Data access and sharing among first responders and the emergency
management/disaster management personnel that support them
is a known problem. This presentation examines how an OGC
services infrastructure can support real-time emergency response.
It will show that OGC services can provide access to data
stores and distribute that data to multiple users across multiple
devices and client applications. The focus will be on providing
up-to-date information on captive populations during a specific
disaster management scenario.
Application
for Visual Harmonization of Municipal Urban Planning into
the Catalan SDI Framework Speaker: Jordi Guimet, IDEC - Cartographic Institute
of Catalonia
10:40–11:05 a.m.
A project involving city councils with the purpose to integrate
them in the regional SDI of Catalonia (IDEC) has been promoted
by the Catalan e-government organization (AOC). Among other
project goals, the creation of services based on OGC-compliant
Web Map Services (WMS) and Web Feature Services (WFS) is being
considered in order to enrich sharing data. An application
that allows a homogeneous and continuous territorial vision
of the different urban land planning of different municipalities
(WMS) is the paper “leit motif.”
Data
Acquisition Using Mashup and 3-D Technology Speaker: Matt Rahr, University of Arizona
10:40–11:05 a.m.
New tools for Web mapping and 3-D modeling are now available
to the nontechnical user. These tools are useful for field
data acquisition and resource management, especially in mobile/wireless
applications for utilities, natural resources, urban ecology,
and community asset management. This presentation offers an
overview of these technologies, including:
• mapping APIs (Google Map and Virtual Earth),
• mashups: combining Web mapping with other applications
and databasing, including interactive user pinning in real-time,
• KMZ and KML: 2-D and 3-D fly-throughs for terrain
recognition and orientation in the field.
Emergency Services Information System Speaker: Eldon Feaver,
Hydro One
11:10–11:35 a.m.
Implemented in 2006, ESIS is a 24/7, geographical supported
Web solution that quickly and efficiently gives Hydro One the
ability to respond in a timely manner to emergencies involving
its assets or staff. This includes the ability to provide up-to-date,
real-time emergency contact information to Hydro One staff to
support the emergency planning and dispatch functions, centrally
located in the Hydro One Grids Control Centre (OGCC). Hydro
One will present an overview of the application including a
live demonstration of ESIS.
Developments
in GIS Supporting the Building of GSDI: Server GIS Speaker: Jeanne Foust, ESRI 11:10–11:35 a.m.
Underpinning the building of a Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
(GSDI) are technical developments in geographic information
systems (GIS). A recent key development is in server GIS.
The role of GIS servers in managing GI knowledge (maps, data,
3-D visualization, and models) on the Web, GIS servers as
a platform for building and integrating server-based applications,
and GIS servers that are interoperable with other geoclients
or Web services will be discussed.
The GeoImmersive™ Experience: 3-D Visualization in Street-level Panoramic Video Speaker: Fuad Khan,
Immersive Media 11:10–11:35 a.m.
Explore the creation and visualization of 3-D geoimmersive imagery.
Experience how to leverage geo-referenced street-level panoramic
imaging to generate, visualize, and interact with 3-D content
in some truly exciting applications. Immersive video can be
augmented with 3-D content to enable visualization of traditional
GIS data and 3-D models. Also, 3-D content can be extracted
from or anchored to the scene. We will discuss how the ability
to move back and forth between abstract information content
and omni-directional images supports applications in situational
awareness, location intelligence, and GIS/geomatics.
Mashup
Between Google Maps and Hydrological Model (IHACRES): A Case
Study in the Oak Ridges Moraine Area of Southern Ontario,
Canada Speaker: Yinjuan Yuan, York University
11:40 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
The purpose of this session is to present a system in which
Google Maps mashups and a hydrological model (IHACRES) are
used to predict the streamflow in the Oak Ridge Moraine area
of southern Ontario, Canada. Compared with other current integrated
systems, this system has several advantages, such as being
platform independent, having development efficiency, and having
public accessibility.
Connecting People and Places Speaker: Carsten Roensdorf, Ordnance Survey
11:40 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
To help people interact with places, a good location infrastructure is needed. Developments to restructure the geographic base data in Great Britain are presented to integrate different isolated views of the world and make location easier to understand. GIS and the Web are moving closer together; let’s connect to create a network linking people and places.
GeoXACML-based Access Control for OpenGIS Web Services Speaker: Andreas Matheus,
University–Federal Armed Forces Munich
11:40 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
Today, a spatial data infrastructure (SDI) allows the interoperable
exchange of geographic information. Awaiting tomorrow's SDI
to enable ubiquitous geographic information by secured OpenGIS
Web Services, it is important to have a language that allows
the adequate declaration and enforcement of rights. This presentation
introduces GeoXACML as a geo-specific extension to the OASIS
standard XACML that supports the declaration and enforcement
of access rights, as it can be the urgent base for ubiquitous
geographic information.
A Collaborative Decision Support System for Managing Air Force Resources Using the GeoWeb Speaker: Russell Huff, Waterstone
Environmental Hydro & Eng.
12:10–12:35 p.m.
In 2004, the USAF began the development
of a GeoWeb-based, collaborative, decision support system known
as STAR for environmental restoration at 13 bases in the United
States. Because of the inherent scalability, interoperability,
and compelling visualization capabilities of the GeoWeb, the
system has grown well beyond the environmental program and is
now used in support of resource management decisions in planning
and asset management.
INSPIRE—Harmonised
Spatial Data for Europe? Speaker: Clemens Portele, Interactive Instruments GmbH 12:10–12:35 p.m.
With the adoption of the INSPIRE Directive, Europe takes a unique
approach
to developing its spatial data infrastructure. The directive
covers a wide
range of domains—in total 34 spatial data themes. The
presentation will
provide a brief overview over the emerging technical architecture
for
spatial data, services, and metadata and discuss strategies
and some of the
challenges for providing access to "harmonised data"
across Europe.
Building Composite Petroleum Solutions Using a PPDM 3-D Geospatial Well Data Model Speaker: David Shimbo, Oracle Corporation 12:10–12:35 p.m.
This presentation summarizes the design, construction, and implementation of an upstream petroleum framework that includes a petroleum industry data model, a 3-D geospatial database, a middleware SOA infrastructure, and several oilfield operational applications. Business process workflows are used to build composite petroleum applications that automate manual oilfield processes, reduce operating costs, and increase productivity. New technologies deployed include a true 3-D geospatial petroleum data model and the operational integration of geoscience, engineering, and financial applications.
eWater: The European Distributed Hydrogeological Database Speaker: Jan Jellema, TNO
2:05–2:30 p.m.
The main objective of eWater, the new EC co-funded project,
is to increase the cross-border availability, accessibility,
and reusability of spatial data on the quality, location, and
use of subsurface waters. Geo-data market research has shown
that the groundwater (hydrogeological) data is of great market
demand, occupying the second position in the rating list immediately
after the data on rock composition.
Map Publishing and Web GIS Speaker: Nicolas Loubier, Bentley Systems Inc.
2:05–2:30 p.m.
This presentation will look at how a Web GIS can be set up from
the perspective of an experienced GIS user but novice in Web
mapping and Web GIS. Attendees will realize that publishing
existing GIS data on the Web is more that just putting data
on a map server. In fact, the word “publishing”
takes a special meaning in this context, as it usually refers
to setting up complex applications and not just pushing a ‘print”
button.
Exploiting Geospatial Information in the Utility Data Warehouse with Rich Web Clients Speaker: Robert P. Laudati, GE Energy
2:05–2:30 p.m.
While GIS departments in utilities continue to promote the use of traditional geospatial systems throughout the enterprise, many utilities have been replicating geospatial data into corporate data warehouses and leveraging that environment to share data effectively with a wide range of users. This presentation outlines these industry trends and describes examples of existing and future applications that GE and other vendors are developing to provide rich client applications in this environment.
mapAsheville – Data Discovery to Service Delivery Speaker: Jason Mann, City of Asheville
2:40–3:05 p.m.
Focusing on Web-based service delivery has been the defining aspect of recent advances in the City of Asheville’s enterprise GIS offerings. Successful implementations have been realized through organizational initiatives. The efforts to move toward an SOA that integrates geospatial data and business processes have resulted in mapAsheville. The mapAsheville suite of applications represent a custom XML processor-based application framework with an AJAX-driven interface that allows for rapid deployment of mashup-based applications.
Content Authoring Using COLLADA Speaker: Remi Arnaud, Sony Computer Entertainment America
2:40–3:05 p.m.
COLLADA is a 3-D asset exchange format, accepted as a standard by the Khronos Group in January 2006, among open standards such as OpenGL. Since then, it was adopted outside of the game industry by applications such as Google Earth. COLLADA is defined using an XML. It is designed to enable the content pipelines to be organized in a very flexible way. Current specification includes animations, cameras, skinning, morphing, geometries, visual effects, lights, materials, rigid body, and visual scenes.
Publishing large datasets with KML Speakers: Michael Ashbridge and Bent Hagemark.
2:40–3:05 p.m.
In this session we will show you how to publish very large datasets using region-based KML. We'll discuss best practices for arranging your data and useful ways to aid visualization.
OGC
Services and Municipalities: A Web-based Approach Speaker: Sandro Danilo Gatti, Fundacao CPqD
3:10–3:35 p.m.
Replicated and redundant databases and geospatial information—scattered
among different departments of an organization—are a
reality in municipalities and state governments, and lead
to poor decision-making and the waste of time. This presentation
describes how OGC standards were embedded into an application
as a software architectural decision, and how this software
was applied as a solution to municipalities, which need to
tame the complexity of geospatial information and make different
departments work cooperatively.
Publishing
Your Geodatabase Using GML Speaker: Satish Sankaran, ESRI
3:10–3:35 p.m.
Different organizations working within various domains have
built their own data models for collecting and analyzing data.
Many data storage, analysis, and delivery issues have prevented
these organizations from effectively sharing their data. This
presentation uses the ESRI Geodatabase model, the GML encoding
standard, and the WFS protocol to discuss these issues in the
context of developing a standard and interoperable way to publish
geographic information holdings.
Dispatching Using a Map-Based Web Application Speaker: Rob Perry, Accenture Business Svcs for Utilities 3:10–3:35 p.m.
For several years, BC Hydro has used a Web-based remote dispatching tool that interfaces with its outage management system. When the lights go out, this tool is used by remote offices to assign restoration work to the field crews. This presentation will highlight the functionality of the PowerOn Remote dispatching application, while describing how Web service technology was used to meet the challenges of this project.
The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure: Standards and Technology Solutions Speaker: Peter Rushforth, GeoConnections
3:40–4:05 p.m.
Although spatial data infrastructures such as the Canadian Spatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) are widely implemented in many countries, there is still a need to maintain, operate, and evolve technical infrastructure components as standards and technology solutions become available and become more powerful. This presentation provides an overview of the standards elements that compose the CGDI. Examples of technology solutions will also be presented along with recommendations for implementation.
Bridging Building Models to Geography Using CityGML Speaker: Eddie Curtis, Snowflake Software
3:40–4:05 p.m.
CityGML provides a common information model and transfer format for 3-D urban geospatial information. A GML application schema, CityGML fits naturally into the geospatial Web. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is an international standard enabling the exchange of building information models for the architecture engineering and construction (AEC) industry. The CAD/GIS/BIM thread of the OWS4 testbed brought Web Feature Servers, CityGML, and IFC into a set of Web services, bridging the GIS and AEC worlds.
MultiSpeak Version 3 XML Data Transfer Speaker: John Hedstrom, United Services Group/Great River
Energy
3:40–4:05 p.m.
An overview of industry standards being developed in XML (Extensible Markup Language) like Multispeak, Open GIS, and others will be discussed along with what considerations a potential user must evaluate before making a decision for one’s industry. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) has an initiative called Multispeak that utilizes XML for data transfer in a defined format for the electrical industry. A demonstation of a working program will be displayed.
Thursday
July 26
Web-based
GIS or GIS-based Web? Speaker: Ian White, Urban Mapping, Inc.
9:15–9:40 a.m.
The role of traditional GIS has revolved around complex spatial
analysis: inputs are data and outputs are maps. With the advent
of distributed computing environments, this has been turned
on its head. A community of neogeographers uses the Web to
perform simple queries, using data as the output. This fundamental
shift has changed the ways in which spatial data is defined,
collected, stored, used, and shared.
QuickBird
Imagery Access by NGA Using WMS & WCS Speaker: Richard Brown, DigitalGlobe
9:15–9:40 a.m.
This presentation describes DigitalGlobe’s experience
with delivering CitySphere to the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) using Web Map Service, and the planned future
use of Web Coverage Service. CitySphere features orthorectified
60 cm (2-foot) mosaic color imagery of 200 of the world’s
largest cities. Each city is comprised of imagery that is
refreshed every year, so that no content is older than 24
months. This allows the imagery to meet the geospatial content
needs associated with embassy security and route planning.
Open Source—is it Ready for Prime-time?
Speaker: Terry Tarle, TELUS 9:15-9:40 a.m.
This presentation will discuss the challenges faced by those hoping to serve the market with an open source approach. Anyone that has felt the constraints imposed by a specific vendor’s development platform has at least contemplated the possibilities that an open source life might provide. But, is Open Source really a practical alternative? Can it provide an adequate foundation upon which to build your geospatial technology future?
Virtual Earth Technologies: Enabling Data Access, Visualization, Analysis and Insight Speaker: Lisa Swei, Microsoft Corporation
10:00-10:25 a.m.
Virtual Earth (VE) Platform is taking off. Learn about industry trends, the product line, and see how it is being used in real-life business-to-business, business-to-consumer and internal scenarios. Find out who is using VE, how they are using it, and how it integrates with other Microsoft products and services, as well as technologies like GIS.
Exploitation of 4-D Coverage Data in Military Operations Speaker: Roger Brackin, TENET Defence Ltd.
10:00-10:25 a.m.
The delivery and exploitation of coverage data, which is both time-varying and volumetric in nature, presents a significant challenge. Such data may be required for prediction of communications ranges, sonar and radar performance calculations, prediction of drift, and the analysis of chemical dispersion. This presentation addresses how such 4-D coverage data may be modelled in GML and GMLJP2, queried effectively, and visualised in a range of ways to support mission planning and rehearsal.
A 3-D Enabled Peer-to-Peer Solution for Geospatial Data Sharing
Leica TITAN is a dynamic online solution for sharing geospatial and location-based content in a single, secure environment. Empowered by a 3-D virtual globe, the Leica TITAN Network allows users to discover, visualize, share, and retrieve geospatial data within a social network. Blending the social networking and community sharing concepts of MySpace, Napster, and Instant Messenger, Leica TITAN is culturally relevant for a broad audience of individuals and organizations desiring to share data both internally and externally.
Geospatial Emergency Response Speaker: Sasha Nikodijevic, Global CADD Systems
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Tactical and strategic capabilities for first-responders and
emergency response officials is significantly increased with
accurate and timely information. Web-based geospatial data should
include functionality for incident reporting and notification,
administration, critical asset tracking, work orders and time
reports, landmark and resource information, fire attack preplanning,
fire flow bomb blast analysis, sniper/counter-sniper capabilities,
dynamic 3-D visualization, and command and control.
Spatial Web Services Database Speaker: Lucio Colaiacomo, EU Satellite Centre
10:30–10:55 a.m.
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has introduced specifications for geospatial Web services such as Web Feature Service and Web Map Service to serve online geospatial data. OGC’s services use a “getCapabilities” function to retrieve prescriptive metadata and obtain a GML file. Our proposal is develop a Spatial Web Services database based on OGC WRS/Standards using the following procedure. First the client requests information based on his or her needs. The client then receives the available Web services and their capabilities, after which the client can access the Web Services.
Using the GeoWeb to Solve Real-world Business Problems—Case Studies Speaker: Carla Johnson, Waterstone
10:30–10:55 a.m.
Less than a year ago, the 3-D virtual earth browser and its ability to deliver instant knowledge by dramatically increasing our speed of cognition while navigating through space, was a fundamental breakthrough in how we now, and will, do business for decades to come. There is no turning back. Three case studies will be presented that show how in our competitive business world, GeoWeb services, combined with middle-tier solution software and applications, can provide a concrete, eye-opening, provable financial bottom-line advantage—in a GeoWeb minute.
Protecting
Your Geo-Assets Speaker: Leticia Ozuna
11:00–11:25 a.m.
This presentation examines mechanisms for enabling coarse-
and fine-grained security access to enterprise OGC Web Services.
Coarse-grained security is implemented using either HTTP Basic/Digest
or PKI Authentication with secure communication via Secure
Sockets Layer. User authentication and fine-grained access
control are implemented using Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) as the security repository for users and roles,
and data access rules are enabled using the application server.
Access control within a data store using Oracle Label Security
is also examined.
Building Spatial Data Infrastructure via Web Services Speaker: Don Murray, Safe Software 11:00-11:25 a.m.
Maybe you shouldn't have to choose from a number of competing Web services technologies! This session describes Safe Software's approach to Web services through its FME Spatial ETL server. Rather than having to adopt a single Web service technology, the FME Spatial ETL server supports competing technologies so server clients can use the technology that suits them. The flexibility of the server enables it to simultaneously support different types of Web service clients.
Going
Beyond Visualization: Building Rich Internet Applications
(RIAs) for Spatial and Temporal Analysis Speaker: Mansour Raad, ESRI 11:00-11:25 a.m.
Today many Web-based geospatial applications are being built that help users easily solve real-world problems. Only a few of these provide desktop-like technology that lets you easily combine multiple, disparate sets of geographic data and provide analysis functionality that goes beyond simple visualizations. Several real-world examples will be demonstrated, along with a closer look at how these types of applications can be quickly built and deployed in hours or days using Web services APIs, AJAX and Adobe Flex.
A Bridge Between GeoWeb and High-performance Simulation Speaker: Jeremie Farret, Parallel Geometry Inc.
11:30–11:55 a.m.
This presentation describes the rationale and architectures required to interconnect a new-generation, 3-D solid simulation system with existing GeoWeb environments. The proposed approach supports high-performance systems, leveraging parallel processing and supercomputing resources. Interconnecting GeoWeb information and visualization with existing civil or military simulation systems to leverage new homeland security and defense applications becomes essential, but is impaired by legacy solutions’ limitations. The proposed approach introduces solutions to such problems and allows bridging GeoWeb and high-performance simulation.
CanVec—A New Digital Topographic Reference Product Speaker: Jean-Francois Bourgon, Natural Resources
Canada
11:30–11:55 a.m.
CanVec is the new digital topographic reference product of Natural Resources Canada that combines the best data sources available to provide coverage of the Canadian landmass. This product offers quality digital topographic information in vector format, in accordance with international standards in geomatics. The data used to produce CanVec come from various sources, the main one being the National Topographic Data Base (NTDB).
Friday
July 27
Dissemination
of Geographic Data in Canada Speaker: Jennifer Sokol, GeoConnections Secretariat
9:15 –9:40 a.m.
GeoConnections is developing a new version of “The Dissemination
of Government Geographic Data in Canada: Guide to Best Practices,”
which will identify government policies on metadata, data
privacy, security, and dissemination using Web services. This
presentation will outline the components of the existing guide,
discuss enhancements in the new guide, and receive feedback
on data licensing issues. In addition, some of the software
and technology used for data control will be discussed in
relation to the CGDI.
Using Open Web Services for a Better Collaborative Response to Disaster Management Speaker: Nicolas Loubier, Bentley Systems, Inc.
9:15–9:40 a.m.
This presentation will discuss the challenges related to the definition of a Web service for serving building information by leveraging existing standards such as the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), cityGML, and the Web Feature Service (WFS). A testbed experiment will also be described where a CAD/GIS/BIM client editor will combine the information obtained from multiple OGC Web Services for responding to a disaster scenario.
Generation
of Geographic Dynamic Information Storage Based on GML Speaker: Lucio Colaiacomo, EU Satellite Centre 9:15–9:40 a.m.
This presentation will show a proposal that seeks to enhance the Geography Mark-up Language, taking into account the dynamic geographic information. Starting from SGML (ISO 8879) and XML as general standards and evaluating the GML core schema, the proposal shows the way to store the dynamic information using GML in a better way. For this fact a new scheme (multitemporalFeature.xsd) is proposed. This scheme attempts to store all the dynamic information of one layer in a unique file, without data duplication and with sensibly improved data analysis and data rate transmissions. The new scheme is compatible with GML 3.1 and 3.0 standards.
Multipartner Geographic Database Integration and Quality Assurance Speaker: Ron Lake, Galdos Systems Inc.
10:00–10:25 a.m.
This presentation focuses on the aggregation, quality assurance
validation, and integration of data submissions in database
development. The speaker will describe the development of
a system to accomplish these tasks using a number of innovative
technologies. Once fully deployed, it is believed that the
system will serve as not only a foundation for topographic
data development in the province of British Columbia, but
also as a foundation for how to achieve data integration across
a wide range of organizations and data types.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) Develops Web Service Tool for Emergency Response and Finds Additional Market Speaker: Robert S. Tetrault, U.S. Department of Agriculture
10:00 –10:25 a.m.
In 2000, the USDA developed Crop Explorer as a deliverable for the devastating 1998 Hurricane Mitch and Georges Reconstruction project. The project undertaken by USDA has had far-reaching impact on crop monitoring globally. The public can access the project data through the Internet. Currently, there are over 30 products available on the site with an average of 15,000 users a month from around the world. The site may be accessed by visiting http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/.
Semantically-based
Spatial Information Integration in Fusion Centers Speaker: Danielle Forsyth, Thetus Corp.
10:30 –10:55 a.m.
This presentation proposes a multilevel conceptual model of service chains and a hierarchical constraints model, upon which a method for service chains orchestration and execution satisfied by the constrains is established. Through the transformation from application service chain, to abstract service chain, and finally to concrete service chain, the method can select and bind the spatial information services automatically, aggregating the physical resources to complete the complex spatial information process.
Enabling Centralised Services with Schema Translation Speaker: Eddie Curtis, Snowflake Software 10:30–10:55 a.m.
Data harvesting is the simplest way to ensure data stored in disparate and diverse databases can be stored in a centralized hub to provide a unified view to the end user. By standardizing on a single common model for data exchange, each local database can continue to operate independently but supply up-to-date data to the centralized hub via schema translation—publishing its local data to the XML/GML schema supplied by the harvester.
Reasoning Over the Geospatial Semantic Web Speaker: John McKim, Computer Technology Associates
10:30–10:55 a.m.
The convergence of semantic Web, reasoning systems, and geospatial
technologies provides a rare opportunity to dramatically enhance
the capabilities of geospatial intelligence-based command and
control systems required by first-responders and the military.
This presentation focuses on the rationale for these systems,
the technologies involved, the building blocks, and examples
of how this technology can provide a significant step forward
based on current capabilities.
CAD, GIS, BIM Convergence: Integrating Geospatial with Architectural, Infrastrusture, and Engineering Design Data Speaker: Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk, Inc.
11:00–11:25 a.m.
Convergence is occurring in the design, engineering, product development, construction, and geospatial disciplines. The goal is to ensure that everyone working on a project has a seamless flow of design information. The business drivers for this transformative technological advancement are productivity and efficiency in the construction and facilities management industry, and improving the performance of facilities over their full life-cycle. The integration of model-driven design, building information modeling (BIM), 3-D visualization, CAD, geospatially enabled relational database management systems (RDBMS), and other geospatial technology that is occurring has important implications for emergency planning and response and urban planning.
Sharing a CRS Registry: GeoWeb
Infrastructure for Oil and Gas
Producers Speakers: Roger Lee and
Hans Schoebach
11:00-11:25 a.m.
This presentation describes a working
application in which the OGC Web
Registry Service derived from the OASIS
ebRIM specification and the Geographic
Markup Language have been used to
create and field a GeoWeb application
that meets enterprise requirements in
the oil and gas community.
Geo-semantic Information Spaces Speaker: David S. Burggraf, Galdos Systems Inc.
11:00 –11:25 a.m.
A Geo-semantic Information Space is a data infrastructure that uses semantic Web technologies to support the explicit representation, querying, and reasoning within a specific geospatial application domain. This presentation introduces a multilevel, ground-up approach to the development of the NATO geo-semantic information space. The approach taken here enables the incremental development of ontologies at each level of a multilevel hierarchy. A demonstration will be given to illustrate geo-semantic query results by map visualizations.
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