# Newcomer contributor in JuliaGeo and co. - Help me get started!

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480>\
**Category:** Geo\
**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480 "2019-12-19T14:50:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Datseris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/datseris/32/13406_2.png) [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/21 "2020-01-02T09:47:49Z")

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@NHDaly just shared this on Julia Slack: [https://github.com/NHDaly/Maps.jl](https://github.com/NHDaly/Maps.jl) which I guess counts as one more!

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**Author:** ![NHDaly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nhdaly/32/1413_2.png) [@NHDaly](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/NHDaly)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/22 "2020-01-02T13:56:55Z")

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Yeah, Maps.jl was sort of a half-day sprint over the holidays to see if i could quickly get a cool mapping package up, built on Makie. I ended up spending a good deal of time just learning Makie in the process.

If it makes more sense to merge that bit of work into GeoMakie, i’m 100% down with that!

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**Author:** ![Datseris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/datseris/32/13406_2.png) [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/23 "2020-01-04T14:25:52Z")

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Because in this post there was some discussion regarding organizations and moving packages to organizations, I want to cross link the following two posts: [1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-create-a-leaner-ecosystem-for-julia/32904/25) and [2](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-can-we-create-a-leaner-ecosystem-for-julia/32904/26) from a similar discussion in a different thread. They “outline” in some sense the story of JuliaDynamics, which some users believe to be a successful case of an organization around a scientific discipline.

I don’t want to derail this topic here to a discussion about GitHub orgs and moving packages. But I do think that such a discussion would be helpful, as there are numerous benefits in it, and it has started here. Maybe someone is willing to open a new Thread under Domains/Geo ? As I currently own 0 packages related with Climate and Geo, I don’t think I can open it.

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**Author:** ![joa-quim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/joa-quim/32/227_2.png) [@joa-quim](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/joa-quim)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/24 "2020-01-04T18:00:36Z")

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FYI, `GMT.jl` already belongs to an organization, just not a Julian one.

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**Author:** ![yeesian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yeesian/32/652_2.png) [@yeesian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yeesian)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/25 "2020-01-04T18:20:36Z")

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(Copying some of my responses in this [thread](https://github.com/ax1ine/GSW.jl/issues/7#issuecomment-557767800) over here.)

The process for getting involved in JuliaGeo development is described here: [Pages · JuliaGeo/meta Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaGeo/meta/wiki/How-to-get-Involved).

The JuliaGeo organization is loosely-tied (in name and focus) to [https://www.osgeo.org/](https://www.osgeo.org/). I agree with [Martijn’s comment](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/12): membership in an organization/team are a way of managing permission settings for packages that you co-develop with people, and are best used for that purpose. I’m sorry about the ambiguity in the name, here is the thread where the discussion for it happened: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/julia-geo/oPz2\_gz9K-g/TbULPveFXdAJ](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/julia-geo/oPz2_gz9K-g/TbULPveFXdAJ).

For packages that are oriented along scientific domains, sometimes it might be worthwhile to have github organizations (that might be cross-language efforts) around it. If there is a collection of packages that works well together for oceanography (that doesn’t otherwise depend on JuliaGeo), it might make sense to create a separate github organization for it: that might give you more freedom to take it in a direction that facilitates development for those packages you are interested in.

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**Author:** ![briochemc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/briochemc/32/4209_2.png) [@briochemc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/briochemc)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/26 "2020-03-04T01:12:50Z")

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FYI, [Gael Forget](https://github.com/JuliaOcean/meta/commits?author=gaelforget) has started [JuliaOcean](https://github.com/JuliaOcean), an organization to host packages around ocean stuff. It’s pretty empty for now but hopefully it will fill up and help new Julia users discover ocean-related packages and serves as a community of sorts 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Norberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jon_norberg/32/3218_2.png) [@Jon\_Norberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jon_Norberg)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/27 "2020-03-04T08:10:46Z")

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since many from the geo field are in this thread and, I’d like to ask a quick side question: is there any way to read ecmwf reduced gaussian grid grib files directly into julia yet? I’ve always had to revert to a pythn-based intermediate step that I’d love to skip.

“reduced [Gaussian grid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_grid), which has quasi-uniform spacing over the globe”

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/28 "2020-03-04T08:23:31Z")

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You shouldn’t hijack a thread! Most geo-folks presumably watch the geo subcategory: [Geo - JuliaLang](https://discourse.julialang.org/c/domain/geo), so posting there should reach most.

Also, for quick questions, consider using the #geo channel on [julialang.slack.com](http://julialang.slack.com).

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**Author:** ![Jon\_Norberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jon_norberg/32/3218_2.png) [@Jon\_Norberg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jon_Norberg)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/newcomer-contributor-in-juliageo-and-co-help-me-get-started/32480/29 "2020-03-04T09:15:07Z")

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your right! I’ll ask there

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