Latent Semantic Analysis of

the FOSS4G 2007 Program

Schuyler Erle
The Seven Dimensions of
OSGeo
3 days
120 presentations
what is the semantic structure
of FOSS4G 2007?
219 proposals
364 reviewers
364 dimensions
latent semantic analysis
singular value decomposition*

*go look it up
orthogonal axes
dimensional reduction
7 dimensions
but we only have time for 5
k-means clustering
12 clusters
Integration Examples
Minerva: Integrating GIS, 3D, and Virtual Reality
Thu 8:30-10:00

Georeferencing Historical Maps over the Internet

Wed 13:00-14:30

Open Source Geospatial Software Integration at

the United States Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) Tue 13:00-14:30

Ship Tracking with MapServer for Fun and Profit

Thu 8:30-10:00
Participatory GIS
Design and implementation of internet-based "Public
Participation GIS" using a user-centered process and the
open source model
Tue 15:00-16:30

Open Source GIS and Sustainable Development

Thu 10:30-12:00

Community Based Participatory GIS using Plone &

PrimaGIS Tue 13:00-14:30

Making Use of Open Source Geo-spatial software for

supporting community based projects
Tue 15:00-16:30
Java
GeoServer, past, present and future Wed 13:00-14:30

Secrets of the JTS Topology Suite Wed 13:00-14:30

Coordinate System Transformations in Geotools and uDig -

Contribution of Google Summer of Code 2006 and 2007
Thu 10:30-12:00

GeoServer and the GeoWeb: KML, GeoRSS, TileCaching

and SuperOverlays Wed 13:00-14:30

Bringing the Web Processing Service to a new stage – new

52°North WPS Features Wed 10:30-12:00
Web Mapping
Automatic Generation of Web-Based GIS/Database
Applications Thu 10:30-12:00

Mapping with AJAX and SVG Tue 13:00-14:30

Web based Vehicular tracking system. Wed 8:30-10:00

Cartoweb4, a easy to use and extensible web GIS

application built on top of OpenLayers.
Wed 15:00-16:30

A full Web 3D GIS, using PostGIS and X3D output

Wed 13:00-14:30
Community
A year in the life of OpenStreetMap: How OSM is mapping
the world. Tue 15:00-16:30

Free Software Business Thu 8:30-10:00

The Gift Economy Ain't Free: Getting Help with Open

Source Software Thu 8:30-10:00

OSGeo: A community of communities Thu 10:30-12:00

Free and Open Geospatial Content: Intellectual Property

Rights and Cost Tue 15:00-16:30

Towards a Public Geodata Repository Tue 15:00-16:30

uDig / gvSIG
gvSIG: towards 4D GIS Thu 8:30-10:00

SEXTANTE: a gvSIG-based platform for

geographical analysis Wed 10:30-12:00

gvSIG Goes Mobile. gvSIG porting for mobile

devices. Wed 8:30-10:00

uDig Case Studies Wed 10:30-12:00

JGrass and Udig, chronicles of a lovestory

Wed 10:30-12:00
Earth Observation
Transitioning Low Earth Orbit Satellite Archive Data from
Informix (Geodetic DataBlade) to PostgreSQL (PostGIS)
Wed 13:00-14:30

Processing and dissemination of satellite remote sensing

data in an heterogeneous environment.
Tue 15:00-16:30

High-Performance Image Processing and Cartography using

the NASA Vision Workbench Wed 15:00-16:30

Development of Geoprocessing Service with Realtime Data

Using WPS and SOS Open Standard Wed 10:30-12:00

TerraLib: an open source GIS library to build customizable

geographical applications on spatio-temporal databases
Thu 10:30-12:00
Frameworks
Putting the Pieces together: Combining different Open
Source components toward developing a powerful, Open
Source WebGIS application framework. Wed 13:00-
14:30

From Mapping to Metadata, From Simple to Enterprise

Portals? - A one stop solution using portlet technology
Wed 8:30-10:00

GeoMOOSE - A client framework focusing on local

government collaboration. Thu 8:30-10:00

Exploring the Synergies between Commercial and Open

Source Software Wed 8:30-10:00

Best Business Practices for Implementing Open Source Web

Mapping Technology Thu 10:30-12:00

Trends of the Geo Web Tue 13:00-14:30

GRASS / QGIS
Analyzing Building Damages of a Major Earthquake Using
GRASS and R Wed 15:00-16:30

RiskBox: Natural Hazards and Risks Analysis within the GIS

GRASS Wed 15:00-16:30

Development and Implementation of Cut and Fill Problem

in GRASS With 3D Representation Wed 10:30-12:00

The use of QGIS and Grass to deliver GIS applications to a

wider audience. Wed 10:30-12:00

Quantum GIS -- Five Years and Counting

Tue 15:00-16:30
Data Access
Adding Analytic Muscle to Spinning Globes: Bulking Up
Google Earth and Virtual Earth With PostGIS.
Thu 8:30-10:00

Developing Web 2.0 Applications Using FDO and Open

Source RDBMS Data Providers Wed 15:00-16:30

PostGIS Spatial Database: Introduction and Case Studies

Wed 10:30-12:00

Database Shootout: PostGIS and MySQL Wed 8:30-10:00

How robust is your spatial query? A formal taxonomy to

express spatial intersections Wed 13:00-14:30

GDAL/OGR Project Status Report Tue 15:00-16:30

Resource Management
Delivering Tropical Medicine Solutions with Integrated
Open Source GIS and Statistics. Tue 13:00-14:30

The Amazon Deforestation Monitoring System: a large

environmental geographic database developed on
TerraLib and PostgreSQL Thu 10:30-12:00

Using Open Source to analyze Canada's National Forest

Inventory Wed 15:00-16:30

Yukon Planning Atlas - Decision Support tools for regional

land use planning. Wed 10:30-12:00

Species Distribution Modeling Using An Open Source

Geospatial Software Stack Wed 10:30-12:00
other stuff
GOWS Project: Towards Web Services Dedicated to
Thematic Mapping Wed 8:30-10:00

Rock and a Hard Place Wed 8:30-10:00

How to blow away $AU3.5m ($US2.97m) with GeoFOSS in

eight weeks and still make friends Thu 8:30-10:00

ossimPlanet - a collaborative open source virtual Earth

Thu 10:30-12:00

Avian influenza RSS web mapping exploring geographic

and temporal aspects of outbreak events
Tue 13:00-14:30

Using the Atom Publishing Protocol for Web GIS

Tue 15:00-16:30
7 dimensions
software versus use cases
A Survey of Open Source GIS
Tue 13:00-14:30

OpenLayers - Agile Geography in a Browser

Wed 15:00-16:30

WMS Performance: Mapserver vs. Geoserver

Wed 8:30-10:00

Tips for the PostGIS Power User

Wed 10:30-12:00

GeoServer, past, present and future

Wed 13:00-14:30

GeoServer and the GeoWeb: KML, GeoRSS, TileCaching and

SuperOverlays
Wed 13:00-14:30
Lifemapper: Using and Creating Geospatial Data and Open Source
Tools for the Biological Community Wed 10:30-12:00

Analyzing Building Damages of a Major Earthquake Using GRASS and R

Wed 15:00-16:30

How to blow away $AU3.5m ($US2.97m) with GeoFOSS in eight weeks

and still make friends Thu 8:30-10:00

Delivering Tropical Medicine Solutions with Integrated Open Source

GIS and Statistics. Tue 13:00-14:30

Operational, Timely Fire Data on an Open Source Stack.

Thu 8:30-10:00

Yukon Planning Atlas - Decision Support tools for regional land use
planning. Wed 10:30-12:00
Java versus C
RiskBox: Natural Hazards and Risks Analysis within the GIS
GRASS Wed 15:00-16:30

The use of QGIS and Grass to deliver GIS applications to a

wider audience. Wed 10:30-12:00

Analyzing Building Damages of a Major Earthquake Using

GRASS and R Wed 15:00-16:30

GRADGRID4: an advanced spatial interpolation tool

combining GRASS and R functions Wed 15:00-16:30

Grass goes Web once more... Wed 13:00-14:30

GeoServer, past, present and future
Wed 13:00-14:30

GeoServer and the GeoWeb: KML, GeoRSS,

TileCaching and SuperOverlays
Wed 13:00-14:30

Secrets of the JTS Topology Suite

Wed 13:00-14:30

Feature caching in GeoTools and uDig

Thu 10:30-12:00
neogeography versus GIS
Best Business Practices for Implementing Open Source
Web Mapping Technology Thu 10:30-12:00

FeatureServer: A REST-based Server for Simple Features

Tue 15:00-16:30

Trends of the Geo Web Tue 13:00-14:30

A Broker Platform for User Location Tue 13:00-14:30

Geopole.org: Integrating Mashups and Open Source Web-

GIS Tue 13:00-14:30

Painless feature markup in KML Thu 8:30-10:00

gvSIG Goes Mobile. gvSIG porting for mobile devices.
Wed 8:30-10:00

Grass goes Web once more... Wed 13:00-14:30

gvSIG: towards 4D GIS Thu 8:30-10:00

SEXTANTE: a gvSIG-based platform for geographical

analysis Wed 10:30-12:00

Development of Geoprocessing Service with Realtime Data

Using WPS and SOS Open Standard Wed 10:30-12:00

Bringing the Web Processing Service to a new stage - new

52°North WPS Features Wed 10:30-12:00
platforms versus tools
World Digital Library: Designing a Multi-lingual Geographic Search
Interface Wed 13:00-14:30

Heavy Traffic: How The BC Integrated Land Management Bureau Used

Open Source to Deploy Government-Strength GeoWeb Services
Thu 8:30-10:00

Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)-In-A-Box, a Footprint to Deliver

Geospatial Data through Open Source Applications.
Thu 8:30-10:00

From Mapping to Metadata, From Simple to Enterprise Portals? - A one

stop solution using portlet technology Wed 8:30-10:00

Using Open Source to analyze Canada's National Forest Inventory

Wed 15:00-16:30

Best Business Practices for Implementing Open Source Web Mapping

Technology Thu 10:30-12:00
Shortest path search in real road networks with pgRouting
Wed 10:30-12:00

JGrass and Udig, chronicles of a lovestory

Wed 10:30-12:00

The use of QGIS and Grass to deliver GIS applications to a

wider audience. Wed 10:30-12:00

gvSIG Goes Mobile. gvSIG porting for mobile devices.

Wed 8:30-10:00

Tips for the PostGIS Power User Wed 10:30-12:00

Quantum GIS -- Five Years and Counting

Tue 15:00-16:30
analysis versus practice
Adding Analytic Muscle to Spinning Globes: Bulking Up
Google Earth and Virtual Earth With PostGIS.
Thu 8:30-10:00

Database Shootout: PostGIS and MySQL Wed 8:30-10:00

Raster Input for MapServer Wed 15:00-16:30

Tips for the PostGIS Power User Wed 10:30-12:00

High-Performance Image Processing and Cartography using

the NASA Vision Workbench Wed 15:00-16:30

What's Going On Out There?: Using GeoServer for Analysis

of Spatio-Temporal Environmental Data
Thu 10:30-12:00
Free Software Business Thu 8:30-10:00

FOSS4G software in university geomatics education: a case

study integrating teaching and research
Tue 15:00-16:30

Community Based Participatory GIS using Plone &

PrimaGIS Tue 13:00-14:30

Towards a Public Geodata Repository Tue 15:00-16:30

A Web GIS Module for Drupal and Joomla! Content

Management Systems - Historical GIS for Hanoi City,
Vietnam Tue 13:00-14:30
(insert your favorite 6th & 7th
dimensions here)
thank you!
Latent Semantic Analysis of
the FOSS4G 2007 Program
Schuyler Erle