Osaka 2007

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Page for collecting thoughts for Japanese event schedule for Nov 9-10th, 2007 in Osaka.

  • Theme: Open Source Geospatial - Creative Tools for Creative Cities
  • Organized by: OSGeo.JP(OSGeo-Japan Chapter)
  • Sponsors:
    • Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University (OCU)
    • Applied Tecnology Co., Ltd
    • Orkney Inc.
    • Autodesk Japan


Tentative Schedule

  • Date: Nov. 9 2007 (Friday)
    • Session Chair: Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University
    • 13:00-13:45 Lecture 1: What is OSGeo?
      • Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director, OSGeo
    • 13:45-14:30 Lecture 2: Greetings from OSGeo.JP (OSGeo日本支部挨拶)
      • Mori Toru Orkney Inc.
  • 14:30-15:00 Break
    • 15:00-15:45 Lecture 3: Recent Developments in FOSS Web Mapping Applications
      • Lorenzo Becchi, Omniverdi,Spain, Charter Member OSGeo
    • 15:45-16:30 Lecture 4: Predictive modeling of spatio-temporal patterns: GRASS GIS and OSGeo
      • Markus Neteler, FBK-irst, Italy, Board Member OSGeo
  • 16:30-17:00 Break
    • 17:00-17:45 Lecture 5: Web 2.0 and Open Source Geospatial in the Real World
      • Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk Inc.
  • 18:30-21:30 Ice-breaker
  • Date Nov. 10 2007 (Saturday)
    • Session Chair: Kazunori Noda, OSGeo.JP Board Member
    • 13:00-13:30 Lecture 1: OSGeo.JP – Activity Report
      • Kazunori Noda, OSGeo.JP Board Member
    • 13:30-14:00 Lecture 2: How to Enjoy MGOS/MGAid - Application Examples (「ハウツーエンジョイ MGOS・MGAid+事例紹介」~編集系コマンドライブラリの実装事例~)
      • Hirofumi Hayashi and Seiji Kimura, Applied Tecnology Co., Ltd.
    • 14:00-14:30 Lecture 3: Open Source Participatory GIS Framework Using Man-Machine Interactions(マン-マシン・インタラクションによる参加型オープンソースGISフレームワーク)
      • Sarawut Ninsawat, Graduate School for Creative Cities, OCU
  • 14:30-14:40 Break
    • 14:40-15:10 Lecture 4: GEO GRID - An IT Infrastructure for Earth Science Research (GEO Grid: 地球科学研究のためのITインフラストラクチャーの開発)
      • Koki Iwao, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    • 15:40-16:10 Lecture 5: It's Simple!! Setting Up Open Source GIS in 30 Minutes!! (こんなに簡単!オープンソースWebGISを30分で立ち上げよう!)
      • Osamu Inoue, Autodesk Japan
    • 15:10-15:40 Lecture 6: Latest on PostLBS! - The Open Source Routing Engine (PostLBS最新情報-オープンソースで作る経路探索サイト)
      • Daniel Kastl, Orkney Inc.
    • 16:10-16:20 Break
    • 16:20-16:40 Open Discussion
      • Moderator, Mori Toru, Orkney Inc.

Stage Event (Morning of 10th Nov. 2007) outline

10 Nov 2007 (Sat.) 11:35-11-50 The following members are requested to be on stage. We have 15 minutes to talk about OSGeo to the general conference audience. 3 minutes for each would be too short. I think it maybe better one are two do most of the talking and also introduce others who will be on the stage. Any ideas?

  1. Tyler Mitchell
  2. Toru Mori
  3. Geoff Zeiss
  4. Lorenzo Becchi
  5. Markus Neteler

40 min Presentation outline

Tyler Mitchell

    1. Introduce OSGeo in general
    2. Present general structure and history
    3. Discuss ideas and sponsorship for local chapters
    4. Present mentorship as a means of professional development

Toru Mori

Geoff Zeiss

Markus Neteler

Final plan

  1. GRASS Introduction and new features
  2. Applications
    1. Distance calculations: animal tracking, hiking, ...
    2. GRASS in epidemiology combined with remote sensing
    3. UXB unexploded bombs from second world war risk maps (GRASS and machine learning)
    4. MITRIS accidents project (GRASS, WebGIS, DB stuff)

Lorenzo Becchi

definitive program

  1. Brief history of web mapping apps in last two year, in the "Google Map Era"
  2. Focus on:
    1. ka-Map
    2. OpenLayers
    3. WPS Web Interfaces

To-Do (Venka)

    1. Make copies of the FOSS4G2008 Poster for distribution