28. October 2009
Considering the location of this years FOSS4G in Sydney, Australia
The famous opera in Sydney, Australia
this meant a trip half way around the world for a lot of protagonists. So, with 420 registered participants the conference was not the largest when it comes to numbers but can be deemed a great success nevertheless. One central observation that was made is of Open Source GIS projects becoming more mature and that their visibility within the GIS-world has increased. This is substantiated also by sponsors like SAFE Software (FME) or Autodesk.
Looking at the webmapping sector that is especially interesting for terrestris one can safely say that Web 2.0 has arrived. Amongst others projects like MapFish and geoext have supplied important impulses for our work.
terrestris gladly went half way around the world to participate in this years FOSS4G and will do so again – albeit not so far – next year when the FOSS4G takes place in Barcelona, Spain. Nos vemos.
7. October 2009
terrestris was offered another time slot for a presentation during the FOSS4G in Sydney, Australia, which we gladly accept. On Wednesday, October 21 from 13:30 to 14:00 hours we’ll be presenting results from work we did for the Forschungszentrum Jülich (a renowned german research institution) in conjunction with the project Terrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO). The talk will be about the visualisation and interpolation of environmental data in an open source WebGIS.
1. October 2009
The ministry of economics of Baden-Württemberg, the regional councils as well as other governing bodies intend to set up a comprehensive geoportal for regional planning for the whole federal state. A major goal of the geoportal is the provision of user oriented products, processes and services as part of the spatial data infrastructure of Baden-Württemberg in an open, service-oriented infrastructure. This geoportal will help comply with the INSPIRE directive and the law governing geodata access that is to be passed in the future.
The companies terrestris and reichert+partner from Tübingen are tasked with the implementation of this portal. The subsequent contract was signed in the ministry of economics in Stuttgart today. terrestris is looking forward to the collaboration with all project participants.
