Pacific Islands Chapter

Pacific Islands Chapter of OSGeo
Welcome to the Pacific Islands Chapter of Open Source Geospatial Foundation OSGeo, started on November, 9 2012, Fiji Time.

Introduction
Free and Open Source for geospatial software has been advocated here in the Pacific Islands region for over a decade. The GIS/RS Special Interest Group of the Pacific Islands Chapter of Internet Society GIS/RS SIGhas been instrumental in the promotion of Free and Open Source Software spearheaded by the Pacific Applied and Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) by making source code available to its Stakeholders starting with the GIS for Utilities Project in 1997. Since then the GIS/RS community in the Pacific Islands region have been thriving and active with Open Source sessions/discussions during the Pacific Islands GIS/RS annual conference GIS/RS Conference.

Objectives
The Pacific Islands Chapter, facilitates the advancement of open source for geospatial software, technologies and usage in the Pacific Islands region by:


 * Advocate Open Access, Open Education and Open Data in the Pacific Islands
 * Sharing source code, data, information, problems and solutions among users
 * Operation of a mailing list pacific-islands@lists.osgeo.org
 * Encouraging the creation of national users groups
 * Organizing meetings, training/workshops and work towards a regional Pacific Islands OSGeo Chapter conference
 * Monitoring open source for geospatial software, technologies and usage

Members - Special Interest Group (SIG)

 * Anish Maharaj (University of Fiji (UniFiji)) - FIJI
 * Aporo Kirikava (Cook Islands Police) - RAROTONGA
 * Barbara Lokes (Cardno) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Bryan Pitakia (Consultant) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
 * Carlos Tatapu (Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
 * Dominic Afuyave (PNG Power Ltd (PPL)) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Edwin Liava'a (University of Fiji (UniFiji)) - FIJI
 * Esrom Passingan (PNG Power Ltd (PPL)) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Dr. Etuate Cocker (University of Auckland, NZ) - TONGA
 * Gordon Denty - (Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
 * Japhliet Rouhanna - (Solomon Water (SW)) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
 * Joel Anjaiya - (University of Fiji (UniFiji)) - FIJI
 * Maria Kottermair - (University of Guam (UoG)) - GUAM
 * Nali Suwae-Binding - (PNG Power Ltd (PPL)) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Naomi Jackson - (Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)) - FIJI
 * Nomeneta Saili - (SkyEye GeoSpatial) - SAMOA
 * Professor A B M Shawkat Ali - (University of Fiji (UniFiji)) - FIJI
 * Prosaphine Dodi - (PNG Power Ltd (PPL)) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Robinson Woods - (Freelance GIS/RS Consultant) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
 * Ruby Kopi - (PNG Power Ltd (PPL)) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
 * Sachindra Singh - (Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)) - FIJI
 * Vasiti Soko - (Sugar Industry Tribunal (SIT)) - FIJI
 * Vika Fane - (Sugar Industry Tribunal (SIT)) - FIJI

2017

 * The "GeoForAll Lab" at the University of Fiji, School of Science and Technology (SST)
 * Java Open Street Map (JOSM) using Open Street Map (OSM) Tracker in smart mobile phones to capture HV lines of PNG Power Ltd sponsored by Columbia University (NY), Linux, PostgreSQL/Postgis, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Real-time vehicle tracking at SkyEye Geospatial, Apia, Samoa
 * OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient at Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC) Web client  Geoserver
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy

2016

 * Java Open Street Map (JOSM) using Open Street Map (OSM) Tracker in smart mobile phones to capture HV lines of PNG Power Ltd sponsored by Columbia University (NY), Linux, PostgreSQL/Postgis, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Real-time vehicle tracking at SkyEye Geospatial, Apia, Samoa
 * Fiji Sugarcane Industry WebGIS Portal using OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient.
 * OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient at Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC) Web client  Geoserver
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy

2015

 * Fiji Sugarcane Industry WebGIS Portal using OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient.
 * OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient at Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC) Web client  Geoserver
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy
 * Linux, PostgreSQL/Postgis, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Open Source GeoSpatial Research Lab and Training Center at CheSpatial, Lautoka, Fiji

2014

 * Fiji Sugarcane Industry WebGIS Portal using OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient.
 * OpenGeo Suite with PostgreSQL/Postgis for database, GeoServer for map/middleware and GeoEXT and OpenLayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient at Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC) Web client  Geoserver
 * Development/Deployment of Geonode at SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) SOPAC Pacific Risk Information Systems (PaRIS)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy
 * Linux, PostgreSQL/Postgis, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, LizMap-Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Open Source GeoSpatial Research Lab and Training Center at CheSpatial, Lautoka, Fiji

2013

 * OpenGeo Suite with postgres/postgis for database, Geoserver for map/middleware and GeoEXT and openlayers for web client with plans to use Geoexplorer by opengeo for webclient at Samoa Electric Power Corporation (EPC) Web client  Geoserver
 * Development/Deployment of Geonode at SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) SOPAC Pacific Risk Information Systems (PaRIS)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy
 * Starting of Open Source GeoSpatial Research Lab and Training Center at CheSpatial, Lautoka, Fiji

2012

 * PostGIS, Geoserver, QGIS Desktop, WMS, WFS-T at Samoa Electricity Power Corporation (EPC)
 * Development of Open Source lecture/course material using QGIS at the University of the South Pacific (USP)
 * Customization of QGIS Desktop at SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)
 * Development/Deployment of Geonode at SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) SOPAC Pacific Risk Information Systems (PaRIS)
 * Integrated Solution for Utilities using Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Desktop, QGIS Server, QGIS Web-Client, QGIS Cloud at CheSpatial
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Desktop at Solomon Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Desktop at Papua New Guinea PNG Power Ltd (PPL)
 * Linux, PostGIS/PostgreSQL, QGIS Desktop at the Solomon Islands Ministry of Geology, Mines and Energy
 * Mapping component of tikiwiki CMS using Google map's API by 'Etuate Cocker

Links

 * GIS/RS SIG
 * GIS/RS Conference