The growing open source geospatial software market needs qualified professionals. In general IT qualification proof is often provided through a certification program, for example as offered by the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC). The open source geospatial domain has no comparable programs.
This lack has been discussed for years in . . .
What happens when you try to give map users a rich display with thousands of points in a web browser? Generally, one of two things occurs. One, the map looks like a carpet of marker symbols. Two, depending on device and bandwidth, a browser-side clustering algorithm can delay the display . . .
Up in the frozen wastes of the Northern British Columbia, we organized a hackathon. We based it on the ideas of open data and civic applications.
Our hardy hackathoners pulled together a number of excellent ideas but met with a constant and obtrusive barrier: that open data maybe open but with . . .
The concept of distributed versioned editing has been instantiated as GeoGit (http://geogit.org). This talk is about the practical application of both the concept and the software to empower people to collaboratively develop geospatial information in distributed and sometimes disconnected environments.
The ROGUE team used GeoNode, GeoGit, and the . . .
In 2013, I was involved in two substantial technical changes to OpenStreetMap: a new default editor and a redesign of the website. Because OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project, these were as much social as technical efforts. This talk will explore the social dynamics of collaborative open source projects and the . . .
So long NoSQL, here is YeSQL !
Not long ago, PostgreSQL was the the most advanced OpenSource relational database.
With the latest version 9.4, it became an over-powerful mutant : the most advanced OpenSource Object-Oriented relational and/or non-relational, Spatial, SQL and/or NoSQL database. For the sake of simplicity, let us call it . . .
It became possible lately to deploy a full OpenSource application stack for field surveying. This presentation describes a water distribution and waste-water management project from a technical point of view, with a strong integration of mobile tools within an industrialized GIS.
This projects features a GIS part, with a centralized reference . . .
The American Red Cross International Services Department (ISD) and project partners are developing a web visualization tool (Mapfolio) to help to visualize Red Cross’s disaster response and humanitarian projects around the world. The solution uses innovative Node.js ETL processing to process information from the Red Cross Salesforce Information Management platform. . . .
In the winter of 2012, NYC’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) was tasked with developing an application to track snow vehicle operations. The DoITT GIS team was given a mandate to have the application in production before the end of the winter. Due to the aggressive schedule, our . . .
3D in GIS is already here, with more and more data available, and new hardware and sensors for 3D data capture and interaction. The third dimension becomes useful for several use cases and applications, since the technology is now available to achieve full 3D spatial analysis, like 3D intersections, 3D . . .
