There is a typo in the workshops announcement. The correct link to the FOSS4G 2010 home page is: http://2010.foss4g.org
Corrected version in: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_5 Sorry for the inconvenience, Oscar. 2010/2/26 Oscar Fonts <[email protected]>: > [FOSS4G 2010 press release 5 - please promote] > > Barcelona, Spain. 26 February 2010. > > The Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference > is pleased to announce this year's Workshops panel. > > Workshops are a unique experience to learn about open source software > from the experts in a hands-on environment. Workshops are 3 hour > courses presented in full computer labs, with two attendees per > computer, in the Barcelona School of Computer Science. > > We are offering 14 workshops this year, in two sessions, on Monday > afernoon, September 6, and on Tuesday morning, September 7. When > registering, workshop attendees will be asked to choose one workshop > in each session. > > Following is a breaf description for each workshop. For more detailed > information and registration, please visit FOSS4G 2010 web page: > http://2010.fos4g.org. > > In the Conference web page you will also find the Tutorials panel, to > be held during the conference days, September 7-9, which are included > in the conference fee. And you can take the opportunity to book the > gala dinner tickets too. > > Workshops have a high demand, and classroom capacity is limited. > Register soon, dont't miss them! > > ---- > September 6 Workshops (Monday afternoon, 15-18h) > > W-01: Web mapping with GeoServer > > Attendees will learn how to load, publish, and share geospatial data > with GeoServer. Discussion will include navigating the GeoServer user > interface, loading and publishing data, OGC web services, and styling > data with SLD. Also showcased will be Styler, a browser-based > graphical style (SLD) editor. > > W-02: gvSIG 1.9 user workshop > > The main objective of the workshop is to show the new features > included in the last stable version of gvSIG desktop (1.9). Also a > brief introduction on gvsig.org, the main collaborative web portal of > the gvSIG project. > > W-03: Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain > > This workshop will walk the participants through getting raw > OpenStreetMap data, rendering map tiles with Mapnik, and displaying > them with OpenLayers. They will learn how to install and configure a > mimic of the main OpenStreetMap toolchain, using the same > technologies, that can be later customised to render other datasets. > > W-04: Introduction to PostGIS > > PostGIS is an open source spatial extension to the PostgreSQL open > source enterprise relational database. Spatial databases such as > PostGIS, Oracle Spatial and DB Spatial are used for high-performance > multi-user access to large seamless data sets. If you are managing > large volumes of read/write spatial data, using a spatial database can > improve access speed, ease management overhead and guarantee data > integrity. Built as an object extension to PostgreSQL, PostGIS has > been certified as "Simple Features for SQL" compliant by the Open > Geospatial Consortium. > > W-05: Introduction to the Mapbender geoportal framwework > > This workshop gives an in-depth introduction to the software > Mapbender, a managed, web based geoportal framework. Mapbender is > implementing the publish / register, find, bind, execute paradigm for > geospatial data. The focus of the workshop lies on building web > mapping applications with distributed Spatial Data Infrastructure > components and how to manage user access. All this will be done by > using Mapbender's administration interfaces, without the need to > modify any source code. > > W-06: Solid web mapping with Python > > Covers the Shapely and GeoJSON libraries from the GIS Python Lab. It > shows how to use these libraries together with SQLAlchemy and its GIS > extension, GeoAlchemy, to create HTTP web services in an application > developed with the Pylons web development framework. The workshop then > teaches how to use MapFish to make the development of GIS web services > easier. > > W-07: Practical introduction to ZOO, the powerful WPS platform > > The ZOO-Project provides a WPS (Web Processing Service) compliant and > developer-friendly framework to easily create and connect OGC > Webservices. During this workshop, participants will install the > ZOO-Kernel and related material on their computers; upon installation > the users will be ready to use and implement WPS 1.1.0 services. > > ---- > September 7 Workshops (Tuesday morning, 9-12h) > > W-08: Getting started with MapServer > > This hands-on workshop is intended as an introduction to Web mapping > with the University of Minnesota MapServer. The participants will go > through the process of setting up a MapServer environment which > includes configuring a Web server and creating a MapServer > application. > > W-09: Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving spatial problems and creating > web-based analysis tools > > Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a powerful open source GIS desktop application. > It excels at viewing and manipulating a wide variety of GIS data and > services, performing geographic analysis and preparing data for > MapServer and GeoServer applications. QGIS has an extensible "plug-in" > architecture and now provides comprehensive support for using and > managing PostGIS databases. This workshop/tutorial will give students > hands-on experience for applying QGIS to real-world spatial analysis > problems and the development of PostGIS tools for web-based mapping > and services. > > W-10: FOSS4G routing with PgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoEXT > > pgRouting adds routing functionality to PostGIS. This introductory > workshop will show you how. It gives a practical example of how to use > pgRouting with OpenStreetMap road network data. It explains the steps > to prepare the data, make routing queries, assign costs and use GeoExt > to show your route in a web-mapping application. > > W-11: Working with OpenLayers > > This workshop will guide participants through the library core, > providing the experience necessary to build interactive mapping > applications. We will cover best practices for dealing with a variety > of raster and vector data sources, investigate client side styling, > and discuss options for integrating OpenLayers with other JavaScript > libraries. > > W-12: GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours > > The workshop will focus on the implementation of a GeoNetwork > opensource based catalog to serve and access geospatial data in a > Spatial Data Infrastructure. A local catalog will be installed and > configured. Harvesting of spatial data resources from remote servers > will be configured and geospatial web map services will be set up > using the embedded GeoServer and configured for access through the > catalog web interface. > > W-13: Geospatial for java > > This GeoTools session is back by popular demand in a new long format > workshop. Offering a visual introduction for Java developers we will > exploring how you can integrate GIS services into your next project. > For those new to the GeoSpatial scene we provide an introduction to > current concepts and projects, and how to avoid common pitfalls. > > W-14: Practical introduction to GRASS > > The workshop has two parts: a brief GRASS overview and a hands-on > session by the attendees. The aim is to allow the first time users to > understand the logic of the software and to experiment some > significant, although necessarily limited, data processing for > technical and environmental GIS applications. The workshop provides a > brief introduction to GRASS and then a step by step tutorial to guide > beginners in the basic applications of the software, highlighting > GRASS' interoperability with other FOSS and proprietary software. > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
