. The number of persons have read-only access as anonymous is unknown.

Approximately how many users are currently using this project?

There are about 20 users now.

What type of users does your project attract (government, commercial, hobby, academic research, etc. )?

We attract government and academic research.

Hosting

If you do not intend to host any portion of this project using the OSGeo infrastructure, why should you be considered a member project of the OSGeo Foundation?

Because we want to involve in GIS promotion.

Does the project include an automated build and test?

Yes, our project have automated build, automated test is on working.

What language(s) are used in this project? (C/Java/perl/etc)

We use Java.

What is the dominant written language (i.e. English, French, Spanish, German, etc) of the core developers?

Our dominant written language is English.

What is the (estimated) size of a full release of this project?

How many users do you expect to download the project when it is released?

The estimated size of full release is 100 KB. We expect 500 downloads of this project when it is released.

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Based on project activity (does not appear to be active since 2009) we are closing this application. Please reopen if the project has silently changed name or is otherwise alive.