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Software and tools in the geomatic field have strongly been growing for 20 years. They are pushed, at one side by the sprea-ding of standards inside exchange platforms, and at the other side by territorial decision-makers having needs, especially towards sustainable development. Moreover, this situation has recently been reinforced thanks to the disposal of free and open source software for geoinformatics.
In this context, from July 8th to 10th, 2009, during the tenth edition of Libre Software Meeting, IRTSV (Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques) will organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open source geospatial methods and technologies.
The Main goals of this symposium are :
to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models or using open source tools ; •
to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source technology usage (benefits and limitations) ; •
to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future collaborative works between the academic research world •
and the everyday operational world (companies, local authorities…). The symposium will integrate both :
scientific conferences (research papers) ; •
companies and authorities testimonies (showcases) ; •
training sessions (labs). •
The scientific part will be driven by IRSTV and the “operational” part will be coordinated by Préfecture de Région and Région of Pays de La Loire on behalf of the GEOPAL program.
OGRS 2009: International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium
July 8 - 9 - 10, 2009 - Nantes, France
OGRS 2009 Call for research papers
Important dates :
Full paper submission deadline : February, 20th 2009
Paper acceptance notification : April 20th, 2009
Final paper due : June, 1st, 2009
During the last 20 years, Free softwares (as defined by the Free Software Foundation) have undergone an impressive growth in every application domain of Computer Science (Office productivity tools, Databases, Operating Systems…). Among the most noticeable examples are Linux and the OpenOffice.org suite.
Geographical Science and in particular Geographical Information Science has undergone the same process. History will most probably remember the first Desktop-GIS GRASS and its numerous scientific applications (landscape ecology, epidemiology,remote sensing, Urban planning, 3D representation).
In the middle of the 90s, the University of Minnesota has given birth to MapServer, the first Open Source system dedicated to geographical information sharing. It has created a new dynamic in the GIS field. Never-ending issues about inter-operability and information sharing shifted from a conceptual point of view to an operational problem raising new challenged about standards (WMS, WFS, GML, WPS, GeoJSON), software architectures (spatial databases, geo-services, geo-applications, third-party applica-tions). Following this, new open source projects appeared. An important part has been produced thanks to academics. For exam-ple, the Degree platform was initiated by the GIS Research Group of Department of Geography of University of Bonn.
In the mean time desktop-GIS and geo-processing frameworks have developed (TerraLIB, JGrass, Kalipso, SAGA, SEXTANTE,OrbisGIS). Most often, their raise was due to the closed-proprietary model that beyond the economic perspective does not allow neither modification of internal data models nor data query and representation languages to address new challenges of geographic information such as web 2.0 technologies used to share geographical contents in the SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) context or to address new concerns in the field of sustainable development that imply more and more complex and integrated mo-dels. During the last few years, new communities including researchers, local authorities GIS administrators, companies and citizens have appeared. This evolution has given a new dynamic to geomatics.
What are the new requirements or the new uses of tools that justify the use of open source solutions or drive to their •
development ?
What are the impacts of open source solutions on system architecture ? •
Do open source solutions drive to redefine user interfaces, access and processing modes of geographic information ? •
Topics of Interest :
The symposium will provide a forum for original and recent research contributions covering conceptual modelling, spatial se-mantic language, spatio-temporal database, cartographic and virtual representation, image processing and features extrac-The International Program Committee would like to address the following overall topics but are not limited to :
Cartography and advanced styling ; •
Cultural heritage ; •
Earth Observation ; •
From Webmapping to WebGIS ; •
Integrated risk and disaster management for society ; •
GIS and SDI interoperability (data, knowledge, language…) ; •
GIS and SDI for participatory learning and action ; •
GIS concept and theory (semantics and ontology) ; •
Landscape and ecology ; •
Spatial Analysis and Integration ; •
Spatial and Spatio-temporal data and analysis ; •
Sustainable Development and Governance ; •
Urban and Environmental Planning ; •
Visual Languages and Querying ; •
Web and desktop convergence in the geospatial field. •
A specific attention will be paid for applications dedicated to territories anthropized like cities.
Abstract Submission
Instructions for authors are on :http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=fr:submission Please follow registration instruction on our Web site : http://www.ogrs2009.org/doku.php?id=fr:registration
Language
Authors are invited to communicate in English.
Publication
The best proceedings of the symposium will be published in the international scientific journal Springer « Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography ».
Registration fee
Organizing Committee
Bocher Erwan , IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, General Chair •Dom Véronique, CERMA UMR CNRS 1563 ENSA Nantes, •
IRSTV FR CNRS 2488
Ertz Olivier, Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du Can- •
ton de Vaud (HEIG-VD)
Hégron Gérard, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, LCPC Nantes •
Lascostes Patrice, Direction Régionale de l’Equipement •
Pays de la Loire (DRE)
Leduc Thomas, CERMA UMR CNRS 1563 ENSA Nantes •
Nicolle Christophe, Région Pays-de-la-Loire •
Moreau Guillaume, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, CERMA •
UMR CNRS 1563 ENSA Nantes
Rabu Dominique, Préfecture de la Région Pays de la Loire- •
SGAR
Rappo Daniel, Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie et de Gestion du •
Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD)
Keynote speakers
Markus Neteler, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia •
Alpina, Italia
Stefan Steiniger, University of Calgary, Alberta, •
Canada
Câmara Gilberto, Brazil’s National Institute for Space •
Research
Reviewing committee
International :
Markus Neteler, Fondazione Mach - Centro di Ecologia •
Alpina, Italia. Chair
Badard Thierry, Département des sciences géomati- •
ques, Université Laval, Québec
Batty Michael, CASA (Centre for Avanced Spatial •
Analysis), University College London
Câmara Gilberto, Brazil’s National Institute for Space •
Research
Gould Michael , Department of Information Systems •
(LSI) Universitat Jaume I Castellón, Spain
Johnson Ian, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, •
University of Sydney
Jolma Ari, Department of Surveying Institute of Carto- •
Steiniger Stefan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada •
Tarboton David, Utah Water Research Laboratory Civil and •
Environmental Engineering Utah State University
Wood Jo , Geographic Information in the Department of •
Information Science, City University, London
France
Bocher Erwan, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, General Chair •
Bucher Benedicte, Laboratoire COGIT IGN •
Claramunt Christophe, Ecole Navale de Brest •
Desconnet Jean-Christophe, Laboratoire d’Hydrologie IRD •
Montpellier
Joliveau Thierry, CRENAM - Centre de REcherche sur l’EN- •
vironnement et l’AMénagement UMR 5600 UNiversité de Saint-Etienne
Leduc Thomas, Laboratoire CERMA Unité Mixte de Re- •
cherche CNRS 1563
Long Nathalie, Laboratoire CESTAN UMR CNRS ESO 6590 •
Université de Nantes
Moreau Guillaume, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Laboratoire •
CERMA Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 1563
General information
Congress Venue
The International Symposium will take place at the
Ecole Centrale Nantes 1 Rue de la Noë, 44321 Nantes cedex 3 - France
For all information regarding registration and organiza-tion, please contact :
Véronique Dom - Information & Communication Tél. : + 33 2 40 16 02 35
Fax. : +33 2 40 59 11 77
E-mail : veronique.dom@cerma.archi.fr
All the information is available on the website http://www.orgs2009.org
IRSTV - FR CNRS 2488
ENSA Nantes
rue Massenet
BP 81931
44319 Nantes Cedex 03 - France
http://www.irstv.cnrs.fr
IRSTV - Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techni- ques de la Ville - FR CNRS 2488 - Nantes (France)
Contact : Erwan Bocher Tel : + 33 (0)2 40 37 16 29
E-mail : erwan.bocher@ec-nantes.fr SGAR - Nantes (France)
Contact : Dominique Rabu Tel : + 33 (0)2 40 08 64 42
E-mail : dominique.rabu@pays-de-la-loire.pref.gouv.fr
Région Pays de la Loire - Nantes (France) Contact : Christophe Nicolle
Tel : + 33 (0)2 28 20 57 79
E-mail : christophe.nicolle@paysdelaloire.fr
The organizers
IRSTV, «Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techni -ques», is a research federation founded by CNRS (French Na-tional Centre for Scientific Research) and the Ministry of Re-search. IRSTV is located in Nantes (west coast of France) and gathers 16 laboratories of the Region of Pays-de-la-Loire.
IRSTV develops interdisciplinary works on urban physi-cal environments and investigates the interaction between environmental, social and economical dimensions in the fra-mework of sustainable development.
IRSTV leads researches on urban observation systems (urban remote sensing, multidisciplinary workshop site), environmental urban modelling (urban microclimatology, hydrology, urban soundscape, 4D urban GIS) and sustainable urban design and management.
The partners of the Institute are : CNRS
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Nantes School of Architecture •
High schools of engineering : •
Ecole Centrale of Nantes, Ecole des Mines of Nantes LCPC “Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées” •
(French Public Works Research Laboratory)
Universities of Nantes, Rennes, Le Mans and La •
Rochelle
CSTB “Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment” •
(State-owned industrial and commercial corporative).
SGAR : The Prefecture of Region relies on the General
Secretary for Regional Affairs (SGAR) to perform its respon-sabilities which are : project building, especially in the field of country planning, economic and social development, the implementation of shared actions with the Regional Council, the programming of the goverment investments, the ma-nagement of EU funds and the supervision of local country strategy.
OGRS 2009: International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium
July 8 - 9 - 10, 2009 - Nantes, France
