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= Get your logo on the FOSS4G 2009 website before registration opens =
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''For limited distribution, to workshop and tutorial presenters.''
  
FOSS4G delegates will start registering online from mid April. If you intend to maximise your marketing, then now is the time to purchase one of the sponsorship packages and get your logo onto the FOSS4G website.
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= FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials announced =
  
The international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) is being held in Sydney, Australia, October 20-23. Presentations cover the business cases for Open Source and Open Standards for Geospatial, as well as the latest technologies, and attracts both SDI management and decision makers, as well as technical implementers from around the world.
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Sydney, Australia. 30 March 2009.
  
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It is my pleasure to end the speculation on tutorials and workshops for FOSS4G in October.  While the full descriptions won't be published until closer to the opening of registration, here is the final list:
  
==FOSS4G 2009 Highlights==
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==Tutorials==
'''The Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP)''': FOSS4G will launch the OGC's Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP), which demonstrates standards based interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary geospatial applications. It consists of a server with multiple virtual machines, each installed with geospatial applications offering standards based web services. All web services will demonstrate a common dataset, and will be accessed by a range of geospatial client applications installed on client computers. http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
 
  
Presenters are encouraged (but not mandated) to make use of scenarios and on-site data from the Climate Challenge Integration Plugfest (CCIP).  This is especially important as demand for access to data over the internet is expected to be high, and Australia has notoriously slow connections to the outside world.
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A Friendly Hands-on Survey of Popular Geospaital Services
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* Jody Garnett, Mark Leslie, and Andrea Antonello
  
'''FOSS4G Live DVD''': LiveDVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system and including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the software without installing or effecting the existing system.  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
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Delivering data using published application schemas
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* Rob Atkinson, Ben Caradoc-Davies
  
'''Installfest''': The Installfest will give delegates the opportunity to meet in a common area and install a wide variety of FOSS software on their laptops, EE PC or any other system they care to bring in.  Community members will be around to assist with any troubles and provide help and insight into the software.  The install fest will take place after workshops on the first day.
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Getting Started with MapWindow: An easy-to-install, easy-to-use free GIS for Windows
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* Dan Ames and Ted Dunsford
  
'''Workshops and Tutorials''': Workshops and Tutorials allow presenters to lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other topics in an interactive environment.  Half-day workshops (3 hours) will be held in computer rooms on the first day.  Tutorials (90 minutes) will be held in standard presentation rooms, run concurrently with presentations during the third and fourth days.
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How to Cope with GeoSpatial - Intro to GeoTools for the Java Developer
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* Jody Garnett and Michael Bedward
  
'''Presentations''': The meat of the conference are it's presentations.  Drawing on a huge community of local, regional and international experts we will discuss some of the most current and poignant topics in the industry today.
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Introduction to deegree iGeoDesktop
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* Hanko Rubach
  
'''Demo Theatre''': During lunch and coffee breaks the demonstration theatre will be showcasing live software. These short demonstrations from sponsors, open source projects and the user community show what is possible with open source today.
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Leveraging OGC Services with GeoExt
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* Andreas Hocevar
  
'''Birds of a Feather''': Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised meetings between like minded groups. Some prominant community initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions.
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Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
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* Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen
  
'''Code Sprint''': The weekend after FOSS4G is reserved for the Hackers' Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of bandwidth, pizzas and coke. (Well, maybe something better than that, but we don't want to spoil the mystical hacker image by describing it any differently.)
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Making Maps Pretty with Style Layer Descriptor
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* Andrea Aime and Jim Groffen
  
== Upcoming milestones ==
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Protecting OGC Web Services with the 52°North Security System
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* Jan Drewnak
  
* 13 Apr 2009, '''Registration for conference and workshops opens'''
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Sensor Web Enablement - Bringing Sensors into SDIs
* 1 Jun 2009, Abstract submission deadline
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* Arne Broering, Simon Jirka, Christoph Stasch, and Thomas Everding
* 13 Jul 2009, Presenters notified of acceptance for talks
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* 31 Jul 2009, '''Author/Early registration deadline'''
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Using ILWIS with its PostGIS plug-in for raster-vector applications
* 14 Sep 2009, '''Completed program available on the wiki'''
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* Rob Lemmens
* 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
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* 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
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Working with GRASS-GIS Vectors and Databases
* 24-25 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
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* Richard Chirgwin
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==Workshops==
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Getting Started with MapServer
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* Jeff McKenna, Tyler Mitchell, and Pericles Nacionales
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Geospatial BI with FOSS: an introduction to GeoMondrian and Spatialytics
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* Thierry Badard and Etienne Dubé
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Introduction to PostGIS
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* Mark Leslie and Paul Ramsey
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Introduction to the Open Geo-Stack: PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, and OpenLayers
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* Justin Deoliveira, Andrea Aime, Paul Ramsey, and Tim Schaub
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Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
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* Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen
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OpenLayers - Your Foundation for Browser Based Mapping
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* Tim Schaub and Roald de Wit
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Organising your geospatial data and services using GeoNetwork opensource
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* Jeroen Ticheler and François Prunayre
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Practical Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners
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* Paolo Zatelli, Marco Ciolli, and Clara Tattoni
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Practical introduction to MapFish, the web 2.0 mapping application
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framework
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* Claude Philipona, Cédric Moullet, Frédéric Junod, and Eric Lemoine
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Working with GeoServer
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* Justin Deoliveira and Andrea Aime
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Announcement reference: http://fromtheinsidelookingin.blogspot.com/2009/03/foss4g-workshops-and-tutorials.html
  
 
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== Media Sponsors ==
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Latest revision as of 03:11, 11 February 2015

For limited distribution, to workshop and tutorial presenters.

FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials announced

Sydney, Australia. 30 March 2009.

It is my pleasure to end the speculation on tutorials and workshops for FOSS4G in October. While the full descriptions won't be published until closer to the opening of registration, here is the final list:

Tutorials

A Friendly Hands-on Survey of Popular Geospaital Services

  • Jody Garnett, Mark Leslie, and Andrea Antonello

Delivering data using published application schemas

  • Rob Atkinson, Ben Caradoc-Davies

Getting Started with MapWindow: An easy-to-install, easy-to-use free GIS for Windows

  • Dan Ames and Ted Dunsford

How to Cope with GeoSpatial - Intro to GeoTools for the Java Developer

  • Jody Garnett and Michael Bedward

Introduction to deegree iGeoDesktop

  • Hanko Rubach

Leveraging OGC Services with GeoExt

  • Andreas Hocevar

Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching

  • Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen

Making Maps Pretty with Style Layer Descriptor

  • Andrea Aime and Jim Groffen

Protecting OGC Web Services with the 52°North Security System

  • Jan Drewnak

Sensor Web Enablement - Bringing Sensors into SDIs

  • Arne Broering, Simon Jirka, Christoph Stasch, and Thomas Everding

Using ILWIS with its PostGIS plug-in for raster-vector applications

  • Rob Lemmens

Working with GRASS-GIS Vectors and Databases

  • Richard Chirgwin

Workshops

Getting Started with MapServer

  • Jeff McKenna, Tyler Mitchell, and Pericles Nacionales

Geospatial BI with FOSS: an introduction to GeoMondrian and Spatialytics

  • Thierry Badard and Etienne Dubé

Introduction to PostGIS

  • Mark Leslie and Paul Ramsey

Introduction to the Open Geo-Stack: PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, and OpenLayers

  • Justin Deoliveira, Andrea Aime, Paul Ramsey, and Tim Schaub

Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching

  • Arne Kepp and Jim Groffen

OpenLayers - Your Foundation for Browser Based Mapping

  • Tim Schaub and Roald de Wit

Organising your geospatial data and services using GeoNetwork opensource

  • Jeroen Ticheler and François Prunayre

Practical Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners

  • Paolo Zatelli, Marco Ciolli, and Clara Tattoni

Practical introduction to MapFish, the web 2.0 mapping application framework

  • Claude Philipona, Cédric Moullet, Frédéric Junod, and Eric Lemoine

Working with GeoServer

  • Justin Deoliveira and Andrea Aime

Announcement reference: http://fromtheinsidelookingin.blogspot.com/2009/03/foss4g-workshops-and-tutorials.html

Media Sponsors


For information about this announcement, contact:

FOSS4G Organising Committee: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009#Contact_Us

or,

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel +61-8570-5050

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