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Sept. 17, 2013

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W17: A complete open source web mapping stack (Introduction to the OpenGeo Suite) (40 delegates)

Jeffrey Johnson (OpenGeo)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 A - 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 (48 delegates)

Olivier Courtin (Oslandia)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B26 E - 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 (40 delegates)

Kate Chapman (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)

with Kristen Van Putten

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 B - 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.

W2: Quantum GIS in action (30 delegates)

Paolo Cavallini (QGIS-PSC)

with Tim Sutton

Trent B16 - 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 (20 delegates)

Amir Pourabdollah (The University of Nottingham)

Hallward Library: LG101 - 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.

W3: Using CartoDB to map real-time data (30 delegates)

Javier de la Torre (CartoDB)

Hallward Library: LG101 - 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.

W18: Introduction to Mobile Web Development Using FOSS4G (30 delegates)

Krisztian Olle (Envitia)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B26 E - 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.

W14: FOSS4G routing with pgRouting, OpenStreetMap road data and OpenLayers 3 (55 delegates)

Hal Seki (Georepublic Japan)

with Yves Jacolin (Camptocamp)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 A - 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 (48 delegates)

David Winslow (OpenGeo)

Trent B16 - 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 (30 delegates)

Markus Schneider (Occam Labs)

Hallward Library: LG101 - 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.

Sept. 18, 2013

Start End Duration 1 2 3 4 5 Room
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W6: ZOO-Project play with building blocks to build pgRouting web application (40 delegates)

Gérald Fenoy (GeoLabs SARL)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 B - 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.

W16: QGIS, OpenData & Cartographic Design; Create a Robin Hood tourist map of Nottingham (12 delegates)

Paul Naylor (Ordnance Survey)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B26 E - 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 (30 delegates)

Jeffrey Johnson (OpenGeo)

with Simone Dalmasso

Hallward Library: LG101 - 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

W8: Introduction to PostGIS (55 delegates)

Paul Ramsey (OpenGeo)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 A - 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.

W5: OGC services with GeoServer: from journeyman to master (48 delegates)

Andrea Aime (GeoSolutions)

with Simone Giannecchini (GeoSolutions)

Trent B16 - 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.

W7: GeoNode, A complete SDI (45 delegates)

Jeffrey Johnson (OpenGeo)

with Vivien Deparday (Spatial Decision Support Lab)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 B - 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 (55 delegates)

Horst Düster (Sourcepole AG / Switzerland)

with Nathan Woodrow (Digital Mapping Solutions) , Peter Wells (Lutra Consulting) , Marco Hugentobler (Sourcepole) , Pirmin Kalberer (Sourcepole) , Mathias Walker (Sourcepole)

Sir Clive Granger Building: B29 A - 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.

W15: Big Data: The Challenges Presented by WCS 2.0 (30 delegates)

Ian Edwards (Met Office)

with Richard Hattersley (Met Office) , Mark Hedley (Met Office) , Ed Campbell (Met Office) , Peter Killick (Met Office)

Hallward Library: LG101 - 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.