FOSS4G2013 Workshop Booking
Check the FOSS4G web site for the Workshop timetable and decide which workshops you want to book. Select them here. The system will not let you choose overlapping workshops.
W2: Quantum GIS in action
Paolo Cavallini
Sept. 17, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 11:30 a.m.
An introduction to QGIS and all the cool new stuff in it.
W1: OSM-GB Services and Data Workshop
Amir Pourabdollah
Sept. 17, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 11:30 a.m.
OSM-GB (http://www.osmgb.org.uk) is a project that redelivers a thematic quality-controlled version of OpenStreetMap in OGC Web Services in the context of Great Britain. This workshop will be a chance to explore this project.
W17: A complete open source web mapping stack (Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite)
Jeffrey Johnson
Sept. 17, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Would you like to learn how to get started building an online mapping system? This workshop will introduce attendees to the components of a complete, open-source web mapping solution. The course will include an introduction to spatial analysis with PostGIS, loading and serving data with GeoServer, map optimization with GeoWebCache, styling with SLD, composing and publishing maps with GeoExplorer, and creating your own web map applications with OpenLayers and GeoExt.
W12: PostGIS 3D Workshop
Olivier Courtin
Sept. 17, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
This workshop aims to demonstrate the ability to setup and play with a full FOSS4G 3D stack, based on latest PostgreSQL/PostGIS database 3D enhancements (with CGAL backend), 3D open datas and (Web|Open)GL renderers.
W4: Impact Modelling with OpenStreetMap and InaSAFE
Kate Chapman
Sept. 17, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
To prepare contingency plans for a city at risk of severe flooding, emergency managers need to answer the following questions: * Which areas are most likely to be affected? * How many people will need to be evacuated and sheltered? * Which schools will be closed? * Which hospitals can still take patients? An open source solution to this geospatial problem is the combination of OpenStreetMap, QuantumGIS and InaSAFE.
W3: Using CartoDB to map real-time data
Javier de la Torre
Sept. 17, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
CartoDB is an open-source tool for mapping and building apps around dynamic data. We will show you how to use CartoDB to build maps, and to use the maps to explore dynamic data.
W14: FOSS4G routing with pgRouting, OpenStreetMap road data and OpenLayers 3
Hal Seki
Sept. 17, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
This introductory workshop will show you how pgRouting adds routing functionality to PostGIS.. It gives a practical example of how to use the new pgRouting release with OpenStreetMap road network data.
W11: Managing Versioned Data with GeoGit
David Winslow
Sept. 17, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
GeoGit is a new geospatial data storage tool implementing a decentralized version control system (DVCS.) In this workshop, we'll walk through core procedures in managing version history and inter-operating with preexisting spatial software tools.
W13: deegree: Setting up interoperable INSPIRE Download Services in 3 hours
Markus Schneider
Sept. 17, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
Take this workshop to learn the requirements and the implementation of compliant INSPIRE Download Services using FOSS packages.
W18: Introduction to Mobile Web Development Using FOSS4G
Krisztian Olle
Sept. 17, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 17, 2013, 6 p.m.
This workshop will focus on the implementation of a number of open source tools such as Geoserver, PostGIS, Tomcat, Dojo Mobile and OpenLayers Mobile to develop a mobile web mapping application.
W8: Introduction to PostGIS
Paul Ramsey
Sept. 18, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of the most popular open source spatial database around.
W16: QGIS, OpenData & Cartographic Design; Create a Robin Hood tourist map of Nottingham
Paul Naylor
Sept. 18, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
This workshop will show the importance of well applied cartographic design and how using Ordnance Survey OpenData and QuantumGIS you can create a Robin Hood tourist map.
W10: GeoNode Developers Workshop
Jeffrey Johnson
Sept. 18, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
This workshop will guide participants through the process of setting up and customizing a GeoNode based project that can be deployed to provide an OGC standards compliant Spatial Data Infrastructure
W6: ZOO-Project play with building blocks to build pgRouting web application
Gérald Fenoy
Sept. 18, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
The ZOO-Project is an open source software which provides a WPS (Web Processing Service) compliant and developer-friendly framework to easily create and chain OGC Webservices.
W5: OGC services with GeoServer: from journeyman to master
Andrea Aime
Sept. 18, 2013, 9:30 a.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 6 p.m.
This workshop will provide a introduction to OGC services implementation with GeoServer and GeoWebCache, covering the basics and moving forward to more advanced topics.
W15: Big Data: The Challenges Presented by WCS 2.0
Ian Edwards
Sept. 18, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 6 p.m.
In this workshop we will introduce IRIS, along with interesting multi-dimensional datasets, and show how "big data" can be served up using your existing open source software stack using GDAL, QGIS, GeoServer and OpenLayers.
W7: GeoNode, A complete SDI
Jeffrey Johnson
Sept. 18, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 6 p.m.
In this workshop participants will learn how to deploy a full open geospatial data infrastructure with GeoNode.
W9: QGIS Plugin Development with PyQt4 and PyQGIS
Horst Düster
Sept. 18, 2013, 2 p.m. to Sept. 18, 2013, 6 p.m.
The Workshop will introduce the participants into the methods and philosophy of the development of Qt4-Applications, the QGIS API and Python.