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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Tyler<br>
> Mitchell (OSGeo)<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 October 2009 4:32 AM<br>
> To: OSGeo Discussions<br>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS Performance Shootout at FOSS4G 2009<br>
><br>
> Sydney, Australia. 5 October 2009. <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org" target="_blank">http://2009.foss4g.org</a><br>
><br>
> GeoServer, MapServer, and ArcGIS Server will be competing for<br>
> the title of "Fastest Web Map Server (WMS)" at the FOSS4G<br>
> 2009 conference at the end of October. The Web Mapping<br>
> Performance Shoot-out compares Web Map Servers in a variety<br>
> of real world use cases.<br>
><br>
> This third installment of the FOSS4G shoot-out looks to be<br>
> even more exciting with the introduction of a team from ESRI.<br>
> "ESRI supports interoperability with the OSGeo and open<br>
> source community" says Satish Sankaran, PhD., ESRI Product<br>
> Manager for Interoperability, " and, as such, are happy to<br>
> participate in the OSGEO demonstration-'shootout'<br>
> at FOSS4G. We are also participating in the OGC's Climate<br>
> Change Integration Plugfest at FOSS4G, and with our<br>
> colleagues from 52North who will be in the technical exhibits area."<br>
><br>
> The performance shoot-out will see GeoServer, MapServer, and<br>
> ArcGIS Server compared in terms of how long they take to<br>
> generate a map image, from a common set of spatial data. The<br>
> data formats used will be shapefile, geotiff, ECW,<br>
> PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, and SDE on Oracle.<br>
> Benchmarking scripts will be executed on a common platform<br>
> running Red Hat Linux.<br>
><br>
> GeoServer will be represented by Andrea Aime (OpenGeo) and<br>
> Simone Giannecchini (GeoSolutions). "With the rapid expansion<br>
> of GeoServer's capabilities each year, these benchmarking<br>
> exercises are an excellent forum for us to test it in new and<br>
> challenging ways," said Chris Holmes, Managing Director of<br>
> OpenGeo and founder of the GeoServer project.<br>
><br>
> One of the most important 'rules of engagement' for each Web<br>
> server team is that all parties must contribute any changes<br>
> that they make to their software for this exercise, back to<br>
> their community. As explained by Steve Lime, founder of<br>
> Mapserver, "Past benchmarking presentations have brought<br>
> about many improvements in the servers, such as MapServer's<br>
> improvements in large shapefile indexing, raster read<br>
> optimization, and labeling placement. The MapServer Project<br>
> Steering Committee is excited to help with this presentation again."<br>
> MapServer will be represented by Daniel Morissette<br>
> (Mapgears), Jeff McKenna (Gateway Geomatics), and Frank Warmerdam.<br>
><br>
> For more information about the Web mapping performance<br>
> shootout, see the wiki at:<br>
> <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Benchmarking_2009</a>, or follow along<br>
> discussions in the benchmarking mailing list at:<br>
> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/benchmarking" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/benchmarking</a>.<br>
><br>
> == About FOSS4G ==<br>
><br>
> FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for<br>
> Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia,<br>
> 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops,<br>
> demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by<br>
> the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and<br>
> Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial<br>
> applications, standards, government programs, business<br>
> processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms,<br>
> location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing,<br>
> development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency<br>
> data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web<br>
> Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and<br>
> Proprietary Software and more.<br>
><br>
> == Upcoming milestones ==<br>
><br>
> 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop<br>
> 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials<br>
> 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint<br>
><br>
> == Media Sponsors ==<br>
><br>
> Position Magazine: <a href="http://www.positionmag.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.positionmag.com.au/</a> Asian<br>
> Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: <a href="http://www.asmmag.com" target="_blank">http://www.asmmag.com</a><br>
> Geoconnexions Magazine: <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/" target="_blank">http://www.geoconnexion.com/</a><br>
> Directions Magazine: <a href="http://directionsmag.com/" target="_blank">http://directionsmag.com/</a> GIS<br>
> Development: <a href="http://gisdevelopment.net/" target="_blank">http://gisdevelopment.net/</a> Baliz Media:<br>
> <a href="http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/" target="_blank">http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/</a><br>
> SlashGeo: <a href="http://slashgeo.org" target="_blank">http://slashgeo.org</a><br>
><br>
> For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G<br>
> Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at:<br>
> <a href="http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/" target="_blank">http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/</a><br>
><br>
> or contact:<br>
><br>
> Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and<br>
> Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft tel +61-2-8570-5050<br>
> c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m<br>
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