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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