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<div>[[FOSS4G 2011|FOSS4G 2011 Home]]<br />
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=== Abstract Submissions ===<br />
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* We allowed users to enter their name (including title) in a single box. This proved to be difficult to parse into firstname, lastname, title in order to check for multiple abstract submissions. Suggestion: have separate entries for firstname, lastname, title<br />
* We allowed users to check multiple boxes for type of presentation (i.e. lightning, general session, etc) from which it was impossible to determine if the submitter had a format preference. Suggestion: have users select choices from a "first preference (required)" and "second preference (optional)" pick list.<br />
* We mixed academic and general track submissions, which made the resulting datasets more difficult to process. Suggestion: Require submissions to be for either the academic OR the general track. Not both.<br />
* Suggestion: Allow users to supply a list of keywords (such as software package, application, etc) This would help to facilitate grouping of talks when scheduling.<br />
* Suggestion: assign an unique "abstract ID" to each abstract when it is submitted, and use it throughout the abstract voting process.<br />
* Suggestion: State explicitly the maximum number of talks (2) on the abstract submission form.<br />
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== Previous Years Lessons Learned ==<br />
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*[[FOSS4G 2010 Lessons Learned|2010]] <br />
*[[FOSS4G 2009 Lessons Learned|2009]] <br />
*[[FOSS4G2008 Lessons Learned|2008]] <br />
*[[FOSS4G2007 Lessons Learned|2007]]<br />
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== FOSS4G 2011 Lessons Learned ==<br />
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Starting this page early so we can document lessons learned as we go along where appropriate, for the benefit of future FOSS4Gs!! <br />
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=== Logo ===<br />
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We had a few misunderstandings over the logo requirements initially! This is a summary of requirements for the logo: <br />
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*It must incorporate the FOSS4G "ribbon" element, which has been used in the logo of all FOSS4G conferences. Past logos can be seen [http://foss4g.org/static/index.html here]. <br />
*It does not need to incorporate the OSGeo logo.<br />
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The logo is something on which everyone has an opinion (often a strong one!). We recommend assigning a small group to get the logo done rather than having extensive debate with the whole team! We ended up using [http://www.crowdspring.com crowdspring] and were very pleased with the way that this worked - we would highly recommend using them in future. Start on the logo asap as you need it for other early stage documents like the sponsorship prospectus. <br />
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=== Sponsorship ===<br />
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Make sure that your sponsorship benefits are a reasonable match for the previous year's, unless you have a compelling reason to change that you are willing to defend. In our first brochure we inadvertently reduced the number of conference passes provided, and quickly heard negative feedback about this from several people (in particular the fact that the bronze sponsorship included no passes rather than one). We changed the benefits to match the previous year in the light of this feedback.<br />
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=== LOC Organization ===<br />
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The Chair needs to get assignments made to members of the team as early as possible, and delegate effectively. I (Peter) didn't do this soon enough.<br />
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=== Discounts ===<br />
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Have discounts/comps for workshops and tutorials clearly ironed out '''before''' making any call for proposals for workshops/tutorials. This affects who and how many presenters might submit proposals and what they hopes/expectations might be. This year, our budget only stated how many free passes, generally, were available - not with a particular number set aside for workshops.<br />
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<div>'''This page is an inventory of courses at the university level that are using open source geospatial technologies. If you have a course to add, please add it to the appropriate country list. This page was initially created in November 2010.''' <br />
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== Canada ==<br />
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* University of Toronto at Mississauga <br />
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** [[Media:Robinson_TorontoGIS.pdf]] Comments on use of Open Source Software in courses with GRASS and R, Vincent B. Robinson<br />
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* Carleton University <br />
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** [http://cemml.carleton.ca/GEOM4008/GEOM4008_F10_Outline.pdf GEOM 4008 – Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems]<br />
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* Laval University, Quebec City, Prof. Thierry Badard <br />
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** [http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca/fr/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=31 Development of GIS applications / Raelisation d'applications en SIG ]<br />
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** [http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca/wiki/doku.php?id=cours_publication_donnees_spatiales_dans_internet Advanced publishing of spatial data on the Web / Publication (avancee) de donnees spatiales dans Internet ]<br />
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** [http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca/fr/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=32 Frameworks for software development in GIS / Cadres de developpement logiciel en geomatique ]<br />
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** [http://geosoa.scg.ulaval.ca/fr/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=30 Development of Web and mobile GIS applications / Programmation Web et mobile d'applications geomatiques ]<br />
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== Germany ==<br />
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* HafenCity University Hamburg <br />
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** [http://www.giswiki.org/wiki/PostGIS_Tutorial GIS I/II courses, Uwe Dalluge, OpenJUMP + PostGIS ]<br />
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* University of Hohenheim <br />
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** [https://phytomedizin.uni-hohenheim.de/scripts_herbo0.html GIS-Herbology with OpenJump, Christoph Gutjahr, Martin Weiss, sample material ]<br />
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== Italy ==<br />
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* Cagliari University <br />
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** [http://topografia.unica.it/moodle/login/index.php Cartografia Numerica e GIS (gvSIG), Giannina Sanna ]<br />
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* Insubria University<br />
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** [http://biocenosi.dipbsf.uninsubria.it/didattica/SIT.html Sistemi Informativi Territoriali (QGIS, GRASS) - Damiano Preatoni ]<br />
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* Palermo University<br />
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** [http://www.dirap.unipa.it/~scianna/sit_scgeo_2005-06.htm#sc_geo_prot_civ Sistemi Informativi Territoriali (QGIS, GRASS) - Andrea Scianna ]<br />
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* Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como <br />
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** [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/corsi/ Geographic Information Systems, (GRASS, Openjump, Mapserver, p.mapper), Maria A. Brovelli ]<br />
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* Trento University<br />
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** [http://www.ing.unitn.it/~zatelli/cartografia_numerica.html Cartografia Numerica e GIS (Digital Cartography and GIS) GRASS, Mapserver, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, QGIS - Paolo Zatelli ]<br />
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== Japan ==<br />
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* Osaka City University - Graduate School of Science<br />
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** [http://www.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp/~masumoto/vuniv2000/index.html GRASS, Prof. Shinji Masumoto ]<br />
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* Osaka City University - Graduate School of Creative Cities<br />
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** [http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/moodle/ GRASS and FOSS4G WebGIS, Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan ]<br />
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== Spain ==<br />
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* Girona University<br />
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** [http://www.unigis.es/nuestrosCursos/master Master in GIS (UNIGIS) courses (gvSIG, Sextante, GRASS, QGIS, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Openlayers, Mapserver, ILWIS) ] <br />
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== Switzerland ==<br />
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* University of Zurich (CH)<br />
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** [http://www.geo.uzh.ch/microsite/geo123/ Geo 123.3 - Basics in Geoinformation, lecturers: diverse, OpenJUMP + OpenOffice + ImageJ ]<br />
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== United States ==<br />
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* Arizona State University <br />
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** [http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/CMB_iWeb/Academics_files/SpatialTech2008.pdf Spatial Technologies in Anthropology, Michael Barton ]<br />
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** [http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton/CMB_iWeb/Academics_files/RemoteSensing2006.pdf Remote Sensing and Quaternary Environments, R Arrowsmith, R Aspinall, M Barton, & P Fall ]<br />
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** GeoDa Spatial statistics for economic development, Luc Ansellin <br />
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* Idaho State University <br />
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** Geol 5599 Web Mapping - OGC, MapServer, OpenLayers, Daniel P. Ames <br />
** ISU Geol 6628 Advanced GIS Programming - MapWindow GIS Components <br />
** ISU Geol 6648 Open Source GIS - QGIS, MapWindow, GRASS, GVSIG <br />
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* Michigan State University<br />
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** [https://www.msu.edu/~ashton/classes/825/index.html GEO 825 - Geoprocessing]<br />
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* North Carolina State University <br />
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** [http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea582/common/GIST.html Geospatial Modeling and Analysis (GRASS) ]<br />
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** [http://courses.ncsu.edu/mea792/lec/002/GIST_MEA792.html Advanced Geospatial Modeling (Python, GRASS, GDAL/OGR, libLAS, LAStools) ]<br />
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* Pennsylvania State University <br />
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* [https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog585/ Open Web Mapping MS GIS elective Ian Turton ]<br />
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* University of California Davis <br />
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** [http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/plant/qgislabs.htm Introduction to GIS: QGIS, Richard Plant GRASS, R ]<br />
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* University of Massachusetts Amherst <br />
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** [http://courses.umass.edu/nrc297s/ Intro to spatial technology - Charlie Schweik ]<br />
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* Utah State University <br />
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** [http://www.gis.usu.edu/~chrisg/python/2009/ Geoprocessing with Python using Open Source GIS- Chris Garrard (Python, GDAL/OGR) ]<br />
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<div>== What gets into OSGeoLive? ==<br />
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We have an emphasis of quality, and we are space constrained on OSGeoLive and so are selective about what is included.<br />
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Priority for selecting OSGeoLive projects to package is:<br />
# OSGeo Projects<br />
# OSGeo Projects in incubation<br />
# Stable GeoSpatial Open Source Software being presented in workshops, tutorials, or presentations at FOSS4G<br />
# Other Stable GeoSpatial Open Source Software with established project communities and a wide user base<br />
# It will be ready for the next release in accordance with our [https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB schedule]<br />
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Projects need to provide:<br />
* Project Champion<br />
: Someone who will liaise between the OSGeoLive team and the project and ensures the application remains up to date on OSGeoLive.<br />
* A base [[#Install_Script]] for installing onto an Ubuntu Linux based system.<br />
* [[#Documentation]] in line with OSGeoLive templates<br />
* Someone who will run and verify the applications works in development releases<br />
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB Project Status] to be maintained.<br />
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If you think you can cover all these criteria for your project, then send an email to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo OSGeoLive email list] asking if your project is appropriate.<br />
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== Which version to use? ==<br />
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* Stable, always! LiveGIS users are usually seeing OSGeo newbies and will be turned off by any software bugs.<br />
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== Install Script ==<br />
Each project is to write a shell script which installs and configures your stable application into the OSGeoLive Xubuntu.<br />
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All install scripts for building the LiveGIS disc shall be licensed as LGPL.<br />
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When finished, ask the OSGeoLive team to reference your script from ''main.sh''.<br />
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Scripts are stored here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/<br />
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The script may be as simple as:<br />
[https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_mapserver.sh install_mapserver.sh], which just <br />
apt-get install mapserver<br />
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Projects that haven't been packaged for Ubuntu yet are slightly more complicated:<br />
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The uDig package is a good example: [https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/install_udig.sh install_udig.sh]<br />
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* 3rd Party Repositories: Create an <app>.list file with your repository in sources.list.d/ in the svn, in your script copy the file to the local machine like<br />
cp -f ../sources.list/ubuntugis.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/<br />
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don't forget to add the repository key like so<br />
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 68436DDF<br />
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== Packaging conventions ==<br />
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* '''sudo''': Assume the script is to be executed as root. This means that sudo is only needed if you need to execute a command as e.g. the database user.<br />
: This means that ~/ refers to the directory /home/root/, so you should use ~user/ to reference /home/user/.<br />
: Preferred method is to put the <tt>USER_NAME</tt> and <tt>USER_HOME</tt> variables at the top, so these can be easily changed in all scripts if needed.<br />
USER_NAME="user"<br />
USER_HOME="/home/$USER_NAME"<br />
cp package_readme.txt "$USER_HOME"<br />
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* '''Called twice''': Assume that the script will be executed multiple times, (as people may re-run the install process to get it right).<br />
: Make sure that nothing is corrupted if the script runs a second time.<br />
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* '''No Prompts''': Try not to have any interactive steps which prompt the user for an answer, as we want the scripts to be run automatically. In particular, try running the script a second time, and see if you get prompted to overwrite files.<br />
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* '''/tmp''': Copy all downloads into /tmp/build_<package>/<br />
: Don't delete the /tmp/build_<package> directory afterwards. If the script is re-run, then time and bandwidth is saved by not having to download large files again.<br />
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* '''Icons''': Where appropriate, create an icon on the desktop which loads the application. The file should be called <packagename>.desktop and placed in /home/user/Desktop/ for further processing. The icons will be sorted and the Geospatial menu will be auto-generated from here.<br />
: Install <packagename>.png icon files to the /usr/share/icons/ directory.<br />
: see <tt>install_qgis.sh</tt> for an example<br />
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* '''Browser bookmarks:''' If the application is launched from the browser, then include the application in Firefox bookmarks.<br />
: (Todo: How do we do this?)<br />
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* '''wget''': When downloading large files using wget, use the "-c" continue command, as it will not re-download files if they already exist, and will continue if one is partially downloaded:<br />
wget -c package.tar.gz<br />
: Do not use -c if there is a chance the file of that name will change on the server. Add "<tt>--progress=dot:mega</tt>" to the wget command line if the file is at all large.<br />
: Tiny files should use wget's -nv (non-verbose) flag.<br />
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* '''mkdir''': Use -p (create parents too) option when creating a directory, as it doesn't complain about creating the directory a second time.<br />
mkdir -p <dir><br />
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* '''Binary files''': Do not put large (>5mb) binary files into the SVN repository without asking first. Due to SVN's preservation of history, once they are added they can never be removed, and forever-more clog up the backend database. Subversion is designed to be a ''source code management'' tool, not a data warehouse. There is space for large static data files (e.g. sample data) at http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/data/. Just ask on the mailing list if you'd like to house something there.<br />
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= Packaging considerations =<br />
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The criteria used to select applications for the LiveGIS follow.<br />
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== Technical limitations ==<br />
=== Space considerations ===<br />
* DVD: approx 4.2gb compressed<br />
* USB stick: For a 4gb persistent USB stick with some room left over for user-workspace, 3.2-3.5gb compressed. (This pretty much works out to the DVD version minus the preloaded Mac and Windows installers)<br />
* Virtual Machines: theoretically unlimited, but in practice 20gb uncompressed<br />
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So smaller apps (<30mb) of lesser priority may easily slip in under the ire radar, but an external project that wants to use a 25% of the available disc space would be the first to be compromised away.<br />
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=== Memory considerations ===<br />
Both Virtual Machines, and a LiveDVD images are likely to be constrained by limited memory. So to reduce memory usage. Disk image size is not of major concern, as we can just distribute less data.<br />
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The following principles should be followed. <br />
* Do not start applications upon power up. (Ie, don't start deamons, allow users to start them instead).<br />
* Set up examples which, by default, don't depend on other applications. Less applications open, means less memory. Ie, Have GeoServer access a shapefile instead of PostGIS.<br />
* Try to avoid scenarios which write data to disk, as disk space in the Live DVD is stored in RAM, and is not cleared afterward.<br />
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File permissions and filesystem user IDs can get garbled during the ISO build process. Therefore a special method is used to ensure that data files which must be read-write can be accessed.<br />
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To install a writable data directory or files, change its group to "users" and set the file(s) as group-writable:<br />
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adduser $USER_NAME users<br />
chmod -R g+w /usr/local/share/<packagename>/data/<br />
chown -R root.users /usr/local/share/<packagename>/data/<br />
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and symlink into the user's home directory if necessary.<br />
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Setting files to have universal write permission is strongly discouraged.<br />
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= Directory Structure =<br />
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# '''/tmp''' Temporary files (e.g., downloaded archives) go into /tmp. Please create a separate folder for your project.<br />
# '''/usr/lib''' application are usually installed into /usr/lib<br />
# '''/usr/bin''' things that get executed by the user such as startup scripts or links to them should go into /usr/bin<br />
# '''/etc/init.d''' startup/shutdown scripts for services (e.g., postgres, apache, tomcat) are stored in /etc/init.d<br />
# '''/usr/local/share''' sample data and documentation goes into /usr/local/share<br />
# '''/etc''' config files are stored in /etc<br />
# '''/home/user''' user specific config files or working directories can go into <tt>/home/user/</tt>. However, keep files in /home/user as small as possible as this folder is loaded into memory in the Live DVD. Symlinks into /usr/local can be useful here.<br />
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* ''You are strongly encouraged to use '''/usr/local/''' and '''/var/local/''' for storing non-packaged content.''<br />
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== .deb Packaging ==<br />
While many packages are installed from a bash script, ideally, applications should be packaged in [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS UbuntuGIS] or [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis DebianGIS] repositories, or in a Launchpad PPA (e.g. available from the UbuntuGIS repository). Next would be packaged into .debs from your own Ubuntu repository. An official Debian package could be used, but we'd have to rebuild it from source (this takes time but is fairly easy; usually these are already sucked in Ubuntu automatically so it isn't an issue).<br />
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If you must build from source, building a .deb package and installing that is preferred to "make install". If you do need to "make install", please set the path prefix to /usr/local/ and ''ensure that your package does not introduce namespace conflicts''.<br />
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In practice a number of scripts employ a hybrid approach, with as much as possible installed via official packages, and the occasional plugin compiled from source.<br />
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A base set of build-tools are already included, but if you install a bunch of -dev packages to build your app, make sure that you clean them all up after you are done.<br />
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Using "<tt>gdebi</tt>" instead of "<tt>dpkg -i</tt>" can be useful for installing .deb packages manually, as it ensures that all dependencies are also installed.<br />
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== Documentation ==<br />
=== Application Overview ===<br />
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The [[Marketing_Artefacts#Application_Overview|Application Overview]] is a one page marketing page targeted at a someone considering using GeoSpatial Open Source, who may be a GeoSpatial User, a Technical person without much geospatial expertise, or manager with limited GeoSpatial or technical experience. Published Overviews are linked from here: http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html<br />
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The source Overviews are written in [http://sphinx.pocoo.org/rest.html RST wiki format] and built using sphinx. Source documents are to be stored here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/overview/en/<application>_overview.rst . They should follow the structure and style of the reference Overview, which has lots of helpful comments, at https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/overview/en/postgis_overview.rst<br />
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The Overviews are currently published as [http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html HTML pages]. In future we intend to also create 1 page PDFs, (to hand out as a flier at conferences, and as a page in the OSGeo Book of projects), and as Word/OpenOffice (to be cut and pasted into project proposals and articles which usually use these formats).<br />
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Overviews also require:<br />
* an image for the application, usually a screen shot or collage of screen shots, taken from a 1024x768 display, and stored here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/images/screenshots/1024x768<br />
: (An 800x600 desktop image will be acceptable, but is not the preferred, as we plan to create additional higher quality PDF files from these images)<br />
** Screenshots with large areas of constant color (menus, etc.) should be in PNG format, screenshots containing large areas of imagery (satellite images, shaded relief DEMs, etc.) should be in JPEG format.<br />
** For PNGs ''please'' run a program like [http://packages.ubuntu.com/pngcrush pngcrush] to reduce the size of the image without degrading quality.<br />
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* A project logo as per [[#Logo]]<br />
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Try printing the html page from the browser, and ensure that the page is less than one page long. (The less words you write, the more people will read your documentation.)<br />
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Once finished, note your documentation is complete in the OSGeo-Live project status at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=5<br />
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=== Application Quick Start ===<br />
The [[Marketing_Artefacts#Application_Quick_Start|Application Quick Start]] defines detailed steps, with screen shots, for a new user to run one of the application's core functions. It should be able to be run in 5 to 10 minutes.<br />
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This documentation is highly desirable for our 4.0 release for FOSS4G 2010, and will become mandatory for all projects in following releases.<br />
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Source documentation is written in [http://sphinx.pocoo.org/rest.html RST wiki format], is built using sphinx, and is stored here:<br />
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https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/en/quickstart/<application>_quickstart.rst<br />
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The reference quickstart, which includes structure guidelines and with tips on how to fill in the quickstart is here:<br />
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/en/overview/udig_quickstart.rst<br />
and is published here: http://live.osgeo.org/quickstart/udig_quickstart.html<br />
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Applications are expected to include screen shots for each major step in the quickstart. This is not mandatory for 2011, but will become a criteria in future releases.<br />
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Screenshots are to be taken from a 1024x768 display, and stored here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/images/screenshots/1024x768/<application>_<screen_name>.png<br />
(A 800x600 desktop image will be acceptable, but is not the preferred, as we plan to create additional higher quality PDF files from these images)<br />
: Screenshots with large areas of constant color (menus, etc.) should be in PNG format, screenshots containing large areas of imagery (satellite images, shaded relief DEMs, etc.) should be in JPEG format.<br />
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Once finished, note your documentation is complete in the project status at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=5<br />
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=== Logo ===<br />
The Project's logo is used in the headers of documentation (like Project Overviews, QuickStarts, Powerpoint presentations etc, and as icons on the OSGeo-Live Desktop. Hence there are a few different requirements for the logo.<br />
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;Header logo:<br />
:* Stored here: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/doc/images/project_logos<br />
:* Filename should be "logo-<projectname>.png"<br />
:* Should have a transparent background (not white)<br />
:* Preferably stored in size 125x125 pixels (for use in Project Overview and QuickStarts)<br />
:* Should preferably be in PNG format<br />
:* For PNGs ''please'' run a program like [http://packages.ubuntu.com/pngcrush pngcrush] to reduce the size of the image without degrading quality.<br />
:* Preferably also available as SVG, stored as "logo-<projectname>.svg"<br />
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;Desktop logo:<br />
:We are still to define the requirements for creating a desktop logo. They will likely include:<br />
:* A 32x32-pixel XPM icon for use by the Debian menus<br />
:* A 48x48-pixel PNG icon for use by freedesktop.org menus<br />
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== Publishing Documentation ==<br />
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Once finished, you can verify your [http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html reST] text looks good by building using the following:<br />
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make html<br />
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You can then view the results in:<br />
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== Testing procedure ==<br />
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Provide test steps for your application as per the [[Live GIS Disc Testing]] wiki page.<br />
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Once the application has been included into a release candidate, ensure the test steps are executed and work on the release candidate. Write up the results as per the [[Live GIS Disc Testing]] wiki page.<br />
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= Translations =<br />
For details on how to translate, refer to [[Live GIS Translate]]<br />
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==Supporting Local Organizations==<br />
The Denver LOC has the support of a wide range of local organizations. This is reflected in the number and variety of letters of support we have received from organizations, including: Commercial geospatial companies utilizing and contributing to FOSS like AutoDesk, WeoGeo, and Galdos; User organizations like FRUGOS and Rocky Mountain URISA; Government organizations like the USGS; and major research centers like NSIDC and NOAA NGDC.<br />
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==United States Government Participation==<br />
The United States Government has traditionally been a major supporter of FOSS4G, as well as a significant source of free (gratis and libre) geospatial data. In fact, it was the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Laboratories (CERL) that first developed the open source GRASS GIS. This tradition is carried well into the 21st century with projects like the National Aeronautical and Space Administration's (NASA) WorldWind open source virtual globe. The US Geological Survey (USGS) provides free data access to it's geospatial holdings, adding to the significant US Census TIGER/line free data. Recently, the USGS and NASA announced a return to 100% free data from Landsat starting with the first scene captured in 1972 to today.<br />
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The current U.S. Administration, lead by President Barack Obama, has issued an Open Government Initiative and established Data.gov, a website for sharing spatial and non-spatial datasets. This follow up on their campaign platform:<br />
“Making government data available online in universally accessible formats to allow citizens to make use of that data to comment, derive value, and take action in their own communities."<br />
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This represents an unprecedented call to action from the highest levels of the US Government to release (free, as in libre) data by implementing open geospatial standards. This effort is dependent on the future of FOSS4G. As such, the Denver LOC anticipates significant participation in a Denver-hosted FOSS4G 2011 by civil servants throughout the US Government.<br />
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==Local Organizing Committee==<br />
The proposed Organizing Committee for a Denver-hosted FOSS4G 2011 would slightly redefine "local." Having seen FOSS4G grow to an international scale, we wish to expand "local" to include not just a city, region, or even a state but the entire continent. Our initial organizing committee is mostly local to the Colorado Front Range but will be expanded to include contributors from throughout North America. We will actively seek out input and direction from FOSS4G contributors in Canada and Latin America as well as Indigenous Nations.<br />
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===Peter Batty===<br />
Peter Batty has worked on geospatial software since pre-open source times. He is currently Vice President of Geospatial Technology at Ubisense, Inc., as well as founder and President of Spatial Networking, a heavy PostGIS user, and a contributor to OpenStreetMap. Previously, he has been CTO at Intergraph and Smallworld. He was a member of the OGC technical committee in its formative years. He has been heavily involved in the organization of multiple conferences, including three years on the GITA Annual Conference committee and many user conferences for Ubisense and Smallworld. He has spoken at roughly 100 geospatial conferences spread across 16 countries and 5 continents. He has served on the board of GITA since 2004 and on the editorial advisory board of GeoWorld magazine since 1996.<br />
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===Steve Coast===<br />
Steve Coast is the founder of OpenStreetMap, a collaborative map of the world made by people like you. Steve has worked in many heavy lifting computing applications before co-founding a Web consultancy firm with Nick Black in 2006. In 2008, this became CloudMade after investment by Sunstone Capital. Steve lives on planes and in airports and is most easily contacted by e-mail.<br />
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===Tyler Erickson===<br />
Tyler Erickson is a research scientist for the Michigan Tech Research Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Erickson's research interests include algorithm development for geostatistical analysis and designing internet-based geospatial information systems. An example of Dr. Erickson's work on communicating science research using open-source geospatial and virtual globe technologies was selected as a winning entry for Google's KML in Research competition. Dr. Erickson serves as the director of MichiganView (http://michiganview.org) and the technology chair of AmericaView (http://americaview.org), which are non-profit consortia of academic, non-profit, and governmental organizations that promote the use of remote sensing technologies by supporting research, education, workforce development, and technology transfer. During 2010-2011 he is living in Boulder and working as a Visiting Scientist at UCAR/NCAR and NOAA.<br />
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===James Fee===<br />
James Fee is the Chief Evangelist for WeoGeo helping people organize, share and monetize their geo-content. As WeoGeo's Chief Evangelist, James helps people organize, share and monetize their geo-content. James’ years of experience working with geospatial technology helps users make smart choices about implementing GIS more effectively. He blogs about geospatial technology at his blog (www.spatiallyadjusted.com) where he writes extensively about the implications of geospatial technology on workflows. He has also helped develop an online community culminating in Planet Geospatial (www.planetgs.com). James has been a frequent presenter at geospatial conferences around the world and a frequent columnist at Geoinformatics Magazine.<br />
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===Sean Gorman===<br />
Sean Gorman founded FortiusOne in 2005 to bring advanced geospatial technologies to market. Dr. Gorman is a recognized expert in geospatial analysis and visualization. He has been featured around the world in media such as, Wired, Der Spiegel, ABC, Washington Post, Business 2.0, and CNN, and his expertise is sought after by organizations such as the Critical Infrastructure Task Force and the Homeland Security Advisory Council.<br />
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===Mikel Maron===<br />
Mikel Maron is founder of Mapufacture (now part of FortiusOne), and web developer for hire, specializing in Open Geospatial and Wiki tech. He’s been active in the standardization of GeoRSS and in the OpenStreetMap collaborative mapping project, and several open source projects. He’s developed two of the first Wikis in use at the UN. Previously, Mikel worked as senior developer of My Yahoo! and researched evolutionary models of ecosystems for an MSc at the University of Sussex.<br />
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===Bruce Raup===<br />
Bruce Raup is an Associate Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, USA, and Technical Lead on the GLIMS project there (glims.org). To support his work in glaciology, Bruce has used nothing but free and open source software for ten years. He has developed and implemented a geospatial database of glacier outlines and other glacier information using PostGIS and MapServer, and almost daily uses software such as GMT, GDAL/OGR, GRASS, and increasingly OpenLayers. He started a group at NSIDC to exchange ideas about open source geospatial software and protocols. He strongly supports the use of open standards and open source software, and is continually amazed at the endless possibilities of Web-based geospatial applications through the use of those open standards.<br />
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===Charlie Savage===<br />
Charlie Savage is the founder and CEO of MapBuzz. Before founding MapBuzz, he helped launch Ubisense, a world-wide startup that provides indoor location tracking technology. Prior to that, he<br />
was Chief Architect for GE Energy’s Substation and Automation & Network Reliability division. Charlie has contributed to a number of open source geospatial projects, including GEOS, Gdal, PostGis, and Proj4. He has a blog at http://cfis.savagexi.com.<br />
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===Brian Timoney===<br />
As Principal of The Timoney Group, Brian has practiced GIS and Web mapping in fields such as the energy exploration, environmental remediation, and defense contracting. As a heavy user of open source tools such as PostGIS, MapServer, and the GDAL/OGR libraries, Brian contributes to the community by heading up FRUGOS (Front Range Users of Geospatial Open Source), a group that maintains a mailing list and conducts periodic workshops and meetings in the area. Brian participated in FOSS4G-2007 (both conducting a workshop and presenting), and has presented at conferences such as GeoWeb, Where 2.0, and Location Intelligence.<br />
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===Andrew Turner===<br />
Andrew Turner is the co-founder of Mapufacture, a personalized geospatial search and aggregation platform. Mapufacture was acquired by FortiusOne in August 2008. With Mapufacture, he consulted with companies such as MapQuest, the BBC, and the UN in developing their geospatial and community components. Andrew regularly speaks at conferences on the benefits of open-source software and geospatial standards and publishes books and reports through O'Reilly Media. Previously, Andrew was an aerospace engineer building airships, spacecraft and realtime immersive simulators. He received his B.S in Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Virginia and his Masters from Virginia Tech. <br />
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===Ben Tuttle===<br />
Ben Tuttle is a Project Scientist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), as well as a Geography PhD Student at the University of Denver. He is a firm believer in the use and power of Open Standards and Open Source software. He is a regular user of GDAL/OGR, Mapserver, PostgreSQL /PostGIS, OpenLayers, and World Wind. Recently, he has been working on publishing much of the data he works with via WMS/WCS/WFS, building GeoWeb applications, and teaching a class on using Mapserver and PostgreSQL/PostGIS. <br />
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===Eric Wolf===<br />
Eric Wolf is a Research Geographer in U.S. Geological Survey's Center of Excellence for GIScience. He is a board member of GeekLabs, Inc., a leader in applying FOSS technology to "smart-grid" energy systems used in developing nations. In 1994, Eric co-founded the Chattanooga Unix, Gnu, And Linux User Group (CHUGALUG), to provide a network for professionals using FOSS in the Chattanooga Area. He is a Geography PhD Student at the University of Colorado at Boulder under the advisement of Dr. Barbara Buttenfield. <br />
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===Rafael Moreno-Sanchez===<br />
Dr. Rafael Moreno-Sanchez received his Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Chapingo University, Mexico in 1982 and his Master of Science and PhD in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University in 1992. He has worked as a researcher for the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock and served as the Director of the National Center for Forest Ecosystems Conservation and Management in Mexico. He was the Director of the Master of Science in GIScience program at the University of Denver for two years, and is currently an Assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado-Denver. He teaches courses in GIS science, environmental science, and sustainability in natural resources management. His recent research publications include book chapters on Decision Support System for Forest Management in Mexico, the Geospatial Semantic Web, and the use of Open Source Software in creating web-based cross-border health spatial information systems.<br />
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===Tyler Mitchell===<br />
Tyler works for OSGeo, the annual host of FOSS4G, and serves as a representative of the host organisation. He has served on several other LOC's starting in 2007 and will help to ensure that OSGeo, as an organisation, is available for supporting the conference. He works closely with the OSGeo Board. Through his work with OSGeo and as a published author in this space, he is also an international speaker on open source geospatial topics. He studied Geography at Lakehead University and lives in British Columbia where he's historically worked in forestry and GIS for natural resource management.<br />
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==Non-LOC Volunteers==<br />
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Please add your name and some details about who you are here if you want to help out with the conference:<br />
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==The Geospatial Open Source Community in Colorado==<br />
As a hub of technical innovation, the Front Range features a variety of companies and individuals deeply interested in the application of open source geospatial software. In the Summer of 2006, Sean Gillies and Brian Timoney organized a mailing list to loosely tie users together and christened it "FRUGOS"—Front Range Users of Geospatial Open Source. What has characterized FRUGOS since its inception has been the participation of folks from a broad swath of backgrounds who don't necessarily consider themselves "GIS" people. Indeed, Colorado has a number of organizations catering to traditional GIS constituencies, so in many ways it has been quite edifying to bring out in the open the latent interest in alternative approaches with geospatial open source.<br />
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Among the events FRUGOS has organized has been an UnConference hosted by Tom Churchill (of Earthscape renown) in Boulder that drew about 25 enthusiasts, including folks such as Scott Davis, Peter Batty, Charlie Savage, et al. In addition, we had an after-hours MapServer/PostGIS workshop hosted by Bruce Rindahl in Denver that drew an overflow crowd of at 35 people, remarkable for the fact that they were more "mainstream" GIS users than "hackers". Last winter saw FRUGOS-apalooza: four events, four nights, four bars in Denver, Ft. Collins, Boulder, and Colorado Springs. Just as important as the 20-25 attendees for each stop was the fact that by getting the word out via the primary GIS mailing lists (maintained by GIS Colorado) as well as other non-GIS open source mailing lists, the "tour" created an awareness of FRUGOS that far exceeded those who attended.<br />
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The exposure of open source solutions at the GITA-sponsored GIS In the Rockies conference in recent years. From showing the role of MapServer in the City of Denver's GIS Department to Tim Beerman of CH2M-Hill demonstrating live feature editing in Google Earth using Feature Server and PostGIS, this too has been a venue for the traditional "base" of the GIS Community to exposed to real-people-doing-real-things with open source. <br />
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In short, through the work of FRUGOS, we not only are effectively providing a forum for current users of geospatial software in the area, but are providing opportunities for long-time users of proprietary GIS packages to learn more and see its everyday uses up close. The implications for hosting the FOSS4G 2011 conference are clear: a large community of GIS users who are aware of the role of open source software in their field as well as a track record of well-attended FRUGOS events geared to both the hacker specialist and the manager/generalist. <br />
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==Use of Free and Open Source Software in Denver/Boulder Research Centers==<br />
Open Source software is used extensively in regional research institutions such as the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Unidata, and university departments. As an example, NSIDC stores ever-increasing amounts of data and metadata in PostGIS databases, which in-turn drive interfaces based on MapServer, GeoServer, and OpenLayers. Datasets are subsetted on-the-fly using GDAL. NSIDC's drive to use Free and Open Source software is a combination of low cost, high performance, flexibility, and the ability to share solutions and IT infrastructure with collaborating outside institutions. They have found that FOSS geospatial software has good functionality and high performance that easily meet their system requirements. <br />
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Support is plentiful via online documentation and mailing lists, and there have been cases where reported bugs have been fixed in a matter of hours. NGDC uses both open-source and commercial software to accomplish their mission and depends on Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. While in some case this involves using only open-source software, NGDC has also been very successful in integrating open-source and commercial software to develop powerful solutions. Unidata, part of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), is dedicated to providing tools and infrastructure to support earth and atmospheric sciences. They are the developers of the netCDF data access libraries, the IDV visualization tool, and heavily involved in the development of the OGC WCS standards. In short, the research centers in the Denver/Boulder region benefit greatly from many Free and Open Source geospatial software applications, and are giving back to these communities through sharing expertise and bug reporting.<br />
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==Denver and OSGeo==<br />
A transparent working relationship and open collaboration with OSGeo are integral to a successful FOSS4G 2011. The Denver LOC will work with the OSGeo Board of Directors and Conference Committees concerning all key FOSS4G developments and decisions. Communication will include formal quarterly reports on all committee activities, as well as a final report at the conclusion of the event. All conference materials will be provided in original form and without license.<br />
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If Denver is chosen to host FOSS4G 2011, the LOC requests that a member of the OSGeo Board of Directors joins the LOC as a liaison to help ensure OSGeo’s vision and strategy remain at the forefront of all planning activities.<br />
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As FOSS4G continues to evolve and grow, the Denver LOC also understands that learning from and building upon past events is extremely important to broadening the scope of this event. The committee will continue to consult Lessons Learned from previous FOSS4G and other resources on the OSGeo wiki. All conference information and additional resources will also be added to the wiki if Denver is chosen to host the 2011 event.<br />
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<div>== Purposes of this page ==<br />
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Members of the scientific committee of the FOSS4G 2009 academic track have different research interests. In order to assign papers for reviewing to an appropriate specialist in the fields each paper deals with, this page tries to gather all domains of expertise or of interest for each member of the committee.<br />
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So, members of the scientific committee, please edit the table below and add 5 to 10 keywords that summarize your expertise or your research interests.<br />
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== Domains of interest ==<br />
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|Thierry Badard<br />
|Geospatial BI (Business Intelligence), Spatial OLAP, spatial ETL and datawarehousing, geo-analytical tools and services, decision support, Services Oriented Architectures (SOA), geospatial web services, Location Based Services (LBS), Mobile and context-aware applications, geospatial standards<br />
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|Jorge Gustavo Rocha<br />
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|Venkatesh Raghavan<br />
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| Maria Antonia Brovelli<br />
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|Ari Jolma <br />
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|Frédéric Hubert <br />
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|Suchith Anand <br />
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|Tyler Erickson <br />
|geostatistics, inverse modeling, geospatial web services, relational database design, decision support, remote sensing algorithm development<br />
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|Serena Coetzee <br />
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|Dimitris Kotzinos <br />
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|Daniel Ames <br />
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|Bénédicte Bucher <br />
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|Christoph Stasch <br />
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|Barend Köbben <br />
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|Cyril de Runz <br />
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|Vlad Tanasescu <br />
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|Johannes Brauner <br />
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|Charlie Schweik <br />
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|Mike Jackson <br />
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|William Cartwright <br />
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|Jochen Albrecht <br />
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|Guy Johnson <br />
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|François Pinet <br />
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|Lars Bodum <br />
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<div>[[AGU| American Geophysical Union]] annual conference.<br />
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=2008 Conference=<br />
San Francisco, December, 2008<br />
[http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/ Link to Meeting Homepage]<br />
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== OSGeo Sessions ==<br />
There are several; search for "open source" on the [http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/waisfm08.html abstract index page].<br />
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=== Session: Open Source Remote Sensing for Environmental Mapping and Analysis Posters ===<br />
* Time: Wednesday 8:00<br />
* Location: MC Hall D<br />
* Presiding: P Fox, HAO/ESSL/NCAR; A N Pilant, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Landscape Characterization Branch<br />
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==== A Matlab Program for Textural Classification Using Neural Networks ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1146<br />
* Authors: E P Leite, C de Souza Fil<br />
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==== AWIPS II+: An Open-Source SOA Solution Enabling Environmental Remote Sensing Integration, Analysis, and Decision Support ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1147<br />
* Authors: P E Ardanuy, C A Hood, S G Moran, A A Ritchie, A M Tarro, A J Nappi<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|369|5487|AWIPS%20II%2b:%20An%20Open-Source%20SOA%20Solution%20Enabling%20Environmental%20Remote%20Sensing%20Integration%2c%20Analysis%2c%20and%20Decision%20Support|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28672738%2028678225%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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==== Landscape-Scale Soil Carbon Inventories by Microclimate Decomposition ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1148<br />
* Authors: D E Beaudette, A T O'Geen<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|371|3570|Landscape-Scale%20Soil%20Carbon%20Inventories%20by%20Microclimate%20Decomposition|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28678225%2028681795%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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==== The Wildland Fire Emissions Information System: Providing information for carbon cycle studies with open source geospatial tools ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1149<br />
* Authors: N H French, T Erickson, D McKenzie<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|437|3539|The%20Wildland%20Fire%20Emissions%20Information%20System:%20Providing%20information%20for%20carbon%20cycle%20studies%20with%20open%20source%20geospatial%20tools|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28681795%2028685334%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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==== Hyperspectral mapping and vulnerability modeling of effects of excessive overland flow on riparian arboreal ecosystems ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1150<br />
* Authors: P G Oduor, A Nakamura<br />
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==== Building Geospatial Web Services for Ecological Monitoring and Forecasting ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1151<br />
* Authors: S H Hiatt, H Hashimoto, F S Melton, A R Michaelis, C Milesi, R R Nemani, W Wang<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|397|4600|Building%20Geospatial%20Web%20Services%20for%20Ecological%20Monitoring%20and%20Forecasting|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28689732%2028694332%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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==== Mapping Deforestation In Parts Of The Amazon Forest Using JERS-1 SAR Images: Case Study For An Area North West Of Rondonia, Brazil ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1153<br />
* Authors: R Gens, A Prakash, S Li<br />
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==== Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Using Open Source Virtual Earths and Public Domain Imagery ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1154<br />
* Authors: A N Pilant, L D Worthy<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|451|3666|Environmental%20Remote%20Sensing%20Analysis%20Using%20Open%20Source%20Virtual%20Earths%20and%20Public%20Domain%20Imagery|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28701366%2028705032%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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==== MapReady: An Open Source Tool for the Utilization of SAR in Geospatial Applications ====<br />
* Location: IN31C-1155<br />
* Authors: D Atwood, P Denny, K Hogenson, B Dixon, R Gens<br />
* [http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?language=English&verbose=0&listenv=table&application=fm08&convert=&converthl=&refinequery=&formintern=&formextern=&transquery=open_source&_lines=&multiple=0&descriptor=%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|424|3952|MapReady:%20An%20Open%20Source%20Tool%20for%20the%20Utilization%20of%20SAR%20in%20Geospatial%20Applications|HTML|localhost:0|%2fdata%2fepubs%2fwais%2findexes%2ffm08%2ffm08|28705032%2028708984%20%2fdata2%2fepubs%2fwais%2fdata%2ffm08%2ffm08.txt Abstract]<br />
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== OSGeo Booth ==<br />
None this time how about next year [[AGU Fall 2009]] [http://www.agu.org/meetings/ AGU Meetings Page].<br />
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== OSGeo Social ==<br />
Anyone want to schedule a social?<br />
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'''Time''': TBD<br />
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'''Place''': TBD<br />
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'''Who''': Anyone interested in Open Source Geo<br />
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'''Why''': To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer<br />
and bar food or maybe a buffet?<br />
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Directions:<br />
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== To Do List ==<br />
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[[Category:Past Events]]</div>Wiki-Tylere