Workshop Descriptions
MONDAY MORNING (9:00-10:30 and 11:00-12:30)
Workshop 1
Building an Accurate GIS
Workshop 2
Poverty Mapping
Workshop 3
Practical Skills for Using and Building an SDI
Workshops 4a (9:00-10:30)
Standards in Action Tutorial: Non-Government Organization Adoptions and Implementations
Workshop 5a (9:00-10:30)
The Economics of SDI Implementation in Small Island Nations
Workshop 5b (11:00-12:30)
Assessing Infrastructure and Population in the Low-Elevation Coastal Zone
MONDAY AFTERNOON (14:00-15:30 and 16:00-17:30)
Workshop 6
Strengthening SDIs and GIS for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: The Roadmap
Workshop 7
Strengthening SDIs and GIS for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: The Roadmap
Workshop 8
A Spatial Technology Infrastructure Vision and its Practical Implementation
Workshop 9
TerraLib/TerraView: Free Open Source Technologies to Build Customizable Geographical Applications
Workshop 10
Getting Started with the Open Geo Stack for SDIs
WORKSHOP 1
1. Title
Building an Accurate GIS
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Mr. Dave Doyle and Mr. William E. Linzey
NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
Silver Spring, MD
3. Workshop Description and Goals
The workshop describes the importance of utilizing a National Spatial Reference System, NSRS, as the framework for Geospatial data development and systems. Workshop sub-topics include components of the NSRS, Accuracy and Precision in a GIS, GPS, Metadata, and Datums. Integral components of a spatial reference system comprise elements of horizontal and vertical datums and associated technologies. The presentation is intended for a wide variety of GIS practitioners who are involved in geospatial data use, development and management.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
Definition variations of GIS
Precision and Accuracy in GIS
Principles for Developing an accurate GIS
National Spatial Reference System, NSRS.
Standards and Metadata
Ellipsoid - Geoid Relationship
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
GPS Networks to support GIS
Tidal Datums
Coordinate Systems
Datum Transformations
Online Positioning User Service
CORS - Continuously Operating Reference Systems
Products and Services of the NOAA's National Geodetic Survey
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
William E. Linzey Dave Doyle
Cartographer Senior Geodesists
U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA, National Geodetic Survey NOAA, National Geodetic Survey
SSMC#3 RM 8859 SSMC#3 RM 8826
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Eric.Linzey@noaa.gov Dave.Doyle@noaa.gov
Ph 301-713-3198 x120 Ph. 301-713-3198 x105
Fax 301-713-4324 Fax 301-713-4324
7. Intended Audience
not stated
8. Location
Room 110, Surveying and Land Information Building
Classroom Capacity: 60
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 2
1. Title
Poverty Mapping
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Bheshem Ramlal, UWI
1-868-662-2002 ext 3312
bhramlal@eng.uwi.tt
3. Workshop Description and Goals
To present and experience the latest techniques on mapping global inequality and to advance the debate about global integration, inequality and poverty.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
What is poverty mapping? (Data requirements and available datasets from CIESIN and others). Review of methods, including Small Area Estimation Methods. Review of indicators of well-being used in poverty maps. Download, look through and perhaps graph data so as to familiarize attendees with the types of indicators used in poverty mapping. Review and discuss poverty maps from the CIESIN poverty mapping web site discussing how poverty maps can be used and what conclusions can be made from them.
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
Hands-on techniques. Download attribute data and georeferenced jurisdictional boundary files. Discuss sources and limitations of indicator datasets of well-being. Run through statistical and geospatial analysis techniques to generate poverty maps. Discuss an analyze results. Future directions in the use of spatial analysis techniques such spatial autocorrelation combining poverty maps with other geospatial layers.
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Bheshem Ramlal and Harold Wall with support from Greg Yetman, CIESIN, as appropriate
7. Intended Audience
The first 90 minutes is appropriate for anyone interested in poverty mapping. For the second session participants should have experience using ESRI GIS software.
8. Location
Systems Lab 2, Systems Lab Building
Lab Capacity 30
Computers Provided. Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 3
1. Title
Practical Skills for Building and Using an SDI
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Carmelle Terborgh
Global Affairs/Federal Account Manager
ESRI
8615 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA 22182 USA
tel +1-703-506-9515 ext 8013
fax +1-703-506-9514
cterborgh@esri.com
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This two-session workshop will focus on developing the capacity of GSDI-10 attendees with directly applicable skills for building and using an SDI. The first session will involve lecture and demonstrations introducing the most useful GIS technology available to those organizations engaged in SDI, while highlighting the capabilities of the newest release of ArcGIS. The technologies presented enable production of essential data layers, flexible dissemination, and easy public access to your data through your SDI portal. ISO metadata standards and OGC catalog service specifications will be emphasized throughout the session.
The second session will be a hands-on experience - where workshop attendees can put into practice the skills learned earlier in the day. Attendees will be given the opportunity to populate a GIS portal with metadata and to learn how to make it most effectively discovered through standards. Both structured and unstructured searches for SDI data and services will be considered. In addition, attendees will use ArcGIS Explorer, a free 3D geovisualization client, and will integrate information from multiple sources through a problem-solving scenario.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
The following topics will be discussed in this session:
o Overview of the technical infrastructure for building a SDI
o Importance of geodetic control for SDI
o Useful tools for data automation and map production
o Methods for data dissemination, including portals
o Enabling structured and unstructured searches of your SDI components
o Use of 3D geovisualization tools by decision makers for data integration from multiple sources, including WMS, ArcGIS Server, KML, etc.
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
The following hands-on activities will be accomplished in this session:
o Metadata creation
o Making geospatial information accessible
o Effective searching of portals
o Learning to use 3D geovisualization tools
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
· Carmelle Terborgh, Global Affairs/Federal Account Manager, ESRI
Tentative additional ESRI attendees:
· Bern Szukalski, Product Manager, ESRI
· David Danko, Professional Services, ESRI
· Lindsay Hernstrom, Technical Marketing, ESRI
· Dan Zimble, Technical Marketing, ESRI
7. Intended Audience
Conference attendees that are actively involved in building SDI components, such as fundamental data sets, portals, and metadata, or using SDI components for decision-making and visualization
8. Location
First Session:
Room 006, Surveying and Land Information Building
Classroom Capacity: 60
Second Session:
GIS and Mapping Lab, Room 019 Surveying and Land Information Building
Lab Capacity: 60
Computers Provided
Both rooms equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 4
1. Title
Standards in Action Tutorial: Non-Government Organization (NGO) Adoptions and Implementations
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Henry Tom
Co-Chair, ISO/TC 211 Advisory Group on Outreach
5888 Bridge Spring Road Frederick, MD 21704 USA
+1 301 631 1982 Telephone & FAX
+1 240 422 2237 Mobile
HenryTom@verizon.net
3. Workshop Description and Goals
This workshop provides presentations and/or demonstrations representing the diverse perspectives of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), using International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and industry standards to assist, in meeting the global challenges confronting small Island countries and entities.
These NGOs support the sub-themes of this GSDI 10 Conference:
* sustainable development,
* disaster prevention, warning, management, response, and recovery,
* alleviation of poverty and crime,
* economic development,
* lessening the digital divide including access to information technologies,
* ensuring food security,
* support of transportation, health and communication systems, and
* facilitating land ownership
ISO/TC 211 was formed in 1994 to develop an integrated set of geographic information standards. The first generation of twenty integrated data standards has been completed. Currently, the second generation of the ISO/TC 211 family of standards extends to standards for imagery, location based services, and is starting to develop standards for specific information communities, e.g., Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) as ISO 19144.
ISO/TC 211 is comprised of 60 national bodies, 21 other standards committees and organizations, and 26 organizations that are Class A Liaisons. A Class A Liaison is an academic, professional society or non-governmental organization (NGO) member that participates as a national body, except that a Class A Liaison does not vote. This voting status is quite acceptable to a Class A Liaison because it wishes to remain neutral.
Various NGOs from ISO/TC 211 Class A Liaisons will provide presentations and/or demonstrations of ISO & industry standards that they have adopted and implemented to fulfill their missions and objectives.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
Panamerican Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH)
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for Americas (PC IDEA)
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Henry Tom, Co-Chair, ISO/TC 211 Advisory Group on Outreach
Lilia-Patricia Arias, Panamerican Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) and Instituto Geografico Agustin Cadazzi (IGAC)
Lorant Czaran, United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
Abbas Rajabifard, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
Jesus Olvera Ramirez, Permanent Committee on Spatial Data Infrastructure for Americas (PC IDEA) / Instituto Nacioanl de Estadistica Geografia e Informatica (INEGI)
Frazer Taylor, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
7. Intended Audience
Technicians, managers, and policymakers.
8. Location
Room 104, Engineering Administration Building
Classroom Capacity: 90
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 5a
1. Title
The Economics of SDI Implementation in Small Island Nations
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Roger Longhorn, Director, Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd, 24 Fazantenlaan, B-8450 Bredene, Belgium, Tel. +32 59 435396 Fax. +44 870 134-6492 e-mail: ral@alum.mit.edu
3. Workshop Description and Goals
The workshop focuses on the many economic issues that impact upon development of an SDI generally and for small regions particularly, i.e. regional SDI within nations, based on hands-on experience in 2007 in such regions. These issues apply equally to small island nations which exhibit many of the same economic and GI/GIS market size constraints that apply to sub-national regions in larger nations compared to national SDIs. The impact on SDI development of differing governance and information cultures is also taken into consideration.
The workshop is based mainly on lectures by the principal instructor, drawing on material from a new text on the subject, scheduled for publication in November 2007 by CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. (Copies of the text will be available to all participants at reduced cost). During the workshop specific issues covered include different ways of determining the value of geospatial data (economic value, investment value, market value, social value, etc.) and different forms of economic analysis. Because most SDI developments are accompanied by cost-benefit analyses of various forms, these are reviewed and an example is used for an audience-participation exercise in completing such a study. A simple cost-benefit analysis worksheet is provided that participants use in the final session of the workshop, where they learn that the process of conducting cost-benefit studies is often more valuable than the numeric result.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
Economic Issues in SDI Development
SDI and e-Government
Value of Geospatial Data
Valuing Intangible Benefits
SDI and Information Infrastructure
Assessing Economic Impact
GI Market Size Considerations for Small Island Nations
Role of Industry and Business in Small Economies
Economic Impact Indicators
Cost-Benefit Methodologies for SDI
Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)
GeoVMM ROI Methodologies
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
Applying the CBA Methodologies
The CBA Process versus the ‘Answers’ (audience participation)
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Roger A. Longhorn, Director, Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd, and co-Chair GSDI Association Legal & Economic Working Group
Kate Lance, ITC, the Netherlands and co-Chair GSDI Association Legal & Economic Working Group
7. Intended Audience
The main audience is policy makers and other decision makers, at any level of government, no prior experience in cost-benefit or economic analysis required, also managers of the SDI processes or projects that may be underway in island nations or regions.
8. Location
Room 102, Engineering Administration Building
Classroom Capacity: 90
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 5b
1. Title
Assessing Infrastructure and Population in the Low-Elevation Coastal Zone
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Greg Yetman, CIESIN
gyetman@ciesin.Columbia.edu
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964 USA
+1 845-365-8982
3. Workshop Description and Goals
Sea level rise is a major concern for nations with significant populations and infrastructure in the coastal zone. Based on the methodology from a global assessment of urban-rural areas in low elevation coastal zones, this workshop will overview the use of GIS for estimating population and infrastructure at risk using publicly-accessible data.
4. Workshop Topics (90 Minutes)
Topics for the workshop include:
* Defining a low-elevation zone using SRTM elevation data.
* Extracting relevant infrastructure data from public data sets.
* Calculating measures of infrastructure at risk.
* Calculating population totals inside the low-elevation coastal zone.
* Evaluating vulnerable populations using poverty mapping data.
* Methods and potential sources for augmenting population and infrastructure data with local sources.
5. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Greg Yetman, CIESIN
6. Intended Audience
The workshop is designed for participants who are familiar with basic GIS data entry and analysis concepts. A hands-on exercise using ArcGIS and sample data will be part of the workshop.
7. Location
Systems Lab 1, Systems Lab Building
Lab Capacity: 30
Computers provided. Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 6
1. Title
Strengthening SDIs and GIS for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: The Roadmap
(combined with Wokshop 7)
2. Organizers/Contact Persons/Instructors
Jacob Opadeyi, PhD, Coordinator
Centre for Geospatial Studies, Faculty of Engineering
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Telephone: 1-868-662-777-7233
Fax: 1-868-663-7383
jopadeyi@hotmail.com
Dra. Tatiana Delgado Fernández
National Commission of SDI in Cuba CIDERC
Calle 4 No. 313 e/ 3ra y 5ta, Playa. La Habana, Cuba. CP 11300
Phone: +53 7 2066753
Fax: +53 7 2042869
Tatiana@geocuba.co.cu
Dr. Joep Crompvoets
Wageningen University, Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen University
P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317 474399
Fax: +31 317 419000
joep.crompvoets@wur.nl
Cecille Blake, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
191 Old Hope Road
Kingston 6, Jamaica
Tel: +876 970 0953
Fax: +876 977 0326
csblake@moa.gov.jm
Ing. Jesús Olvera Ramírez,
Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática
Av. Héroe de Nacozari Sur Núm. 2301, Puerta 9, Segunda Nivel
Fracc. Jardines del Parque, CP 20270, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Tel: +449 910 5352
Fax: +449 442 4163
Jesus.olvera@inegi.gob.mx
3. Workshop Description and Goals
At this moment, the development of SDI and GIS-implementations for sustainable development in The Caribbean happens to be ad hoc and fragmented. Initiatives started at various levels of government. municipalities, cities, island nations as well as regional agencies are working on relatively isolated projects.
In addition, significant investments have been made in the implementation and use of SDI/GIS in The Caribbean. Many governments have provided financial assistance to support SDI/GIS implementations. To date, however, very little progress has been made to demonstrate the effectiveness of these investments. One major reason for this deficiency is the sporadic and uncoordinated approach to the implementation and uses of SDI/GIS resources.
This workshop evaluates the data needs/requirements for sustainable development in The Caribbean, the current SDI/GIS-activities and presents a roadmap for SDI/GIS mainstreaming in The Caribbean. In designing The Roadmap, the current status of SDI/GIS infrastructures in the Caribbean are considered as well as the current level of global development in information and communication technologies.
The main aims of the workshop are the following:
a. To identify resources required for efficient/effective implementation of SDI/GIS
b. To provide a clear and concise direction to SDI/GIS implementation process
c. To identify issues that could impede the mainstreaming of SDI/GIS
d. To offer suggestions on how these issues may be resolved
Applying the Roadmap might encourage the SDI-development in The Caribbean supporting sustainable development. Participants will learn how to use the Roadmap to design and manage SDI/GIS implementation in their organizations.
The workshop will involve presentations, group discussion, plenary and a panel session.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
Data needs/requirements for sustainable development
Existing SDI-assessments in The Caribbean
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
SDI/GIS Bottlenecks and challenges in the context of sustainable development
Roadmap to SDI/GIS Mainstreaming
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Jacob Opadeyi
Tatiana Delgado Fernández
Joep Crompvoets
Cecille Blake
Jesús Olvera Ramírez
Representative of UNDP or UNEP
7. Intended Audience
Managers and policymakers involved with SDI/GIS and/or sustainable development, in particular the ones from The Caribbean countries, International organizations interested to support or participate in sustainable development SDI building in the Caribbean, Delegates from the Caribbean countries are highly encouraged.
8. Location
Room 104, Engineering Administration Building
Classroom Capacity: 90
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 7
1. Title
Strengthening SDIs and GIS for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: The Roadmap
(combined with Wokshop 6)
2. Organizer/Contact Person (name, title, address, country, phone, fax, e-mail)
(See Workshop 6)
3. Workshop Description and Goals
(See Workshop 6)
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
(See Workshop 6)
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
(See Workshop 6)
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
(See Workshop 6)
7. Intended Audience
(See Workshop 6)
8. Location
(See Workshop 6)
Workshop 8
1. Title
A Spatial Technology Infrastructure Vision and its Practical Implementation
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Mark Doherty, Executive Director
Technology Architecture and Strategy
Intergraph Corporation
P.O. Box 240000, Huntsville, AL 35824 USA
1-256-730-1916
3. Workshop Description and Goals
In the past several years we have seen an explosion of spatial data collected and available in digital form. This represents a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is represented by the complex technical issues of managing, analyzing and distributing large amount of information. The opportunity is opened by the variety of applications that impact development and quality of life. Spatial Information is truly becoming an essential tool supporting sustainable development. Intergraph Corporation, a world leading supplier of geospatial technology, will present a review of software solutions related to Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
This workshop will be divided in two parts. In the first segment we will examine the Intergraph technologies that relate to SDI and in the second part we will examine the applications that SDI enables.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
Capturing Data (Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry)
Managing Feature Data and Images
Geospatial Interoperability on the web and desktop
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
Data Collection workflows
Web Portals and local communities
SDI in support of infrastructure management: Practical Examples
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Team of Intergraph Corporation experts from the USA and Latin America
7. Intended Audience
This workshop will be at an introductory level and suitable for anyone interested in SDI implementations and applications
7. Location
GIS and Mapping Lab, Room 019 Surveying and Land Information Building
Lab Capacity: 60
Computers provided. Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
WORKSHOP 9
1. Title
TerraLib/TerraView: Free Open Source Technologies to Build Customizable Geographical Applications (Potential Shift to Workshop 10)
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Lubia Vinhas, Dr.
INPE Divis de Processamento de Imagens
Av. dos Astronautas, 1758
12230-010 Jos dos Campos SP, Brasil
Phone: +55 12 39456523 Fax: +55 12 39456468
e-mail: lubia@dpi.inpe.br
3. Workshop Description and Goals
The TerraLib is a project carried on by the the Image Processing Division (DPI) of the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that intends to give Brazil independence in geoinformation technology. This workshop presents the TerraLib experience. TerraLib is a GIS classes and functions library, available from the Internet as open source, allowing a collaborative environment and its use for the development of multiple GIS tools. Its main aim is to enable the development of a new generation of GIS applications, based on the technological advances on spatial databases. TerraLib is a free software. This project responds to an important technological change: the rise of Database Management Systems (DBMS) that are able to store geometrical as well as conventional attributes of geographical data, and also to allow the efficient access and sharing of data in a multi-user environment. The main focus of TerraLib is on projects that demand analysis capacity in space and time, dynamic modeling simulation, spatial data mining and other characteristics not much explored by the market systems. The workshop will be divided in two parts. In the first part we will examine the TerraLib project from a theorectical point of view, discussing the decisions made along its maturing time and a list of projects using TerraLib. In the second part we will present and use the TerraView GIS, a general purpose GIS built on top of TerraLib with visualization capacities available as free open source software. Attendees will receive a CD with:
* the presentations of the first session;
* the source and executables related to TerraLib, TerraView and TerraWeb;
* the Terralib programming tutorial;
* the TerraView user manual; and
* the data set used in the second part of the workshop.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
Examples of projects based on TerraLib technology: public health, urban cadastre, environmental surveillance, service networks and crime events analysis.
* Technological decisions and a general view of the TerraLib architecture and its functionalities.
* How to participate in the TerraLib project as a user and as a collaborative partner.
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
* The second session is a hands-on activity using TerraView GIS.
* The audience will be guided through a set of practical exercises that shows the functionalities provided by TerraLib. The exercises build a TerraLib database from geographical data and manipulate this data through some typical GIS operations such as spatial statistics analysis, geographical operations, graphical brushing and conventional and spatial queries. Questions about the conceptual model of a TerraLib database will be addressed while the exercises are carried out.
* Finally, the database generated during this session will be published on the Web using a PHP and TerraWeb solution.
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Dr. Lubia Vinhas, MSc. Karine Reis Ferreira and MSc. Gilberto Ribeiro de Queiroz. The three instructors are computer engineers with the Image Processing Division of INPE where they are senior participants in the TerraLib and TerraView projects.
7. Intended Audience
This workshop is appropriate for people interested in learning about a free open source GIS project and advanced GIS technology. Audience members should have some knowledge about geoinformation and GIS. Participants should bring a PC laptop with wireless capabilities.
7. Location
Room 006, Surveying and Land Information Building
Classroom Capacity: 60
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.
Workshop 10
1. Title
Getting Started with the Open Geo Stack for SDIs
2. Organizer/Contact Person
Justin Deoliveira
Software Engineer
The Open Planning Project
349 W. 12th Street, #3
New York, NY 10014
ph. 1-250-686-0100
fax 1-646-390-2624
jdeolive@openplans.org
3. Workshop Description and Goals
The workshop will introduce some of the latest advances in tools for open SDI development. This will center around the mature Open Geo Stack - built around open data, open standards and open source software. The workshop will introduce the stack, including PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoNetwork Open Source and OpenLayers, but will also discuss how it can integrate with existing technologies like ArcSDE, Oracle and Google Earth. It will include a lecture and an introduction to installing, configuring, and using the tools for SDI, focusing on WMS, WFS WCS and Catalog 2.0 OGC standards. The workshop will walk through building the basics of a functioning open source SDI. Different Open Source GeoSpatial packages for SDI will also be discussed, including the work that the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is doing. The state of SDI enabled open source desktop GIS software will also be discussed, including uDig and gvSig. The first half will be more structured, with discussion of what constitutes an 'OpenSDI', the advantages of a truly open SDI, and an introduction to the tools that can be used to build it today. The second half will consist of demonstrations of the software in action and case studies from around the world. The workshop will conclude with a question and answer session about real issues building SDI's on open source software. The presenters are experienced open source community members with a wealth of knowledge. A laptop is recommended, but not required. All software demonstrated will be available on a CD for participants to take home.
4. Workshop Topics in First Session (90 Minutes)
This workshop gives an introduction to the 'OpenSDI' concept and the Open Geo Stack. After that the individual software projects will be discussed, including an overview of features, programming languages used, interfaces, standards and cross project activities. Demonstrations of the projects in action will also be shown. All projects are completely open source, have excellent support of all relevant standards, and are built around the concepts of open data. The second part of the first session will focus on how to participate in the processes of these projects and how to find out which level of involvement gives best return on investment.
5. Workshop Topics in Second Session (90 Minutes)
The second session will focus on putting the individual projects in to an SDI setting, showing how they work together to publish, find and bind diverse geospatial information in a working Spatial Data Infrastructure. In addition to showing the projects in action we will also discuss several case studies from around the world where the shift to open source software has not only been cost effective but has helped to build better SDI's than commercial vendors.
6. Tentative Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Justin Deoliveira, The Open Planning Project, GeoServer
Christ Holmes, The Open Planning Project, GeoServer
Jeroen Ticheler, FAO, GeoNetwork Open Source
7. Intended Audience
This workshop will be at an introductory level and is suitable for policymakers, managers, and technicians
8. Location
Room 110, Surveying and Land Information Building
Classroom Capacity: 60
Equipped with screen and multimedia projector and either landline internet or wireless internet access.