FOSS4G 2010 Workshops

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== Introduction ==
Workshops are 3-hour sessions in a PC classroom, and Tutorials are 90-minute sessions in a conference room.
The FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Committee is responsible for the organization of both Workshops and Tutorials.

== FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Commitee ==

We need people with experience organizing conference workshops at other GFOSS events. Local (Barcelona & Spain) members are welcome.
If you are willing to help organizing FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials, please add yourself to the members list below, and subscribe to
the mail list.

=== Workshop Committee Members ===

* [[Oscar Fonts]] IRC username: oscarfonts
* [[Jeff McKenna]] IRC username: jmckenna
* Alvaro Anguix, collaborator
* Mario Carrera, collaborator

=== Communication ===

* Main discussion mail list: [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference-workshops conference-workshops].
* [[FOSS4G_2010_Workshops_meetings|Periodical IRC meetings]].

== Workshop and Tutorial Selection ==

[http://2010.foss4g.org/organization.php FOSS4G 2010 Organization Committee] will evaluate workshop and tutorial proposals attending to these criteria:

# Meets conference mandate:
## Matches with the themes of the conference
## Makes use of software that is both "free" and "open source"
# Submission's technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
# Demonstrates practical applications
# Expected level of attendee interest in the workshop topic
# A plus for proposals addressing the special interest topics stated in [[FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_3#FOSS4G_2010_Call_for_Workshops_and_Tutorials|the Call]]
# Likelyhood of a quality workshop:
## Expertise of the workshop presenters in the workshop subject matter
## Presenters personal experience presenting workshops at other conferences
## Successful workshop presented at prior FOSS4G/GFOSS conferences

== Workshop Venue ==

Workshops will be hold in the Barcelona School of Computer Science ([http://www.fib.upc.edu/en.htm FIB]), at [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.38854&lon=2.112316&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF Barcelona Campus Nord], buildings B5 and C6 ([http://www.fib.upc.edu/en/centre/on.html address]).

All classrooms have screen and projector for instructors.

Software installation is preferred on Windows XP native Operating System.

If linux is required, we have a vmware SUSE 11.1 image.

=== B5 building classrooms ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Classroom
! # Computers
! PC hardware
|-
| B5.S101
| 21+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
|-
| B5.S201
| 21+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
|-
| B5.S202
| 21+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
|}

=== C6 building classrooms ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Classroom
! # Computers
! PC hardware
|-
| C6.S302
| 24+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 1.86 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor CRT 17". Nvidia Geforce 6200. DVD-ROM.
|-
| C6.S306
| 20+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor HP L1750 TFT 17". ATI Radeon X1300. DVD-ROM.
|-
| C6.S308
| 20+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 Ghz. 2GB RAM. Monitor HP L1750 TFT 17". ATI Radeon X1300. DVD-ROM.
|-
| C6.S309
| 20+1
| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.1 Ghz. 4GB RAM. Monitor HP L1950g TFT 19". ASUS EAH3450 Series 1GB (512MB), compatible ATI Radeon HD 34xx. DVD-ROM.
|}

== Schedule ==

=== Workshops ===

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{| class="wikitable"
! Classroom !! Capacity !! Session 1 (Mon 6 Sep 15-18h) !! Session 2 (Tue 7 Sep 9-12h)
|-
| B5.S101 || 42
||''' W1 - Web mapping with GeoServer'''
''Andrea Aime, Mike Pumphrey (OpenGeo)''
|| '''W8 - Getting started with MapServer'''
''Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo), Jeff McKenna (Gateway Geomatics), Perry Nacionales (University of Minnesota)''
|-
| B5.S201 || 42
|| '''W2 - gvSIG 1.9 user workshop'''
''Jorge Sanz (Prodevelop - gvSIG Association), José Vicente Higón (Software Colaborativo - gvSIG Association), Victoria Agazzi (Prodevelop - gvSIG Association)''
|| '''W9 - Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving spatial problems and creating web-based analysis tools'''
''Paul Wickman (Northstar Geographics)''
|-
| B5.S202 || 42
|| '''W3 - Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain'''
''Iván Sánchez Ortega (OpenStreetMap España), Dane Springmeyer (Mapnik)''
|| '''W10 - FOSS4G routing with pgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoExt'''
''Daniel Kastl (Georepublic), Frédéric Junod (Camptocamp)''
|-
| C6.S302 || 48
|| '''W4 - Introduction to PostGIS'''
''Paul Ramsey (OpenGeo), Mark Cave-Ayland (Sirius)''
|| '''W11 - Working with OpenLayers'''
''Tim Schaub, Charles David Winslow (OpenGeo)''
|-
| C6.S306 || 40
|| '''W5 - Introduction to the Mapbender geoportal framewework'''
''Astrid Emde, Christoph Baudson (WhereGroup)''
|| '''W12 - GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours'''
''Jeroen Ticheler, Jose Garcia, Heikki Doeleman (GeoCat)''
|-
| C6.S308 || 40
|| '''W6 - Solid web mapping with Python'''
''Éric Lemoine, Bruno Binet (Camptocamp)''
|| '''W13 - Geospatial for Java'''
''Jody Garnett (LISAsoft), Justin Deoliveira (OpenGeo)''
|-
| C6.S309 || 40
|| '''W7 - Practical introduction to ZOO, the powerful WPS platform'''
''Gérald Fenoy (GeoLabs), Nicolas Bozon (3LIZ)''
|| '''W14 - Practical introduction to GRASS'''
''Paolo Zatelli, Clara Tattoni, Marco Ciolli (Univeristy of Trento)''
|-
|}

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=== Tutorials ===
Tutorials are 1.5 hour sessions simultaneous to conference talks, in the main conference venue.

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The tutorials this year will be:

{| class="wikitable"
! Room !! Date&Time !! Tutorial
|-
| Sala 12 || Sept 08 12:00
|| T-01 '''gvSIG Mobile and Mini tutorial'''
''Javier Carrasco, Alberto Romeu (Prodevelop)''
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 07 16:30
|| T-02 '''PyWPS'''
''Luca Casagrande (Università degli Studi di Perugia), Jorge de Jesus (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) ''
|-
| Sala 12 || Sept 08 14:30
|| T-03 '''Building web based GIS applications with GeoEXT'''
''Pierre Giraud (Camptocamp), Andreas Hocevar (OpenGeo), Yves Jacolin (Camptocamp)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 08 16:30
|| T-04 '''Mastering advanced GeoNetwork'''
''Jeroen Ticheler, Jose Garcia, Heikki Doeleman (GeoCat)''
|-
|-
| Sala 12 || Sept 09 09:00
|| T-05 '''Hands-on introduction to Mapguide Open Source'''
''Gordon Luckett (Arrow Geomatics)''
|-
|-
| Sala 12 || Sept 09 11:00
|| T-06 '''First steps with MapFish'''
''Pierre Mauduit, Antoine Abt (Camptocamp France)''
|-
|-
| Sala 12 || Sept 09 14:00
|| T-07 '''A hands-on introduction to spatial ETL with Geokettle'''
''Thierry Badard (Spatialytics)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 08 12:00
|| T-08 '''How to generate billions of tiles using distributed cloud-computing'''
''Oliver Christen, Cedric Moullet, François Van Der Biest (Camptocamp)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 09 09:00
|| T-10 '''SDI best practices with Geonode'''
''Sebastian Benthall (OpenGeo), Stuart Gill (World Bank)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 08 14:30
|| T-11 '''Standardized geoprocessing with 52°North open source software'''
''Bastian Schaeffer (52°North)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 09 14:00
|| T-12 '''Sensor Web Enablement - Integrating sensor data into Spatial Data Infrastructures'''
''Simon Jirka (52° North), Arne Bröring (University of Münster - Institute für Geoinformatics), Eike Hinderk Jürrens (52° North)''
|-
|-
| Sala 11 || Sept 09 11:00
|| T-13 '''Conquering complex application schemas (INSPIRE Data Themes, GeoSciML, ...) with deegree 3 web services'''
''Markus Schneider (lat/lon GmbH )''
|-
|}
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== Requirements: Software, hardware, geodata ==

=== Workshops ===

Workshop classrooms come with native Windows XP computers. Required software will be installed on Windows XP and tested on mid July. Alternatively, an Open Source Virtual Machine can be provided.

{| class="wikitable"
! Room !! Code !! Title !! Software needs
|-
| B5.S101
|| W1
|| Web Mapping with GeoServer
|| You supply the laptops, we supply the software and data.
|-
| B5.S101
|| W8
|| Getting Started With MapServer
|| No additional material is required. Optional: bring your own datasets to load into your web mapping application. Intermediate/advance questions will be accommodated if time permits.
|-
| B5.S201
|| W2
|| gvSIG 1.9 user workshop
|| the workshop will run on the OSGeo LiveDVD so we suppose we don't need hard and soft additional.
|-
| B5.S201
|| W9
|| Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving Spatial Problems and Creating Web-Based Analysis Tools
|| "Quantum GIS v1.4.0 Enceladus" or newer, installed on workshop computers or available on the FOSS4G LiveDVD. Please use Windows "Standalone" version, not the "OSGeo4W" installer version. Internet access to the instructor's PostGIS and WMS/WFS server.
|-
| B5.S202
|| W3
|| Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain
|| Hardware: One computer per person, plus overhead projector. Standard internet connection. Nothing out of the ordinary. Software: Already installed in the computers: PostGIS, Mapnik, Mapnik support scripts, Apache2 web server, and mod_tile. Computers *must* run Linux in order for Apache+mod_tile to work. Some other workshops may use PostGIS and Apache, so it should be coordinated. PHPPGAdmin would be a plus. Available somewhere in the workshop CDs: OpenLayers, plus some sets of geodata (global shorelines, plus a small excerpt of OpenStreetMap data). Total size of this data should be around or less than 100 MB. The workshop tutor will provide all materials prior to the workshop. All software in the computers should be tested beforehand, so it is desirable to have a disk image or install CD the tutor can try out ahead of time. Atendees should not bring anything special. All the needed software and data should be readily available in the computers, plus a CD (or pendrive, or similar device).
|-
| B5.S202
|| W10
|| FOSS4G routing with pgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoExt
|| -
|-
| C6.S302
|| W4
|| Introduction to PostGIS
|| Windows XP computers.
|-
| C6.S302
|| W11
|| Working with OpenLayers
|| Participants will complete exercises on a PC (any OS) that is running a web server (e.g. Apache). Participants will need to edit text files with an editor and view examples in a browser. The workshop also requires GeoServer and Postgres w/ PostGIS running. We can provide software and data to be installed in advance of the workshop. In previous workshops, GeoServer has been installed and running, PostGIS configured with workshop data, and Apache configured to proxy GeoServer on port 80 and provide an alias to the workshop document root. We can provide documentation on setting all this up and can help if workshop machines are available before the workshop date. So, requirements are - * PostGIS (configured with data) * GeoServer (running on port 8080 or other) * Apache (configured to proxy GeoServer on port 80 and with alias to workshop document root) * Text editor * Web browser (Firefox recommended).
|-
| C6.S306
|| W5
|| Introduction to the Mapbender Geoportal Framwework
|| The workshop will run completely on the Mapbender Portal provided by OSGeo, no software will be installed during the course all that is needed is a web terminal. Attendees who want to work with their own copy of the software should either install it on a server that is available via internet during the workshop or on their own notebook. To the experienced geoportal operator the installation is straight forward, all information can be found on the Mapbender web site http://www.mapbender.org. If you want to install you own copy but are new to either GIS, web technology, mapping, OGC standards or any combination thereof it is recommended to start the installation well in advance to the workshop as it involves a web server, database, PHP, Mapbender internet accessibility. You will get all the help that you need to set up the system and get it to run properly on the http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/Mapbender_Mailing_Lists.
|-
| C6.S306
|| W12
|| GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to setup an SDI in 3 hours
|| None. CD-ROM and instructions will be brought by workshop organizer.
|-
| C6.S308
|| W6
|| Solid Web Mapping with Python
|| Linux or Windows machine with Python 2.5 or 2.6 installed. Linux is preferred.
|-
| C6.S308
|| W13
|| Geospatial for Java
|| Windows, any version of Java, Students will have choice of Eclipse or NetBeans IDE.
|-
| B5.S101
|| W7
|| Practical Introduction to ZOO, the Powerful WPS Platform
|| computer and ZOO-CD (ZOO-Binaries, GDAL/OGR library and dependencies).
|-
| B5.S101
|| W14
|| Practical Introduction to GRASS
|| For the workshop we need: - GRASS (one of the 6.4 series, 6.4.0RC5 is currently available); - the standard North Carolina GRASS demo data set, the "smaller simpler subset (47MB)" (http://grass.osgeo.org/sampledata/north_carolina/nc_basic_spm.tar.gz) is sufficient; - our HTML tutorial; - our PDF file containing the introductory slides for the workshop. The last years we used our own live DVDs, especially tailored for the Conferences (see for example the 2009 DVD here: http://www.ing.unitn.it/~grass/software/FOSS4G2009_GRASS_beginners_DVD.html), but we can provide our tutorial as a Debian and Ubuntu package, so that it can be included in the OSGEO Live DVD. Since this is a beginners' workshop, it is fundamental that GRASS' version in use matches the one used in the workshop material, so that all the details correspond. Therefore, if the OSGEO Live DVD is used we need to know which GRASS version will be included at least a month in advance, to review all the material. No special hardware is required, maps in the dataset are quite small, therefore a fairly modern Pc will do. No network connection is required, unless you want the attendees to download the tutorial and the dataset. It is possible to use attendees' laptop (some of the attendees have used their own Pc last year in Sydney), but we must be reasonably sure they have a working GRASS installation. Again, the GRASS version can be critical. Last year I have helped some of them to setup their machine via email before the workshop. The use of a live DVD on a Pc provided by the organization is probably the best choice for most of the attendees, since they are not required to setup GRASS before the workshop but they can take the DVD home and re-run the workshop. They can also use the DVD as an installer.
|-
|}

=== Tutorials ===

For tutorials, it is recommended to use the LiveDVD that will be distributed to all delegates.
Instructors are encouraged to join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo LiveDVD list] and participate in release testing.

== Instructors ==

Workhsop & tutorial instructors will receive credit for registration for "the Conference". See details in the
[[FOSS4G_2010_Discounts#Workshop_Instructors|Discounts page]].

=== Welcome Lunch for Workshop Instructors & Volunteers ===

All Workshop Instructors and Volunteers are invited to a ''Welcome Lunch'' near the Workshop Venue: [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.390649&mlon=2.113446&zoom=17&layers=M Casa Cantabria], Monday Sept. 6, 1PM.

If you want to come, please add yourself to this list BEFORE monday, so we can make the reservation in the restaurant:

* Oscar Fonts (LOC).
* Càrol Puig (LOC).
* Pedro-Juan Ferrer, OSGeo-es LO, Volunteer.
* Bruno Binet, Camptocamp, W6
* Eric Lemoine, Camptocamp, W6
* Frédéric Junod, Camptocamp, W10
* Justin Deoliveira, OpenGeo, W13
* Jody Garnett, LisaSoft, W13
* Chris Holmes, OpenGeo, W01
* Tim Schaub, OpenGeo, W11
* David Winslow, OpenGeo, W11
* Paul Ramsey, OpenGeo, W04
* Jeff McKenna, W8
* Jorge Sanz, gvSIG Association, W2
* Jose Vicente Higón, gvSIG Association, W2
* Marco Ciolli, Clara Tattoni, Paolo Zatelli, Pietro Zambelli, W14
* Gérald Fenoy, GeoLabs, W07
* Nicolas Bozon, 3LIZ, W07
* Astrid Emde, Christoph Baudson, Toni Pignataro W5

== Calendar ==

* <strike>Jan 15, Opening Call for Workshops/Tutorials</strike>
* <strike>Jan 30, Closing Call for Workshops/Tutorials </strike>
* <strike>Feb 1-15, Workshop/Tutorial selection process</strike>
* <strike>Feb 16, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials</strike>
* <strike>Feb 22, Registration for workshops and tutorials opens</strike>
* <strike>Jul 15 (aprox), Workshop software installation & testing @ classroom PCs.</strike>
* <strike>Aug 25, Manuals sent to printer shop.</strike>
* Aug 31, Printed copies ready.
* Sep 1, Workshops late software installs (v. gr. OSGeo-Live 4.0.1 VM).
* Sep 6 9:00 - 11:00 Workshop environment testing by instructors.
* Sep 6 13:00 - 14:55 Workshops REGISTRATION DESK opening hours.
* Sep 6 15:00 - 18:00 WORKSHOPS 1st SESSION: W1 to W7.
* Sep 7 8:00 - 8:55 Workshops REGISTRATION DESK opening hours.
* Sep 7 9:00-12:00 WORKSHOPS 2nd SESSION: W8 to W14.
* Sep 7-9, FOSS4G TUTORIALS (see schedule above).

== Announcements ==
* [[FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_3|Call for Workshops and Tutorials (press release 3)]].
* [[FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_5|Workshops ready for inscriptions (press release 5)]].

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FOSS4G 2010 Breakout Sessions

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= Introduction =
During the [http://2010.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G2010 conference] in Barcelona, Spain, there will be conference rooms available for people to hold Breakout Sessions (aka Birds-of-a-Feather).

Breakout Sessions sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

This year, Breakout Sessions sessions will be held on Wednesday 8th September ('''and possibly at other times as well - depending on interest'''). A number of rooms will be available. Most popular sessions will get bigger rooms.

'''Room allocation to be determined'''

==Organising Contact==
* [[Tyler Mitchell]]
* [[Mauricio Miranda]]
* Other volunteers welcome - sign up here!

==Timeslots Available==

At this stage, each room is scheduled for one hour between 18:00 to 19:00.

Remember the Gala Dinner is scheduled at 20:00.

=Room Assignments=
==Rooms Available==

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! width="400"|Contact
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| Room 3 (150 pax)
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| Room 4 (75 pax)
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| Room 5 (250 pax)
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| Room 6 (320 pax)
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| Room 8 (100 pax)
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| Room 11 (78 pax)
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| Room 12 (90 pax)
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= Proposed Topics =

* Add yours below...

==Spatial Databases BoF==

Relational and non-relational persistence layers, let's get together and talk about interoperability, appropriate use cases, architecture and where we should be moving the spatial persistence state-of-the-art!

'''Coming:'''

* Paul Ramsey (PostGIS)
* Nicklas Avén (PostGIS)
* Brent Wood (NIWA)
* Peter Baumann (Jacobs University / rasdaman)
* Vincent Picavet (Oslandia/PostGIS)

==WPS BoF==

Several presentation on Web Processing selected
for presentation at FOSS4G2010 indicates a growing
interest amongst the communities.

If you are interested please add your names below...

'''Who's coming:'''

* Venkatesh Raghavan
* [[Markus Neteler]]
* [[Daniel Kastl]]
* Maria Brovelli
* [[Ian Turton]]
* [[Gerald Fenoy]]
* Nicolas Bozon
* [[Jody Garnett]]
* [[User:fpenarru | Fran Peñarrubia]]
* [[User:MarkusSchneider | Markus Schneider]]
* Luca Delucchi
* Milan Antonovic
* [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano cannata]]
* Luca Casagrande
* [[User:Rajsingh| Raj Singh ]]
* Add your name here

==Sensor Web BoF==

The use of Sensor Web implementations has constantly increased during the last years.

If you are interested please add your names below...

'''Who's coming:'''

* Simon Jirka
* Marjorie Robert
* [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano cannata]]
* Graeme Mcferren
* Sarawut Ninsawat
* Brent Wood (NIWA)
* Add your name here

==Biodiversity/conservation projects and FOSS4G tools==

More and more Open Source is catching on Biodiversity and conservation projects. Most of them are publicly funded so most of the time all the source they develop is Open Source. Aditionally Biodiversity and conservation heavily rely on GIS and they have specific needs. From geospatial niche modeling to species distributions, occurrence catalog, etc, there is a lot to talk about!

If you are interested please add your names below...

'''Coming:'''

* Javier de la Torre (Vizzuality)
* Brent Wood (NIWA)
* [[Markus Neteler]]
* Add your name here

==Spatial Data Infrastructure==

A birds of a feather session about using open source for spatial data infrastructure. Come discuss implementation strategies, best practices, INSPIRE.

'''Who's coming:'''

* Sebastian Benthall (GeoNode)
* David Winslow (GeoNode)
* Add your name here

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