Between the Poles: Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G) 2010 in Barcelona

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August 08, 2010

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference (FOSS4G) 2010 in Barcelona

FOSS4G is "the conference" for Open Source Geospatial Software and in year 2010 will meet in Barcelona, Spain. At FOSS4G you will find free and open source software developers as well as folks from commnercial companies, government institutions and academics.

JRC Support

The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission is a supporter of FOSS4G this year. "The use of open standards and open source software is recommended by the European Interoperability Framework to support the delivery of pan-European eGovernment services to citizens and enterprises. Numerous initiatives of the EU institutions indicate their growing interest for open source software and within the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission its use is already widespread. In the context of the implementation of the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) the use of open source geospatial software is assessed and considered favourably alongside proprietary alternatives. For these reasons the JRC is happy to support FOSS4G."

I took a quick scan through the many interesting tutorials, workshops, and presentations this year and have highlighted a few. You'll notice there are quite a few that relate to INSPIRE.

Tutorials

T-02: PyWPS - PyWPS (Python implementation of OGC Web Processing Service WPS)
T-05: Hands-on introduction to Mapguide Open Source
T-08: How to generate billions of tiles using distributed cloud-computing
T-12: Sensor Web Enablement - integrating sensor data into spatial data infrastructures

Workshops

W-01: Web mapping with GeoServer
W-03: Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain
W-04: Introduction to PostGIS
W-07: Practical introduction to ZOO, the powerful WPS platform
W-08: Getting started with MapServer
W-10: Routing with PgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoEXT
W-11: Working with OpenLayers
W-12: GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours

Presentations

A comparison of GIS mobile applications Miguel Montesinos
Applied SDI in Germany - Complying with INSPIRE Arnulf Christl
Beyond PostGIS - New developments in Open Source Spatial Databases Karsten Vennemann
Bridging the Gap Between Open Source Tools and Proprietary Data Sources Don Murray
Building a consistent and transparent legal and policy framework for spatial data Kylie Armstrong
Coming Full Circle: Archaeology and Open Source GIS, Past, Present and Future Benjamin Ducke
Comparison of Open Source Virtual Globes Mathias Walker
Distributed Spatial Indexing in the Cloud Schuyler Erle
GeoCouch: A spatial index for CouchDB Volker Mische
GeoKettle: A powerful open source spatial ETL tool Thierry Badard
Geomajas: new kid on the block Pieter De Graef
GeoNetwork opensource - The geospatial metadata catalogue Jeroen Ticheler
Georeferencing archives with Linked Open Geodata Jo Walsh
GeoREST: Open Web Access to Public Geodata Based on Atom Publishing Haris Kurtagic and Geoff Zeiss
GeoSocial, a tool for geospatial analysis and data mining of social networks Manuel de la Calle
Geospatial Desktop Comparison Cameron Shorter
Implementation of ISO and OGC (INSPIRE) metadata standards – MEDARD (FOSS) metadata editor and Internet Geoinformation Metadata Platform (IPMGeo) Leszek Litwin
Implementing INSPIRE with FOSS4G: a Success Story Just van den Broecke
INSPIRE Geoportal a platform for INSPiRE services Gianluca Luraschi
International Collaboration on the OSGeo4W Package Jeff McKenna
Introducing PostGIS WKT Raster: Seamless raster/vector operations in a spatial database Pierre Racine
MapServer Project Status Report Jeff McKenna
Metadata Reloaded – How to profit from INSPIRE Arnulf Christl
Mobile Augmented Reality using FOSS Sophia Parafina
Moving from Oracle/ArcGIS to PostGresql/PostGIS Yves Choquette
Natural Earth – Free World Base Map Nathaniel Kelso
Open Government, Open Data, Open Architecture and Open Source Software GIS Policy for U.S. Army Installation Management: 2010 Jaymes Cloninger
Open-source Earthquake and Hydrodynamic Modelling Duncan Gray
OpenAddresses - geocoded addresses worldwide free and open Hans-Jörg Stark
OpenLayers: SOS and INSPIRE Bart van den Eijnden
OpenStreetMap-in-a-Box - A Ready-Made Highly Configurable Map Server Stefan Keller
OSGeo:Open Source Projects and Communities Tyler Mitchell
OSSIM - advanced open source remote sensing Mark Lucas
PostGIS meets the third dimension Olivier Courtin
PostGIS WKT Raster. An Open Source alternative to Oracle GeoRaster Jorge Arévalo
PostLBS – Universal WebAPI Platform for Visualizing Geospatial Analysis–Routing, Geocoding, Thematic Mapping and More! Jun Koike
Putting things together: Geonetwork opensource, OpenLayers, GeoExt and MapFish under the roof of Drupal CMS - Geoportal RO as an example Hinrich Paulsen
Real-time position analysis during soccer matches Oliver May
SpatiaLite, the Shapefile of the future? Pirmin Kalberer
Squeeze: Configuring MapServer and KML to Get The Most Out Of Google Earth Michael Ross
State of Ingres geospatial 2010 Andrew Ross
The New Time Series Toolbox - Next Generation of Sensor Web and Time Series Processing Bojan Bozic
The OGC and its participatory processes: OGCnetwork, open WG, regional Fora and the collaboration with OSGeo Athina Trakas
The State of OSGeo Arnulf Christl
The State of PostGIS Paul Ramsey
TileCache,GeowebCache and MapProxy - a technical and usability comparison Till Adams
Tips for the PostGIS Power User Paul Ramsey
Vertical Datums: Introduction and Software Review Frank Warmerdam
Web Mapping Performance Shootout Jeff McKenna
WMS Inspector: a Firefox add-on with tools for working with Web Map Services Adrià Mercader

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