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Geoservices REST API

2013-05-09T16:39:12Z

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This wiki page aims to collate community concerns related to the proposed acceptance of the "Geoservices REST API" becoming an OGC standard. It is being collaboratively edited, targeting completion before the end of May 2013.

= Open Letter to OGC and voting members =

''Please don't edit this "Open Letter" statement, comments and discussion should go below.''

May 2013

We, the undersigned, have concerns that approving the "Geoservices REST API" as an OGC standard, would have detrimental impacts on interoperability within the spatial industry.

We strongly urge that the proposed "Geoservices REST API", as it stands in May 2013, be rejected as an OGC standard.

People have listed different reasons for concern. They are described below.

== Signed ==
''Please add your name here if you agree with the above statement. Include name, work title (if appropriate), very brief title/involvement in OSGeo if appropriate. (Link to OSGeo profile if appropriate). You may sign as a group, such as the Project Steering Committee of XXX project if you wish, or as Your Name on behalf of YYY company.''

* [[User:camerons|Cameron Shorter]], Geospatial Solutions Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft], core contributor & coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]
* [[Mark Lucas]], Founding member and board of directors for OSGeo foundation, Prinicipal Scientist for RadiantBlue Technologies Inc.
* [[User:Woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], Director of [http://imaptools.com iMaptools.com], Contributor and/or PSC of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://pgrouting.org/ pgRouting], [http://www.pagcgeo.org/ PAGC], and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]
* [[User:rouault|Even Rouault]], Geospatial developer, OSGeo Charter Member, core contributor and PSC member of [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR], contributor of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], [http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ PROJ.4], [http://trac.osgeo.org/geotiff/ libgeotiff], [http://shapelib.maptools.org/ shapelib], [http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ libtiff]
* Gerhard Triebnig, Managing Director at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH]
* [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]], Environmental Information Delivery Programme Leader, NIWA, New Zealand. OGC member, Aust/NZ OSGEO chapter member, NZOSS Council member
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]], CTO at [http://eox.at EOX IT Services GmbH], contributor to [http://mapserver.org Mapserver], PSC chair of [http://eoxserver.org EOxServer]
* [[User:ticheler|Jeroen Ticheler]], Director of [http://geocat.net GeoCat], project founder and PSC chair of [http://geonetwork-opensource.org GeoNetwork opensource]
* [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]], Director at [http://www.justobjects.nl Just Objects], contributor to [http://heron-mc.org Heron Mapping Client], secretary of [http://osgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Local Chapter], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]
* [[User:milovanderlinden|Milo van der Linden]], member at [http://www.opengeogroep.nl OpenGeoGroep]
* [[User:surveyor|Landon Blake]], GIS Department Manager/Land Surveyor at [http://www.ksninc.com KSN], OSGeo California Chapter Board Representative.
* [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com/ Mapgears], core contributor and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://gdal.org GDAL/OGR]. Former OGC TC member and involved in the implementation of several OGC WxS services specs in MapServer.
* [[User:blammo|Bob Basques]], GIS Systems Developer at the City of Saint Paul, MN. [http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us Public Works GIS (GISmo)], Technical Director at [http://www.sharedgeo.org SharedGeo], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo TCMUG local chapter member, Co-founder and PSC member of [http://www.geomoose.org GeoMoose] project.
* [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses]], PM at Omnium Strategic Intelligence, Spain, OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Liaison officer.
* Bevan Rudge, Director Lucion Limited, IT Advisor at Conservation Strategy Fund, Esri client
* [[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]], software engineer at [http://geocat.net GeoCat], Spain, member of OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter.
* [[User:Aghisla|Anne Ghisla]], OSGeo Board Member, Italy, member of OSGeo Italian Local Chapter.
* [[User:Michogar|Micho Garcia]], Freelance and member of [http://geomati.co geomati.co], Spain, member of Spanish Local Chapter
* [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]], OSGeo Charter Member, Italy
* [[Jorge Sanz]], GIS Consultant at [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop], OSGeo Charter Member, OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
* [[Pablo Sanxiao]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.icarto.es iCarto], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
* [[User:Fsteggink|Frank Steggink]], GIS software developer at [http://www.vicrea.nl Vicrea], The Netherlands, member of the Dutch Local Chapter
* [[User:Olivier.courtin|Olivier Courtin]], [http://www.oslandia.com Oslandia] co-founder, core contributor or/and PSC member of [http://mapserver.org Mapserver] and [http://www.postgis.org/ PostGIS]. OGC TC member.
* [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
* [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member.
* [[User:Vmische|Volker Mische]], geospatial software engineer, creator of GeoCouch
* [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez]], OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, head of [http://www.openstreetmap.es OpenStreetMap Spain], [http://osmfoundation.org OpenStreetMap Foundation] member, [http://hot.openstreetmap.org/ Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team] member, [http://www.idee.es/ Spanish SDI working group] member
* [[User:Gabi|Gabriel Carrión]], Strategy Manager at [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG association]
* [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], OSGeo Charter Member, [http://postgis.net PostGIS] and [http://trac.osgeo.org/geos GEOS] PSC member and core hacker.
* [[User:Javiarch|Javier Diaz]], member of Geoinquietos Bs As [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Geoinquietos_Buenos_Aires], member of the Organizing Committee FOSS4G Bs As 2013 [http://www.foss4g-ba.org/]
* [[User: JoCook|Jo Cook]], Consultant at [http://isharemaps.com| Astun Technology], former Director of OSGeo, Charter Member, founder of UK Local Chapter, Deputy Chair of [http://2013.foss4g.org| FOSS4G 2013]
* [[User: Fpenarru | Francisco José Peñarrubia]], CTO and co-founder at [http://www.scolab.es SCOLAB]. Members of [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
* [[User: Ganesh|Shanmugam Ganeshkumar]], Director of [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON], member OSGeo Malaysia Chapter
* [[User:Barryrowlingson|Barry Rowlingson]], Senior Researcher, Lancaster University and Software Sustainability Institute Fellow
* [[User: Sfkeller|Stefan Keller]], University of Applied Sciences, Rapperswil (Switzerland), Member of Swiss OSM (SOSM) and QGIS association and of organizing committees of pgConf.DE and FOSSGIS 2013, and member of eCH (e-government standards of Switzerland)
* [[User: AndyBMapMan|Andrew Bailey]], OSGeo member, Astun Technology
* [[User: Sanand|Suchith Anand]], OSGeo Charter member, OSGeo Education member, FOSS4G 2013 LOC member
* [[User: krefftc|Carlos Krefft]], GIS software developer at [http://www.cstars.miami.edu CSTARS - University of Miami], OGC and OSGeo Member.
* [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former board member, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (Italy)
* [[User:pebau|Peter Baumann]], [http://www.jacobs-university.de/lsis Jacobs University], OGC member, WCS.SWG chair, editor of 10+ specs (disclaimer: this is an expression of my personal opinion and not in any way endorsed by OGC)
* [[User:pmbatty|Peter Batty]], CTO of Geospatial Division at [http://www.ubisense.net Ubisense], OSGeo board member, former CTO of [http://intergraph.com Intergraph] and [http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/gis.htm GE Smallworld], Technical Committee member of OGC in its formative years c 1995-97
* [[User: BarendKobben | Barend Köbben]], OSGEO Chartered Member, OSGeo.nl Dutch chapter treasurer, Senior Lecturer at [http://www.itc.nl ITC-University of Twente]
* [[User: pcav | Paolo Cavallini]], [http://www.faunalia.it Faunalia], OSGeo member, GFOSS.it member and former president, QGIS-PSC
* [[User: fthamura| FRans Thamura]], [http://www.osgeo.or.id Indonesia], OSGeo Indonesia, organizer]

= Concerns =
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''Please add concerns as bullet points below. Try to be concise. Where appropriate, link to external web pages (such as email achieves)''

== Summary ==
As at May 2013, OGC members have been asked to decide whether to accept the "GeoServices REST API" as an OGC standard. This is a contentious issue, with many people arguing that introduction of the “GeoServices REST API” will have costly, far reaching, negative impacts on interoperability, and significantly tarnish the OGC's reputation as a champion of interoperability.

The key points of contention revolve around the fact that the proposed "GeoServices REST API" does not build upon or extend existing OGC standards, but rather addresses similar requirements using an alternative API. In particular, the overlap and/or duplication of existing standards is widespread: OGC's core standards of WMS, WMTS, WFS, SE/SLD, WCS, CS/W are all duplicated to a significant extent. This defeats the purpose of having standards in the first place.

Duplication of standards will likely result in a combination of the following:
# The cost to application developers, systems integrators, testers and sponsors to support all relevant OGC standards will be substantially increased.
# Consequently, organisations and/or applications may choose to only support one standard, or only support one standard fully.
# Sponsors (such as governments) who require compliance with OGC standards will discover that applications don't communicate together, due to applications supporting different OGC standards that essentially do the same thing.
# This will result in a diminished importance of OGC, as the "OGC standards" stamp of approval will not equate interoperability.
# After a while, in order to solve interoperability issues, a respected international organisation or program will likely take the initiative to mandate one standard as the preferred standard for all agencies to follow. To date, the OGC has provided this leadership.
# One standard taking prominance over the other will likely lead to the other being neglected or deprecated, resulting in many OGC compliant systems becoming legacy systems in the process. This should be considered an undesirable outcome for a standards organisation. Backward compatibility to the existing WxS standards is important in this respect.
# Given backwards compatibility with the ESRI Restful implementation is mandated, this is not an Open Standard, and should not be ratified as if it was.

== Political Concerns ==

* Adopting the standard will expose the OGC to a strong suspicion of acting as a rubber stamp organization under ESRI weight, and will be detrimental to its recognized position as a reference organization for geospatial standards.
* It is a dubious practice that a standardization organisation promotes competing standards, without explicitely obsoleting (or at least recommending) some of them. How is a newcomer to the industry supposed to select the appropriate standard if several ones share the same scope : WFS or GeoServices REST API Feature Service, WMS or GeoServices REST API Map Service, etc. ?

== Commercial Concerns ==

* Promoting standards from an existing implementation made by a single vendor leads to an obvious bias in competition.
* Supporting multiple overlapping standards greatly reduces usability while it increases complexity and cost of development and maintenance.
* Many SME's have invested in supporting existing OGC standards in their products. They will be forced to choose the standards they support (and can explain), resulting in decreased interoperability, confusion and frustration for clients.
* Confusing customers with new, overlapping OGC standards will lower the credibility of companies and of OGC, reducing business opportunities.

== Technical Concerns ==

* The Geoservices REST API overlaps in large proportion with existing OGC standards such as WMS, WCS, WFS, WMTS, CSW, with no effort made to reconcile with those standards.
* The standardization of WKT for Spatial reference systems is unfortunately currently quite weak in OGC standards. Geoservices REST API is tied with ESRI's version of WKT, which is not properly specified in the Geoservices REST API documents, and is known to be incompatible with other OGC documents, which will lead to a larger confusion. See the following [http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/000166.html comment] for more details on this issue.
* The Geoservices REST API is not particularly RESTful - it's a thinly disguised service call, not an address space for RESTful objects that can be operated on.
* At least as far as "imagery" is concerned, OGC standards arguably are substantially more mature, powerful, flexible, and modular then the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Part 6 (and some design principles suggest that scalability may be hampered as well):
** data model:
*** the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" appears constrained to 2-D imagery, plus optional time stamps. OGC has established a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverage_data unified coverage model] which fully supports n-D spatio-temporal data. It allows use and exchange of coverages between different services, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Coverage_Service WCS], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Coverage_Processing_Service WCPS], WPS, and SWE.
*** OGC coverages support both regular and irregular grids; the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" supports only regular grids, more specifically: only rectified grids with quadrilateral pixels.
*** the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" lacks support for temporal data; it only offers timestamps, measured in milliseconds; this is inconvenient for users and immediately excludes, e.g., geological dates. OGC has established uniform handling of horizontal, vertical, and temporal coordinate reference systems (CRSs), following a deep consensus process with GIS science and backwards compatible with EPSG. The ESRI "Geoservice REST API" specific way of handling coordinates is not known to support this, thereby excluding appropriate timeseries handling in remote sensing, air traffic, MetOcean, etc.
*** OGC coverages provide a concise, versatile model for supporting different binary formats; the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" supports only very few selected 2-D formats, excluding, e.g., JPEG2000, NetCDF, HDF, etc.
*** the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" lacks a clear model of their data structures, it can be deduced only implicitly from the operation mechanics.
** service model:
*** The ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Part 6 lacks conciseness, thereby opening up ways for implementations that are not interoperable. For developers of alternative implementations this may mean they have to acquire ESRI licenses for finding out the intended behavior.
*** Functionality in the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" appears randomly chosen, with no clear concept visible; this burdens implementers while still leaving holes of functionality. For example, this functionality appears restricted to mapping applications and does not easily extend into other domains.
*** It has been said that the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" can be seen as a "wrapper around OGC W*S" services. This is not true for WCS (and WCPS), at least: the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Part 6 is too poor in functionality and too different in mechanics to accomplish this.
** In summary, the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" Imaging part is at a technological level where WCS departed from some 5 years ago. Inconciseness of the specification at large will make it difficult for third parties to come up with interoperable implementations. The components making up the ESRI "Geoservice REST API" provide natural blocks assignable to the matching SWGs. As for Part 6 of the ESRI "Geoservice REST API", if to become a standard it needs to be discussed in the WCS.SWG for harmonization, clarification, and improvement.

== Methodological Concerns ==

* No public response (nor private to the authors of the comments) has been made to the various comments sent on the OGC Requests mailing list in [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-July/date.html July 2012]] and [[http://lists.opengeospatial.org/pipermail/requests/2012-August/date.html August 2012]] during the 30 day public comments period.
* The Geoservices REST API can not be amended (other than editorial changes in the specification document), because of a requirement of backward compatibility with ESRI implementation. Consequently, the standard is unlikely to improve, or its evolution will be only lead by ESRI.
* OGC standards normally require interoperability experiments and a richer process to ratify a standard such as this one. No explanation has been forthcoming as to why a simplified process is appropriate in this case.
* ESRI/OGC have specifically [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011659.html rejected requests] to openly share their justifications document being selectively sent to OGC voters.

= History =

Todo: please expand
* Explain how this standard came to be
* Based on ArcGIS Server API
* Attempted but failed to go through OGC fast track process
* Recent voting history: refer to: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011602.html

= References =
Todo: Link to key external docs, such as the proposed standards

[[Category: OGC]]
[[Category: Standards]]

Educational Content Inventory

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Wiki-Fthamura: /* 2011-2012 Initiatives */

Please provide information on '''your educational content''', use the searchable Educational Content Inventory Catalogue.

'''Important note:''' None of the content is considered "official" OSGeo material, and none of it has been peer-reviewed by anyone affiliated with OSGeo. At this juncture, we are simply trying to inventory educational material that is available through our participant community. Anything of interest to the OSGeo education community is welcome.

* To view the directory: http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content
* To enter a new resource: https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content

== Training providers ==

* [[Open Source Training Providers]]

== 2011-2012 Initiatives ==

* EU - COST workshop, possibly March (add your name below if interested in participating in planning/proposal effort)
** Ari Jolma
** Massimiliano Cannata (Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana)
** Markus Neteler
** Maria Brovelli (Milan)
** Rafael Moreno (Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, U of Colorado, Denver)
** Suchith Anand (University of Nottingham)
** Charlie Schweik (UMass Amherst)
** [[User:Lluís|Lluis Vicens]] (SIGTE -GIS & Remote Sensing Service-, University of Girona)
** Helena Mitasova (North Carolina State University)
** Micha Silver (Arava Drainage Authority, Israel)
** others?

* US workshop (possibly May) (add your name below if interested in participating in planning/proposal effort)
** Tyler Mitchell
** Phil Davis (GeoTech Center)
** Charlie Schweik (UMass Amherst)
** Mike Krimmer (Northern Virginia Community College)
** Tom Mueller (California University of Pennsylvania
** Helena Mitasova (North Carolina State University)
** Ned Horning (American Museum of Natural History)
** Landon Blake (Redefined Horizons)
** Others?

* Asia workshop (possibly May) (add your name below if interested in participating in planning/proposal effort)
** Frans Thamura (Meruvian, Indonesia)

* Virtual meeting topics for discussion

** COST proposal
*** (from Ari's email) The proposal needs a right scope and domain. Domain could be "Earth System Science and Environmental Management" (I could find one GIS related action) or "Information and Communication Technologies" (I could not find any actions directly related to FOSS - which may tell something or not). The proposal needs a main objective. The objective could be for example "enhance academic relevance/use/usability of existing free and open source geospatial (FOSS4G) software and develop methods and workflows for increasing the impact and exploitation of FOSS4G emerging from academia". That could perhaps have the right span.
*** There's "Jornades de SIG Lliure" in Girona March 21-23 and, although it is in Spanish and Catalan, perhaps we could use that for a workshop and meeting(?). http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/
** Content/scope of EU and US workshops

[[Category:Education]]

ToT FOSSGIS07 Participants

2007-11-04T14:15:24Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

; Participants came from all over Indonesia

* ADIWAN F. ARITENANG - BBPT
* [http://widyantoa.wordpress.com/ ADI WIDYANTO] - CUSO ([http://www.cuso.org/ Canadian Volunteers Organization])
* AGUS WIBOWO - BPPT
* AMRULLAH - USAID Environmental Services Program
* DARMANTO - ASPPUK (Association for Woman in Small Business
Assistance)
* DIAN OKTIARI - BMG, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Division
* FARID AZIS - PT. Multi System Solution
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Fthamura| Frans Thamura] - JUG - ([http://www.meruvian.org| Meruvian Foundation]) - ([http://www.intercitra.com|Intercitra Prima Integrasi, PT])
* HARIYANTO - RISTEK
* HENDRA MICHAEL AQUAN - Jakarta Green Monster
* INGGIT LOLITA SARI - LAPAN
* LINDA LESTARI - BAKORNAS PB
* MUHAMAD JAFAR ELLY - LIPI
* ICHWAN SUTARDI - Provinsi NTB
* NOVIANTI - RISTEK
* NUHAYATI MASTHURAH - LIPI
* NURYANI - LIPI
* RACHMAWAN ADI LAKSONO - LIPI
* SAPTO NUGRUHO - BPDP-BPPT
* SUKIRSTIYANTI - LIPI
* TUTUT USAHENI - Universitas Riau
* WARDIYONO - Airputih Foundation
* YUSI TYRONI MURSITYO - Universitas Brawijaya
* YUKI INSTIANTO - BPPT
* FIRMAN - ITB
* UTAMI R. KADARWATI - DKP

; Organizers

* KEMAL PRIHATMAN - Asst. to Deputy for Development and Utilization of
Information Technology, RISTEK
* AGUS SEDIADI - Head of Cooperation for IT Institution, RISTEK
* ALDI HARYADI - Head of Sub Division for Governmental Institution,
RISTEK

* [http://www.alvinmarcelo.com DR. ALVIN B. MARCELO], - MANAGER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]
* DR. FRANCIS E. SARMIENTO III - PROJECT OFFICER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]

* ARNULF CHRISTL - TRAINER, [http://www.wheregroup.com WhereGroup]

ToT FOSSGIS07 Participants

2007-11-04T14:15:07Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

; Participants came from all over Indonesia

* ADIWAN F. ARITENANG - BBPT
* [http://widyantoa.wordpress.com/ ADI WIDYANTO] - CUSO ([http://www.cuso.org/ Canadian Volunteers Organization])
* AGUS WIBOWO - BPPT
* AMRULLAH - USAID Environmental Services Program
* DARMANTO - ASPPUK (Association for Woman in Small Business
Assistance)
* DIAN OKTIARI - BMG, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Division
* FARID AZIS - PT. Multi System Solution
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Fthamura | Frans Thamura] - JUG - ([http://www.meruvian.org| Meruvian Foundation]) - ([http://www.intercitra.com|Intercitra Prima Integrasi, PT])
* HARIYANTO - RISTEK
* HENDRA MICHAEL AQUAN - Jakarta Green Monster
* INGGIT LOLITA SARI - LAPAN
* LINDA LESTARI - BAKORNAS PB
* MUHAMAD JAFAR ELLY - LIPI
* ICHWAN SUTARDI - Provinsi NTB
* NOVIANTI - RISTEK
* NUHAYATI MASTHURAH - LIPI
* NURYANI - LIPI
* RACHMAWAN ADI LAKSONO - LIPI
* SAPTO NUGRUHO - BPDP-BPPT
* SUKIRSTIYANTI - LIPI
* TUTUT USAHENI - Universitas Riau
* WARDIYONO - Airputih Foundation
* YUSI TYRONI MURSITYO - Universitas Brawijaya
* YUKI INSTIANTO - BPPT
* FIRMAN - ITB
* UTAMI R. KADARWATI - DKP

; Organizers

* KEMAL PRIHATMAN - Asst. to Deputy for Development and Utilization of
Information Technology, RISTEK
* AGUS SEDIADI - Head of Cooperation for IT Institution, RISTEK
* ALDI HARYADI - Head of Sub Division for Governmental Institution,
RISTEK

* [http://www.alvinmarcelo.com DR. ALVIN B. MARCELO], - MANAGER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]
* DR. FRANCIS E. SARMIENTO III - PROJECT OFFICER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]

* ARNULF CHRISTL - TRAINER, [http://www.wheregroup.com WhereGroup]

ToT FOSSGIS07 Participants

2007-11-04T14:14:50Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

; Participants came from all over Indonesia

* ADIWAN F. ARITENANG - BBPT
* [http://widyantoa.wordpress.com/ ADI WIDYANTO] - CUSO ([http://www.cuso.org/ Canadian Volunteers Organization])
* AGUS WIBOWO - BPPT
* AMRULLAH - USAID Environmental Services Program
* DARMANTO - ASPPUK (Association for Woman in Small Business
Assistance)
* DIAN OKTIARI - BMG, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Division
* FARID AZIS - PT. Multi System Solution
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/User:Fthamura|Frans Thamura] - JUG - ([http://www.meruvian.org| Meruvian Foundation]) - ([http://www.intercitra.com|Intercitra Prima Integrasi, PT])
* HARIYANTO - RISTEK
* HENDRA MICHAEL AQUAN - Jakarta Green Monster
* INGGIT LOLITA SARI - LAPAN
* LINDA LESTARI - BAKORNAS PB
* MUHAMAD JAFAR ELLY - LIPI
* ICHWAN SUTARDI - Provinsi NTB
* NOVIANTI - RISTEK
* NUHAYATI MASTHURAH - LIPI
* NURYANI - LIPI
* RACHMAWAN ADI LAKSONO - LIPI
* SAPTO NUGRUHO - BPDP-BPPT
* SUKIRSTIYANTI - LIPI
* TUTUT USAHENI - Universitas Riau
* WARDIYONO - Airputih Foundation
* YUSI TYRONI MURSITYO - Universitas Brawijaya
* YUKI INSTIANTO - BPPT
* FIRMAN - ITB
* UTAMI R. KADARWATI - DKP

; Organizers

* KEMAL PRIHATMAN - Asst. to Deputy for Development and Utilization of
Information Technology, RISTEK
* AGUS SEDIADI - Head of Cooperation for IT Institution, RISTEK
* ALDI HARYADI - Head of Sub Division for Governmental Institution,
RISTEK

* [http://www.alvinmarcelo.com DR. ALVIN B. MARCELO], - MANAGER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]
* DR. FRANCIS E. SARMIENTO III - PROJECT OFFICER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]

* ARNULF CHRISTL - TRAINER, [http://www.wheregroup.com WhereGroup]

ToT FOSSGIS07 Participants

2007-11-04T14:13:33Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

; Participants came from all over Indonesia

* ADIWAN F. ARITENANG - BBPT
* [http://widyantoa.wordpress.com/ ADI WIDYANTO] - CUSO ([http://www.cuso.org/ Canadian Volunteers Organization])
* AGUS WIBOWO - BPPT
* AMRULLAH - USAID Environmental Services Program
* DARMANTO - ASPPUK (Association for Woman in Small Business
Assistance)
* DIAN OKTIARI - BMG, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Division
* FARID AZIS - PT. Multi System Solution
* FRANS THAMURA - JUG - ([http://www.meruvian.org| Meruvian Foundation]) - ([http://www.intercitra.com|Intercitra Prima Integrasi, PT])
* HARIYANTO - RISTEK
* HENDRA MICHAEL AQUAN - Jakarta Green Monster
* INGGIT LOLITA SARI - LAPAN
* LINDA LESTARI - BAKORNAS PB
* MUHAMAD JAFAR ELLY - LIPI
* ICHWAN SUTARDI - Provinsi NTB
* NOVIANTI - RISTEK
* NUHAYATI MASTHURAH - LIPI
* NURYANI - LIPI
* RACHMAWAN ADI LAKSONO - LIPI
* SAPTO NUGRUHO - BPDP-BPPT
* SUKIRSTIYANTI - LIPI
* TUTUT USAHENI - Universitas Riau
* WARDIYONO - Airputih Foundation
* YUSI TYRONI MURSITYO - Universitas Brawijaya
* YUKI INSTIANTO - BPPT
* FIRMAN - ITB
* UTAMI R. KADARWATI - DKP

; Organizers

* KEMAL PRIHATMAN - Asst. to Deputy for Development and Utilization of
Information Technology, RISTEK
* AGUS SEDIADI - Head of Cooperation for IT Institution, RISTEK
* ALDI HARYADI - Head of Sub Division for Governmental Institution,
RISTEK

* [http://www.alvinmarcelo.com DR. ALVIN B. MARCELO], - MANAGER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]
* DR. FRANCIS E. SARMIENTO III - PROJECT OFFICER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]

* ARNULF CHRISTL - TRAINER, [http://www.wheregroup.com WhereGroup]

ToT FOSSGIS07 Participants

2007-11-04T14:12:59Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

; Participants came from all over Indonesia

* ADIWAN F. ARITENANG - BBPT
* [http://widyantoa.wordpress.com/ ADI WIDYANTO] - CUSO ([http://www.cuso.org/ Canadian Volunteers Organization])
* AGUS WIBOWO - BPPT
* AMRULLAH - USAID Environmental Services Program
* DARMANTO - ASPPUK (Association for Woman in Small Business
Assistance)
* DIAN OKTIARI - BMG, Earthquake Engineering and Tsunami Division
* FARID AZIS - PT. Multi System Solution
* FRANS THAMURA - JUG - ([http://www.meruvian.org|Meruvian Foundation]) - ([http://www.intercitra.com|Intercitra Prima Integrasi, PT])
* HARIYANTO - RISTEK
* HENDRA MICHAEL AQUAN - Jakarta Green Monster
* INGGIT LOLITA SARI - LAPAN
* LINDA LESTARI - BAKORNAS PB
* MUHAMAD JAFAR ELLY - LIPI
* ICHWAN SUTARDI - Provinsi NTB
* NOVIANTI - RISTEK
* NUHAYATI MASTHURAH - LIPI
* NURYANI - LIPI
* RACHMAWAN ADI LAKSONO - LIPI
* SAPTO NUGRUHO - BPDP-BPPT
* SUKIRSTIYANTI - LIPI
* TUTUT USAHENI - Universitas Riau
* WARDIYONO - Airputih Foundation
* YUSI TYRONI MURSITYO - Universitas Brawijaya
* YUKI INSTIANTO - BPPT
* FIRMAN - ITB
* UTAMI R. KADARWATI - DKP

; Organizers

* KEMAL PRIHATMAN - Asst. to Deputy for Development and Utilization of
Information Technology, RISTEK
* AGUS SEDIADI - Head of Cooperation for IT Institution, RISTEK
* ALDI HARYADI - Head of Sub Division for Governmental Institution,
RISTEK

* [http://www.alvinmarcelo.com DR. ALVIN B. MARCELO], - MANAGER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]
* DR. FRANCIS E. SARMIENTO III - PROJECT OFFICER, [http://www.iosn.net IOSN ASEAN+3]

* ARNULF CHRISTL - TRAINER, [http://www.wheregroup.com WhereGroup]

User:Fthamura

2007-10-26T07:52:46Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

Frans Thamura

I am basically a Java guy, and interesting with gis because Geoff Zeiss, read his blog at http://geospatial.blogs.com, that explain the power of open content in gis world.

Goeff is helping and my good mentor, since the beginning i was join in OSGeo. Thx to IOSN, Inwent that conduct training for FOSS GIS ToT, so I can be part of the movement here.

Hope i can contribute more to the movement.

I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java island. I am a Industrial Engineering, nothing related with GIS.

if you want to know more about me, plz contact me to frans at meruvian dot org

If you have time, please visit my companies below, and hope can make a join work.

* Meruvian Education
www.meruvian.com

* Intercitra Prima Integrasi
www.intercitra.com

Cheers,

Frans Thamura
Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 - 10 -2007

User:Fthamura

2007-10-26T07:52:20Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

Frans Thamura

I am basically a Java guy, and interesting with gis because [geoff zeiss|http://geospatial.blogs.com] , that explain the power of open content in gis world.

Goeff is helping and my good mentor, since the beginning i was join in OSGeo. Thx to IOSN, Inwent that conduct training for FOSS GIS ToT, so I can be part of the movement here.

Hope i can contribute more to the movement.

I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java island. I am a Industrial Engineering, nothing related with GIS.

if you want to know more about me, plz contact me to frans at meruvian dot org

If you have time, please visit my companies below, and hope can make a join work.

* Meruvian Education
www.meruvian.com

* Intercitra Prima Integrasi
www.intercitra.com

Cheers,

Frans Thamura
Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 - 10 -2007

User:Fthamura

2007-10-26T07:52:00Z

Wiki-Fthamura:

Frans Thamura

I am basically a Java guy, and interesting with gis because [[geoff zeiss|http://geospatial.blogs.com]] , that explain the power of open content in gis world.

Goeff is helping and my good mentor, since the beginning i was join in OSGeo. Thx to IOSN, Inwent that conduct training for FOSS GIS ToT, so I can be part of the movement here.

Hope i can contribute more to the movement.

I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java island. I am a Industrial Engineering, nothing related with GIS.

if you want to know more about me, plz contact me to frans at meruvian dot org

If you have time, please visit my companies below, and hope can make a join work.

* Meruvian Education
www.meruvian.com

* Intercitra Prima Integrasi
www.intercitra.com

Cheers,

Frans Thamura
Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 - 10 -2007

User:Fthamura

2007-10-26T07:51:26Z

Wiki-Fthamura: Frans Thamura

Frans Thamura

I am basically a Java guy, and interesting with gis because geoff zeiss, that explain the power of open content in gis world.

Goeff is helping and my good mentor, since the beginning i was join in OSGeo. Thx to IOSN, Inwent that conduct training for FOSS GIS ToT, so I can be part of the movement here.

Hope i can contribute more to the movement.

I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java island. I am a Industrial Engineering, nothing related with GIS.

if you want to know more about me, plz contact me to frans at meruvian dot org

If you have time, please visit my companies below, and hope can make a join work.

* Meruvian Education
www.meruvian.com

* Intercitra Prima Integrasi
www.intercitra.com

Cheers,

Frans Thamura
Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 - 10 -2007

User:Fthamura

2007-10-26T07:47:55Z

Wiki-Fthamura: New page: Frans Thamura I am basically a Java guy, and intersting with gis because geoff zeiss, that explain the power of open content in gis world. I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java i...

Frans Thamura

I am basically a Java guy, and intersting with gis because geoff zeiss, that explain the power of open content in gis world.

I stay in Indonesia, in Jakarta city, in Java island.

he is helping and my good mentor, since the beginning i was join in OSgeo

if you want to know more about me, plz contact me to frans at meruvian dot org

my companies

Meruvian Education
www.meruvian.com

Intercitra Prima Integrasi
www.intercitra.com

Indonesia

2007-10-26T07:43:36Z

Wiki-Fthamura: /* Interested Members */

There is an Indonesian language mailing list at the OSGeo. Feel free to [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/indonesia subscribe].

Additionally it would be helpful to add people to a list of members who actively contribute to this emerging [[Local Chapters]]. Feel free to add anything that is of matter to this page.

== Interested Members ==
* [[User:Christoph | Christoph Baudson]]
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
* [[User:Yusi | Yusi Tyroni Mursityo ]]
* [[User:Aw3126 | Agus Wibowo ]]
* [[User:fthamura | Frans Thamura ]]
* ''please add yourself...''

== Projects in Region ==
Link to BAKOSURTANAL - Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional (National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping). The project displays aerial photography related to the Tsunami catastrophy using MapServer and Mapbender. The frame is a prototype only, but the data is there. Login as guest/guest at http://www.camtrixx.de/ or load the [http://217.91.123.182/scripts/mapserv.exe?map=e:/data/mapfile/indonesia.map&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS WMS Capabilties].

== Conferences ==
[http://www.geospatial-exh.com/home_en.php 1st Indonesian Geospatial Technolgy Exhibition] <br>

In the framework of overcoming the challenge of global rapid development in mapping and geo-spatial technology, the National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL), in cooperation with PT Mediatama Binakreasi, will organize “The 1st Indonesian Geospatial Technology Exhibition, on August 23 - 27, 2006, at Assembly Hall, Jakarta Convention Center.

[[User:Christoph | Christoph Baudson]] will be there and will take OSGeo Flyer to the conference.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]