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For information about this announcement, contact:
 
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tel: +1-703-352-3938
 
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s b a c h a  r a c h @ o p e n g e o s p a t i a l . o r g
  
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Sydney, Australia. ?? January 2009.
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Cameron Shorter
  
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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) have announced a [http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP)][1] to be launched at the [http://2009.foss4g.org FOSS4G conference], 20-23 October 2009. [2]
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Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft
  
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The CCIP will demonstrate standards based interoperability between geospatial applications based on a Climate Change scenario. 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.
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tel +61-8570-5050
  
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The showcase is designed to be easily rolled out at conferences, testbeds and other events around the world, and is targeted to be launched at the international FOSS4G Conference in Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009.
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c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m
  
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The showcase is designed to underpin many initiatives, including:
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* Technology demonstrators at conferences
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Sydney, Australia. 20 January 2009. The Open Geospatial Consortium
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* Spatial Data Infrastructure development
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(OGC), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the Open Source
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* Geospatial training programs
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Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) have announced a Climate Change
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* Demonstration Software CDs
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Integration Plugfest (CCIP) to be launched at the FOSS4G conference,
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* Testing suite programs
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20-23 October 2009, http://2009.foss4g.org.
  
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* Open Data programs
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The CCIP will demonstrate standards based interoperability between
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geospatial applications based on a Climate Change scenario.
  
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Greg Buehler, XXX of the OGC explains ...
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Raj Singh, Director of Interoperability Programs at OGC, explained
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that, "The CCIP is a server with multiple virtual machines providing a
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number of different geospatial Web services that implement the OGC's
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open interface and encoding standards. It will be used in the coming
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months to demonstrate open Web-based geoprocessing at conferences,
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testbeds, classes and other events around the world."
  
 
Graham de Hoedt, Manager of Climate Information Services at the
 
Graham de Hoedt, Manager of Climate Information Services at the
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology says "integration of data and
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Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, "Integration of data and
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applications are crucial for solving complex problems like the
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applications is crucial for solving complex problems like the
 
provision/sharing of decadal and multi-decadal climate change related
 
provision/sharing of decadal and multi-decadal climate change related
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data and information".  
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data and information".
  
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Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G organising committee and Systems Architect at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft] says "Geospatial users regularly ask how to integrate Open Source, COTS and proprietary software. At FOSS4G, attendees will see the major geospatial applications working together and talk with the implementers about what really works".
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Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G organizing committee and Systems
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Architect at LISAsoft said "Geospatial users regularly ask how to
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integrate Open Source, COTS and proprietary software. At FOSS4G,
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attendees will see the major geospatial applications working together
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and talk with implementers about what really works".
  
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Companies or individuals interested in participating in the Climate Change Integration Plugfest should contact (Greg Buehler ...?).
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Companies or individuals interested in sponsoring or participating in
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the Climate Change Integration Plugfest should contact Greg Buehler  
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<gbuehler@opengeospatial.org>.
  
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The OGC®[http://www.opengeospatial.org/] is an international
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The OGC®[3] is an international consortium of more than 365
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consortium of more than 365 companies, government agencies, research
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companies, government agencies, research organizations, and
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organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process
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universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly
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to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OpenGIS®
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available geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support
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Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web,
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interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and
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wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.
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location-based services, and mainstream IT. OGC Standards empower
 
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technology developers to make geospatial information and services
 
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accessible and useful with any application that needs to be
 
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geospatially enabled. Visit the OGC website at
 
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http://www.opengeospatial.org/.
 
  
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FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" of open
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FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" of open source
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source geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their
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geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their
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latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven",
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latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven",
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highlighting the power of Open Source to integrate with existing systems.
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highlighting the power of Open Source to integrate with existing
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systems. http://2009.foss4g.org
  
 
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has been created to
 
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has been created to
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support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software.  
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support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software.
 
The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative
 
The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative
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development of community-led projects, data development and
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development of community-led projects, data development and education.
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education.[4]
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http://osgeo.org
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[1] http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/WebHome
 
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[2] http://2009.foss4g.org
 
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[3] http://opengeospatial.org
 
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[4] http://osgeo.org
 
  
 
[[Category:FOSS4G2009]]
 
[[Category:FOSS4G2009]]
 
[[Category:FOSS4G]]
 
[[Category:FOSS4G]]

Revision as of 20:26, 20 January 2009

Climate Change Integration Plugfest to be launched at FOSS4G

For information about this announcement, contact:

Sam Bacharach

Executive Director, Outreach and Community Adoption

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc

tel: +1-703-352-3938

s b a c h a r a c h @ o p e n g e o s p a t i a l . o r g


Cameron Shorter

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

tel +61-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m

Sydney, Australia. 20 January 2009. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) have announced a Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) to be launched at the FOSS4G conference, 20-23 October 2009, http://2009.foss4g.org.

The CCIP will demonstrate standards based interoperability between geospatial applications based on a Climate Change scenario.

Raj Singh, Director of Interoperability Programs at OGC, explained that, "The CCIP is a server with multiple virtual machines providing a number of different geospatial Web services that implement the OGC's open interface and encoding standards. It will be used in the coming months to demonstrate open Web-based geoprocessing at conferences, testbeds, classes and other events around the world."

Graham de Hoedt, Manager of Climate Information Services at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, "Integration of data and applications is crucial for solving complex problems like the provision/sharing of decadal and multi-decadal climate change related data and information".

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G organizing committee and Systems Architect at LISAsoft said "Geospatial users regularly ask how to integrate Open Source, COTS and proprietary software. At FOSS4G, attendees will see the major geospatial applications working together and talk with implementers about what really works".

Companies or individuals interested in sponsoring or participating in the Climate Change Integration Plugfest should contact Greg Buehler <gbuehler@opengeospatial.org>.

The OGC®[1] is an international consortium of more than 365 companies, government agencies, research organizations, and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available geospatial standards. OpenGIS® Standards support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT.

FOSS4G is the international "gathering of tribes" of open source geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven", highlighting the power of Open Source to integrate with existing systems. http://2009.foss4g.org

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has been created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects, data development and education. http://osgeo.org

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