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5th gvSIG Conference: We keep growing

posted by Satri on Tuesday June 30, @01:16PM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the growing-software-with-tentacles dept.
GIS
News Office. gvSIG Project writes "The 5th Edition of the gvSIG Conference, organized by the Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (CIT), will be held from December 2nd until December 4th at the Feria Valencia Convention and Exhibition Center, and will once again host the eclipseDay.

In these difficult times when collaboration is most important, we cope with the adversities together with the aim of coming out strengthened by them. We continue moving ahead together. This is part of the gvSIG project and through this approach we keep on growing. This is our slogan for the fifth edition of the gvSIG Conference: We keep growing.

The call for papers for the Fifth Edition of the gvSIG conference is now open. As of today communication proposals can be sent to the email address: contacto-jornadas-gvsig@gva.es; they will be evaluated by the scientific committee as to their inclusion in the conference program.
There are two types of communication: paper or poster. Information regarding to regulations on communication presentations can be found in the report's section. Abstracts will be accepted until September 21st .

Organizations interested in collaborating in the event can find information in the section: How to collaborate?"
gvSIG has been mentioned several times in the past, see selected stories below.

FOSS4G 2009 Abstract Voting Open

posted by Satri on Monday June 15, @09:35AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the talk-about-an-open-conference dept.
New Event
mapbutcher writes "Sydney, Australia. 15 June 2009. You can now vote on the papers you'd like to see at FOSS4G 2009! We have had over 170 abstract submissions. Have your say on what you would like to see at the conference. You can read the abstracts and cast your votes for your preferred papers. Voting is open now and will close on Sunday 28th June. To vote follow the link here: http://2009.foss4g.org/presentations/ For instructions on how to vote, please refer to the voting page on the Conference website or http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Program#Presentation_Voting Successful authors will be notified on the 20th of July. A preliminary program will be in place by August.

Upcoming FOSS4G milestones

  • 15-28 June 2009, Abstract Voting is Open
  • 31 Jul 2009, Early registration deadline
  • 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
  • 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
  • 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
  • 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint
[...]" See also related stories below.

Application Domains: Global Offshore Wind Map

posted by Satri on Friday June 12, @09:19AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the wind-is-blowing-in-your-direction dept.
Energy
Submitted via email by Richard, next week is Wind Week 2009 and there's a new global offshore wind interactive map. Richard's email: "To mark Wind Week 2009 (13 to 21 June) 4C Offshore have updated and released a freely accessible interactive map of Global Offshore Wind Farms. The site is an essential resource for the general public, industry participants, planners and the media, with the database now offering up to 60 types of information including wind farm locations, stages of development, turbine and power generation statistics, cable information, grid connections and companies involved in the projects. Users can also interact and query a wide range of contextual information, including wind speeds, wind density and water depths. The site also provides access to up to the minute news from across the offshore renewables sector, with industry reports available for download. For more information please see the site or contact Richard Aukland, Product Development Manager." See also related stories below.

Industry: Media Watch on Climate Change

posted by Satri on Monday June 08, @08:54AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the watching-the-world-turning dept.
Media
ecoresearch writes "Every 5th of June, the UN World Environment Day aims to stimulate awareness of environmental issues and encourage political action. This event emphasizes the importance of new forms of communication and collaboration for addressing global environmental problems. Acquiring, managing and applying knowledge are crucial steps in ensuring that change is conceived and implemented on both regional and society-wide scales. Publicly accessible Geospatial Web applications such as the Media Watch on Climate Change, just released by the ECOresearch Network in a significantly extended version, are a piece in the puzzle to increase transparency, create shared meaning and support sustainable processes. To help users access topical and relevant information, the Media Watch on Climate Change provides a continuously updated account of online media coverage on climate change and related issues. The portal aggregates, filters and visualizes environmental content from the Web sites of various stakeholders: 150 Anglo-American news media sites, blogs, environmental organizations, and the corporate sector. The user manual contains a detailed description of the portal's search functionality, trend charts and visual exploration features." Sorry for not actually publishing this on the 5th - I've been too busy lately. See also related stories below.

Industry: Webinar Demo of OGC's OWS-6 Interoperability Testbed

posted by Satri on Friday May 29, @08:57AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the geospatail-tests-on-the-bed dept.
Open Geospatial Consortium
Cameron Shorter writes "On Tuesday June 9, 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will conduct a free webinar demonstrating results from the OGC Web Services Phase 6 (OWS-6) testbed activity. The 2 hour webinar will be held twice, firstly in the Asia/Pacific timezone, then in the US/Europe/African timezone. Outcomes of these testbeds provide an excellent insight into the direction of future standards work and the industry as a whole. The webinar will demonstrate OWS-6 achievements involving Web services architecture and interoperability solutions that are documented in OGC Engineering Reports. More, including registration details ...." You can always scroll through our OGC topic for previous stories.

OGRS2009: Open Source Geospatial Research Symposium 2009

posted by Satri on Tuesday May 26, @08:43AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the research-in-the-open-space dept.
Research
OGRS2009 organizing committee writes "First international Open source Geospatial Research Symposium (OGRS2009), that will be in Nantes, France 8-10 July, 2009, is now open for registration and the pre-progam is available. See http://www.ogrs2009.org/

During the tenth edition of Libre Software Meeting (RMLL — http://www.rmll.info/ ), the Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques (IRSTV) in partnership with the University Of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Prefecture and Council of Region Pays de La Loire will organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open source geospatial methods and technologies.

Main goals of this symposium are :
* to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models or using open source tools
* to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source technology usage (benefits and limitations)
* to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future collaborative works between the academic research world and the everyday operational world (companies, local authorities ...)

The symposium is composed of scientific presentations, companies and authority testimonies (showcases) and training sessions (labs).

Thus, we invite you to go to http://www.ogrs2009.org/ where you will find :
* a pre-program containing talks from 3 keynote speakers, 20 scientific talks, 14 showcases and 12 lab sessions
* a registration form to fill in so as to attend to this unique event : fees are about 50€, one price for one, two or three days including an access badge to attend all presentations and labs, a conference bag, proceedings, coffee breaks and lunch for each day."
This conference was mentioned last December.

Industry: Google Earth Blog Presents at Where 2.0

posted by Sunburned Surveyor on Wednesday May 20, @12:53AM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the walking-the-sea-of-globes dept.
Google
Frank Taylor, the author of the Google Earth Blog, presented a session at Where 2.0. The session discussed extending Google Earth beyond the typical use case. You can learn more about the session at this post on the Sunburned Surveyor's GeoSpatial News Blog.

The full entry is available below.
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