workshops:
  workshop_01:
    title: "Geospatial BI with FOSS: an introduction to GeoMondrian and Spatialytics"
    user: Advanced User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_01 # Thierry Badard 
      2: presenter_02 # Etienne Dubé
    short_description:
      'This workshop offers a practical introduction to two new Open Source projects in the Geospatial Business Intelligence field: GeoMondrian, a Spatial OLAP server based on Mondrian (Pentaho Analysis Services), and Spatialytics, a web-mapping client for building Geo BI solutions (dashboards and web Spatial OLAP clients) based on OpenLayers.'
    description:
      'Open Source Business Intelligence (BI) software has begun permeating the market thanks to offers from companies such as Pentaho, Jaspersoft, Talend and Spago Solutions. Geospatial BI, combining GIS and BI technologies, has recently stirred marked interest for the huge potential of combining spatial analysis and map visualization with proven BI tools and techniques such as data warehousing, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and data mining. It is in this perspective that we, the GeoSOA Research Group at Laval University, started to work on integrating geospatial functionality in existing open source BI software. This has led to the release of GeoKettle, a spatial ETL tool based on Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) and targeted for analytic data warehousing, and more recently GeoMondrian, a Spatial OLAP server which extends the open source Mondrian OLAP server with GIS data types and functions. On the client side, Spatialytics has been developed, initially during a Google Summer of Code project mentored by Dr. Thierry Badard under the umbrella of the OSGeo and later as part of works within our research group. Spatialytics provides a client visualization component for Spatial OLAP data, using GeoMondrian as a data source and OpenLayers as the web mapping front-end. It enables the creation of drillable, interactive thematic maps based on multidimensional OLAP cubes and can be embedded in Geo BI web applications such as geo-analytical dashboards.
      This workshop proposes a practical introduction to GeoMondrian and Spatialytics. A short intro to the fundamental concepts of data warehousing and OLAP will be part of the program, so deep knowledge of this field is not required to participate. From an already constructed spatial data warehouse, the attendees will learn how to build a cube schema, which is a relational-to-multidimensional mapping used by Mondrian (and by extension GeoMondrian) for querying the relational data warehouse (in SQL) by the means of multidimensional MDX queries. The users will then have a chance to issue simple queries on this cube, with focus given on the geospatial extensions to MDX offered by GeoMondrian. Finally, the attendees will experiment with Spatialytics, for the visualization of the cube’s data using its spatial dimensions. This will also demonstrate its integration in the familiar OpenLayers web mapping client, with easy to use navigation widgets for drilling across the cube’s hierarchical presentation of data and configurable choice of thematic mapping styles. At the end, the attendees should have a working knowledge of GeoMondrian and Spatialytics, in order to build rich Geo BI applications.'
    user_prerequisites:
      'Good knowledge of SQL and Simple Feature for SQL geospatial extensions (e.g. PostGIS)
      Basic knowledge of OpenLayers
      Knowledge of data warehousing and OLAP (MDX language) is an asset but is not required'
    room: G04
    capacity: 120
    start_time: 2009-10-20 09:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 12:00 +11
    
  workshop_02:
    title: Getting Started with MapServer
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_03 # Jeff McKenna
      2: presenter_04 # Tyler Mitchell 
      3: presenter_05 # Pericles Nacionales 
    short_description: 'This hands-on workshop is intended as an introduction to Web mapping with the University of Minnesota MapServer. The participants will go through the process of setting up a MapServer environment which includes configuring a Web server, creating a MapServer application, and adding spatial data.'
    description:
      'This hands-on workshop is intended as an introduction to Web mapping with the University of Minnesota MapServer. The participants will go through the process of setting up a MapServer environment which includes configuring a Web server and creating a MapServer application. The creation of a MapServer application will include step-by-step examples of building a map file, including defining the WEB object, the LAYER objects, and assigning symbology to these objects. Once a map file is created, the participants will then go through the process of creating a web-based interface.
      Important MapServer and Web mapping concepts will be discussed throughout the workshop. A significant portion of the workshop will involve accessing data from several different data types and incorporating them into a MapServer map file.' 
    user_prerequisites: Some familiarity with the Windows operating system.
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-20 09:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 12:00 +11

  workshop_03:
    title: Introduction to PostGIS
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_06 # Mark Leslie
      2: presenter_07 # Paul Ramsey
      3: presenter_38 # Mike Pumphrey 
    short_description: 'A hands-on introduction to PostGIS Spatial extensions for PostgreSQL.  Participants will be given an overview of PostgreSQL RDBMS and taken through the installation of PostgreSQL and PostGIS, configuration, data loading and access. Working examples will be used to demonstrate the relational and analytical capabilities of PostGIS.'
    description: 'This workshop will include a short instructional component in addition at the hands-on work.  You will follow the instructor through a series of tasks starting with the installation of PostgreSQL and PostGIS, configuration and basic tuning of the system, creating databases and  users and loading spatial data into the database.  From there a number of problems will be posed that will walk you through vital concepts such as spatial indices, spatially enabled queries and query tuning as well as visualization of data.'
    user_prerequisites: Users are expected to be familiar with SQL statements and basic relational database concepts.  They should be comfortable with command line tools in a Windows environment.
    room: G01
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-20 09:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 12:00 +11

  workshop_04:
    title: "Introduction to the Open GeoStack: PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, and OpenLayers"
    user: Beginner User or Developer
    presenters:
      1: presenter_08 # Justin Deoliveira 
      2: presenter_09 # Andrea Aime  
      3: presenter_07 # Paul Ramsey 
      4: presenter_10 # Tim Schaub
    short_description: 'This workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the "OpenGeo Stack", comprised of PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoWebCache, and OpenLayers. Workshop attendees will work through exercises targeted at building up a complete web mapping solution from scratch.'
    description:
      "The workshop will begin with an introduction of the stack, providing an overview of each of the major components:
      PostGIS: A spatially enabled relational database based on PostgreSQL. PostGIS is the backbone of many open source and non-open source based GIS systems.
      GeoServer: A feature rich standards compliant server that connects information to the geospatial web. GeoServer reads a variety of spatial formats and publishes that data on the web through standard services and formats.
      GeoWebCache: A WMS tile-caching library that provides an effective solution for the efficient serving of web maps.
      OpenLayers: A web based mapping toolkit built on Ajax technology. OpenLayers provides a web based front end for a number of web mapping technologies such as WMS and WFS.
      Following the introduction workshop attendees will begin the hands-on component. Exercises will cumulatively build off each other and work toward the goal of setting up a simple base map of the Manhattan area.
      Initial exercises will focus on performing simple tasks with GeoServer such as publishing shapefiles, setting up styles for map visualization, and use of the map preview tool.
      Once the basics of GeoServer have been covered attendees will be exposed to PostGIS. These exercises will focus on loading spatial data into PostGIS, as well as configuring GeoServer to connect to a PostGIS database.
      With a functioning GeoServer setup on top of PostGIS focus will shift to the creation of the Manhattan base map. This section will focus mainly on map style configuration and exploring the capabilities of Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) for the visualization of spatial data. 
      Once the base map has been set up attendees will build a simple web based map using the OpenLayers library. This component involves some web scripting with JavaScript, in which attendees will learn how to visualize a GeoServer WMS with OpenLayers. Additionally some of the OpenLayers styling capabilities will also be explored.
      The final part of the workshop will focus on GeoWebCache, using it to add tile-caching capabilities to the base map."
    user_prerequisites: A passing familiarity with any of the stack components is beneficial. Workshop attendees should be familiar with interacting with web applications through the browser. Familiarity with the windows command line is also beneficial. Some JavaScript.
    room: G04
    capacity: 120
    start_time: 2009-10-20 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 16:00 +11

  workshop_05:
    title: Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
    user: Beginner Developer
    presenters:
      1: presenter_11 # Arne Kepp
      2: presenter_12 # Jim Groffen
    short_description: 'Maps in apps. They look great and allow for user-intuitive functionality, but not if they are slow. This workshop will show how to make rendering maps and using spatial data as fast as it needs to be for a positive user experience.' 
    description:
      "Speed of response is critical to a user experience. While hardware and platform considerations are briefly discussed, the focus of this workshop is on what can be done at the data level, the service level and especially caching. Participants will see how small changes in design and implementation can reap big benefits. The topics of the workshop include:
      The Data: Spatial data stores. Attribute and spatial indexes.
      The Map: Limiting what gets rendered. Image size vs. quality.
      The Cache: Google does it, so can you.
      The OS: Scalability and concurrency.
Once we have data loaded into PostGIS and served by GeoServer we will move on to the main focus of the workshop: tile caching.
      Installing TileCache.
      Setting up your layer.
      Configuring GeoWebCache in GeoServer. 
      Metatiling.
      How it works with HTTP, caching proxies and caching clients.
OpenLayers will be used throughout the workshop to verify the effects of our changes." 
    user_prerequisites: 'The focus of the workshop is mainly on spatial software configuration and installation. No knowledge of the software packages (PostGIS, GeoServer, TileCache, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers) is assumed, though a cursory understanding of spatial concepts would be helpful.'
    room: G05
    capacity: 30
    start_time: 2009-10-20 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 16:00 +11

  workshop_06:
    title: OpenLayers - Your Foundation for Browser Based Mapping
    user: Beginner User or Developer
    presenters:
      1: presenter_10 # Tim Schuab
      2: presenter_13 # Roald de Wit 
    short_description: 'OpenLayers provides a full featured library for building browser based mapping applications. This workshop will guide participants through the library core, providing the experience necessary to build interactive mapping applications. We will cover best practices for dealing with a variety of raster and vector data sources, investigate client side styling, and discuss options for integrating OpenLayers with other JavaScript libraries.'
    description:
      "OpenLayers provides a full featured library for building browser based mapping applications. This workshop will guide participants through the library core, providing the experience necessary to build interactive mapping applications. We will cover best practices for dealing with a variety of raster and vector data sources, investigate client side styling, and discuss options for integrating OpenLayers with other JavaScript libraries.
      The hands-on workshop will include detailed exercises divided into five modules:
      Map Basics - Understand how maps are created and configured.
      Layer Types - Add data to your map from a variety of sources.
      User Interaction - Set up controls to manage user interaction.
      Editing & Styling - Focusing on vector data, read data from remote sources, allow for creation and editing of new data, and explore options for styling data client side.
      Integration - OpenLayers provides the mapping core for your application. Build rich widgets with mapping functionality by integrating OpenLayers with other JavaScript libraries.
      The modules will be presented by core OpenLayers developers who will be available for support throughout the workshop. Participants will be guided through exercises that result in working examples of a wide range of OpenLayers functionality. Printed materials will be provided that demonstrate advanced concepts in addition to workshop exercises. 
      This year's materials will be a complete rewrite of previously presented workshops - including coverage of recently added functionality."
    user_prerequisites: Participants will gain the most from the workshop if they have a good working knowledge of JavaScript and the basics of building web applications.  Participants with specific OpenLayers experience will have an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and will learn advanced tips for getting the most from the library.
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-20 09:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 12:00 +11

  workshop_07:
    title: Organizing your geospatial data and services using GeoNetwork opensource
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_14 # Jeroen Ticheler 
      2: presenter_15 # François Prunayre
    short_description: 'Participants will setup a catalogue to serve and access geospatial data through the Web. Topics that will be covered are the publishing of geospatial data, harvesting spatial data resources from remote catalogue-servers, finding and using spatial data through applications like News Readers and Google Earth and the integration of the publishing process in existing workflows.'
    description:
      'The half-day workshop will focus on the implementation of a catalogue to serve and access geospatial data through the Web. 
      A local catalogue will be installed and configured. Harvesting of spatial data resources from remote servers will be configured and geospatial web map services will be set up using the embedded GeoServer and will be configured for access through the catalogue web interface. 
      Participants will use the catalogue in different ways, including the web interface and OGC-CSW ISO, the new ebRIM CSW ISO, OAI-MHP and GeoRSS protocols. The user will learn how to use the catalogue to receive automatic updates when new resources of interest become available using news feeds in different client applications (news readers, Open Layers, Google Maps and Virtual Earth). The use of user feedback mechanisms including data rating and social book marking will be discussed.
      Attention will be given to import and export functionality of the catalogue that allow integration of the publishing process in existing workflows like desktop GIS or operational data processing servers.'
    user_prerequisites: Basic understanding of geospatial web services (like OGC Web Map Services and Catalogue Services for the Web) is useful.
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-20 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 16:00 +11
  
  workshop_08:
    title: Practical Introduction to GRASS and related software for beginners
    user: Beginner User 
    presenters: 
      1: presenter_16 # Paolo Zatelli
      2: presenter_17 # Marco Ciolli 
      3: presenter_18 # Clara Tattoni
    short_description:
      'This workshop aims to overcome the initial barrier between GRASS and its potential users due to the steep learning curve. It has two parts: a brief GRASS overview and a hands-on session by the attendees. A custom live DVD with the software and the workshop documentation will be provided. '
    description:
      "GRASS is the leading FOSS GIS and its wide ranging analysis capabilities make it an ideal tool to set up environmental models, as well as to support land planning and management.
      Therefore, GRASS can be an important tool in general for environmental researchers and in particular for scientists and planners in Developing Countries. In fact, GRASS has been already successfully used in many projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. However, its steep learning curve makes the first approach to GRASS sometimes tricky for beginners: this workshop aims to overcome the initial barrier between GRASS and its potential users.
      The workshop has two parts: a brief GRASS overview and a hands-on session by the attendees.
      The aim is to allow the first users to understand the logic of the software and to experiment some significant, although necessarily limited, data elaboration for technical and environmental GIS applications. The workshop provides a brief introduction to GRASS and then it is structured as a step by step tutorial to guide beginners in the basic applications of the software, stressing the interoperability with other FOSS and proprietary software. The tutorial is structured in a growing difficulty level to make the participants gradually familiar with the software. It will be possible for the participants to follow different paths depending on their skills and interests."
    user_prerequisites: 'No particular prerequisites are required, being a beginners workshop, the Live DVD will run the GNU/Linux OS.'
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-20 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 16:00 +11  
  
  workshop_09:
    title: 'Practical introduction to MapFish, the web 2.0 mapping application framework'
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_19 # Claude Philipona
      2: presenter_20 # Cédric Moullet
      3: presenter_21 # Frédéric Junod
      3: presenter_22 # Eric Lemoine
    short_description: The goal of this workshop is to create a web mapping application from scratch by using the web 2.0 technology included in MapFish.  The usage of several widgets will be described. The server part of MapFish will also be introduced through practical examples. 
    description:
      "MapFish is an open-source development framework for building web-mapping applications. 
      MapFish is based on the GeoExt library which is a combination of ExtJS and OpenLayers, and extends the Pylons general-purpose web development framework with geo-specific functionalities.  This workshop will introduce the usage of the MapFish development framework and will demonstrate how it can help developers implement rich web-mapping applications.   On the client side, several MapFish widgets and components will be presented:
      The map panel for the representation of geographical information through OGC web services like WMS, WFS or TMS.
      The toolbar for the access to the functions within the GUI
      The layer tree for the organization and management of the geospatial layers
      The 3D widget for the 3D representation of geographical data using Google Earth
      The print widget for the creation of reports.
      The geostat widget for the creation of advanced representations of the data through chloropleth or proportional symbols
      The edit functions for the creation and update of data sets.
      The search and recenter widget for advanced navigation within the data.
      The query widget for getting information about the represented data 
      The offline mode for allowing an usage of MapFish without Internet connection
      The templating system for the definition of reusable GUI
      On the server side, the following things will be practically introduced:
      The creation of RESTful services for the data access and data manipulation. Usage of SQLAlchemy and Shapely will be highlighted.
      The configuration of the print server component for the definition of reports.
      The presentation of other development environment working together with MapFish: PHP, Java, Ruby on rails and the integration with Symfony"
    user_prerequisites: Basic knowledge of JavaScript and python are required.
    room: G01
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-20 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 16:00 +11
  
  workshop_10:
    title: Working with GeoServer
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_08 # Justin Deoliveira 
      2: presenter_09 # Andrea Aime
    short_description:
      'A hands-on introduction to GeoServer: a server that connects spatial information to the geospatial web. This workshop will provide a comprehensive introduction to GeoServer, covering topics from installation to more advanced features.'
    description:
      'GeoServer is a feature rich geospatial web server built on top of open standards. A Web Map Service, Web Feature Service, and Web Coverage Service, GeoServer is a technology built for publishing data on the geospatial web.
      Initial exercises will focus mainly on basic tasks such as installation of GeoServer and the publishing of some simple data sets. Attendees will learn how to publish a variety of data sets in different formats. From Shapefiles, to a PostGIS spatial database, to raster data formats such as GeoTIFF.
      Workshop exercises will focus mainly on the GeoServer WMS, and its cartographic capabilities. Workshop attendees will be given an introduction to the GeoServer styling engine (SLD), and work through some simple examples. More advanced features such as labelling options, raster symbolization, and dynamic symbolization will also be covered.
      Later exercises will shift more toward GeoServer "geoweb" oriented capabilities such as KML output and Google Earth support. Initial exercises will illustrate how to publish data from GeoServer in Google Earth, moving to advanced features such as KML templates, 2.5 dimensional height support, and regionation.
      Time permitting other topics covered may include tile caching with GeoWebCache, WMS optimization with paletted images, and image watermarking.'
    room: G05
    capacity: 30
    start_time: 2009-10-20 09:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-20 12:00 +11  

tutorials:  
  tutorial_01:
    title: A Friendly Hands-on Survey of Popular Geospatial Services
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_23 # Jody Garnett
      2: presenter_06 # Mark Leslie
      3: presenter_24 # Andrea Antonello
    description:
      'Would you like to get started with free and open source software for geomatics? This workshop will get you started from the comfort of a desktop application! This workshop provides a survey of popular open source geospatial software allowing you to plan the rest of your week based on firsthand experience. The background of each project will be provided and you will have a chance to see how the different applications perform and what they are capable of.

The User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) application is used to provide an introduction to geospatial concepts and ideas. The uDig application is integrated with the desktop experience with drag and drop support, features an embedded internet browser, and is available on a range of platforms.
      For those new to the geospatial field we will cover how Features and Projections are used to draw your information onto a Map. We will also look into your enterprise needs ranging from use of PostGIS to working with simple Shapefiles. With access to more powerful data sources we will explore the range of styling and visualisation options.
      Plenty of time will be set aside for questions – welcome to FOSS4G!'
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-21 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-21 14:30 +11  
  
  tutorial_02:
    title: Delivering data using published application schemas
    type: Hands On
    user: Advanced User
    presenters: 
      1: presenter_25 # Rob Atkinson
    description:
      'This tutorial will introduce and explain the use and configuration of GeoServer with formal application schemas, such as those underpinning Spatial Data Infrastructures.
      The tutorial will provide a step-by-step explanation of the functionality and usage of the application-schemas DataAccess module, brand new to GeoServer 2.x
      Attendees will be encouraged to create their own configured installation of GeoServer 2.0.'
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-22 15:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 16:30 +11  
  
  tutorial_03:
    title: "Getting Started with MapWindow: An easy-to-install, easy-to-use free GIS for Windows"
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_26 # Dan Ames
      2: presenter_27 # Ted Dunsford
    description: 'MapWindow GIS (www.mapwindow.org) is a widely used free GIS for the Microsoft Windows operating system. With an easy-to-use installer and a number of plug-ins for geoprocessing, data manipulation, and visualization, MapWindow is an excellent GIS for a many applications. This tutorial will introduce novice GIS users to the MapWindow GIS application and several key plug-ins. A copy of the e-Book, "A Practical Look at MapWindow" which includes several introductory exercises will be supplied to attendees. Specific exercises that make use of the data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) will be used during the tutorial.'
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-22 10:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 12:00 +11

  tutorial_04:
    title: How to Cope with GeoSpatial - Intro to GeoTools for the Java Developer
    type: Hands On
    user: Advanced Developer
    presenters:
      1: presenter_23 # Jody Garnett
      2: presenter_28 # Michael Bedward
    description:
      'Are you new to GeoSpatial? Are you not cool enough to be a Neo-Geographer AJAX empowered meta tagging Ruby wunderkind ? Does scientific mumbo-jumbo make your head hurt? Are you (gasp!) just out to get the job done? Come to this tutorial and go home happy.
      This Java tutorial is developers who are new to the GeoSpatial scene - it offers an introduction to concepts, projects, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
      We will start with something nice, fun and visual - fetching content from Web Map Servers. The focus is on you and the code you need to get the job done.
      We will explore what maps are made of: Features (literally things you can draw on a Map), Geometry (what to actually draw) and details like units and coordinate reference systems. These ideas are represented as nice normal Java objects by the GeoTools and Java Topology Suite projects.
      We will work with common data formats and show how to make queries and modify information. For visualisation we will use a nice Swing widget and show how to control the rendering system with style.
      Attend this tutorial - it will be very much hands on – and fun.'
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-23 10:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-23 12:00 +11

  tutorial_05:
    title: Introduction to deegree iGeoDesktop
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_29 # Hanko Rubach
    description:
      'iGeoDesktop is the brand-new desktop GIS component in the deegree project (http://deegree.org). It is based on established deegree technology and modular by design to allow for
      flexible and use-case dependant configuration,
      standards-based SDI integration, 
      integration with other third-party desktop components.
      In this hands-on tutorial participants will get to know basic usage patterns of the tool, along with an insight to configuration. Based on services and data which are being made available within the Climate Change Integration Plugfest, participants will learn how to use iGeoDesktop in order to integrate SDI resources from various sources (local data and OGC services like WCS, WFS and WMS), including resource metadata, map layout and basic analysis issues. The concept of an iGeoDesktop project will be introduced as a combined definition of geospatial contents, functions and tools available to the user, and overall layout. '
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-23 10:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-23 12:00 +11

  tutorial_06:
    title: Leveraging OGC Services with GeoExt
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User    
    presenters:
      1: presenter_30 # Andreas Hocevar
    description:
      "GeoExt is a pure JavaScript toolkit for building rich web-based GIS applications. Built upon ExtJS and OpenLayers, it supports all common proprietary and open data formats and maps, including many of the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) specifications like Web Mapping (WMS), Web Feature (WFS) services, and Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD).
      This tutorial will walk participants through the usage of the GeoExt widgets of a simple GIS application entirely based on OGC services. Available widgets include functionality for adding layers from arbitrary WMS servers, editing layer styles based on the SLD standard, and querying data using the WFS protocol. On-site data from the Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP) will be used.
      The target audience for this tutorial are decision makers and users interested in the state of the art of web-based GIS applications using open standards. In addition to seeing GeoExt in action, participants will gain an understanding of its modular design by browsing code snippets and making configuration changes. To make the latter a fun experience, some basic knowledge of JavaScript and/or JSON is beneficial."
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-22 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 14:30 +11

  tutorial_07:
    title: Making Maps Fast - Performance tuning and Tile Caching
    type: Hands On
    user: Advanced Developer
    presenters:
      1: presenter_11 # Arne Kepp
      2: presenter_12 # Jim Groffen
    description:
      "Speed of response is critical to a user experience. While hardware and platform considerations are briefly discussed, the focus of this tutorial is on what can be done at the data level, the service level and especially caching. Participants will see how small changes in design and implementation can reap big benefits. The topics of the tutorial include:
      The Data: Spatial data stores. Attribute and spatial indexes.
      The Map: Limiting what gets rendered. Image size vs. quality.
      The Cache: Google does it, so can you.
      The OS: Scalability and concurrency.
      Once we have data loaded into PostGIS and served by GeoServer we will move on to the main focus of the workshop: tile caching.
      Installing TileCache.
      Setting up your layer.
      Configuring GeoWebCache in GeoServer. 
      Metatiling.
      How it works with HTTP, caching proxies and caching clients.
      OpenLayers will be used throughout the workshop to verify the effects of our changes." 
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-22 10:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 12:00 +11

  tutorial_08:
    title: Making Maps Pretty with Style Layer Descriptor
    type: Hands On
    user: Advanced User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_09 # Andrea Aime  
      2: presenter_12 # Jim Groffen
    description:
      "Tips and tricks to get your maps looking great. Supported by many GIS packages today, Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) uncouples map styling from the mapping services. Learn how to make and apply SLD using freely available tools.
      SLD is an OGC standard that allow users to define symbolisation and colouring of spatial data. During the tutorial participants learn the basics of SLD, and some tips and tricks:
      SLD editing with uDig.
      The GeoExt based SLD editor in GeoServer.
      What you can do with SLD rules.
      How filters control what gets styled.
      Styling tricks.
      Performance considerations.
      The exercises performed build up a case for the benefits of SLD and the best practices for using it. There will also be an opportunity to compare SLD support in OpenJUMP, OpenLayers and other open source packages.
      An information sheet on SLD support in existing GIS packages and a quick reference guide for both SLD and the Filter Encoding Specification will be provided."
    room: G03
    capacity: 50
    start_time: 2009-10-23 08:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-23 10:00 +11

  tutorial_09:
    title: Protecting OGC Web Services with the 52°North Security System
    type: Hands On
    user: Advanced User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_31 # Jan Drewnak
    description:
      "After a brief introduction into the basic concepts of the 52°North security system solution, the participants will set up a scenario installation of the system to restrict access to an example Web Map Service.
      Setting up the scenario implies:
      Deployment and configuration of the WAS web application on an Apache Tomcat server
      Deployment and configuration of the WSS web application on an Apache Tomcat server
      Installation and configuration of the WSC desktop application
      As part of the service configuration the participants will add users to the user repository for the WAS as well as define access policies for layers and/or operations of the protected WMS for the WSS.
      After successful deployment and installation the protected service will be loaded into a web map client using different user profiles to visualize the effect of policy enforcement."
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-21 13:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-21 14:30 +11

  tutorial_10:
    title: Sensor Web Enablement - Bringing Sensors into SDIs
    type: Hands On (optional)
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_32   # Arne Broering
      2: presenter_33   # Simon Jirka
      3: presenter_34   # Christoph Stasch
      4: presenter_35   # Thomas Evarding
    description:
      'This tutorial gives an introduction to the specification framework of OGC’s Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) initiative. The SWE framework offers a well-defined set of specifications which provide data models and corresponding data encodings as well as service interfaces to make use of the sensors. These interface specifications include services which can be utilized for example to access sensor data, to task sensors and to register for alerts in case of certain events.
      Firstly, the tutorial will consist of a presentation to give an overview of the different SWE specifications. Afterwards, practical SWE use-cases and applications will be shown to demonstrate how SWE technology can be utilized. These demonstration scenarios range from water management, pollution monitoring, early warning systems to fire fighting applications. Finally, we will demonstrate the 52° North suite of SWE service and client implementations to show the current state of art in SWE software development. It is planned to demonstrate a set of existing SWE applications that are available on the Web. For the demonstration part it is recommended (although not necessary) to bring a laptop so that the participant will be able to make hands-on experiences with the presented SWE applications.'
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-23 08:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-23 10:00 +11

  tutorial_11:
    title: Using ILWIS with its PostGIS plug-in for raster-vector applications
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_36 # Rob Lemmens
    description:
      "Tutorial objective: To provide participants a hands-on insight into the power of combining functionality of our user-friendly and highly functional GIS software with PostGIS. 
      Our GIS software is ILWIS which has been developed over 15 years by ITC as closed source software and has a large user community in developing countries, and recently has been migrated to open source software. ILWIS comprises a complete package of image processing, spatial analysis and digital mapping. It is easy to learn and use; it has full on-line help, and has extensive tutorials for direct use in various disciplines.
      Recent project efforts have migrated ILWIS into a modular, plug-in-based software, providing web-service support for OGC-based web mapping and links with other software such as PostGIS. ILWIS is being developed as a versatile geosoftware which is interoperable with other state-of-the-art open sources platforms. The development of this framework is done since 2007 in the context of 52°North (http://52north.org/).
      We will demonstrate the software’s functionality with the help of a use case. The tutorial will take the participant on a comprehensive tour through an application developed for UN-Habitat, which enables local governments to register land ownership on the basis of satellite images and simple field sketches."
    room: G03
    capacity: 50 
    start_time: 2009-10-22 15:00 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 16:30 +11

  tutorial_12:
    title: Working with GRASS-GIS Vectors and Databases	
    type: Hands On
    user: Beginner User
    presenters:
      1: presenter_37 # Richard Chirgwin
    description:
      'The demonstrations will cover:
      A brief outline of Grass-GIS
      Basics of Grass-GIS vector-database connections
      Buffering in Grass-GIS – producing border-constrained buffers
      Simple command-line looping for bulk vector processing
      Grass-GIS georectification processes.
      This is the description of the tutorial as it will appear in the program. This is also the primary resource used to evaluate the tutorial for inclusion in the conference or for determining attendee interest.'
    room: G02
    capacity: 45
    start_time: 2009-10-22 10:30 +11
    end_time: 2009-10-22 12:00 +11