[Live-demo] FOSS4G Presentation

[Cameron Shorter]

Some feedback we got from foss4g2009 was that people would have liked to 
see an introductory overview of upcoming presentations so that people 
could then determine what they would go and see during the rest of the 
conference.

With the LiveDVD, we have a comprehensive list of applications which 
could be used to create such an introduction, although managing time 
will be a challenge.

We currently have 35 packages on the LiveDVD, probably 40 by foss4g 
2010, and a 25 minute speaking slots. So there is ~ 40 secs per 
application if we are to cover the full stack. Ie, a lightening slide 
presentation overview.

Jody has a few other ideas to cover below.

foss4g2010 organsising committee,
You may wish to add some input into this discussion.

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Afternoon team:
>
> As noted in an earlier conversation I submitted the "A Friendly
> Hands-on Survey of Popular Geospatial Services"
> (http://2009.foss4g.org/tutorials/#tutorial_01) for a workshop at
> FOSS4G 2010. This tutorial walked people through the use of the
> LiveDVD and provided some background in geospatial, open standards ans
> so forth in order to understand how the software works together.
>
> This workshop request was, sadly to say, rejected. The rejection
> letter did however ask that I discuss the topic on this email list.  I
> am still a bit sad on this one as the Live DVD is by its nature a
> hands on experience; and a workshop or tutorial is really one of the
> best ways to get your head around it ...
>
> I am still planning to go to FOSS4G; and I can pull together a
> presentation on the use of the LiveDVD.  However I feel more like I am
> QA on this Live DVD project, then a core member, and I don't want to
> step on anyone's toes if they are submitting a presentation
> themselves.
>
> We may also (as an email list) be a bit organize and submit several
> takes on the LiveDVD topic order to have a better chance of getting
> in...
>
> Here are some examples presentations that could be run ....
>
> Live DVD Quickstart and Demo
> - Have two presenters (or an excited presenter and multiple desktops)
> - Run a basic set of slides (similar to those used in the tutorial
> above). Introduction to the Live DVD; What is Open Source, Open Source
> Spatial, Stack diagram grouping projects into "client" and "server"
> grouped according to function/ogc standard.
> - Switch between the slides and a demo of the software being named
> - Back up plan for demo consisting of a video of the software being
> used from the live dvd (ie capture using wink)
> - Considering the demos take a fair time (to load an app and go
> through the steps required to show a map) I imagine the presenter
> could talk as a second person went through the steps of the demo.
> - Ask that people try out the live DVD included with their conference
> materials prior to the presentation?
>
> Live DVD Part I Desktop Applications
> - Go over pen source risk/reward and how to evaluate an open source product
> - Focus on desktop applications
> - but go through one or two documented use cases that can be
> accomplished in each of the applications
> - Would be good to specifically target existing (say ESRI) users and
> offer a feature comparison or at least a translation from ESRI speak
> to OGC speak
>
> Live DVD Part II Server Applications
> - Go over pen source risk/reward and how to evaluate an open source product
> - Focus on server applications (PostGIS, MapServer, GeoServer, deegree )
> - would be great to look at the configuration of each application
> - more of a chance to compare capabilities; a slide for each application
> - could bring in a community leader for each application to run the
> demo? (would need a "timer" to provide each a set time of 5 mins)
> - once again provide context for someone familiar with ESRI products
>
> OSGeo Products and Using the LiveDVD
> - really go for the open source spatial software overview; emphasizing
> the different products and related history
> - favour the OSGeo accepted products; leave the incubation and non
> osgeo products for bullet points
> - have 1/3 of the presentation devoted to starting up the live dvd and
> showing where the documentation is and how to run one application
>
> FOSS4G Advocacy using the LiveDVD
> - Straight up Live DVD presentation 50% live DVD; 50% "local osgeo
> chapter" stratagies
> - how it is run; what the scripts do
> - how to grab a copy and produce a live dvd for your "local osgeo
> chapters" event
> - go over different approaches to FOSS4G advocay
> - ways to use the live dvd to help different parties:
> -- government representatives can try it out without installing the
> software on their provided laptop
> -- sitting developers down and going over the layered architecture and
> how the standards slot together
> -- use in conjunction with tutorials and workshops
> -- uses in education
>
> Other suggestions?
>
> Jody
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