Open Source GIS Web Mapping Solutions Sachindra Singh ICT Systems Developer 2010 Pacific Islands Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing User.

Open Source GIS Web Mapping SolutionsSachindra Singh

ICT Systems Developer

2010 Pacific Islands Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing User Conference

Discussion Session 1.6

Overview

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2010 SOPAC ICT development initiative to bring together disparate:

GIS Data Systems

GIS Data Formats SHP Files, MapInfo Files, GML Files, etc

Common, Searchable, Scalable Data Platform

 Singular GIS and Spatial Data Repository

Goals

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Enhance Data Sharing and Interoperability between:

Tools, Workflow, Processes & External third-party Systems

Single Data Platform, but Multiple End-User Frontends

Development

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Common Platform developed using purely OSS components:

Data Layer – PostGIS Spatial ExtensionDifferent Data Formats converted using OGR (ogr2ogr) and PostGIS (shp2psql) utilities.

Data Exposure – OGC Web ServicesWMS, WFS, WCS - enables any modern desktop or web GIS tool to consume GIS data/layers

Data User Interfaces

Web Map Interface (Searchable, Bandwidth-aware)

Google Earth (KML file generation from Data Layers within the repository)

Other potential interfaces (desktop, web, or mobile) can be easily development using OGC Webservices

Discussion

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What priority does your organisation place on a single GIS data platform and/or enabling data sharing using industry

standards such OGC WebServices or Simple Features SQL?