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=Curious How Various Web Mapping Servers Perform?=
 
  
''DRAFT''
 
 
Sydney, Australia. 17 September 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org
 
 
* Outline what is involved in the benchmarking tests
 
* Mention the history
 
* Who is involved this year
 
* Some quotes
 
** ESRI saying something like: "Arc GIS server integrates well with Open Source. It runs on Red Hat Linux, can connect to Open
 
  Source databases, and interacts with clients through Open Standards. We see the benchmarking as a way to show how ESRI
 
  integrates well with other systems."
 
** Mapserver/Geoserver: "Past benchmarking tests have led to (major?) improvements in different areas of our code ..."
 
 
For more information about the benchmarking, contact Antti Roppola, FOSS4G Posters coordinator:
 
 
Antti Roppola <ha s t ur AT gmail.c om>
 
 
== About FOSS4G ==
 
[http://2009.foss4g.org FOSS4G] is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.
 
 
== Media Sponsors ==
 
* Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
 
* Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
 
* Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
 
* Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
 
* GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
 
* Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
 
 
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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/
 
 
or contact:
 
 
Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
 
 
tel +61-2-8570-5050
 
 
c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
 
 
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