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FOSS4G 2008 Final Draft Detailed Technical Programme - General Presentations

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4a)128Martin Mergili, Katharina Schratz, Mechthild Thalhammer, Wolfgang Fellin, Alexander OstermannAn Open Source model for the simulation of granular flows: First results with GRASS GIS and needs for further researchDisaster Management 11

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4a)357Paul BartelKnowledge Management and Humanitarian Response to Complex Humanitarian EmergenciesDisaster Management 12

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4a)136David Bitner, Fran Boon, Mifan Careem, Gavin Treadgold Integrating GIS into FOSS Disaster Management SystemDisaster Management 13

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4a)331Andrew TurnerRebuilding a City through Community Participation, Neogeography and GISDisaster Management 14

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4b)157Ionut Iosifescu-Enescu, Marco Hugentobler Publishing web maps with QGIS mapserverImproving FOSS GIS cartography and map production 11

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4b)179Vincent HeurteauxMapFaces : a Rich Client Mapping Framework build on top of JSFImproving FOSS GIS cartography and map production 12

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4b)219Robert BrayGoogle Earth Powered by MapGuide Open SourceImproving FOSS GIS cartography and map production 13

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General Presentations (1 - 2.4b)296Schuyler ErleFrom the Chart Table to the Browser: Deploying Historical Maps at ScaleImproving FOSS GIS cartography and map production 14

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General Presentations (1-1.6)335Raj SinghWFS Simple: the welterweight data access standardinteroperability 11

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General Presentations (1-1.6)318Judit Mays, Jens FitzkeA few mouse clicks away: Configuration of deegree WCS, WFS and WMS with OpenJUMPinteroperability 12

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General Presentations (1-1.6)110Michael AdairProj4js - Coordinate System Transformations in the Browserinteroperability 13

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General Presentations (1-1.6)177Frank WarmerdamCoordinate Systems: PROJ.4, EPSG and OGC WKTinteroperability 14

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4a)208Peter MooneyPromoting Open Access to Environmental Data using Open Source SoftwareCase Study 11

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4a)30R.K. Vundavalli, S.N. Rao, N.S PrasadModus Operandi of a FOSS GIS project in IndiaCase Study 12

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4a)322Jeofrey DitselaPromotion of access to spatial information using web-based Open Source GIS to Cape Town communities living at informal settlement.Case Study 13

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4a)97Till AdamsOpen-source based market information systems - one option for Developing NationsCase Study 14

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4b)204Stephen CrawfordCaribbean PestWatch: An agricultural pest monitoring system for the Caribbean utilizing open source softwareEnviron 11

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4b)83Jacques BeaurainDapple Global Data ExplorerEnviron 12

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4b)224Sam HiattImplementing Web Services for NASA's Terrestrial Observation and Prediction SystemEnviron 13

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General Presentations (2 - 2.4b)87Brendon Woff-Piggott, S. Mallory,S. Hardy, N van WykUsing FOSS and Proprietory GIS in Assessing Water Use by Alien VegetationEnviron 14

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General Presentations (2-1.6)164Torsten Drey, Mulkal Razali, Makmur Widodo, Zulfikar StReasons for the non-use of FOSS GIS during the reconstruction and rehabilitation process after the tsunami 2004 in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia OR call for a stronger lobby for FOSS GIS in developing countriestransition 21

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General Presentations (2-1.6)161Andreas Oxenstierna, Björn Harrtell, Leif UllerWebGIS Platform - a commercial succesful OpenSource-based concept in Scandinaviatransition 22

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General Presentations (2-1.6)154Laurette CoetzeeTapping into OpenSourcetransition 23

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General Presentations (2-1.6)221Robert UebbingTransitioning to FOSS4G at North West Geomaticstransition 24

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4a)199Alessandro FurieriSpatiaLite; an extesion enabling Spatial processing on SQLiteNew FOSS 31

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4a)225Laura I Toma, William K Richard A new GRASS module for computing visibility on gridsNew FOSS 32

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4a)332Judit MaysUsing SLD definitions to display charts in a deegree WMSNew FOSS 33

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4a)119Sarawut Ninsawat, Venkatesh Raghavan, Shinji MasumotoImplementation of Distributed Service Oriented Framework for 3D Visualization in Web-GIS ClientsNew FOSS 34

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4b)160Franz-Josef Behr, Astrit Rimayanti OpenGeocoding.org - a free, participatory, community oriented worldwide geocoding serviceGov - Participatory1

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4b)168Marcelle Renee Hattingh, Ivan Tchoukanski LOCATION BASED SERVICE FOR URBAN MANAGEMENT in the CITY OF JOHANNESBURGGov - Participatory2

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4b)132Miguel McCormick, Juan Jose Del ToroGeoLiberum: A collaborative approach to capacity building, FOSS GIS implementation and deployment in municipal administration in developing countries.Gov - Participatory3

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General Presentations (3 - 2.4b)345Rainer Hauser, Cristian AquevequeSNIT-Chile, experience and innovation for the Society of Knowledge. Good Government, Interoperability and Social Web: a methodology in processGov - Participatory4

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General Presentations (3 - 1.6)347Arnulf ChristlFOSS Business Models in the Spatial RealmFOSS GIS Business 11

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General Presentations (3 - 1.6)232Claude PhiliponaPOTIMART - an Open Source GIS platform for transportationFOSS GIS Business 12

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General Presentations (3 - 1.6)244Geraldine MitchleyA deeper understanding of trade areas and target markets for growth and expansion opportunitiesFOSS GIS Business 13

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4a)167Elisabeth Dresen, Martin Dresen The use of open source GI software in teachingsEdu 11

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4a)298Deon Scheepers, Mandy Carolissen GIS in the school curriculum - perceptions and challenges facing educators in the Western Cape, South AfricaEdu 12

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4a)336Lizette Rust, Robyn KindlerIntroducing GIS into the South African Educational MarketEdu 13

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4a)359Hendrik Jacobus du Plessis A COMPARISON OF SOUTH AFRICAN UNIT STANDARD BASED QUALIFICATIONS IN GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE AGAINST NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKSEdu 14

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4b)76Juwairia MahboobFOREST CROWN CLOSURE ASSESSMENT & TREE SPECIES CLASSIFICATION USING MULTISPECTRAL & HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERIESImages 11

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4b)85Bruce Tonkin, Michelle DouvillePublishing Imagery using WMS - How do the Open Source Products Fare?Images 12

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4b)360Anselm HookAbout the ImageWiki ProjectImages 13

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General Presentations (4 - 2.4b)362Mateusz Loskot Introduction to ASPRS LAS data processing with libLASImages 14

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General Presentations (4 - 2.6b)184Silvia Franceschi, Riccardo Rigon, Andrea AntonelloJ-Hydro, an implementation of the digital watershed conceptwater 11

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General Presentations (4 - 2.6b)268Vinod BothaleWeb Enabled Inter-operable Spatial Data System for Water Resources Applications in India using Open Source Geoserverwater 12

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General Presentations (4 - 2.6b)165Frank Kizito, Gaddi Ngirane-Katashaya, Roger ThunvikA geostatistical analysis of water losses in an urban utility using the R and Tinn-R open-source statistical computing environmentswater 13

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General Presentations (4 - 2.6b)303Dingaan MahlanguThe use of Open Source (an option for developing) technology in determining the beginning of the defined watercourse for determining floodlines in the Apies River Basinwater 14

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General Presentations (4-1.6)35Christoph Stasch, Simon JirkaApplication of Open Source OGC Sensor Web Implementations for Disaster Management and Environmental MonitoringWeb 11

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General Presentations (4-1.6)125Bas Vanmeulebrouk, Rob Lokers, Jandirk BulensIntegration of geo-spatial web services using Adobe FlexWeb 12

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General Presentations (4-1.6)239Guillaume SueurWebServices application with Django and OpenLayersWeb 13

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General Presentations (4-1.6)96Till Adams, Marc JansenWebGIS in times of the web at version 2.0 or: Buzzwords, anyone?Web 14

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General Presentations (5 - 1.6)302Miguel MontesinosgvSIG Mobile: How to code for desktop and mobile GIS/SDINEW FOSS 21

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General Presentations (5 - 1.6)159Franz-Josef Behr, Hui Li SUAS MapServer - an Open Source Framework for extended Web Map ServicesNEW FOSS 22

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General Presentations (5 - 1.6)139Anton PatrushevShortest path search for real road networks and dynamic costs with pgRoutingNEW FOSS 23

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General Presentations (5 - 1.6)256Justin Deoliveira, Andrea Aime Comparing the Performance of Open Source Web Map ServersNEW FOSS 24

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4a)33Bart van den Eijnden, Thijs van MenenBuilding an application framework based on OpenLayers and ExtJSFOSS Implementation 11

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4a)355Mark de BloisInformation, a must for DevelopmentFOSS Implementation 12

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4a)166Andrea Antonello, Mauro De Donatis, Silvia Franceschi Franz-Josef Behr, Astrit Rimayanti BeeGis: digital field mapping that just worksFOSS Implementation 13

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4a)28Trevor ClarkeAnalysis of Temporal Remote Sensing Data with OpticksFOSS Implementation 14

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4b)343Tyler MitchellWelcome to OSGeo - Your FOSS CommunityOpen data 11

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4b)114Tim SchaubOpenLayers Vector StyleOpen data 12

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4b)262Dirk FrigneWeb 2.0 brings GIS to the World Wide WebOpen data 13

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General Presentations (5 - 2.4b)306Wilko Quak, Maarten Vermeij, Wim de Haas A spatial DBMS buyer's guideOpen data 14

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4a)126Jo Cook, Gary JonesA year of full-speed FOSS- winning the hearts, minds, and business casetransition 11

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4a)100Trevor ClarkeOpticks: Transitioning a Proprietary Remote Sensing Analysys Tool into Open Sourcetransition 12

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4a)79Ismail WadembereEasing Transition to Open Source Geo-Spatial Data Manipulation in GMLtransition 13

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4b)187Andrea Antonello, Riccardo Rigon, Silvia Franceschi JGrass: The Horton machinewater & education1

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4b)356Philip de Souza, Allestair Wensley, Leonardo Manus, Eddie Delport, Frank Stevens, Grant Mackintosh, Mzi RambaDevelopment and Implementation of an Open-Source Based Internet Accessible Water Quality Management System for Improving the Quality of Water Services in South Africawater & education2

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4b)102Victor OlayaA free GIS bookwater & education3

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General Presentations (6 - 2.4b)227Elsworth Mcpherson, Mandy Carolissen, Deon Scheepers GIS in the Geography Curriculum: Teacher Training water & education4

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General Presentations (6-1.6)231Eric LemoineMapFish: a web-mapping development frameworkCase Study 21

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General Presentations (6-1.6)189Craig Murray Leat, David Still Mapping the Sanitary Sewers of a South African City - First Experiences with FOSS GISCase Study 22

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General Presentations (6-1.6)328Fernanda Lima, Michel FerreiraMining Spatial Data from GPS traces for Automated Map GenerationCase Study 23

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4a)291Blair AdamsExpanding the Role of Open Source GIS in GovernmentGov 11

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4a)131Gerald FenoySenegalese land register modernization through OpenSource softwares.Gov 12

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4a)365Peter ReineckeCRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (CSF’S) FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.Gov 13

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4a)226Andrew de KlerkA case study of GIS analysis for the determination of service deliveryGov 14

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4b)220Karine Reis Ferreira, Lúbia Vinhas, Antônio Miguel Vieira Monteiro, Gilberto Ribeiro Queiroz, Emiliano Ferreira Castejon, Juan Carlos Pinto de Garrido, Lauro Tsutomu Hara, Pedro Ribeiro de Andrade Neto, Paulo Justiniano Ribeiro Junior, Renato Martins AssunçãoTerraLib as an Open Source Plataform for Public Health ApplicationsHealth 11

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4b)130Josh LivniAnalyzing walkable communities, and publishing interactive results on the webHealth 12

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General Presentations (7 - 2.4b)279Natashia Morris, Sarel CoetzerDevelopment of a malaria decision support system based on open source technologiesHealth 13

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6a)338Mikel Maron, Schuyler ErleOpenStreetMap in India, Free Data in the Developing WorldParticipatory 11

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6a)75Denis GirouxPhoenix: A Web-Based Collaboration ToolParticipatory 12

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6a)142Nimalika Fernando, Waruna de Silva, Indika Tantrigoda, Sirimewan WidyasekaraIntegrating FOSS web-GIS tools with Web2.0 capabilities to produce scalable city information toolkit, supporting participatory GISParticipatory 13

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6b)346Rob Lemmens, Martin Schouwenburg, Somefun Olalekan SundayWeb processing and spatial analysis with the ILWIS open source GIS software and GEOSS dataNew FOSS 41

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6b)170Martin Dresen, Divyang M. TrivediThe use of OpenLayers for the demonstration and web visualisation of environmental applicationsNew FOSS 42

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6b)212Jeroen TichelerBringing data and metadata closer togetherNew FOSS 43

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General Presentations (7 - 2.6b)290Justin Deoliveira, Andrea AimeGeoServer: Past, Present and FutureNew FOSS 44

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General Presentations (7-1.6)339Jubal HarpsterHarvest Choice - An Open Source System to Deliver Agricultural DataWeb - Environ 11

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General Presentations (7-1.6)340Wouter SchaubroeckRide the lightning - Mapping lightnings with geotools and openlayersWeb - Environ 12

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General Presentations (7-1.6)145Jari Vauhkonen, Timo TokolaLocation-based activity reporting of forest operations using components of open source GISWeb - Environ 13

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General Presentations (7-1.6)194Peter LoeweInto the wild: Tapping the potential of FOSS GIS for Geoparks and Nature InterpretationWeb - Environ 14

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4a)310Crispin HoultCAD-GIS Integration: Achieving Commercial Reality with Open Source Solutionstransition 31

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4a)247Juan Carlos TorresAnisotropic cost surfaces for Grasstransition 32

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4a)309Alexander BorghuisMigrating from a commercial internet map server to a Free and Open Source solutiontransition 33

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4a)88Paolo CavalliniGFOSS.it: the Italian OSGeo Chaptertransition 34

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4b)134Bastian Schaeffer, Theodor FoersterWeb Processing Services in the context of the 52°North Geoprocessing communityWeb 21

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4b)273Till Adams, Dominik Helle Sensor Observation Service from UMN MapServer meets OpenLayerWeb 22

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4b)209Jean-Christophe Desconnets, Vincent Heurteaux MDweb 2.0 : A Java/JEE Metadata CatalogWeb 23

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General Presentations (8 - 2.4b)240Guillaume SueurApache vs LightHttpd benchmark and optimization for serving huge tilesetsWeb 24

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General Presentations (8-1.6)344Arnulf ChristlThe definition of Open in OGC, OSGeo and OSMinteroperability 21

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General Presentations (8-1.6)358Jeanne FoustESRI’s Open Standards and IT Interoperabilityinteroperability 22

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General Presentations (8-1.6)229Francois PrunayreImprove metadata creation process using OpenSourceinteroperability 23

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General Presentations (8-1.6)214Vincent Heurteaux, Mickael Treguer Constellation --- An infrastructure for Geospatial Data Services for Scientific and Environmental Useinteroperability 24

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4a)313Alize Botha, Dr. Louis WaldeckThe use of FOSS in urban modelling and simulationGov 21

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4a)233Nico ElemaThe use of FOSS GIS in Integrated Geographical Systems in Local Government in South AfricaGov 22

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4a)243RAQUEL SOUTOEVALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS FOR COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) USING FREE SOFTWAREGov 23

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4a)363Martiens PelserIntegrating Commercial and OpenSource software for an Environmental Health Information System for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan MunicipalityGov 24

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4b)266Luc St-Pierre, Edouard Legoupil, Claude PhiliponaOpen source Web-GIS of the UN High Commissioner for the Refugees (UNHCR): a model for the UNCase Study 31

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4b)193José Vicente Higón, Salvador BayarriImproving open source GIS-SDI integration: the web service publishing extension for gvSIGCase Study 32

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4b)201Jeff HammDeveloping Open Source Tools for Regional Land Use PlanningCase Study 33

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General Presentations (9 - 2.4b)368Kanav Hasija, Badri NarayanRisk Model for OSS: Valuing hidden costsCase Study 34

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General Presentations (9-1.6)292Chris Holmes, Justin DeoliveiraGeoServer and the GeoWebNew FOSS 11

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General Presentations (9-1.6)185Frank WarmerdamGDAL/OGR Project Status ReportNew FOSS 12

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General Presentations (9-1.6)280Miguel Montesinos, Gabriel Carrión gvSIG Status Report. Towards an open organizationNew FOSS 13

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General Presentations (9-1.6)81Victor OlayaA free graphical modeling tool for geospatial analysisNew FOSS 14

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