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Free and Open Source Software forRegional Spatial Data Infrastructures
Jo Walsh - [email protected] National Datacentre
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation
A non-profit organization modelled on the Apache Software Foundation The leading voice for open source GIS Rigourous incubation and graduation for software projects Provides a «common brand of quality»
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OSGeo software stack
Enterprise ServicesEnterprise ServicesDatabase
BrowserBrowser MobileMobile
PostGIS
OpenLayers gvSig Mobile
Data
OSM
SDI Services
GeoServer
DesktopDesktop
QuantumGIS uDig gvSigGrass GIS gvSigJUMP
MetadataSensorWeb
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Regional SDIs in Germany
Mapbender – data managementMapserver – metadata WMS
OpenLayers – web mapping clientPostGIS – geo database
GeoNetwork – geodata catalogue
Rhineland Palatinate, Badem-Wurttemberg, Brandenburg
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SDI themes at Dutch Cadaster
PostGIS – database GDAL/OGR - transformation
GeoServer, Deegree – WFS, WMSOpenLayers/GeoExt – web mapping
http://inspire.kademo.nl/doc
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More OSGeo backed SDIs ...
Finland - nationallyhttp://www.paikkatietoikkuna.fi/web/EN Regionally http://www.lounaispaikka.fi/
France, Italy, Hungary, Spain – all some combination of PostGIS, Geoserver,
Mapserver, OpenLayers...
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OSGeo project originsGeoServer came from a Manhattan hedgie's
non-profit foundation. Now a company, http://opengeo.org/
GeoNetwork came from UN FAO. Now a company, http://geocat.net/
OpenLayers started at a text-mining company, now owned by Nokia.
It quickly grew a community via OSGeo.
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Generalitat Valenciana – gvSIGIn-house project of regional government
of Valencia, Spain
Now mobile versions,Consultancies,a Foundation, an
international user community
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Geomajas – web managementOrigins in Flemish Government supported
work on geGIS - http://www.gegis.org/
Now an incubating OSGeo project.
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Benefits of OSGeo software
1) Save money.2) Reduce costs with “Dual-Vendor Strategy”.3) Flexibility and futureproofing4) Uphold morale of technical staff
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More benefits of OSGeo software
5) Work in partnership with peer organisations
6) Develop local businesses7) Move to open standards, open data8) Pride, respect, shifgrethor
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Where's Scotland's Data?
CKAN – project of Open Knowledge Foundation
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Open Knowledge Scotland
http://okscotland.eventbrite.com/
May 13th 2010, 3-7pm, Informatics Forum, Edinburgh
“How can Scotland benefit from open data? Are there public implications for entrepreneurial or ‘big business’ participation?”