Workshop Descriptions

WORKSHOP 2

1. Title
Towards the Global Harmonization of Licenses for Geographic Data

2. Organizer/Contact Person
Dr. Bastiaan van Loenen, Chair, GSDI Association Legal and Socioeconomic Committee, b.vanloenen@tudelft.nl, +31(0)152782554

3. Workshop Description and Goals
On the basis of the work of the GSDI Legal and Socioeconomic Committee on the comparison and categorization of key licence components, this workshop will explore the possibilities for developing a set of model licences that can be applied globally to the dissemination of geographic data. Participants will explore the needs and interests of data providers and the users in the licensing process and try to develop a common understanding of the priorities for a global licensing framework. From this, the group will try to reach preliminary agreement on a limited number of licence terms and conditions that might be applied on a global level.

4. Workshop Topics
What is the problem? What are potential solutions?
Open access license provisions
Commercial license provisions
Potential unified frameworks
Committee approach and progress to date
Towards a minimal set of workable terms and conditions for most providers and users

5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Dr. Katleen Janssen, K.U.Leuven, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, Belgium
Dr. Bastiaan van Loenen, Delft University of Technology, OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Netherlands
Graham Vowles, Bloxstore Limited, United Kingdom

6. Intended Audience
Attendees should be generally familiar with the licensing challenges when attempting to merge geographic data from multiple sources. Recommended reading prior to participation in the workshop includes Quest for a Global Standard for Geo-data Licenses and Legal Interoperability in Support of Spatially Enabling Society

7. Location
Room 2104A, Convention Center

WORKSHOP 3

1. Title
SDI Best Practices in the Developing World

2. Organizer/Contact Person
Carmelle Terborgh, Chair,GSDI Association Societal Impacts Committee, cterborgh@esri.com, +1-703-506-9515 ext 8013

3. Workshop Description and Goals
The goal of this workshop is to explore SDI best practices as they have been and are being implemented across the globe taking into account local circumstances while still comporting with software and data standards as well as policies that make geospatial data and services much easier to share. The experiences of active participants in efforts from across the globe will be shared. Best practices in overcoming a range of challenges from developing nation perspectives will be discussed among a panel and workshop participants.

4. Workshop Topics
General Introduction to Best Practices
Best Practices as Pursued through GSDI Small Grants Program Projects http://www.gsdi.org/sic1
On the Ground Experiences at Local to Regional Levels
Panel Comments and Open Discussion with the Workshop Participants

5. Workshop Instructors/Facilitators/Panelists
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Carmelle Terborgh, Societal Impacts Committee Chair, Esri
Juna Papajorgji, Committee Vice-Chair on Developing Nations Fund, GIS Corps
Jeremy Shen, Committee Vice-Chair on Capacity Building Resources
Brigitta Urban-Mathieux, Committee Vice-Chair on GSDI Small Grants Program, FGDC
Sives Govender, Director,EIS-Africa
Santiago Borrero, Director, Pan American Institute of Geography and History
Eric van Praag, Director, Geosur

6. Intended Audience
This session is intended for those struggling with finding direction and resources for implementing SDI development best practices throughout the globe at local to national and regional levels. A particular focus is on the issues faced by those in economically challenged societies.

7. Location
Room 2103, Convention Center

WORKSHOP 4

1. Title
Technical Tools for Bottom Up Building of Spatial Data Infrastructure

2. Organizer/Contact Person
Chris Holmes, Chair, GSDI Association Technical Committee, cholmes@opengeo.org, +1 718-290-5730

3. Workshop Description and Goals
There are numerous technical approaches and perspectives in developing Spatial Data Infrastructure. Rather than reviewing the breadth of approaches in the abstract as we have done in the past, this workshop takes one approach and pursues it in greater depth. While in the past Spatial Data Infrastructure has been about portals and top-down organization, another paradigm is emerging. Collaborative action can provide the foundation for effective information management. This workshop introduces some software tools that enable more bottom up collaboration and participation in SDI's. Attendees to this introduction will learn how to bring the best practices of the web to their Spatial Data Infrastructure. The workshop starts with an overview of the bottom-up philosophy guiding the tools and then highlights projects from around the world successfully taking this approach. After that the workshop explores the features of software developed to support a bottom up approach, including:
* Web tools for uploading data and annotating with metadata.
* The use of user profiles, and Web 2.0 features to inform metadata and catalogue search
* Applications for data editing, styling, and map composition
* Pluggable architecture for extending SDI's with targeted applications
* Group and user management to handle data sensitivity in a shared context
* Open standards and open API's to seamlessly fit in to broader infrastructures.

4. Workshop Topics
- Bottom up SDI philosophy
- Examples of bottom up SDI projects
- Demonstration of software
- Hands on sharing of geospatial data
- Hands on web map styling, editing and map export
- Demonstration of site administrator functionality
- Discussion of customization and app development possibilities

5. Workshop Instructors/Facilitators
Galen Evans, gevans@opengeo.org
Jeff Johnson, jjohnson@opengeo.org

6. Intended Audience
Attendees should be technically inclined - comfortable with a basic level of GIS (know what a shapefile is). The class is introductory but hands-on so attendees should expect to be active participants. All attendees should bring a laptop and some geospatial data (ideally shapefiles). No software will need to be installed.

7. Location
Room 2101, Convention Center

WORKSHOP 5

1. Title
How to Get More Involved in the GSDI Association: Leveraging the Global Geospatial Community

2. Organizer/Contact Person
Steven Ramage, Chair, GSDI Association Outreach & Membership Committee, sramage@opengeospatial.org

3. Workshop Description and Goals
This is a hands-on workshop exploring ways for organizations and individuals to get involved with the GSDI Association and the International Geospatial Society (the individual membership arm of the GSDI Association). The goal is to provide a better understanding of the advantages of investing time and money to participate, with a wider goal of improving the development of spatial data infrastructure and advancing geospatial technologies at all levels – from organizational to global. In this open session we will describe some good practice from GSDI and IGS members relating to SDI developments across the globe. We will also challenge participants to suggest areas that need to be addressed around SDIs to improve them, whether in policy, strategy, tools or techniques. This will be an open and interactive session, exploring also ways that these two associations can better assist and support their members.

4. Workshop Topics
Each of the following topics will involve a 10 minutes presentation followed by a 5 minute moderated discussion with participants on how to improve the ability for volunteers to get involved. A fifteen minute open discussion is reserved at the end.
a. History of GSDI Conferences: Knowledge exchange and networking. Small grants award.
b. Benefits of membership for all of us in joining the International Geospatial Society and/or the GSDI Association. See GSDI benefits and IGS benefits
c. Why to use and how to use the Geographic Information Network (GIKNet) for communication and mutual support. See video and GIKNet
d. Publications and Lists: GSDI and IGS LinkedIn Groups, Regional SDI Newsletters, and GSDI and IGS Global Newsletter. Making contributions through Articles, Case Studies and Interviews
e. Joining committees, accomplishing work plans and running for office

5. Workshop Instructors/Speakers
Steven Ramage, OGC
Roger Longhorn, Compass Informatics Ltd. and Vice Chair, GSDI Outreach and Membership Committee, ral@alum.mit.edu

6. Intended Audience
Senior managers or policy makers or strategists who are working with SDIs. Other geospatial specialists interested in helping to advance their own professional interest and that of their peers in a more effective manner through the GSDI Association or IGS membership.

7. Location
Room 2104B, Convention Center