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Olivier ERTZ | 2 Feb 15:10

OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS - Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

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OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS
Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

October 24 – 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Hosted by School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)

Website: http://www.ogrs2012.org
Contact: cfp <at> ogrs2012.org

Notice, PDF version of this call is available here : 
http://cfp.ogrs2012.org.
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(our apologies for cross-postings)
Dear colleagues,

The Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium (OGRS) is a 
meeting dedicated to exchanging ideas on development and use of open 
source geospatial software in both research and education.

Motivated by the inaugural symposium in Nantes, France, OGRS2012 will be 
held from October 24 – 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. The 
symposium is hosted and organized by the School of Business and 
Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD), in partnership with EPFL Lausanne, 
University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, which are all academic 
institutions in Western Switzerland, and the Institute for Research on 
Urban Sciences and Techniques in France.

The main goals are:

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Harald Pouwel | 11 Jan 15:08

GeoCat Bridge v1.1. - Publishing Open Data using Open Standards

PRESS RELEASE

Publishing Open Data using Open Standards

GeoCat - The Government Geographic Data Publishing Company introduces
GeoCat Bridge™ v1.1

Bennekom, 10 january 2012 - GeoCat Bridge™ is designed to publish
geospatial data and metadata on the Internet with a click of a button.
GeoCat Bridge is an Esri® ArcGIS® Desktop extension. Publishing is
done through Open Standards on a proven Free and Open Software (FOSS)
server platform. Numerous government agencies, universities and
privately held companies are satisfied users of Bridge version 1.0

Open Data - Open Standards!

Using a high performance server solution with unparalleled support for
OGC services

, data providers can deliver Open Data through Open Standards.
Publishing data through Open Standards is critical to make your work a
success. It allows consumers to make optimal use of your data.

Bridge has been optimized to work with the GeoServer map server and
the GeoNetwork opensource metadata catalog. This free and open source
server platform publishes your data in the most common data formats.
Your data can be combined with Open Street Map, Google Maps™, Bing® or
other base maps.

“GeoCat Bridge is the long awaited product that promises to fill the

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G. Allegri | 5 Oct 08:46

Re: Spatial Analysis Short Course by Luc Anselin Dec 5-7, 2011

Thanks very much Julia,

Giovanni

Inviato da dispositivo mobile

Il giorno 05/ott/2011 00.37, "Julia Koschinsky" <training <at> introgeoda.com> ha scritto:
> Hi Giovanni,
> Yes, the source code will be released with OpenGeoDa 1.0, which will
> have been released before the workshop.
> Julia
>
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: G. Allegri <giohappy <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] Spatial Analysis Short Course by Luc Anselin Dec
>> 5-7, 2011
>> To: Lucie Anselin <lucie <at> geodagroup.com>
>> Cc: freegis-list <at> intevation.de
>>
>>
>> Just a side question: will the OpenGeoDa source code be released for that
>> date?
>> Thanks,
>> Giovanni
>>
>>>
>>> Luc Anselin is offering a 3-day short course "Introduction to Spatial
>>> Analysis in OpenGeoDa" in Tempe, AZ from Dec 5-7, 2011.
>>>
>>> Learn more about the short course and register here:
>>>
>>> https://www.introgeoda.com/
>>>
>>> The short course provides an introduction to spatial analysis using the
>>> latest version of the cross-platform OpenGeoDa software. The focus is on two
>>> important topics. The first is the concept, statistical tests for and
>>> interpretation of spatial autocorrelation, one of the most fundamental
>>> notions in spatial analysis. The second deals with the principles behind
>>> spatial regression, especially how to carry out and interpret diagnostics
>>> for spatial autocorrelation and how to estimate models that incorporate such
>>> spatial correlation.
>>>
>>> The short course is designed in a hybrid format, mixing lectures with
>>> ongoing hands-on demonstrations, laboratory exercises and Q&A to address
>>> participants' questions. There will be ample time to discuss individual
>>> research projects in an informal setting.
>>>
>>> For more information, please email training <at> introgeoda.com

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Lucie Anselin | 29 Sep 16:59

Spatial Analysis Short Course by Luc Anselin Dec 5-7, 2011

Luc Anselin is offering a 3-day short course "Introduction to Spatial Analysis in OpenGeoDa" in Tempe, AZ from Dec 5-7, 2011.

Learn more about the short course and register here:

https://www.introgeoda.com/

The short course provides an introduction to spatial analysis using the latest version of the cross-platform OpenGeoDa software. The focus is on two important topics. The first is the concept, statistical tests for and interpretation of spatial autocorrelation, one of the most fundamental notions in spatial analysis. The second deals with the principles behind spatial regression, especially how to carry out and interpret diagnostics for spatial autocorrelation and how to estimate models that incorporate such spatial correlation.

The short course is designed in a hybrid format, mixing lectures with ongoing hands-on demonstrations, laboratory exercises and Q&A to address participants' questions. There will be ample time to discuss individual research projects in an informal setting.

For more information, please email training <at> introgeoda.com

Lucie Anselin

Web Assistant, GeoDa Group

Wed Administrator, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation

Arizona State University

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Brent Wood | 29 Jul 20:23

Factors Influencing Participant Satisfaction with Free/Libre and Open Source Software Projects

Apologies for the cross posting, but this thesis may be of interest to a wide array of FOSS related lists.

It just went public:

Title:     Factors Influencing Participant Satisfaction with Free/Libre and Open Source Software Projects
Author:     Chawner, Brenda
Abstract:     The purpose of this research was to identify factors that affect participants’ satisfaction with their experience of a free/libre open source software (FLOSS) project. ...

http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/1710

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Ann Hitchcock | 14 Jul 09:20

New ILWIS Version - 3.8 beta now online

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The ILWIS community is pleased to announce a beta release of ILWIS 3.8.! This release mainly focuses on vastly improved visualization functionality. 2D and 3D visualization has been greatly enhanced. ILWIS 3.8 enables users to create 3D visualization of all types of maps and animations almost on the fly. Animations have been greatly improved and function now as a normal (animated) layer in a map window. On the fly reprojection/resampling of raster maps makes it possible to display multiple raster maps with different georeferences. In addition, OpenGL has greatly improved rendering performance.

Additional significant changes have been included to the 3.8 version.
•    Help Files are now available as true HTML in the browser and can be located in the installation folder of ILWIS.
•    Time is now supported as a domain (Date + Time) as defined by ISO 8601.
•    A number of new applications for change detections, iso line, aggregating maplists have been added.
•    Cross sections of maplists and Track profile have been included.
•    Interactive Stretching and Interactive Slicing are now available.
•    Command Zip makes a *.zip file of an ILWIS file plus all the support files it needs.
•    Temporal Feature tracking is now possible.

Please check the release notes (http://52north.org/images/stories/52nadmin/communities/ilwis/ilwis%203.0.8%20beta%20read%20me.txt) for more details.
Download at http://52north.org/downloads/ilwis/ilwis-308beta-1
More information at http://52north.org/communities/ilwis/

Forum: http://ilwis.forum.52north.org/
Mailing list: http://list.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/ilwis

Best regards,

Ann Hitchcock

52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH

a.hitchcock <at> 52north.org

http://52north.org

General Managers:

Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk

Local Court Muenster HRB 10849

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Ann Hitchcock | 14 Jul 09:20

52N SOS 3.2.0 available

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52°North’s SOS 3.2.0 contains a variety of new features, source code optimization and bug fixes.

New Features include:

Support of the HTTP-Get binding for the GetFeatureOfInterest operation
Support of new observation types via SWE Common; this includes the support of Boolean values, counts and categorical values
Support of more complex features of interest (multipolygons encoded as gml:CompositeSurface)
Improved handling of duplicate values in the InsertObservation operation for generic observations
Ability to insert new features of interest with the RegisterSensor operation

Please see the 52°North SOS 3.2.0 release notes (http://52north.org/images/stories/52n/communities/swe/52n_sos32_release_notes.txt) for a more detailed list of bug fixes.

Download (http://52north.org/downloads/sensor-web/sos)

52N SOS 3.2.0 binaries (http://52north.org/downloads/sensor-web/sos/52n-sensorweb-sos-320-binary/summary). This zip file does not include the sources. Use this package to install and set up the SOS quickly without adjusting it to your needs.
52N SOS 3.2.0 (http://52north.org/downloads/sensor-web/sos/52n-sensorweb-sos-320/summary). This zip file includes the source files.

The next release of the 52°North SOS is planned for early autumn. It is expected that the next release will include support of the SOS 2.0 specification.

More information can be found here: http://52north.org/communities/sensorweb/sos/index.html.

Forum: http://sensorweb.forum.52north.org/

Mailing List: http://list.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/swe

Best regards,

Ann Hitchcock

52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH

a.hitchcock <at> 52north.org

http://52north.org

General Managers:

Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk

Local Court Muenster HRB 10849

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Ann Hitchcock | 14 Jul 09:20

52N WPS 2.0-RC7 available

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The Geoprocessing Community recently released the WPS 2.0-RC7. This version includes the following:

major code quality improvements including several bugfixes
new module for exposing Python script as processes
improved transactional WPS module
new pluggable framework for adding strategies for fetching referenced data
additional strategy for WCS 1.1.1 references.

In addition, the following modules were removed:

geotools module (put into a branch since not yet ready for a release)
install-wizard module (other install method choosen)

Changes and additions have been made to the Backends:

GRASS backend

made it ready for Windows 7
added functionality to expose custom GRASS addons

ArcGIS backend

updated and streamlined ArcGIS support
dropped deprecated legacy package
refactored ArcToolbox Execution

improved LOGGING in AGSWorkspace class
improved Exception handling
upgraded to ArcObjects 10.0

added support for Native DCOM

Download binaries (http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps) :

the binary release (http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7/summary)
the windows installer (http://52north.org/downloads/geoprocessing/wps/52n-wps-webapp-20-rc7-setup/summary): Windows users can also use the installer. It already comes with an Apache Tomcat to run out-of-the-box.

Download source code: http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/source_setup.html .
Try out the newest release online: http://geoprocessing.demo.52north.org:8080/wps/WebProcessingService?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WPS&VERSION=1.0.0.
More information: http://52north.org/communities/geoprocessing/wps/index.html

Forum: http://geoprocessing.forum.52north.org/

Mailing List: http://www2.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/geoprocessingservices

Best regards,

Ann Hitchcock

52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH

a.hitchcock <at> 52north.org

http://52north.org

General Managers:

Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk

Local Court Muenster HRB 10849

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Ann Hitchcock | 14 Jul 09:20

smartEditor 1.1 online

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52°North's new Metadata Management Community recently published a new smartEditor (http://52north.org/communities/metadata-management-community/about-smarteditor) release. The version 1.1 contains several new features, performance enhancements and bug fixes.

Features include:

improved support for INSPIRE Spatial Data Service types,
INSPIRE Discovery Service 3.0 support,
new additional metadata elements (alternate title, resource maintenance),
improved search for parent identifiers and coupled resources.

In addition, the smartEditor's performance has been improved due to the following upgrades:

Upgrade to jQuery 1.5.2,
Upgrade to jQuery-UI 1.8.11.

See the list of the most important bug fixes: http://52north.org/communities/metadata-management-community/change-log-smarteditor

Download smartEditor 1.1: http://52north.org/downloads/metadata-management/applications

Forum: http://metadata.forum.52north.org/

Mailing List: http://list.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/metadata

Best regards,

Ann Hitchcock

52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH

a.hitchcock <at> 52north.org

http://52north.org

General Managers:

Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk

Local Court Muenster HRB 10849

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Angelos Tzotsos | 29 Jun 18:38

pycsw 1.0.0 released

The pycsw team announces the release of pycsw 1.0.0.

This is the first formal release (previous version 0.1.0), and adds numerous core features since 0.1.0
(see below).

pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python.  pycsw implements clause 10 (HTTP protocol
binding (Catalogue Services for
the Web, CSW)) of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification, version 2.0.2.

pycsw allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata.  Existing repositories of
geospatial metadata can be exposed via  OGC:CSW
2.0.2.  pycsw is Open Source, released under an MIT license, and runs on all major platforms (Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X).

Source and binary downloads:
----------------------------------------

The source code is available at:

http://pycsw.org/download.html

Version 1.0.0 (2011-06-29):
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  * simplified setup and configuration
  * support for INSPIRE Discovery Services
  * support for CSW-T
  * support for additional databases
  * Ubuntu and openSUSE installer
  * support GetCapabilities updateSequence parameter
  * support for FGDC profile
  * support for NASA DIF

Testers and developers are welcome.

The pycsw developer team.

http://pycsw.org/

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Jeff McKenna | 28 Jun 16:40

REMINDER: FOSS4G 2012 Call for Hosting

A reminder that a short letter of intent to host the 2012 FOSS4G 
international event
is due this Thursday
(time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2011&month=06&day=30&hour=23&min=0&sec=0). 

  I encourage all communities who are thinking of hosting, to submit a
short 2 page (max) letter of intent.  Thanks!

http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp

-OSGeo Conference Committee

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