Keynote on State of OSGeo Thailand, activities and challenges of Open Source community in Thailand, in FOSS4G 2019 Kobe.Kansai

1. State of OSGeo Thailand, activities and challenges of Open
Source community in Thailand
Prasong Patheepphoemphong
FOSS4G 2019 KOBE.KANSAI
コアデイ
10.13.19

2. About i-bitz company limited
About me and my company
i-bitz, the geomatics company which has highly experienced in geoinformatic technology and geographic information system. We have professional
staff to provide inventive and innovative solutions to solve your immediate problems related to geoinformatic technology. Nearly 15 years in
business, we have a lot of successful stories with the government sector in web and mobile GIS technology such as Thailand Budget Monitoring at
Bureau of the Budget, Statistical GIS of National Statistical Office.
Our History

3. Good Afternoon こんにちは
OSGeo Thailand say Hi!
“OSGeo in Thailand aim to
promote, distribute and develop
free open source program for
Geoinformatics in order to create
the use for country development
in many ways
”

4. About Us!
About OSGeo Thailand (1 year)
The application of Geographic Information System (GIS) is widely used even the development of information system usually append GIS into
the system. In order to increase efficiency and potentiality of management system and geospatial decision making. Currently, GIS is accepted
to be an important tool which use for supporting the decision making and solve many problems. Moreover, in the growth condition of
information and communication technology which happened rapidly, it also promote the use of geoinformatics across the network more
widespread. The use of geoinformatics across the network contribute to increase efficiency for the system administrations and users that is
the users can approach every time and every place where internet is approachable. The users can use the geoinformatics system across many
electronics devices.
The use of geoinformatics system also has limitation of budget for performance. Especially, the purchasing cost for geoinformatics program
mostly expensive. It effects to the small organization or department which have a confine budget, so they not able to approach for work.
OSGeo in Thailand aim to promote, distribute and develop free open source program for Geoinformatics in order to create the use for country
development in many ways.

5. Our Mission
Mission to the moon
Distribute OSGeo and open source
program for geoinformatics
Distribute
Support activities of open source
geoinformatics in Thailand
Activities
Develop the documents and manuals
of open source program for
geoinformatics in Thai pattern
Local Document
Develop the open source program for
geoinformatics and supplementary
module for works and geoinformatics
which characteristic is unique in
Thailand.
Training
Develop the open source program for
geoinformatics and supplementary
module for works and geoinformatics
which characteristic is unique in
Thailand.
Software dev.
Promote the geoinformatics accession
on standard requirement include
distribute the geoinformatics
accession from free open source.
Standard

6. Who is Who
OSGeo Thailand Chapter Officers
Department of Survey
Engineering
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr Phisan Santitamnont
Remote Sensing and GIS
program, ICT Department,
Asian Institute of Technology
Pathumthani, Thailand
Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat
Geography and Geographic Information Science,
Department of Natural Resources and
Environment, Naresuan University
Phitsanulok, Thailand
Dr. Anujit Vansarochana

7. Our Advisors
OSGeo Thailand Chapter
President Emeritus of OSGeo
Jeff McKenna
MapMint.com
Gérald Fenoy
Osaka City University
Venkatesh Raghavan
Applied Technology Co.,LTD.
Hirofumi Hayashi
Gaiga 3D
Sanghee Shin

8. Understand geospatial evolution in Thailand
From past to present and future of Thailand
01
0203
04
Collaboration
2018 OSGeo Thailand
community has been set up
in running under small
group of staff from
University and Company
Bloom of GIS /RS
Application software
The age of various commercial
GIS/RS software in the market.
Either commercial and open
source software
Open Source Bloom
With users getting accustomed to GIS software, this has
sparked a new revelation in GIS – an open source
explosion. Amazing projects like QGIS are providing any
user with a computer with GIS software.
Data Creation Era
User are able to create data, then
enormous data was coming form
government and private company in
their purpose
Raise of Standard
Study the OGC standard by
GISTDA and University under
strategic plan to be leading
direction of geospatial usage and
standard in Thailand
Fundamental Geospatial DataSet was born
GISTDA has design 13 layers of
spatial data as basics data for
Thailand which coming with data
standard

9. State of Geospatial Open Source Software in Thailand
Thailand geospatial market brief
Geoinformatics Software
QGIS is raising GIS desktop software for
GIS users and developer in Thailand which
become larger community.
Others are still small size of users.
Spatial Data
Open geospatial data does
not exists in Thailand. Data
accessibility is limitation.
OSM contributors did not
came from local
Geospatial Standard
Under study in OGC and related standard,
even though on studying, most of us still
lack of understanding standard
Software Development
Most we was investigate by
consensus, Thailand market
was library users which are
not able to contribute
library or build new library
Workforce
More than 50% of Geoinformatics
workforces are in data creation and data
analysis. A few are in programming level

10. Activities
What’s we doing under name of OSGeo Thailand
Integrated Web-GIS and Mobile-GIS
Service Oriented Platform
First workshop on "ZOO-Project WPS
in Thailand..
Venue : Biophics
OSGeo Meetup #1
After FOSS4G Thailand 2018, we have set user
meetup in Vector Tiled and FOSS4G Asia 2018 warp-
up. Venue : TomTom Navigator
FOSS4G Thailand 2019
The second yearly event form OSGeo Thailand
Venue : Chulalonglorn University
OSGeo Meetup #3
Integrated Web-GIS and Mobile-
GIS Service Oriented Platform
Venue : Faculty of Agriculture
Nature Resources and
Environment Naresuan
University
OSGeo Meetup #5
Python Processing using Open
Sources GIS
Venue : Thammart University
FOSS4G Thailand 2018
This event is missing for 4 years from FOSS4G Asia
2014 at Asian Institution of Technology
OSGeo Meetup #2
OSGeo Meetup #4
OSM Contribution by JOSM
Venue : Faculty of Agriculture Nature
Resources and Environment Naresuan
University

11. Activities
All activities was belong company and OSGeo
both sharing open source idea
ChiangMai university
Naraesuan university
Thammasart university
Biophics Burapha University
Mahasarakam University
KhonKaen University
Ubonratchatani
University
Prince Songkla University
(Hatyai)Prince Songkla University
(Phuket)
SaunSunanta University
Naraesuan university

12. 10 Presentation topics
12 Workshop or Hand-on session (3 Hours)
270 Attendee in two days
This event is missing for 4 years from FOSS4G Asia
2014 at Asian Institution of Technology, and we
have various type of users join us. 2 Days event in
AIT, which including presentations, workshop and
sport activity (5K running) on first day of event.
We got good feedback, over 97% most satisfy in
FOSS4G Thailand 2018
FOSS4G Thailand 2018

14. FIRST MEET - NEXT LEAP
Your great subtitle in this line
Over 200 attendee was joined FOSS4G
Thailand 2018, we have friends from
OSGeo JP and OSGeo Korean.
Most attendee came from government
and education sector.
First Meet
Good response from attendee, make us
walking and planning to running other
activity. There are 5 small meetup in
Bangkok and Phisanulok after FOSS4G
Thailand 2018
Next leap

15. 15

16. OSGeo.TH Meetup
First meetup
This is first meetup after FOSS4G 2018, We ware
talk about FOSS4G Asia and technology such as UN
Vector Tile and Open source mapping library from i-
bitz company limited
Vector Tiled and FOSS4G Asia

17. This is first meetup after FOSS4G 2018, We ware talk about FOSS4G Asia and technology such as UN Vector Tile and Open source mapping
library from i-bitz company limited
OSGeo Meetup #1

18. Gérald Fenoy and Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan has
setup two day workshop on Zoo Project in February
2019 in Bangkok and Phisanulok. About 20,40
attendee in Bangkok and Phitsanulok, respectively.
Zoo Project in Thailand
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Second and Third meetup

19. Gérald Fenoy and Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan has
setup two day workshop on Zoo Project in February
2019 in Bangkok and Phisanulok. About 20,40
attendee in Bangkok and Phitsanulok, respectively.
Zoo Project in Thailand
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Second and Third meetup

20. The forth OSGeo Thailand meetup has been set at
Nareasuan University in 2 topics OpenStreetMap by
JOSM and Vector Tiled by TileserverGL.
Naraesuan University has most active members
which has many activities on lower north of
Thailand
OpenStreetMap Contributor
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Forth meetup

21. The forth OSGeo Thailand
meetup has been set at
Nareasuan University in 2
topics OpenStreetMap by
JOSM and Vector Tiled by
TileserverGL.
Naraesuan University has
most active members
which has many activities
on lower north of Thailand
Nareasuan University
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Forth meetup

22. This meetup, we got Mr.Chaipat Nengcomma, a
leading GIS developer, Blogger, Writer in Thailand,
he came for workshop on python programming for
GIS purpose. Meetup place was setup at Faculty of
Science and Technology, Thammasart University
Python Processing
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Fifth meetup

23. This meetup, we got Mr.Chaipat Nengcomma, a leading
GIS developer, Blogger, Writer in Thailand, he came for
workshop on python programming for GIS purpose.
Workshop in action
About 30 attendee ware join this event. User group is a
another level
4th meeting
OSGeo.TH Meetup
Fifth meetup

24. 15 Presentation on first day. Various and interest
topics with free to attend.
14 Workshop on second day
As of today, we have 100 registers which 70/30
is first day attend and workshop, respectively
We are back to place we born again after 15 years
passed. Chulalongkorn University has been set as
Venue of the event during 3-4 November 2019.
This coming with open and sharing geospatial data
themes
FOSS4G Thailand 2019
https://2019.foss4g.in.th

25. 15 Speakers
Most iconic person
Support by

26. 14 Workshops
From OSGeo Thailand member and affiliates

27. Next Steps
What’s should we do?
Have to build affiliate partner to
company and university and
government or individual
Affiliate & Partner
Give more open source course os
syllabus into under graduate level and
post grad student
Educate
Encourage or build the open
geospatial data platform in Thailand
with data trust or reliable
Open Geo Data
Develop local language software
manual from basic to advance
software
Local Software manual
Encourage software developer or
system integrator choose open source
software in solution
Business Case
Held social event either yearly or
quaternary events
Social activities
Transform or build learning materials
for everyone who interesting
Online Course
Issue certificate to geoinformatics
users or developer
Certificate

28. Prasong Patheepphoemphong
Thanks you