[FOSS4G-Oceania] Fwd: Mapping the difference - FOSS4G2018

Sun Jul 8 15:35:59 PDT 2018

Interesting material on the program at the upcoming international FOSS4G in
Dar es Salaam. Will be some good food for thought as we get closer to our
own programming stage.

Cheers
John

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Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 at 07:48
Subject: Mapping the difference - FOSS4G2018
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Mapping the difference - FOSS4G2018
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*Mapping the difference - FOSS4G2018*
*July 09, 2018*

We come to you from 3 continents to share with you our conference program.
Internet tools from Google, Linux, Windows, Skype – not to mention
countless open source libraries makes this happen. In this context place
hardly matters. For us, the organisers of this conference, the internet has
made us equals whether we are in Africa, Europe, Asia, or the Americas.

But in our conference place matters. It matters because we live in a world
of difference in health, safety, freedom, economy, education, and more.
Some of these differences fall along the axis of north-south, gender,
political opinion, social status and many other. Some differences can be
measured along coastlines, distance to the nearest hospitals, rainfall
patterns in space and time and many other spatiallines.

Our community provides the tools to minimise these differences. For the
users of these spatial tools, place and geospatial technologies becomes the
means to many ends. Some of us use geospatial technologies to focus on
equality, some on democracy. Some map for better crops, safer societies,
accessible education. For geospatial technologists, everything from the
code itself to the ecosystem they support can bridge the challenges of
difference. The FOSS4G 2018 conference program 300 presentations over three
days is a feast in intellectual capacity and the will to share knowledge.

With this we present to you an overview of the program. In this round we
will look at the categorisation of the content.

*What’s with the categories?*

In setting up the program we wanted to keep the categories to a minimum. We
failed miserably and ended up with too many categories. The following is
our attempt to “map” all the diversity of content our conference will cover.

*1. Academic *
We have a peer reviewed category which holds presentations on an academic
level. The presentations will be published in separate proceedings. This
part was curated by a team headed by Professor Maria Antonia Brovelli

*2. Big data*
Big data was the easy one. Imagine terabytes of point cloud data, political
survey data with multiple dimensions, sensor-driven datasets with thousands
of points per week per car, elephant or other. Collecting, storing and
analysing data often points to open source spatial data analysis. We ended
up with 11 presentations in this category.

*3. Bridging the gaps*
At the core of this conference, we are trying to understand how we can
bridge the gaps. Gaps stemming from social injustice, gender imbalance,
access to health.

We decided to create three sub-groups within this category:

   - A – Strategic
   - B – Practical approaches
   - C – Technology

*4. Cartography*
For some of us, cartography is the last thing we tend to before we send our
maps off or press the publish-button. For others, it becomes a passion and
a lifelong love. We have three presentations on cartography this time. As
always – we would have loved to spend more time on cartography.

*5. Catalogue *
Cataloguing systems relates to systems used to manage metadata. Massive
amounts of data become easier to handle when we approach them through
cataloguing systems

This is about core systems like Geonetwork, PyCSW and others. It is also
about applications of these systems and theories of data management.

   - A – Core systems
   - B – Applications
   - C – Theory

*6. CGIAR/SIIL*
CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated
to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving
natural resources. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative
Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL), headquartered at Kansas
State University, supports the Feed the Future goals of reducing global
hunger, poverty and undernutrition. CGIAR and SIIL have joined forces with
FOSS4G. Focusing on open source solutions the benefit of having a special
category was obvious for all of us.

Learn more about agricultural analysis and the use of open source software
here

*7. Crowdsourcing*
We have divided the crowdsourcing category into three sub-categories:

   - A – Society
   - B – Collecting data
   - C – Analysis

Crowdsourcing social media in the context of an emergency can provide
important insights to provide relevant help. Approaches to collect data
quickly became a separate category with Mapillary as a project in more than
one way leads the way. Analysing crowdsourced is just a download away. Much
of this is open data.

*8. Drones*
A drone in the hands of a geographer, ecologist, emergency responder or
spatial analyst can give us something new. Advances in open source software
make it possible to pilot drones and analyse their data in sophisticated
ways. Our community has a particular responsibility towards data from
drones. Current commercial solutions are good. Open source systems are
competing with the best of them. Presentations in this category will show
you why – and how.

*9. Education*
This conference is about all of us learning new things. The education
category is about exploring methods and contexts so others can learn.

*10. Disaster*
In exploring this category it dawned on us that disasters has two phases
which are particularly focused by our community; before and after. Before a
disaster we can plan our societies and our responses. After the fact the
plans are enacted to save and support lives and livelihoods. This is where
we can learn more about disasters and emergency response systems supported
by open data and open source GIS.

   - A – Before
   - B – After

*11. Environment*
Collecting environmental data and processing it is now possible with a full
open source stack. Learn how QGIS, GeoServer, R and other tools are used in
the process of counting animals, monitoring deforestation and more.

*12. Geonode*
Geonode represents an excellent integration between many systems.
GeoServer, PostGIS, PYCSW and more. Meet up to learn more about the future
of Geonode. Did you know that Geonode is flirting with QGIS – learn more
here!

*13. Geoserver*
GeoServer is a cornerstone system for many of us. It is a powerful
application for publishing geospatial data on the web in a
standards-compliant way. This is where you can get up to speed on the
latest developments and plans for GeoServer.

*14. PostGIS*
PostGIS is the powerhouse backbone of many map servers. This is where you
can learn about the features of the newest version as well as how
practitioners use PostGIS to its full capacity.

*15. Government*
The governments meet challenges with regards to ‘commodity off-the-shelf’
(COTS) hardware and software, human capacities, hardware access and more.
In this category we will be looking at services provided by our
governments. The broadest one is on land ownership management. We have
presenters from Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi and others which will give us
insights into how governments integrate open source solutions to server
regulations and laws on land ownership.

   - A – Services
   - B – Land ownership

*16. Mapping systems*
We ended up with 5 sub-categories in this one:

   - A – Generic systems
   - B – Specific systems
   - C – 3 dimensions
   - D – Services
   - E – Strategy

Generic systems are systems where the goal is a system which with little or
no modification can be used in other contexts. Specific systems are tailor
made systems. 3 dimensions are systems dealing with 3D mapping. Services
are systems where services are in focus and not a holistic one. Lastly we
get some strategic views on mapping systems.

*17. Meeting new projects*
Meet our new friends! Learn about GIS and blockchains. Find out about how
historical shipping data can be visualised. 14 presentations in this
category is an indication of an exciting future for us enjoying open source
gis software.

*18. Open data*
With focus on open data we have presentations pointing to the use of data
in disaster preparedness and planning. Case study showing how open data is
used is also presented here.

*19. OSGEO community*
The OSGeo community is important for all of us. Without it we would not
have this conference. With the first two sub-categories, we are trying to
understand our community better. With the last one we try to present some
of our solutions.

   - A – Community health
   - B – Our place in the world
   - C – Solutions

 20. *QGIS*
QGIS is the every day desktop GIS tool for many of us. We recently saw
version 3.2. In these 11 presentations you will be introduced to the QGIS
ecosystem and examples of use.

   - QGIS A – Using it
   - QGIS B – The system

*21. Remote sensing*
Remote sensing is partly about getting the data. What if your network is
slow? What if your computer is too slow for proper analysis? What if the
procedures are too complex?

This category will offer answers to some of the above questions.

   - A – Processing
   - B – Products

*22. SDG*
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global
goals set by the United Nations in 2015. FOSS4G and its users contribute to
the UN Sustainable development goals. This is where we showcase
particularly relevant initiatives and methods.

*23. The library*
Software libraries are what makes the OSGeo community tick. Big or small –
these are the projects which provide developers with tools to bring about
the solutions we appreciate so highly.

A second blog article will be posted soon about how to find and plan your
conference experience at FOSS4G this year. In the meantime, please join the
conversation with us and tweet to us @foss4g!

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