History

12 QGIS Developer Meeting in Essen 2014

Period and location

October 2nd-5th 2014, Essen, Linuxhotel (Germany). People can already arrive on Wednesday (1.10) late afternoon (6pm) and use the facilities in the evening.

Please note that the QGIS Developer Meeting starts on Thursday morning 2.10. and finishes on Sunday 5.10 afternoon. The reason is, that the Linuxhotel sponsors the event and they only have free rooms for this period and have to prepair their rooms for training courses starting on Monday again!

Essen is a city in the central part of the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Located on the River Ruhr, its population of approximately 579,000 makes it the 9th-largest city in Germany. For the year 2010, Essen was the European Capital of Culture on behalf of the whole Ruhr area. You find more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essen

The Linuxhotel (http://www.linuxhotel.de) is one of the nodes for open source training in Germany. For years, they support open source projects financially as sponsor and/or provide space for developer and project meetings for special conditions (see: http://www.linuxhotel.de/community.en.html). The QGIS project is thankful that the Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) will host and support the 12th QGIS Developer Meeting.

Contact

If you have questions please write to Otto Dassau <>

Venue

Linuxhotel (Germany)
Antonienallee 1
D - 45279 Essen-Horst
Phone: 0049-(0)201 8536-600
Fax: 0049-(0)201 8536-605

Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.43&lon=7.11&mlat=51.43011&mlon=7.11273&zoom=8&layers=B000TTF

Sponsors

We currently have 3 supporters / sponsors for the event :

(http://www.linuxhotel.de/) - Venue, accommodation, drinks, etc at very reasonable conditions.

(http://www.fossgis.de/) - Support with 1500 EUR.

(http://www.gbd-consult.de) - Organization

Program

Accommodation

We try to make it possible for all participants to stay directly at the venue. The Linuxhotel provides special conditions for open source projects (see http://www.linuxhotel.de/community.html). The maximum number of beds for the special conditions (including single and double rooms, all rooms) is at about 27. If necessary, they would also allow participants with sleeping bags, tents, etc, but we would not really recommend that. If there will be more than 27 participants, you find further accomodation nearby at a normal rate. So, be sure, there is a solution for that.

Further accommodation nearby

1) Hotel Alte Lohnhalle
http://www.alte-lohnhalle.de/zimmer.htm
Distance: 6,7km (14 min by car)

2) Mintrops Land Hotel Burgaltendorf
on the other side of the Ruhr in eyeshot
http://www.hotel-mintrop.de/uebernachten.html.
Distance: 6,0km (13 Min. Auto), 20 min by bike

3) Hotel Franz
http://www.hotel-franz.de/willkommen.html
Distance: 6,6km (12 Min. Auto)

4) Avantgarde Hotel
located in the nice, old town Hattingen
http://www.avantgarde-hotel.de.
Distance: 10,4km (13 Min. caar, S-Bahn 1 hour incl. footwalk)

5) Ferienwohnung Birgit Großmaas:
http://www.deutsche-pensionen.de/pension-bochum/44869-ferienwohnung-wattenscheid-hoentrop.html.
Distance: 3,3km (8 Min. by car/Taxi, 15 Min. bike)

6) Apartment Katrin & Peter Schüller
http://www.schlafen-in-essen.de/index.html
Distance: 4,9km (10 Min. Auto/Taxi)

7) If you don't mind camping, there is http://www.ruhrcamping.de only 600 meter from the linuxhotel.
You can sleep in a typical "Bauwagen".

Dining (Evenings)

We plan to go out for dinner on thursday (2.10.) all together. We have a reservation at about 7pm for the whole group at:

The other days we will stay at the linuxhotel, ordering Pizza, etc.

We might also organize tours for people who are interested, e.g. to

or you just go by S-Bahn to the city of Essen.

Transportation

The Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) in Essen can be reached by plane, train, car, foot, bicycle, ...

By plane

There are several airports available. The websites show you, what airlines serve which airports.

  • Airport Düsseldorf (http://www.duesseldorf-international.de/dus_en/). The Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) is about 35 Minutes (with Taxi/Car) away from Düsseldorf airport and about 45 minutes by train (ICE to Essen HBF and then S3 to Essen-Horst - see "By train from Essen Main Station"). Costs are about 17 EUR.
  • Airport Dortmund (http://www.dortmund-airport.de/5.html?&L=1). The Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) is about 35 Minutes (with Taxi/Car) away from Dortmund airport and about 1:50 minutes by train (Bus and local train to Essen HBF and then S3 to Essen-Horst - see "By train from Essen Main Station"). Costs are about 14 EUR.
  • Airport Cologne/Bonn (http://www.koeln-bonn-airport.de/index.php?id=1&L=1) The Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) is about 50 Minutes from Cologne airport and about 1:40 minutes by train (ICE to Essen HBF and then S3 to Essen-Horst - see "By train from Essen Main Station"). Costs are about 19 EUR.
  • Airport Weeze (http://www.airport-weeze.de/en). The Linuxhotel (Villa Vogelsang) is about 1:45h by Bus and local train away from Airport Weeze (Bus to Essen HBF and then S3 to Essen-Horst - see "By train from Essen Main Station"). Costs are about 20 EUR. The Bus timetable is here: http://www.airport-weeze.de/en/arriving_by_bus.html#overzicht_2

See also http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/gus/travelinfo_gus_essen_2008.pdf

By train from Essen Main Station

You can buy tickets online at http://www.bahn.de/i/view/DEU/en/index.shtml

The nearest train station to the Linuxhotel is called "Horst S-Bahnhof Essen (Ruhr)" (S3). It is a 10 minutes walk away. The nearest train station with taxi waiting area is called "Essen-Steele". If you arrive from Essen main station at Horst S-Bahnhof Essen (Ruhr), then go under the tracks, up the hill, at the end right into "Lindkenshofer Weg". After 200m turn right again into "Eberhardstr.". This leads you straight to the brown wooden door of our villa Vogelsang. Also see figure: http://www.linuxhotel.de/pics/karte-s-bahnhof.png

By car

Nearby Autobahn/Highway exits are:

  • A40 Exit/Ausfahrt Nr. 27 "Essen-Kray"
  • A40 Exit/Ausfahrt Nr. 26 "Essen-Frillendorf"
  • A52 Exit/Ausfahrt Nr. 30 "Essen-Bergerhausen"

If you leave the Autobahn, drive in direction to "Essen-Steele" and follow the signs to "Essen-Horst". You will pass two super markets "Aldi" and "Lidl" and a level crossing. From the intersection Dahlhauser Straße/Von-Ossietzky-Ring in the center of Essen-Horst you will find signs to "Villa Vogelsang". Also see figure: http://www.linuxhotel.de/pics/karte-autobahn.png and http://www.linuxhotel.de/pics/karte-essen-horst.png.

Topics

  • Processing help files
    • image support
    • advanced help files format (zip with RST document and images folder)
  • Processing bugtrackers. We still have two separate bugtrackers for Processing, which is confusing for users and developers.
  • Core Python plugins and their dependencies. This mainly related to MetaSearch plugin, it was added without wide discussion and brings new dependencies into QGIS sources. We need a policy for such cases. There are at least two possible solutions for dependencies:
    • put all dependencies into QGIS core (as MetaSearch does)
    • make core plugins with external dependencies inactive by default and add note in their description
  • Merging QGIS context help and documentation
  • QGIS Documentation - how can we organize regular funding for keep english documentation up-to-date
  • QGIS Mapserver Python Plugins
  • New geometry model (Curved types, support mmsql standard)
  • Future of QGIS Web Client (migration to different client libraries)
  • QGIS financials
    • Donation handling
    • getting new sponsors
  • Discuss and plan next meeting in Denmark (Lene Fischer will be in Essen and would like to have a meeting on that)

Participation

please find other persons you would like to share a room with

*#* Participant Country Arrival Arrival Time/Airport Departure Departure Time/Airport Share room with Accomodation Notes
1 Otto Dassau Germany 01.10 14:00 Linuxhotel 05.10 18:00 single room (2/2) Linuxhotel Documentation, ...
2 Richard Duivenvoorde The Netherlands 02.10 05.10 sharing double room with Raymond (3/6) Linuxhotel
3 Larissa Junek Germany 02.10 18:00 Linuxhotel 04.10 16:00 single room (1/2) Linuxhotel
4 Jürgen Fischer Germany 02.10 05.10 Linuxhotel
5 Paolo Cavallini Italy 01.10 15:15 Cologne/Bonn 01.10 (in Essen 2.10 in the morning) 19:05 Cologne/Bon shared apartment (4/4) Linuxhotel I may stay in Cologne for one night upon arrival and arrive in the morning of 2nd
6 Denis Rouzaud Switzerland 01.10 21:57 (Essen HBF) 05.10 10:00 (Essen HBF) shared apartment (2/4) Linuxhotel
7 Giovanni Manghi Portugal 02.10 12:35 (Dusseldorf) 06.10 13:20 (Dusseldorf) sharing double room with Andre Mano 1/6 Linuxhotel Bug hunting, testing and fixes (Processing)
8 Hugo Martins Portugal 02.10 12:35 (Dusseldorf) 06.10 13:20 (Dusseldorf) sharing double room with Alexandre Neto Linuxhotel
9 Alexandre Neto Portugal 02.10 12:35 (Dusseldorf) 06.10 13:20 (Dusseldorf) sharing double room with Hugo Martins Linuxhotel User Manual screenshots, Plugins
10 Raymond Nijssen The Netherlands 02.10 05.10 sharing double room with Richard (3/6). Passing Weeze Airport by car with empty backseat. Linuxhotel
11 Alessandro Pasotti Italy 02.10 DUSSELDORF 15:10 05.10 DUSSELDORF 15:00 shared apartment (3/4) Linuxhotel
12 Victor Olaya France 02.10 DUSSELDORF 14:05 05.10 Sharing double room with Alexander Bruy (4/6) Linuxhotel
13 Martin Isenburg Germany 02.10 8:15 AM (Essen Hbf) 05.10 someone who does not snore (-; Linuxhotel
14 Tim Sutton South Africa 01.10 13:35 (Dusseldorf Airport) 05.10 sharing double room with Werner Macho(2/6) Linuxhotel
15 Luigi Pirelli Spain/Italy 01.10 (DUSSELDORF 22:15) 05.10 (DUSSELDORF 12:10) sharing double with 1 additional bed (1/3) Linuxhotel
16 Sören Gebbert Germany 02.10 18:00 Linuxhotel 05.10 15:00 shared apartment (1/4) Linuxhotel
17 Matthias Kuhn Switzerland 03.10 05.10 sharing triple room with Andreas and someone else Linuxhotel
18 Yves Jacolin France 01.10 16:07 (Essen HBF) 05.10 Linuxhotel
19 Arnaud Morvan France 01.10 16:07 (Essen HBF) 05.10 Linuxhotel
20 Andre Mano (ITC) The Netherlands 02.10 12:00 (Essen HBF) 05.10 17:00 (Essen HBF) sharing double room with Giovanni Manghi 1/6 Linuxhotel translation, testing and bug hunt
21 Alexander Bruy Ukraine 02.10 12:25 (Dusseldorf) 05.10 14:00 (Dusseldorf) Sharing double room with Victor Olaya (4/6) Linuxhotel
22 Andreas Neumann Switzerland 01.10 18:24 04.10 09:15 Sharing triple room with Matthias and someon else Linuxhotel QGEP, QGIS Web Client
23 Werner Macho Austria 02.10 08:45 DUS Airport 05.10 20:00 DUS Airport sharing double room with Tim Sutton(2/6) Linuxhotel Translation, Documentation
24 Mathias Walker Switzerland 02.10. 12:57 (Essen HBF) 05.10. sharing double room with Sandro Mani Linuxhotel OpenLayers Plugin, QGIS Web Client
25 Sandro Mani Switzerland 02.10. 12:57 (Essen HBF) 05.10. sharing double room with Mathias Walker Linuxhotel
26 Carlos López Quintanilla Spain (Catalonia) 01.10 9:15 (Düsseldorf) 05.10 20:45 (Düsseldorf) Sharing double room with David Erill (5/6).
We will be in Linuxhotel at night 		Linuxhotel Translation, test, plugins
27 David Erill Carrera Spain (Catalonia) 01.10 9:15 (Düsseldorf) 05.10 20:45 (Düsseldorf) Sharing double room with Carlos López (5/6) Linuxhotel Develop plugins

The Linuxhotel provides exactly 27 beds. If there are more than 27 participants, you can still add your name. You can find accommodation nearby in the list above. If you have problems, please contact Otto Dassau <dassau_at_gbd-consult.de>. We will try to help you find some good place to stay.

*#* Participant Country Arrival Departure Accomodation Notes
1 Stefan Ziegler Switzerland 01.10. (late afternoon) 04.10. near the linuxhotel QGIS Web Client, Arcs/Curves
2 Martin Dobias Slovakia 01.10. 17:00 Cologne 05.10. afternoon (car) camping feeling dizzy already
3 Peter Wells UK 01.10. evening (car) 05.10. afternoon (car) camping
4 Andreas Schmid Switzerland 01.10.(late afternoon) 04.10. near the linuxhotel QGIS Web Client, documentation
5 Diethard Jansen Netherlands 02.10. 05.10. RuhrCamping near linuxhotel Translation, Documentation & learn Epanet plugin
6 Marco Hugentobler Switzerland 03.10 05.10. near linuxhotel Arcs/Curves, QGIS server
7 Matteo Ghetta Italy 01.10 (01 o'clock of night in Essen) 05.10 (morning) Linuxhotel+camping/tent? Documentation, translation, Processing help files
8 Lene Fischer Denmark 03.10 Düsseldorf 5.10 Düsseldorf Bola Kultur Hostel Ruhr Sponsor, Plan next Codesprint in Denmark, Documentation, translation

Individual Preparation

  • Bring your own computer (and power supply!). Better with a power bar, compatible plug and long cable, and ethernet cable (we'll provide wifi, but better you have a cable, too).
  • Install git and the compiler tools, and come with a working QGIS development environment if possible.

FAQ

  • Is the QGIS Hackfest just a coding event?
    • It is mainly a coding and documentation event. It is a working session for people who are already participants in the QGIS project and/or are committed to improving the QGIS project.
    • On demand we can do some presentations of current working qgis implementation and new upcoming features to spread the idea of openGIS software
  • Is the QGIS Hackfest for developers only?
    • No: anybody can help, with testing, checking out bugs and fixes, documentation and more.
  • Where can I get help and more information about the hackfest?
    • Contact Otto Dassau <dassau_at_gbd-consult.de>

About Essen and the Ruhr area

Results