Apache geospatial enthusiasts, For those of you at the Apache Big Data geospatial session in Vancouver, this is the workshop that I announced would occur in September in Orlando.
Hope to see some of you there. George > Location Powers Workshop to advance Geospatial applications of Big Data > > 18 August 2016. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced its > Location Powers: Big Data workshop, occurring on Tuesday 20th September in > Orlando, Florida. > > The Location Powers: Big Data workshop will bring together leading developers > of geospatial big data systems. This is an opportunity for participants to > hear about the latest developments in the field, as well as contribute to the > collective discussion concerning advancing the use of big data computing > techniques being applied to geospatial data. > > The rapid increase of sensing and mobile devices is an unstoppable > information source that is transforming human lives in incredible ways. Every > two days, the human race generates as much data as was generated from the > dawn of humanity through to the year 2003. Big Data is driven by the > real-time collection, analyses, and visualization of vast amounts of that > data. Most data has a spatial and temporal component; that is, the data was > measured somewhere, or it describes events at some location, at some point in > time. Processing this enormous and varied stream of geospatial information > with big data analytics and visualization will bring benefits to many > applications in our world. > > “Cloud-based global imagery archives provide vast amounts of geospatial data > along with tools to extract useful information from that data,” said Dr. > Walter Scott, a member of OGC’s Board of Directors, and Executive Vice > President and Chief Technical Officer of DigitalGlobe. “The Location Powers: > Big Data workshop will advance discussion of how loosely-coupled petabyte > scale archives based on open standards will result in rapid geospatial > information product creation at any scale.” > > The workshop will occur in-tandem with OGC’s 100th TC/PC meeting > <http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4CDVAeAlNWHwRRCg0>, held at > the University of Central Florida, and hosted by CAE > <http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4CDVMeAlNWHwRRCg0>. > > To find out more about the workshop, including information on speakers and > how to register, visit www.locationpowers.net > <http://mail.opengeospatial.org/lists/lt.php?id=fR4CDVIeAlNWHwRRCg0>. >
