Linked Open Geodata Meetup - Introduction by Andreas Langegger - Graz, Sep 6 2011

1. Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, Sept 6 2011 Introduction A. Langegger Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY

2. People need to know where they are & where to go http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/871930.stm, http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/histhw/tutcarto/english/index-frames-en.html E. Livieratos et al: Ptolemy’s Geographia . In digits, e-Perimetron, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008 [22-39]. 16,500 BCE, caves at Lascaux, France Neolithic /Bronze age (6000–700 BCE), Borno, Italy 1,500 BCE, plan of Nippur, Mesopotamia A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY Ptolemy‘s (90-168 CE) Geographia – world map

3. We successfully explored and mapped our world 1507 World Map by Martin Waldseemüller including America Images: http://weblab.uni-lueneburg.de/kulturinformatik/projekte/ebskart/content/start.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseemüller_map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection World map by Gerardus Mercator (1569) Mercator projection Ebstorf Mappa Mundi (world map) ~1234 CE Found in Benedictine monastery, Ebstorf, Germany A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY

4. http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/MapProjections/projections.html etc. Projections with different properties have been developed over time... A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY

5. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_mapping#History_of_web_mapping WWW 1989/90 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Xerox PARC Map Viewer National Atlas of Canada online MapGuide (Argus, then Autodesk) Mapquest (USA) Mapnet (NO) – real estate listings MultiMap (UK) US Online National Atlas Initiative UMN MapServer (NASA ForNet) Terraserver USA (aerial images) coop. between USGS, MS, HP MapObjects (ESRI) address matching + routing service ArcIMS public release by ESRI ESRI Geography Network UMN MapServer Open Source Tirolatlas (AT) – interactive/SVG NASA World Wind virtual 3D globe, loads distributed data OpenStreetMap by Steve Coast Google Maps/Earth – incl. API Yahoo Maps (incl. traffic inform.) Nokia Ovi Maps MS adds realtime traffic map Google adds neighborhood search capabilities Google API with gecoding support MetaCarta (MIT Spin-off, finds geo-references in documents) CloudMade (UK) by Steve Coast Web GIS timeline WMS Standard (OGC) GPS-integrated mobile devices Annual shipments in M units, global forecasts 2007-2012 Source: 2008 Parks Associates A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY GPS integrated mobile devices

7. A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY Potlatch browser plugin JOSM Java standalone editor http://www.openstreetmap.org

8. OSM components A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Develop

11. A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY http://data.wien.gv.at WMS & WFS also provided First Apps already available

12. Vienna tree register now online All parkway trees are indexed as part of Vienna‘s tree register The register is now publicly available: http://www.wien.gv.at/ umwelt-klimaschutz/ baum-kataster.html A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY

13. San Francisco‘s Urban Forest Map project A. Langegger, Linked Open Geodata Meetup Graz, 2011 - CC-BY http://www.urbanforestmap.org/