Laboratory for interoperable, and open-source Geospatial
Software, Data and Standards (HFT ICA-OSGeo-Lab)<<
Head of the Laboratory:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Franz-Josef Behr
Telefon +49 (0)711 8926 2693
Telefax +49 (0)711 8926 2556
franz-josef.behr@hft-stuttgart.de
Skype / Twitter: fjbehr
Description
The laboratory aims the evaluation, usage and dissemination of
open-source IT and geospatial software technologies, open data, and
open standards by intergration of these resources in teaching and
research.
Objectives of the lab are to provide
- an understanding and knowledge about Open Source in general
and in the field of geospatial information technology
- the appraisal of capabilities and
limitations of products of the Open Source Geospatial domain,
also in combination with Closed Source solutions
- an understanding about Open Data and
the value of Geospatial Data
- training and expertise on
open-source geospatial software
- the ability to implement scalable,
multi-tier client-server architectures
- support for the development and
documentation of open-source geospatial software
- a contribution to disaster mapping
and management by open tools and open data.
News
- Pre-conference
workshop on spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source
and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2019), Tokyo,
15.07.2019
- "OGC und Open Standards", 12. Vermessungsingenieurtag, HFT
Stuttgart, 23.11.2018
- "Quelloffene Softwarekomponenten im Bereich der raumbezogenen
Datenverarbeitung", 12. Vermessungsingenieurtag, HFT Stuttgart,
23.11.2018
- "Interoperability, Standards and OGC Web Services", UN-SPIDER
Technical Advisory Mission (TAM) to Zimbabwe, 22.11.2018
- "The Commons, the Open Source and the Impact of the OSGeo
Foundation", AGSE 2018, Namibia University of Science and
Technology, Windhoek, Namibia, 13.11.2018
- "Interoperability, OGC Web Services and Standards", Chief
Directorate: National Geospatial Information in Cape Town, South
Africa, 24.10.2018
- "Open Source as inner Habit and the Impact of the OSGeo
Foundation", Department of Geography, University of Pretoria,
17.10.2018
- "Geospatial Education and Research at Stuttgart University of
Applied Sciences: A personal perspective", The College of
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Geography,
University of South Africa, 26.09.2018
- "OpenStreetMap: An example for Open Technology, Open Source
and Citizen Science" with Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Behr, HFT
Stuttgart. Presentation at the Moscow State University of Geodesy
and Cartography – MIIGAiK, October 12, 2017
- "OGC - An overview", Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
September 19, 2017
- "From Data to a map", March 29, 2017
- "Node.js", December 07, 2016
- Introduction into Openstreetmap", April 13, 2016
- "OSGeoLive and Geodata-processing with Python", December 16,
2015
- Foundation of a FOSS group at the HFT Stuttgart (FOSS@HFT).
Start-up-event October 28, 2015 "Overpass API".
Website of the FOSS-group FOSS@HFT: www.fossgis.de/wiki/FOSS@HFT
- Meet Up 2015 FOSS4G EUROPE-COMO-ITALY, 14. Juli 2015
- Introduction in OpenLayers, Module CIV, 19 June 2015
- Mapathon for Nepal to support disaster relief, 22 May
2015
Collaboration with other institutions
The Laboratory is part of the international „ICA-OSGeo-Open
Source Geospatial Labs Network“ [1]. The aim of this worldwide
network is to provide on a global basis collaboration opportunities
for academia, industry and government organizations in open source
GIS software and data based on a Memorandum of Understanding which
was signed In September 2011, by the International Cartographic
Association (ICA) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
in Nuremberg, Germany [2].
Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Behr is resonsible for open-source
webservices (WMS, WFS, WCS, …), spatial database management
systems, data modelling and Open Data and standards. Prof. Dr.
Hardy Lehmkühler is responsbible for Web Processing Services and
Metadata.
We start with expertise in the following open source
(geospatial) software and technologies: OpenLayers,
PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer, QGIS, Deegree, and Apache HTTPD.
Additional tools and projects will be added as required.
The HFT Stuttgart OSGeo Lab is open for all HFT members and
seeks actively collaborations with the industry and partners
outside the University.
- [1] http://www.geoforall.org/ >>
- [2] http://www.osgeo.org/node/1230 >>