[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for presentation suggestions - NC GIS Conference (Feb 2013)
The Program Committee of the 2013 NC GIS Conference is soliciting suggestions for presentations for the conference, which will be held February 7-8, 2013 in beautiful Raleigh, NC. The conference theme this year is "The Power of Place." As a member of the Program Committee, I am trying to make sure that the many facets of Open Source GIS are very well-represented and I know plenty of you are working on great projects that we'd love to expose our audience to. The audience is predominantly city & county government, but also state, federal, military, non-profit, academic and increasingly, private sector. Please submit your topic idea or title, a short (few sentences) description, and relevant contact information using this short online survey form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SRKCGQG You can suggest yourself or someone else as the presenter. The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 17. Multiple submissions are welcome. Also, if you know any K-12 teachers who are using Open Source GIS in the classroom (preferably NC, but elsewhere is also fine, if they can travel), please provide a contact. Please note: The NC GIS Conf is an 'all volunteer' conference that is organized, staffed, and executed by various members of the NC GIS Community and unfortunately there isn't much of a budget :( We do waive conference registration fees for all presenters, but that's generally about all we can do in the way of financial assistance for speakers. Presentation topic areas include, but are not limited to: * Data: Open, Census, Orthophotography, LiDAR, Best Practices, Sharing and Collaboration, etc. * Applications: Transportation, Public Safety, Planning, Environment, Property Mapping, and others. * Technology: Development Platforms, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Spatial Business Intelligence, Web Services, etc. * GIS in the Enterprise: Management Best Practices, Technology Trends, System Integration, Professional Development, Legal and Policy Issues, and more. etc. Your submission will be forwarded to the Program Committee for consideration and, if appropriate, you will be contacted by a committee member for more information. This is NOT a formal "Call for Abstracts" so a response may not be forthcoming to each submission. The 2013 NC GIS Conference website is here: http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/ncgis2013/Home.aspx ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
> And sometimes those processing steps > are too complicated or convoluted to write down neatly. It might be > but the more you require/add to the atlas, the more effort required > by the contributors. very true. maybe all the gory technical detail does not all have to be included in the book itself. a short write up that includes a url pointing to a more detailed how-to wiki page, or possibly even a screen capture video might work just as well ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
I did not suggest that *all* the maps would not be as 'pretty'. I said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still be superior products if they included information on how they were created and the design principles used, etc. I think we are all aware that it is (for the moment) still a bit more of a challenge to get really beautiful cartographic output from some (but not all) open source GIS software products. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell > wrote: > >> This would make it a superior product - even if >> some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map >> book :) > > Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice > I'd like to exterminate! :) > > Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and > there being more professional carto types using commercial software. > > Barry > > -- > blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/ > web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings > web: http://www.rowlingson.com/ > twitter: http://twitter.com/geospacedman > pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
>>To me, telling how it was done with open source geospatial >>tools is as important as that it was done with open source >>geospatial tools. I agree with Doug and others on this point. Those ESRI map books are 'pretty', but (much like the software) have little or no transparency in that they don't include any details about the cartographic techniques, design principles, or data processing rationales used. They do not serve any educational purpose for the software users, other than to show that it is possible to produce such a product - without providing any hints as to how. An OSGEO map book definitely should help educate. This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter Member Nomination: Doug Newcomb
I think Doug would be an excellent choice. A definite +1. I worked with Doug off and on for many years when I was with NC State Government and he's always been a great collaborator and go-to person when an issue with open source GIS software or big data needs solving. He has worked on the NC GIS Conference Program committee for several events and has been an agent of change there too - helping to bring open source projects and software to the attention of the NC GIS community. Something that particular conference has not been known for until the last few years. - Julia Harrell > I would like to nominate Doug Newcomb, > a GIS guru at the US Fish and Wildlife office in Raleigh, NC > as OSGeo charter member. > > > > I believe Doug would be a great representative of OSGeo and > provide a much needed connection to government agencies > as an active charter member. > > Helena ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Help building a tile cache from a large dataset of orthophotos
>> Can somebody suggest an open source tool that can produce a tile cache >> that can be consumed by ArcGIS server 9.3.1? > >Tilecache (tilecache.org)? Then if Arc can consume wms-c services your >are good to go. Or GeoWebcache. ArcGIS desktop is able to consume wms-c natively. At one point last year, ESRI said they would be supporting WMTS sometime "post 10.0". I don't know if that materialized or not. This is supposed to enable tiled map service support though. http://arcbrutile.codeplex.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Help building a tile cache from a large dataset of orthophotos
Clarification: ArcGIS desktop is *NOT* able to consume wms-c natively, and probably won't ever. Maybe WMTS someday. ArcBruTile will fix that. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Metadata Server applications?
There's a recent report here comparing Buddata, Geonetwork & deegree CSW capabilities http://www.envision-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/D5.1-FINAL.pdf And a number of articles about different CSW servers here http://lab.usgin.org/groups/csw-debug-blog/ one in particular http://lab.usgin.org/groups/csw-debug-blog/csw-clients-and-servers-we-are-testing Might be helpful to you... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Next 5 years for OSGeo
One thing I'll mention, in addition to all the other good comments that have already been posted, is that I have a really difficult time trying to get the GIS users in my organization to even consider making a switch to one of the open GIS desktop applications instead of the expensive proprietary commercial package they currently use, because (more often than not) of the rather big gap in the "aesthetic quality" of the cartographic products the open GIS packages can (easily) produce. Despite continuing improvements over the last couple of years, the gap will still need to close a good bit more in terms of "average GIS users" being able to quickly and easily produce production quality map products before there's much real hope of any significant numbers of them being willing to migrate to open GIS desktop packages. Some of the open GIS server packages can produce some really beautifully rendered map images now, but the desktop packages don't seem to be quite there yet. Easy map product templates (for unsophisticated end users) for placing all the map marginalia/decorations (labeling, symbols, legends, titles, charts, etc) and being able to produce a professional looking map quickly is still missing. All that "off the map crap" (as someone - I can't recall who - once called it) really does matter to a lot of our users, who often have to be able to compose and print (or render to PDF) some really slick looking, high resolution maps for public hearings and other meetings and presentations. Being able to use the "old style" Arcview DBF file raster image catalogs in an open GIS desktop package is another pain point for a lot of our users. We still use those a lot because we have some people who are tied to Arcview 3x (god help 'em) because of various extensions. I also prefer not to switch to a proprietary "geodatabase" raster catalog because the DBF-based ones can also do double duty (in complete shapefile format) as raster catalog tile index layers for Mapserver. I don't really want to have migrate a separate copy of our imagery to some proprietary "geodatabase" raster catalog data structure that only a single product can use. Also, with our "bandwidth issues" in remote field offices, connecting to a web map service is not always feasible, or even possible. We need to be able to have our imagery in a raster catalog that resides a local network file server where multiple users can all access it simultaneously in R-O mode, or even on a portable hard drive for use out in the field. This kind of raster catalog functionality seems to still be missing in several open GIS desktop packages that might otherwise be somewhat viable contenders as an Arcview replacement for "average" or "casual" desktop GIS users. If such functionality does exists as a plugin somewhere, maybe I just haven't found it yet, or maybe recent docs aren't fully available in English yet for some packages. If anyone can point me to a link for an open GIS Desktop package that has a plugin for Arcview "old style" DBF raster catalogs, with English docs, that "just works" with minimal manual configuration (no checking anything out of subversion or compiling any source code), a few of our users will be very eager to give it a test. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FYI - US Cong. Hearing on Geospatial Information
Might be of interest to some on the list This U.S. Congressional Oversight Hearing on the Management of Geospatial Information will be webcast live on Thursday, July 23rd at 10 AM EDT, as well as archived for later viewing. http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=27&extmode=view&extid=278 Many thanks to Dave Smith for finding the link. Now who would have ever thought that an oversight hearing on Geospatial Information Governance should be buried down in a Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources ... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Comparision between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS
> >Have you considered whether surplused hardware from within your organization >could be used for some of this? > >It may not suffice for a windows server, and i did not see if you already have >linux boxes. > Surplus would work for a dev/test box, if/when you can manage to get your hands on one. But really, by the time anything gets surplused around here, it is completely worn out and dang near worthless. Unfortunately, the 'IT Overlords' also have some bizarre squirrelly aversion to Linux and refuse to allow it on any production GIS servers. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Comparision between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS
Hi Bill In addition to the excellent advice others have already given you, be sure to consider the extra hardware infrastructure that will be necessary to support this much 3D data, on-the-fly geoprocessing, and large numbers of concurrent users. If your client chooses an ESRI solution, it will take a lot more than they probably counted on purchasing to get a system that will perform adequately. ArcGIS Server is a real resource hog. Check out Dave Peter's new "Building a GIS" book. Not that I am a fan of the AGS software at all, but Dave is a really smart guy and he's put a huge amount of work into designing and fine tuning his "Capacity Planning Tool", which is now available. One used to have to go take the ESRI System Design Class in order to get a copy of the tool. I took it a couple years ago from Dave, and can attest to his thoroughness in building the CPT. You can download updated versions of the CPT from the website now. http://gis.esri.com/esripress/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=141&moduleID=42 The CPT is pretty complex and does take some training to use properly, so unless you're going to take the system design class, you probably ought to get the book. It would be great if, one day, a similar tool was available for Mapserver/Geoserver/PostGIS systems (hint, hint listserv experts). Unfortunately, I'm just not knowledgeable enough about the inner guts of the OpenGIS softwares yet to be able to convert all the formulas in Dave's spreadsheet to something more appropriate for an OpenGIS system. I was a little surprised to see just how *much* server hardware and network bandwidth it would *really* take to implement a usable ESRI server-based GIS system for my organization, which has offices all over the state and crappy bandwidth in a lot of the more remote places, not to mention the uncountable anonymous public users. Right now we've got AGS running on a single server, and it is dog slow and needs a lot of babying. When I told my "IT overlords" that I'd need at least 2 more load balanced GIS processing servers and a separate production GIS database server to speed things up to an acceptable level, well, they just laughed at me. Mapserver, PostGIS and Geoserver all run "OK, but not blazingly fast" on a single, older shared GIS server for me. AGS gets the other, newer GIS server all to itself - and is still a complete pig. Sure, the OpenGIS software would be a lot faster if they each had their own dedicated box, but in this budget climate, extra funding for more hardware is just not possible... Hope this helps, Julia Harrell ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Local Chapter, network and structuration
> For some of us who work in state (US) government, approval for out of > country travel can be essentially impossible. Even if the location is > only about 60 miles out of the country... I will definitely second this for NC State Gov staff. Even if travel funding is a) available and b) you can actually get approval, international travel is impossible for anyone except the Governor's Office and Council of State types. Local Govs have the same issues. In order to attend the MUM 2005 and FOSS4G 2007 (which were both awesome, btw) I had to do it on own personal leave time and dime. I am glad I was able to go, but that's not going to be possible/affordable but every few years. With airfare costs on the rise so steeply, even trying to make it to Australia next year is not looking real hopeful at the moment. A national level US FOSS4G conference could be a great thing to have - even if it is held every other year. That's how we have to schedule the NC GIS Conference, since it is put together and run primarily by public sector employee volunteers, and doing it every year is just not feasible. Best Regards, Julia Harrell GIS Coordinator, NC DENR [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Map of Wiki/OSGeo Members
There is number of geo-plugins available for MediaWiki, so it's easy to get lost. I found Google Map Extension [2] for MediaWiki that looks interesting. I'd like to hear opinions about such map and recommendations of map extensions for MediaWiki, that we could use for that purpose. You might want take a look at what was done last winter at the OEI Symposium for the Puget Sound Information Challenge. They build a very nice Slippy Map/Mashup Builder for MediaWiki that allows users to add OGC services, GeoRSS, KML. Uses OpenLayers, among other things. http://www.collaborationproject.org/display/case/Environmental+Protection+Agency's+Puget+Sound+Information+Challenge http://pugetsound.epageo.org/index.php5?title=OEI_Symposium_Mashup_Builder Best Regards, Julia Harrell GIS Coordinator, NC DENR [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Opportunity to help with radar image processing for US Midwest flood disaster response
Saw this post on an NCSU GIS Listserv this morning and thought I'd pass it on. Some in the OSGEO community might have an interest in pitching in to help. > Original Message > Subject:request for help with flooding radar image processing > Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:23:48 -0500 > From: Sam Batzli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Sam Batzli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison > > > > All, > > The current Midwest flooding disaster in Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, > Michigan and elsewhere is prompting a need for remote sensing > for extent and damage mapping. Current and persistent cloud cover is > making optical sensors ineffective. By invoking the "International > Charter" (that removes access barriers to military and foreign sources > of imagery and data during emergencies) Wisconsin Emergency Management > is requesting before/after radar and possibly high-resolution optical > data of Southern Wisconsin. I believe Indiana emergency managers are > doing the same for Indiana. > > I am seeking individuals with expertise in processing radar data for > GIS applications that would be willing and able to help. > If you would like to take a shot at processing the data to produce > polygon (shapefile) or raster (GeoTIFF-like) output of inundated > areas, let me know, and I will send you links to posted data sets > if/when they become available. > > Right now I just need to know who can help. > > Thank you! > > (sorry for cross postings -- I'm blind copying several > AmericaView, WisconsinView, and UW-Madison lists with this note) > > Dr. Sam Batzli, WisconsinView Director > Environmental Remote Sensing > Space Science & Engineering Center > 1225 W Dayton ST, RM 1215 > University of Wisconsin - Madison > Madison, WI 53706 > Voice 608-263-3126 > Fax 608-262-5974 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] NCGIS Conf 09 - Hot/Cold Track - more potential topic ideas
Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 10:51:04 -0400 From: "Andrew Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Osbootcamp6/geocamp2008: Success Hi Everyone, I would like to report that this week's biggest osbootcamp event so far and the first ever geocamp was a success. For those that could not make it, the slides, abstracts, and video of 10/18 talks is available online from the bootcamp web site. http://www.osbootcamp.org/index.php?page=osbc6 Thank you to the sponsors (Ingres, Autodesk, DM Solutions, and PCI Geomatics) and supporters (Carleton University, Talent First Network, Video Telephony, Blindside Networks) for making this event possible. Special thanks to the speakers and volunteers who contributed their time and knowledge. For more information about Open Source Bootcamp, please visit: www.osbootcamp.org Andrew Ross ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
