Web GIS

Web GIS Immersion Seminars

Enterprise Information Management Drives Effective Decision Making

A Dangerous Proposal: Protecting Our Nation’s Underground Infrastructure from the Stimulus Package

Web GIS Technical Sessions

Tuesday, April 27, 2009
8:30 a.m.

Cost Effective GIS Technologies in Infrastructure Management
Lead Presenter: Babu Krishnasamy, GISbiz Inc.
Copresenter: Ian Charles Sorhaindo, Dominica Electricity Services Ltd

Keywords: standards, GOS, web services, open source, search and rescue, 3D
Vertical Interest Tags: WW; T; E; ER; PS; G; TR; CC; W

The necessity and complexity in effectively managing our infrastructure increases day by day, so does the availability of various geospatial technologies in the market place. It is therefore important for the infrastructure managers to constantly evaluate the technology options in order to implement the right solutions at their organizations. This presentation would explore how an electric power company from a developing nation took advantage of open source geospatial technologies in implementing a cost effective solution to manage its infrastructure.

MultiSpeak 3 Web Services
John Hedstrom, Great River Energy

Keywords: MultiSpeak NRECA National Rural Electric Cooperative Association XML data transfer

Vertical Interest Tags: E; DD; W

A developer’s perspective to designing a data transfer process utilizing the NRECA initiative MultiSpeak 3 will be discussed along with what considerations a potential user must evaluate before making a decision for one’s industry. MultiSpeak 3 utilizes Web services to seamlessly transfer data between systems with the use of XML (Extensible Markup Language). The NRECA (National Rural Electric Cooperative Association) initiative called Multispeak 3 is a defined format for transferring data for the electrical industry

Tuesday, April 27^th
9:30 a.m.

Combining GIS with 3-D Laser Scanning and LiDAR to Support Alternative Energy Projects
Steven Bein, RBF Consulting
Copresenter: Larry Truman, RBF Consulting

Keywords: Alternatve Energy 3D GIS LiDAR 3D Laser Scanning Google Earth Solar Potential Wind Potential Electric GIS Integration

Vertical Interest Tags: PS; E; S; EN; GR; W

This presentation will cover how to leverage GIS and ground-based 3-D laser scanning and aerial LiDAR technologies to efficiently analyze and view alternative green energy projects. Using Google Earth and ArcGIS environments, we use the 3-D data for siting projects based on physical constraints and to calculate the energy potential from wind and solar. Case studies will include sites as large as 4,300 acres and as small as a single rooftop. Each attendee will take away a basic understanding of how these technologies work together and how they can be applied to green energy projects to reduce greenhouse gases and build a better future

Navajo Land Department’s History of GIS and How We Are Utilizing it Today
Everytt Begay, Navajo Land Department

Vertical Interest Tags: T; DD; PH; W

This presentation will cover the history of GIS within the Navajo Land Department to manage Navajo Nation land. Attendees will learn about the development of spatial data in the beginning, and the issues the Navajo Nation is dealing with today. The presenter will give an overview on the several projects the Navajo Land Department – GIS Section was involved in and the outcome, and the development of an enterprise geodatabase for the Division of the Natural of the Navajo Nation.

Tuesday, April 27^th10:30 a.m.

Improving Electric Utility Land Information Management Using ArcGIS Server and FLEX
Rich Lopez, SRP
Copresenters: Robert W. Finkle, IT Nexus, Inc.; Hyrum Ernstom; IT Nexus, Inc.

Keywords: Land records automation, ArcGIS Server, FLEX, web-GIS, document management, GIS-DMS integration

Vertical Interest Tags: PS; E; EN; DD; WM; W

Breaking News Panel • 10:30 - 12:15
Not Your Father's Approach to Geodata Creation and Sharing
Moderator: Peter Batty, Ubisense
Speakers: Andrew Turner, FortiusOne; Ron Lake, Galdos Systems; James Fee, WeoGeo

Keywords: geodata, creation, sharing, crowdsourcing, OpenStreetMap, Haiti, OGC, GML, KML, GeoRSS

Vertical Interest Tags: E; ER; EN; G; M; P; PS; T; TR; WW; DD, II, CC, W

This panel will look at new approaches to geodata creation and sharing that have emerged in the past few years, and consider how they apply to infrastructure related problems. Crowdsourcing has grown dramatically as a mechanism for creating geospatial data, and has the potential to dramatically reduce the costs associated with geodata creation and maintenance, which of course have traditionally been very high. One of the best known initiatives in this area is OpenStreetMap, and the crowdsourcing approach is also being used by a number of commercial companies including Google, TomTom and others, as well as some government agencies. Crowdsourcing has huge potential in emergency response, and the panel will include a look at how OpenStreetMap contributed enormously to the response to the Haiti earthquake. The panel will also consider approaches to sharing geodata. New lightweight standards like GeoRSS and KML have arguably done more to facilitate sharing of geodata in practice than longer standing more heavyweight standards. Techniques for making geodata accessible to search engines like Google, rather than being hidden behind portals, have also contributed to our ability to easily share data. These and other developments will be discussed by the panel.

SRP’s Land Records Division created a Web-GIS Land Records Information Management System (LRIMS) to dramatically improve the efficiency and ease with which users access the organization’s scanned land records documents. The LRIMS-Flex application includes a sophisticated security model that controls document access privileges across a wide number of user groups. This presentation provides a technical briefing on the creation of the LRIMS-Flex application with a short demonstration of the capabilities of the application

Tuesday, April 27^th11:30 a.m.

Ensuring a Successful Web Portal Deployment
Michael Baker, Intergraph Corporation

Keywords: enterprise, web portal, collaboration, communication, internet reporting, business intelligence

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; P; DD; W

One of the most exciting technologies to allow a company to connect the operator to the solution is the enterprise Web portal. When defining the enterprise Web portal, it is important to understand that it is more than a flashy Web site. Rather, the enterprise Web portal is a Web-based, business-critical system. This presentation will explore the best practices of planning, implementing, and deploying a successful enterprise Web portal

Tuesday, April 27^th3:15 p.m.

Process to Product: Developing a Custom GIS Web Portal
Aaron Gundel, San Jose Water Company
Copresenter: Jeff Hobbs, San Jose Water Company

Keywords: Open Source, GeoServer, OpenLayers, Oracle Spatial, Google API, jQuery, Web Portal, Records Management, AJAX, Web Services

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; TR; P; S; EN; W

San Jose Water Company has taken on an ambitious project to create an ever-evolving GIS facilities tool, GDI Portal. Using the latest Web APIs and open source technologies available (OpenLayers, GeoServer, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps/Earth API, etc.), the portal serves as a window into the company’s GIS data. This talk reviews the portal’s use within the company, and offers a brief overview of the technical aspects and challenges involved with the development of the portal

Wednesday, April 28^th8:30 a.m.

Protecting Geospatial Information Processing in the Cloud
Andreas Matheus, University of the Bundeswehr

Keywords: Security, Geo Web Services, GIS, Cloud Computing

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; M; TR; P; S; EN; CS; CC; W

The strength of cloud computing is that it dramatically reduces the investment costs for users, required for processing high-volume geospatial data. But in order to have confidential or even classified geospatial data processed in the cloud, service level agreements must ensure the seamless protection of the data. This paper introduces a concept to declare and enforce service level agreements preventing unauthorized use

Software as a Service for Infrastructure GIS Applications
Geovane Cayres Magalhaes, Fundacao CPqD
Copresenter: Steve Carter, Mid-State Consultants

Keywords: SaaS, Infrastructure, Telecom, GIS, CAD

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; T; E; G; P; E; CC; W

Software as a Service has been successfully applied to Web-based light applications. Although highly desirable, infrastructure GIS applications pose a few challenges for the SaaS model. In this presentation, we will show how to overcome these challenges and present a solution that has been applied to telecom infrastructure. We will also present the benefits of this mode of operation for the operators in the infrastructure arena in general

Wednesday, April 28^th9:30 a.m.

On Demand GIS as Software as a Service
Eamon Walsh, eSpatial Inc.
Copresenter: Paul Baynham, eSpatial Inc.

Keywords: Cloud SaaS Web GIS Service

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; M; TR; CC; W

Software as a Service (SaaS) has gained widespread acceptance and adoption in the wider industry and increasingly in GIS with applications hosted in the cloud delivered on-demand over the Internet. SaaS removes the need for users to install and manage their own software, reducing deployment costs and timelines. There is a wide range of capabilities of GIS SaaS offerings. SaaS will allow more people in more organizations to use GIS for real business advantage

Wednesday, April 28^th10:30 a.m.

Mobile Work Management Integration with GIS
Jonathan Kilpatrick, City of Tallahassee-Underground Utils.
Copresenters: Patrick Kates, City of Tallahassee-Underground Utils; JJ Meadows, GISP, City of Tallahassee; David Nichols, City of Tallahassee-Underground Utils.

Keywords: Integration, mobile work management, custom developed, webservice

Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD; WM; W

The City of Tallahassee Underground Utilities has implemented bi-directional data integration between GIS and custom developed mobile work management applications. This effort provides for optimized dispatching of fieldwork from a GIS interface and enhanced data integrity through updating of GIS critical attributes captured during fieldwork. This implementation was handled entirely by internal city of Tallahassee employees from several departments and involved extensive custom development

The Real-time GeoWeb: Enabling Massive Scale Streaming geospatial Data and Sensor Networks
Hans Jespersen, Solace Systems
Copresenter: Larry Neumann, Solace Systems

Keywords: geospatial networks middleware real-time sensors EDXL location-aware homeland defense GIS streaming
Vertical Interest Tags: E; ER; T; PS; PH; W

This technical session will present several use cases in which specialized hardware “middleware” has been successfully deployed to enable highly accelerated processing of real-time streaming sensor data. Reference architectures which include a wide variety of GIS systems and supporting applications will be discussed. Emerging location-aware XML standards such as EDXL and CAP will be reviewed with lessons learned from real-world implementations in the homeland defense, military, advertising and meteorological industries.

Wednesday, April 28^th12:30 p.m.

Enterprise GIS
Dan Brooks, 3-GIS, LLC

Keywords: enterprise GIS, web 2.0, web-based, mobile technology, asset management, utilities, telecommunications, work order process, mapping

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; E; G; TR; DD; AI; WM; W

GIS and asset data are often confined to mapping departments due to the high cost of licensing and limited tools for sharing data across an organization. Utilities can now leverage thin-client, Web-based technology providing access to your GIS from any browser on the network. Enterprise GIS provides a central data repository and communications link to third-party applications while automating work order processes, reporting, and mobile operations

Location, OGC Standards, and the Smart Grid
Dr. Carl Reed, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.

Vertical Interest Tags: Tags: E; GR; II; W

This presentation will address how location and OGC standards can be used as part of the SmartGrid infrastructure. Specific focus will be how OGC Sensor Web standards can be used in the SmartGrid. An update of current OGC SmarthGrid related activities and standards relationships, such as with NIST, are described.

Utilizing High Density Weather Observations for Intelligent Outage Management
John Bosse, WeatherBug

Keywords: Integrating real-time weather data for intelligent outage management

Vertical Interest Tags: E; II; AI; W

Integration of live spatial weather data into a GIS platform creates an intelligent outage management system, providing a one-source view into storm severity for preparation and recovery planning. This comprehensive model provides location-specific alerts for managers and linemen on pending weather conditions. The discussion will include a step-by-step guide to implementing a meso network. Learn the most effective and efficient ways to protect linemen, employees, customers, and communities before severe weather strikes

Wednesday, April 28^th1:30 p.m.

Geospatial Data Sharing Via the Cloud
Brad Sileo, iFactor Consulting

Keywords: SaaS Online Mapping Organizational Trusts Cloud Computing Security Scalability

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; TR; P; S; EN; DD; CC; W

The increased prominence of cloud computing architectures has changed the way that business-to-business transactions occur. With the addition of mapping technologies, the cloud is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for companies that rely heavily on geospatial information to communicate with each other. This presentation will cover the main issues that companies face when deploying such solutions, including security concerns, Web services and standards, and scalability.

Wednesday, April 28^th2:30 p.m.

Geospatial Media Web Services Support Infrastructure Management Operations
David Wright, i-cubed, LLC
Copresenter: Mick Garrett, i-cubed, LLC

Keywords: geospatial digital asset management, geomedia, geospatial web services, REST, mapping

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; M; TR; P; S; EN; II; AI; W

Document management has become an infrastructure operations cornerstone. However, location data and rich media support are missing in conventional solutions. DataDoor’s Geospatial Asset Management Environment (GAME) establishes digital asset management upon a geospatial foundation supporting documents, video, audio, and photographs within a spatially intelligent, role-based framework. GAME’s RESTful API enables customization on platforms including ESRI ArcGIS, Google Maps, Google Earth, and Microsoft Bing. Organizations leveraging GAME realize significant benefits through improved visibility, collaboration, and documentation

Haiti, Open Source Mapping, and the Collaborative Environment
Talbot Brooks, Delta State University

Keywords: Haiti, Emergency Response, Collaboration, Crowd-source, Public license, Authoritative data, Crisis, Volunteer, Earthquake, Distributed

Vertical Interest Tags: ER; PS; W

The geospatial response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti was unique in that hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals without formal training in geospatial technologies contributed significantly to the development of data and products. A call to arms through social networks mobilized many in the geospatial community to assist through the provision of map products and services. Nearly all who responded discovered an immediate barrier: lack of data. What transpired next will likely stand the test of time as one of the most Herculean geospatial efforts ever accomplished: the near complete digitization of most of Haiti by the open source community using high-quality donated imagery distributed through cloud computing and image servers. The resulting data was largely public licensed and easily accessed, trumping the availability of less complete “authoritative” data sources. This session will present information about the collaborative environments used, a sampling of the partners involved, samples of the data and map products created, and will set time aside for an open discussion about the benefits and risks of open/crowd source and authoritative data sources during times of crisis.

Geospatial Cloud Computing—The Next Frontier in Business Intelligence
Krishna Kumar, Space-Time Insight
Copresenter: Mark Feldman, Space-Time Insight

Keywords: All human activity has a location and time component. It takes place somewhere and some time. That is precisely why companies must monitor, understand and adjust to geo-economic signals when and where they occur.

Vertical Interest Tags: ER; E; G; DD; CC; W

This session will show how geospatial cockpits with cloud computing capabilities can now integrate the wealth of macroeconomic data on the Web with internal operations and information, to help define and execute optimal business decisions in realtime. Examples will include how Web 2.0 concepts like Wikis and Tweet streams combined with supply chain metrics from ERP systems can improve the accuracy of demand forecasts and support lean manufacturing cycles