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

8 August 2010 Geoff Zeiss

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   

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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