Post on 16-Jan-2016
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DGI Europe 2008
Interoperability &
Collaboration Focus Day
Joel Schlagel & Michael Smith
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Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Q: Will Commercial Platforms Or
Open Source Communities
Provide The Cutting Edge
Science That Delivers The
Open Sharing Environment of
The Future?
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Q: Will Commercial Platforms Or
Open Source Communities
Provide The Cutting Edge
Science That Delivers The
Open Sharing Environment of
The Future?
A: Yes
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➲ Open Source Concepts➲ USACE Success with Open Source Tools➲ A Review of Some Open Source Projects➲ Questions / Discussion
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Open Source Software Image Map:
OSSIM
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Globes
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Open Source vs Closed Source
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How Does Knowledge Flow?
➲ Requirement >➲ Commercial
Product >➲ Commodity
Knowledge >➲ Open Source Clone
➲ Requirement >➲ Open Source
Project >➲ Commodity
Knowledge➲ Closed Source Clone
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Thought Questions?➲ Are defense geospatial software requirements
typical?➲ Can the marketplace guarantee software that
meets defense needs will be developed?➲ Can the marketplace guarantee that software
will be supported?➲ Is geospatial software a commodity of can it
provide a strategic advantage?➲ What are the benefits and costs of a diverse
software ecosystem?
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Open Source Advantage:
Transparency
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Open Source in DoD
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CorpsMap Values➲ IT Driven
➲ Standards Based (ESRI, Oracle, OGC)
➲ Security by Design
➲ Role-based access and customization
➲ Fine grained access control
➲ Auditing (who accessed what when. why?)
➲ Web Service Integration
➲ Publish & Subscribe architecture for data and meta-data supported
➲ Simple “Relative Geography” operations supported
➲ Complex server-side geospatial analysis supported
➲ N-Dimensional topology supported and analysis
➲ Operational
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CorpsMap Deployment
➲ Design with Enterprise Architecture➲ Web Services as Integration Platform (SOAP, CORBA, OGC) ➲ Hosting at DoD Major Shared Resource Center➲ Data Center is at backbone for all Corps Districts➲ “Big Iron” operation with 24x7x365 monitoring➲ Failover and replication to alternate data center supported➲ Multiple network providers and multiple power sources➲ Hosting of mirrored systems on both NIPR and SIPR possible➲ DITSCAP Security Review / Authority to Operate➲ DoD network infrastructure – TNOSC Monitoring➲ CAC access or .mil access control
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No “Appliance” Necessary
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Cascading OGC WMS
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Nationwide Color Orthoimagery
4tb - 100,000 tiles
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Role-Based Access to layers and
attributes
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NexRad Radar & Real-time
hydrologic data
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Advanced Metadata Searc
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Web Service Catalog
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Single-Sign On
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Transactional System
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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MapServer: Growing Capabilities
➲ ArcView IMS➲ MapObjects IMS➲ ArcIMS➲ ESRI Portal Toolkit➲ ArcGIS Server
➲ MapServer➲ + GDAL ➲ + OGC Services ➲ + Cached Maps➲ + OpenLayers
Tim
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Case Study: GDAL
➲ Geospatial Data Abstraction Library➲ Supports reading and writing numerous
data formats➲ Open Source Library used by many Open
Source Projects➲ Many Commercial Companies contribute➲ Used in Google Earth➲ Data Engine for MapServer since 2002➲ Added to ArcGIS Desktop in 2007 (9.2)
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A Few Open Source Projects
➲ PostGIS – Refractions Research, Canada➲ OSSIM – USA➲ gvSIG – Spain➲ Deegree - Germany➲ OpenLayers - USA➲ MapGuide - Autodesk, USA➲ GRASS - Italy (Formerly USACE)➲ MapBender, Tydac, Switzerland➲ GeoPortal Open Source– UN FAO➲ Chameleon, DM Solutions, Canada
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QGIS & GRASS: Advanced
Geospatial Analysis Desktop
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gvSIG
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Open Source & Open Standards
Understand the Difference
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GIS and Relational Databases
When all you think about is a hammer ...
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Know the Standards &
Question their implementation
➲ WMS➲ WFS➲ SLD➲ WCS➲ SFS
➲ XML➲ KML➲ GML➲ AJAX➲ SOA➲ ESB
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2 Cents (1 pence)
If you Expect Open Standards,
Support Open Source
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Adding Open Source Tools To Your
Technology Stack
Defense Agency
Primary Contractor
Technology Providers
Requirem
ents Cap
abili
ties
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Questions?