FOSS4G2007 IntegrationShowcase

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= Introduction =

The Integration Showcase will highlight the open source spirit of "coopetition" (cooperative competition) amongst the sponsors and exhibitors of the FOSS4G2007 conference.

In order to ensure everything works "as planned" on the show floor, the Integration Showcase will be set up and running live on the Internet well in advance of the conference. As each Integration Showcase participant goes "live" with their component, they must register it on this page, so that other participants can hook it into their own demonstrations. Low-level components, such as databases and mapping services, must go live first.

The coordinator for the Integration Showcase is Justin Deoliveira, of the Open Planning Project. He will be contacting exhibitors and sponsors to make them aware of the showcase and how to participate.

= Status =
 * 2007/07/10 Refractions Research PostGIS database Internet connection enabled
 * 2007/07/09 Canadian NTDB vector data loaded into PostGIS database

= Data =

The goal for this conference is to utilize only publicly available geodata for the Integration Showcase.

Initiated by the OSgeo Public Geospatial Data Committee, there is an effort underway to obtain copies of public datasets that are 'local' to Victoria, B.C. (the FOSS4G2007 conference location), and to load that data onto the server that will be used for the integration showcase. An added benefit of having the Integration Showcase server available on the Internet ahead of the conference, and available locally during the conference, is that presenters of Workshops and Labs can make use of the Integration Showcase data and services for their conference contributions.

The tracking of the public datasets is being done via the Canadian Geodata wiki page.

Tables
Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_road_20 : Canadian National Topographic Database (NTDB) roads at 1:50,000

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_railway_50 : NTDB railways at 1:50,000

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_toponym_50 : NTDB topographic feature names at 1:50,000

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_contour_50 : NTDB contour lines at 1:50,000

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_waterbody_50 : NTDB water bodies (including rivers) at 1:50,000

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * ntdb_watercourse_50 : NTDB water courses (rivers,streams,brooks,creeks) at 1:50,000


 * ntdb_road_250 : NTDB roads at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_road_50 for schema/attribute information)
 * ntdb_railway_250 : NTDB roads at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_railway_50 for schema/attribute information)
 * ntdb_contour_250 : NTDB contour lines at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_contour_50 for schema/attribute information)
 * ntdb_toponym_250 : NTDB toponyms at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_toponym_50 for schema/attribute information)
 * ntdb_waterbody_250 : NTDB water bodies at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_waterbody_50 for schema/attribute information)
 * ntdb_watercourse_250 : NTDB water courses at 1:250,000 (see ntdb_watercourse_50 for schema/attribute information)

National Topographic Database Reference Documentation

Spatial Reference System: EPSG:3005
 * statscan_roads : Statistics Canada road network

Statistics Candada Road Network File Reference

= Services = This section will contain information about services to access the above Data, such as WMS.

Find out how to access Canadian Geodata via WMS and WFS.

= Participants = Integration Showcase participants must 'register' themselves in this section. When your part of the showcase is ready for use by other participants:
 * let Justin Deoliveira know
 * provide the necessary information in the Data and/or Services sections
 * update the Status

PostGIS Database : Refractions Research
Status: Live

A PostGIS database containing vector data is being made available by Refractions Research for use by the Integration Showcase participants.

Contact: Paul Ramsey 

Mapbender : The WhereGroup
Status: Live

The WhereGroup uses the online OSGeo Mapbender instance at http://mapbender.telascience.org to build a catalog, interface, OGC capabilities cache, security proxy and web mapping interfaces to use the other IntegrationShowcase components in an unknown beast called spatial data infrastructure. The data served by Canadian Geodata will be accessed using OGC WMS and (potentially) WFS services.

Contact: arnulf.christl@wheregroup.com

MapGuide Open Source : Autodesk / DM Solutions
Status: Planned

Autodesk will host a MapGuide Open Source application featuring a FUSION based web interface created by DM Solutions. This will showcase the web-based GIS capabilities of MapGuide with a FUSION interface, MapGuide's direct support for Google Earth, and OGC WMS and WFS web services.

Contact: robert.bray@autodesk.com