FOSS4G 2010 Workshops

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Introduction

Workshops are 3-hour sessions in a PC classroom, and Tutorials are 90-minute sessions in a conference room. The FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Committee is responsible for the organization of both Workshops and Tutorials.

FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Commitee

We need people with experience organizing conference workshops at other GFOSS events. Local (Barcelona & Spain) members are welcome. If you are willing to help organizing FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials, please add yourself to the members list below, and subscribe to the mail list.

Workshop Committee Members

• Oscar Fonts IRC username: oscarfonts
• Jeff McKenna IRC username: jmckenna
• Alvaro Anguix, collaborator
• Mario Carrera, collaborator

Communication

• Main discussion mail list: conference-workshops.
• Periodical IRC meetings.

Workshop and Tutorial Selection

FOSS4G 2010 Organization Committee will evaluate workshop and tutorial proposals attending to these criteria:

1. Meets conference mandate:
   1. Matches with the themes of the conference
   2. Makes use of software that is both "free" and "open source"
2. Submission's technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
3. Demonstrates practical applications
4. Expected level of attendee interest in the workshop topic
5. A plus for proposals addressing the special interest topics stated in the Call
6. Likelyhood of a quality workshop:
   1. Expertise of the workshop presenters in the workshop subject matter
   2. Presenters personal experience presenting workshops at other conferences
   3. Successful workshop presented at prior FOSS4G/GFOSS conferences

Workshop Venue

Workshops will be hold in the Barcelona School of Computer Science (FIB), at Barcelona Campus Nord, buildings B5 and C6 (address).

All classrooms have screen and projector for instructors.

Software installation is preferred on Windows XP native Operating System.

If linux is required, we have a vmware SUSE 11.1 image.

B5 building classrooms

Classroom	# Computers	PC hardware
B5.S101	21+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
B5.S201	21+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
B5.S202	21+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.

C6 building classrooms

Classroom	# Computers	PC hardware
C6.S302	24+1	Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1.86 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor CRT 17". Nvidia Geforce 6200. DVD-ROM.
C6.S306	20+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor HP L1750 TFT 17". ATI Radeon X1300. DVD-ROM.
C6.S308	20+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor HP L1750 TFT 17". ATI Radeon X1300. DVD-ROM.
C6.S309	20+1	Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.

Schedule

Workshops

Classroom	Capacity	Session 1 (Mon 6 Sep 15-18h)	Session 2 (Tue 7 Sep 9-12h)
B5.S101	42	W1 - Web mapping with GeoServer Andrea Aime, Mike Pumphrey (OpenGeo)	W8 - Getting started with MapServer Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo), Jeff McKenna (Gateway Geomatics), Perry Nacionales (University of Minnesota)
B5.S201	42	W2 - gvSIG 1.9 user workshop Jorge Sanz (Prodevelop - gvSIG Association), José Vicente Higón (Software Colaborativo - gvSIG Association), Victoria Agazzi (Prodevelop - gvSIG Association)	W9 - Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving spatial problems and creating web-based analysis tools Paul Wickman (Northstar Geographics)
B5.S202	42	W3 - Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain Iván Sánchez Ortega (OpenStreetMap España), Dane Springmeyer (Mapnik)	W10 - FOSS4G routing with pgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoExt Daniel Kastl (Georepublic), Frédéric Junod (Camptocamp)
C6.S302	48	W4 - Introduction to PostGIS Paul Ramsey (OpenGeo), Mark Cave-Ayland (Sirius)	W11 - Working with OpenLayers Tim Schaub, Charles David Winslow (OpenGeo)
C6.S306	40	W5 - Introduction to the Mapbender geoportal framewework Astrid Emde, Christoph Baudson (WhereGroup)	W12 - GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours Jeroen Ticheler, Jose Garcia, Heikki Doeleman (GeoCat)
C6.S308	40	W6 - Solid web mapping with Python Éric Lemoine, Bruno Binet (Camptocamp)	W13 - Geospatial for Java Jody Garnett (LISAsoft), Justin Deoliveira (OpenGeo)
C6.S309	40	W7 - Practical introduction to ZOO, the powerful WPS platform Gérald Fenoy (GeoLabs), Nicolas Bozon (3LIZ)	W14 - Practical introduction to GRASS Paolo Zatelli, Clara Tattoni, Marco Ciolli (Univeristy of Trento)

Tutorials

Tutorials are 1.5 hour sessions simultaneous to conference talks, in the main conference venue.

The tutorials this year will be:

Room	Date&Time	Tutorial
Sala 12	Sept 08 12:00	T-01 gvSIG Mobile and Mini tutorial Javier Carrasco, Alberto Romeu (Prodevelop)
Sala 11	Sept 07 16:30	T-02 PyWPS Luca Casagrande (Università degli Studi di Perugia), Jorge de Jesus (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
Sala 12	Sept 08 14:30	T-03 Building web based GIS applications with GeoEXT Pierre Giraud (Camptocamp), Andreas Hocevar (OpenGeo), Yves Jacolin (Camptocamp)
Sala 11	Sept 08 16:30	T-04 Mastering advanced GeoNetwork Jeroen Ticheler, Jose Garcia, Heikki Doeleman (GeoCat)
Sala 12	Sept 09 09:00	T-05 Hands-on introduction to Mapguide Open Source Gordon Luckett (Arrow Geomatics)
Sala 12	Sept 09 11:00	T-06 First steps with MapFish Pierre Mauduit, Antoine Abt (Camptocamp France)
Sala 12	Sept 09 14:00	T-07 A hands-on introduction to spatial ETL with Geokettle Thierry Badard (Spatialytics)
Sala 11	Sept 08 12:00	T-08 How to generate billions of tiles using distributed cloud-computing Oliver Christen, Cedric Moullet, François Van Der Biest (Camptocamp)
Sala 11	Sept 09 09:00	T-10 SDI best practices with Geonode Sebastian Benthall (OpenGeo), Stuart Gill (World Bank)
Sala 11	Sept 08 14:30	T-11 Standardized geoprocessing with 52°North open source software Bastian Schaeffer (52°North)
Sala 11	Sept 09 14:00	T-12 Sensor Web Enablement - Integrating sensor data into Spatial Data Infrastructures Simon Jirka (52° North), Arne Bröring (University of Münster - Institute für Geoinformatics), Eike Hinderk Jürrens (52° North)
Sala 11	Sept 09 11:00	T-13 Conquering complex application schemas (INSPIRE Data Themes, GeoSciML, ...) with deegree 3 web services Markus Schneider (lat/lon GmbH )

Requirements: Software, hardware, geodata

Workshops

Workshop classrooms come with native Windows XP computers. Required software will be installed on Windows XP and tested on mid July. Alternatively, an Open Source Virtual Machine can be provided.

Room	Code	Title	Software needs
B5.S101	W1	Web Mapping with GeoServer	You supply the laptops, we supply the software and data.
B5.S101	W8	Getting Started With MapServer	No additional material is required. Optional: bring your own datasets to load into your web mapping application. Intermediate/advance questions will be accommodated if time permits.
B5.S201	W2	gvSIG 1.9 user workshop	the workshop will run on the OSGeo LiveDVD so we suppose we don't need hard and soft additional.
B5.S201	W9	Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving Spatial Problems and Creating Web-Based Analysis Tools	"Quantum GIS v1.4.0 Enceladus" or newer, installed on workshop computers or available on the FOSS4G LiveDVD. Please use Windows "Standalone" version, not the "OSGeo4W" installer version. Internet access to the instructor's PostGIS and WMS/WFS server.
B5.S202	W3	Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain	Hardware: One computer per person, plus overhead projector. Standard internet connection. Nothing out of the ordinary. Software: Already installed in the computers: PostGIS, Mapnik, Mapnik support scripts, Apache2 web server, and mod_tile. Computers *must* run Linux in order for Apache+mod_tile to work. Some other workshops may use PostGIS and Apache, so it should be coordinated. PHPPGAdmin would be a plus. Available somewhere in the workshop CDs: OpenLayers, plus some sets of geodata (global shorelines, plus a small excerpt of OpenStreetMap data). Total size of this data should be around or less than 100 MB. The workshop tutor will provide all materials prior to the workshop. All software in the computers should be tested beforehand, so it is desirable to have a disk image or install CD the tutor can try out ahead of time. Atendees should not bring anything special. All the needed software and data should be readily available in the computers, plus a CD (or pendrive, or similar device).
B5.S202	W10	FOSS4G routing with pgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoExt	-
C6.S302	W4	Introduction to PostGIS	Windows XP computers.
C6.S302	W11	Working with OpenLayers	Participants will complete exercises on a PC (any OS) that is running a web server (e.g. Apache). Participants will need to edit text files with an editor and view examples in a browser. The workshop also requires GeoServer and Postgres w/ PostGIS running. We can provide software and data to be installed in advance of the workshop. In previous workshops, GeoServer has been installed and running, PostGIS configured with workshop data, and Apache configured to proxy GeoServer on port 80 and provide an alias to the workshop document root. We can provide documentation on setting all this up and can help if workshop machines are available before the workshop date. So, requirements are - * PostGIS (configured with data) * GeoServer (running on port 8080 or other) * Apache (configured to proxy GeoServer on port 80 and with alias to workshop document root) * Text editor * Web browser (Firefox recommended).
C6.S306	W5	Introduction to the Mapbender Geoportal Framwework	The workshop will run completely on the Mapbender Portal provided by OSGeo, no software will be installed during the course all that is needed is a web terminal. Attendees who want to work with their own copy of the software should either install it on a server that is available via internet during the workshop or on their own notebook. To the experienced geoportal operator the installation is straight forward, all information can be found on the Mapbender web site http://www.mapbender.org. If you want to install you own copy but are new to either GIS, web technology, mapping, OGC standards or any combination thereof it is recommended to start the installation well in advance to the workshop as it involves a web server, database, PHP, Mapbender internet accessibility. You will get all the help that you need to set up the system and get it to run properly on the http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Mapbender_Mailing_Lists.
C6.S306	W12	GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours	None. CD-ROM and instructions will be brought by workshop organizer.
C6.S308	W6	Solid Web Mapping with Python	Linux or Windows machine with Python 2.5 or 2.6 installed. Linux is preferred.
C6.S308	W13	Geospatial for Java	Windows, any version of Java, Students will have choice of Eclipse or NetBeans IDE.
B5.S101	W7	Practical Introduction to ZOO, the Powerful WPS Platform	computer and ZOO-CD (ZOO-Binaries, GDAL/OGR library and dependencies).
B5.S101	W14	Practical Introduction to GRASS	For the workshop we need: - GRASS (one of the 6.4 series, 6.4.0RC5 is currently available); - the standard North Carolina GRASS demo data set, the "smaller simpler subset (47MB)" (http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_basic_spm.tar.gz) is sufficient; - our HTML tutorial; - our PDF file containing the introductory slides for the workshop. The last years we used our own live DVDs, especially tailored for the Conferences (see for example the 2009 DVD here: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/software/FOSS4G2009_GRASS_beginners_DVD.html), but we can provide our tutorial as a Debian and Ubuntu package, so that it can be included in the OSGEO Live DVD. Since this is a beginners' workshop, it is fundamental that GRASS' version in use matches the one used in the workshop material, so that all the details correspond. Therefore, if the OSGEO Live DVD is used we need to know which GRASS version will be included at least a month in advance, to review all the material. No special hardware is required, maps in the dataset are quite small, therefore a fairly modern Pc will do. No network connection is required, unless you want the attendees to download the tutorial and the dataset. It is possible to use attendees' laptop (some of the attendees have used their own Pc last year in Sydney), but we must be reasonably sure they have a working GRASS installation. Again, the GRASS version can be critical. Last year I have helped some of them to setup their machine via email before the workshop. The use of a live DVD on a Pc provided by the organization is probably the best choice for most of the attendees, since they are not required to setup GRASS before the workshop but they can take the DVD home and re-run the workshop. They can also use the DVD as an installer.

Tutorials

For tutorials, it is recommended to use the LiveDVD that will be distributed to all delegates. Instructors are encouraged to join the LiveDVD list and participate in release testing.

Instructors

Workhsop & tutorial instructors will receive credit for registration for "the Conference". See details in the Discounts page.

Welcome Lunch for Workshop Instructors & Volunteers

All Workshop Instructors and Volunteers are invited to a Welcome Lunch near the Workshop Venue: Casa Cantabria, Monday Sept. 6, 1PM.

If you want to come, please add yourself to this list BEFORE monday, so we can make the reservation in the restaurant:

• Oscar Fonts (LOC).
• Càrol Puig (LOC).
• Pedro-Juan Ferrer, OSGeo-es LO, Volunteer.
• Bruno Binet, Camptocamp, W6
• Eric Lemoine, Camptocamp, W6
• Frédéric Junod, Camptocamp, W10
• Justin Deoliveira, OpenGeo, W13
• Jody Garnett, LisaSoft, W13
• Chris Holmes, OpenGeo, W01
• Tim Schaub, OpenGeo, W11
• Paul Ramsey, OpenGeo, W04
• Jeff McKenna, W8
• Jorge Sanz, gvSIG Association, W2
• Jose Vicente Higón, gvSIG Association, W2

Calendar

• Jan 15, Opening Call for Workshops/Tutorials
• Jan 30, Closing Call for Workshops/Tutorials
• Feb 1-15, Workshop/Tutorial selection process
• Feb 16, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
• Feb 22, Registration for workshops and tutorials opens
• Jul 15 (aprox), Workshop software installation & testing @ classroom PCs.
• Aug 25, Manuals sent to printer shop.
• Aug 31, Printed copies ready.
• Sep 1, Workshops late software installs (v. gr. OSGeo-Live 4.0.1 VM).
• Sep 6 9:00 - 11:00 Workshop environment testing by instructors.
• Sep 6 13:00 - 14:55 Workshops REGISTRATION DESK opening hours.
• Sep 6 15:00 - 18:00 WORKSHOPS 1st SESSION: W1 to W7.
• Sep 7 8:00 - 8:55 Workshops REGISTRATION DESK opening hours.
• Sep 7 9:00-12:00 WORKSHOPS 2nd SESSION: W8 to W14.
• Sep 7-9, FOSS4G TUTORIALS (see schedule above).

Announcements

• Call for Workshops and Tutorials (press release 3).
• Workshops ready for inscriptions (press release 5).