When building 3D mapping apps, we no longer have to deal with closed feature-sets, limited programming models, temporal data challenges and bulky deployments. This talk introduces Cesium, a WebGL-based JavaScript library designed for easy development of lightweight web mapping apps.

With live demos, we will show Cesium’s major geospatial features . . .

Currently, it is rare that an organization faces a choice between “just commercial” or “just open source” geospatial software. Increasingly, the answer isn’t about “or”, it is now about solutions that may involve both. Indeed, Commercial systems – both installed software and cloud-based platforms – may have both . . .

Over the past four years, the Province of British Columbia has developed numerous web applications based on the powerful, template-driven output capabilities of UMN MapServer. By outputting custom KML that can be viewed in Google Earth, we have built an air-photo viewer that lets you display and print over 150 . . .

Fiona and Rasterio are new GDAL-based Python libraries that embody lessons
learned over a decade of using GDAL and Python to solve geospatial problems.
Among these lessons: the importance of productivity, enjoyability, and
serendipity to both experts and beginners.

I will discuss the motivation for writing Fiona and Rasterio and explain how
and why they . . .

This class is for those who want to fast-track into installing and using MapGuide Open Source. MapGuide Server and Web Extensions are set up in the Workshop (Windows). MapGuide Maestro (Windows) is used to load and connect to GIS data, create layers, author maps and publish web sites.

You have started to hear about micro-services, evented asynch servers, and WebSockets but then you hear the only platform that really has those now is Node.JS. While you like JavScript you would like to use other languages. Well Vert.x has all these features AND runs JavaScript, Java, Scala, Python, Ruby, . . .

With browser adoption of WebGL on the rise, developers can start to reap the benefits of GPU-assisted rendering and 3D graphics. The WebGL API has a notoriously steep learning curve, but there are a number of open-source projects to accelerate getting geospatial data visualized.

I’ll compare the pros and cons of . . .

This proposition is a case study who aims to demonstrate and discuss the adoption and development of FOSS GIS tools and open standards at Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) in the Remote Sensing Center (RSC) who is responsible for collecting, analisys and distributing of GIS data . . .

Would you like to get started programming mobile mapping applications? There’s a lot to keep in mind: a responsive layout, a mapping framework, positioning of controls and buttons, offline caching of tiles, and finally compiling it all into a mobile app.

This presentation walks you through some problems and solutions, culminating . . .

I will discuss and demo how I use Leaflet, UtfGrids, and D3.js in concert to view and interact with large geographic data on the web. This presentation will not be on d3.js, but rather how to get geographic data from a map to a d3.js chart. I will illustrate why . . .