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Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations
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FOSS4G 2008
FOSS4G 2008
FOSS4G 2008
Cape Town International Convention Centre
September 29, 2008 – October 4, 2008
FOSS4G 2011
will be in Denver, Colorado!
Click on Presentations in the right sidebar or search for a title, author or keyword. You'll find Abstracts and links to the Presentations for all tracks and the Papers for the Academic track as well as notes from the Workshops and Labs.
CONGRATULATONS to the authors whose invited papers were published in a Special Issue (Vol 43) of the
South African Computer Journal
. (Download SACJ43
here
):
A comparison of data file and storage configurations for efficient temporal access of satellite image data
, Asheer Kasar Bachoo, Frans van den Bergh, Albert Gazendam.
An Extensible, Interface-Based, Open Source GIS Paradigm: MapWindow 6.0 Developer Tools for the Microsoft Windows Platform
, Harold Atkinson Dunsford.
An open service network for geospatial data processing
, Laura Díaz, Carlos Granell, Michael Gould, Victor Olaya.
A review of Spatial Data Infrastructure implementation in Africa
, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Julian Smit.
Assessment of Location Sensitivity of Voronoi-based Sensor Deployment and Reconfiguration using GIS
, Gareth Michael Nicholls, Derrick Kourie, Tinus Strauss.
Factors Leading to Success or Abandonment of Open Source Commons: An Empirical Analysis of Sourceforge.net Projects
, Charles M. Schweik, Robert English, Sandra Haire.
Integration of GRASS functionality in web based SDI service chains
, Johannes Brauner, Bastian Schaeffer.
NAMGIS - A Context-Aware Mobile Web GIS
, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Diego Magni, Maurizio Brioschi, Massimo Legnani, Francesco Corcoglioniti.
Semantically Enabled SOS with Topic Maps
, Robert Barta, Thomas Bleier.
The Andean Information System for Disaster Prevention and Relief: a case study of multi-national open-source SDI
, Martín Molina, Salvador Bayarri.
Using supply chain management to enable GIS units to improve their response to their customers' needs
, Peter Schmitz.
Conference coverage:
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. Also see 'Conference Schedule' in the right panel.
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here
Download the
Prospectus
. Or contact foss at gissa dot org.za with any enquiries. Also see
exhibitor information
Outreach:
Thank you to the Volunteers who helped plan and run our Outreach activities (OpenStreetMap mapping party in Hout Bay and two school events with teachers and pupils) and all the Volunteers who helped run the conference!. See
here
for more details.
You can view an online conference
MAP
. And for South African news you might want to track
this site
and for tourism information,
this site
and the Accommodation & Travel link in the right panel.
The 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference, incorporating
GISSA 2008
, gathers developers and users of open source geospatial software as well as managers and decision makers from around the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and growing business opportunities in the field of open source geospatial software. FOSS4G is presented annually by the
Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
. Focussed on the practical "make it work, get it done" world of open source application development, this annual conference boasts a very high concentration of geospatial technical opinion leaders. Attendance at this event has grown at over 50% a year since its inception in 2003, paralleling the rapid growth and adoption curve of open source geospatial tools in the marketplace. In 2008, FOSS4G comes to the Cape Town International Convention Centre, in the downtown heart of Cape Town, South Africa. The Conference Theme for 2008 is
"Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations"
The local host for FOSS4G 2008 is the GeoInformation Society of South Africa,
GISSA
and this year FOSS4G incorporates GISSA's biennial conference. Besides being a defining event on the international GIS calendar, it certainly is the most important GIS conference in Africa this year.
While Free and Open Source GIS is our focus, we have also accepted papers for the 'applied' topics that used proprietary or mixed GIS. We want to encourage exposure, debate and understanding among FOSS and proprietary communities. Where appropriate, talks will be marked clearly on the programme as FOSS / Proprietary / Mixed. All Labs and Workshops are focused on FOSS GIS.
Topics that have a FOSS component or perspective are:
New FOSS GIS developments
Interoperability and standards -
OGC
GEOSS
Web processing services, Sensor Web enablement and the like
Using FOSS with proprietary software
Making the transition to FOSS GIS
FOSS GIS support and training
FOSS GIS business models
FOSS GIS implementation and deployment
Open data, open content, open architectures, open everything!
Case studies of open source implementations
Improving FOSS GIS cartography and map production
Use Case driven FOSS GIS development and improving the user experience
FOSS GIS Internationalisation and Localisation
Topics for applications, methodologies or theoretical geospatial work are not limited to a FOSS perspective:
Sustainable development and the
MDGs
(Millennium Development Goals)
Disaster management
Health
Energy
Water
Climate change
Weather
Ecosystem management
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Land reform
Education
Government
Local economic development, poverty alleviation
Participatory GIS
Semantic Web and ontologies in GIS
Location based services, logistics, routing
2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa
NGOs, CBOs (Community-based organisations) and community development workers
Mining, exploration, beneficiation
Spatial economics
Military
Other features
Hands-on workshops and labs on using and developing open source geospatial tools
Education-related outreach day
Developers' code sprint
Technical visits
Full exhibition hall and demonstration theatre
Virtual market for FOSS GIS opportunities
Launch of integrated '1-click' FOSS GIS Linux and Windows distributions
Competitions
Launch of FreeGIS books
Launch of online FOSS GIS courses
Poster session
'Birds-of-a-feather' sessions
Great social programme!,
Icebreaker dinner and drinks
Gala dinner at Moyo in Stellenbosch
Tour and travel opportunities before, during and after the conference
Announcements
Final programme published
You can now view the
final technical programme
for FOSS4G 2008.
Posted: 2008-08-31
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Recent insight into South Africa
Interesting letter about South Africa by John Mauldin, one of the US's top investment advisors - recently voted second only to Warren Buffet as an investment guru. If you had any doubts about coming to South Africa, read this to dispel them.
Posted: 2008-08-29
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Conference map site for FOSS4G 2008
You can now view an online conference
MAP
Posted: 2008-06-13
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New Bronze sponsorship category opened + workshop preview
a new Bronze sponsorship category has been opened (~$1000) and Workshop submissions can now be previewed.
Posted: 2008-06-02
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