FOSS4G North America Conference 2013 Preliminary Program
FOSS4G North America Conference 2013 Preliminary Program
FOSS4G North America Conference 2013 Preliminary Program
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OpenLayers, and the Google Maps API. The talk will provide insights about the individual<br />
technologies evaluated and offer comments on a process for keeping pace with the<br />
everevolving array of web mapping technologies.<br />
Environment, Energy and Health<br />
Online mapping of Stream Habitats using Open Source products<br />
Bob Bistrais, GISP, Maine Office of GIS<br />
The Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) builds GIS services and web<br />
mapping applications using open source technologies. Our current strategy combines<br />
MapServer, GeoMoose, as well as ESRI and open source data formats and services to create<br />
costeffective web mapping solutions.<br />
GeoMoose is built upon a number of open source projects; OpenLayers, Mapserver, and the<br />
Dojo Toolkit. The primary scripting languages used for customization are JavaScript, PHP, and<br />
SQL.<br />
In 2012, MEGIS was contracted by the Maine Coastal <strong>Program</strong> to build a webbased viewer<br />
which would allow users to display and query stream and fish habitat data. This project is called<br />
the Maine Stream Habitat Viewer. The purpose of the viewer is to show stream crossings that<br />
may be barriers or potential barriers to fish migration, in order to aid in habitat restoration efforts.<br />
The Maine Stream Habitat Viewer consumes both open and proprietary data formats. A number<br />
of tools and services were added or modified to suit the needs of the project. The project also<br />
required building web based forms to allow input and update of stream barrier data by field<br />
crews.<br />
In this presentation we will discuss the history and purpose of the project, the technologies used<br />
and the reasons for selecting them, challenges and difficulties faced, and the resultant<br />
successful build of the application.<br />
An Open Source Stack for the National Geothermal Data System<br />
Ryan Clark and Genhan Chen of Arizona Geological Survey, and Christoph Kuhmuench,<br />
Siemens Corporation<br />
The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) is a distributed network of data providers and<br />
consumers linked by standard interfaces and interchange formats for data acquisition and<br />
delivery. The primary goal of the NGDS is to provide reliable information for discovery,<br />
evaluation, and development of geothermal resources with a vision to enable all relevant<br />
geothermal data to be discovered and accessed from a single system. Although the NGDS<br />
system is defined by its interfaces and interchange formats, not a specific server<br />
implementation, in order to facilitate use by the broadest number of facilities and programs a
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