Webcasts of Geospatial Web Services 2008

The Geospatial Web Services workshop at Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham held June 16-17th, 2008 had an interesting twist: a live webcast. More than 300 viewers followed the presentations over two days. Organizer Dr. Suchith Anand of the University wants to share the content as he believes "technologies like webcasting and podcasting will help in widening participation of GIS research conferences and events for the benefit of the society at large." The workshops, with with full video and slides or just audio, include titles such as "MapTube: Public Domain GIS, Mapping & Imaging Using Web-based Services," "Architectures for delivering maps empowered by automated generalization and "GIS4EU - Provision of interoperable datasets to open GI to EU," are available via Windows Media Player, Real Player and MP3.

9:30- 9:35 am – Welcome –Suchith Anand (CGS, University of Nottingham)
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9:35- 9:50 am - Workshop inauguration – Prof Mike Jackson (Director, CGS)
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9:50- 10:00 am – SOSoRNET welcome – Connie Bao (Kings College, London)
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10:00 -10:45 am –Keynote presentation – Dr Catherine Dolbear (Ordnance Survey)
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10:45-11:00 am - Coffee

11:00 – 12:00 pm - MapTube: Public Domain GIS, Mapping & Imaging Using Web-based Services - Michael Batty, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Richard Milton, Maurizio Gibin, Paul Longley, Alex Singleton (CASA, UCL)
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12:00 – 1:00 pm – Geographic information retrieval - TRIPOD project – Chris Jones, Philip Smart (University of Cardiff)
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1:00 – 2:00 pm - Buffet Lunch & exhibition viewing

2:00 – 3:00 pm - Architectures for delivering maps empowered by automated generalization - Theodor Foerster (ITC Netherlands)
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3:00 – 4:00 - Interactive visualization of four-dimensional environmental data using an enhanced Web Map Service – Jonathan Blower (e-Science Centre, Reading)
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4:00 -4:30 pm - Coffee

4:30-5:30 pm - Themed discussions for identifying research trends and collaboration in geospatial web services- (organised by Dr Sophie Dale, Bridging the Gaps, University of Nottingham)

19:00- 21:00 pm - Workshop dinner (Lenton Hall dining room)

17th June 2008 (Tuesday)

9:30-10:00 am – Automated Processing for Map Generalization using Web Services –Moritz Neun (ESRI, Switzerland)
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10:00 -10:30 am - Collaborative filtering for an effective selection of generalisation services –Dirk Burghardt (University of Zurich)
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10:30- 11:00 am - Coffee

11:00 – 12:00 am - Enhancing geo - service chaining through deep service descriptions– Rob Lemmens (ITC Netherlands)
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12:00 – 1:00 pm - GIS4EU - Provision of interoperable datasets to open GI to EU- Stefania De Zorzi , Gobe Hobona (CORILA Italy/ CGS Nottingham)
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1:00- 2:00 pm - Buffet Lunch & exhibition viewing

2:00 -3:00 pm - Map schematization use case for OGC-EuroSDR-AGILE Persistent Test Bed for Europe – Jerry Swan, Suchith Anand, Mike Jackson, Gobe Hobona (CGS, University of Nottingham)
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3:00 -4:00 pm – Open Source Geospatial Software Presentation (Suchith Anand, Jerry Swan, Gobe Hobona) and OSGeo meeting including Coffee
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4:00 -4:30 pm - Plenary Session and workshop closing – Suchith Anand (CGS, University of Nottingham)
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