Philippines/philgeos2012

Overview

OSGEO Philippines (OSGeo-PH), the University of Philippines Department of Geodetic Engineering (UPD-GE), OpenStreetMap Philippines (OSM-PH) and the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC) organized a series of pre-symposium workshops showcasing free and open source technologies at the PhilGEOS 2012 last November 23-24, 2012 at Melchor Hall University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City map.

This is our first FOSS4G event in the Philippines. There were 8 workshops and 3 Lightning talks presented. The OSGeo Live project was also presented in one of the parallel technical sessions in the main conference. Likewise, an exhibit booth was installed during the PhilGEOS conference for OSGeo and OpenStreetMap were ~50 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.

Program

8:00 - 8:30      Registration
8:30 - 9:00      Opening program
                 Opening Remarks - Ariel Blanco - PhilGEOS 2012 Conference Chair
                 Workshop schedules and room assignments - Maning Sambale - OSGeo-PH
9:00 - 10:30     Workshop 1 (GE Lab) and 2 (GE Theater)
10:30 - 12:00    Workshop 3 (GE Lab) and 4 (GE Theater)
12:00 - 1:00     Lunch
1:00 - 2:30      Workshop 5 (GE Lab) and 6 (GE Theater)
2:30 - 4:00      Workshop 7 (GE Lab) and 8 (GE Theater)
4:00 - 5:00      Lightning Talks
                 Announcement and reminders to PhilGEOS Conference
                 Closing

Workshops

Topic	Lead Facilitator	Venue	Time	Description	Materials and other resources
Google Maps API	Wayne Manuel	GE Lab	9:00 - 10:30	Google Maps (https://developers.google.com/maps/) has a wide array of APIs that let you embed the robust functionality and everyday usefulness of Google Maps into your own website and applications, and overlay your own data on top of them.	Google Maps JavaScript API v3
Using Leaflet	Eugene Alvin Villar	GE Lab	10:30 - 12:00	Leaflet (http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/) is a modern open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. t is built from the ground up to work efficiently on both desktop and mobile platforms like iOS and Android, taking advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 on modern browsers.	Workshop reference
Editing OpenStreetMap Data	Rally de Leon	GE Lab	1:00 - 2:30	OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/) is a project that creates and provides free geographic data and mapping to anyone who wants it. We started it because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways. This session will introduce how to to edit data in OpenStreetMap.
Advance Cartography with Quantum GIS	Maning Sambale	GE Lab	2:30 - 4:00	Quantum GIS (http://www.qgis.org) is a user friendly GIS that runs on several operating systems (Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android). QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License. This workshop is a technical demonstration and hands-on tutorial in the use of QGIS using the advance cartographic styling features of the application.	Workshop materials
GeoNode	Marx Tupas	GE Theater	9:00 - 10:30	Geonode (http://geonode.org) is an integrated platform for the management and publication of geospatial data. Its data management tools allow for integrated creation of data, metadata, and map visualizations. Each dataset in the system can be shared publicly or restricted to allow access to only specific users. Social features like user profiles and commenting and rating systems allow for the development of communities around each platform to facilitate the use, management, and quality control of the data the GeoNode instance contains.
GRASS GIS	Jules Bañgate	GE Theater	10:30 - 12:00	GRASS GIS (http://grass.osgeo.org/) is a software for performing spatial analysis. It consists of more than 350 modules for processing vector (2D/3D), raster and voxel data. Many interfaces to other programs in related domains like geostatistics, databases, mapserver and even other GIS software exist. It can serve as a Desktop GIS and as the backbone of a complete GIS infrastructure.
Mapping with Drupal CMS	Ranel Padon	GE Theater	2:30 - 4:00
Remote Sensing with Opticks	RK Aranas	GE Theater	1:00 - 2:30	Opticks (http://opticks.org) is an expandable remote sensing and imagery analysis software platform that is free and open source

Lightning Talks

• GeoFuse - Mario Basa
• About the OSGeo-Philippine Local Chapter - Maning Sambale
• Geoprocessing with Python - Wilfredo Rada

Venue and available facilities

• GE Computer Labs - maximum 20 participants, with projector, computers and internet connection.
• GE Theater - maximum 80 participants, with projector, bring your own laptops for exercises, limited wifi connection.

Todo

• Announce to relevant mailinglist to invite more speakers and participants.
• Create a separate registration form for the workshop to be posted to the PhilGEOS website. Announcement and registration form here.
• Finalize program.
• Post-event online evaluation form (http://bit.ly/UjcpuP)

Exhibition booth

The exhibition will be from November 23-24. We will share the booth with the OpenStreetMap Philippines Chapter.

Exhibition Checklist

• Booth will be ~2 x 2 meters, with electric plugs and a table
• Retractable banner (non-woven print and banner stand)
• Portable Literature Stand
• Table skirt
• Overview Poster
• Consumables (live-dvd, brochure)
• A computer running Live DVD and a slide deck loop for the apps
• Bring along some FOSS4G books
  • Maning - OSM, PostGIS in Action, GRASS GIS 3rd Edition

Booth staff

• Maning
• RK

Photos and News

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  Exhibit Booth

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  OSGeo Live DVDs

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• Maning's flickr set
• PhilGEOS 2012 website