UK geospatial mash-up
Friday 20 October 2006, 09.00–15.45 Ordnance Survey Business Centre, Southampton, UK
UK geospatial mash-up
Friday 20 October 2006, 09.00–15.45 Ordnance Survey Business Centre, Southampton, UK
Event Programme
Exhibition Hall Lecture Theatre
0900 Registration Mash-up demonstrations in the Exhibition Hall
Morning What geospatial mash-ups are all about.
09.30 Welcome and introductions Peter Cochrane Facilitator and moderator 09.40 My school map mash-up site Ave Wrigley ITN – Head of New Media Technology 10.00 Data mashing applications developed Chris Lightfoot mySociety by mySociety 10.20 Google® Maps API – Doug Ricket Google Maps up close and personal note: this is an interactive tutorial so please bring your laptop. 10.40 Introducing the Ordnance Survey® Andy Radburn Ordnance Survey – OpenSpace API Senior Research Scientist
Coffee 11.00–11.15 – Voting Mash-up – subject for the next mash-up event
11.20 BBC® Backstage – Ian Forrester Head of BBC Backstage an open innovation landscape 11.40 Open mapping and the power of people Steve Coast Founder of OpenStreetMap 12.00 Questions and answers session
Lunch 12.30–13.25
Afternoon How are we going to make use of geospatial mash-ups in the UK?
13.30 GeoRSS – leveraging the RSS ecosystem Mikel Maron Geographer at large 13.50 Making OGC™’s WFS specification Raj Singh Open Geospatial Consortium, inc mash-up friendly 14.10 Commercial benefits to organisations Norman Barker ITT VIS formerly RSI, makers of IDL, using geospatial mash-ups and ENVI and IAS – Consultant open standards 14.30 Meeting enterprise community Sean Phelan MultiMap − Founder and Chairman requirements with mash-ups 14.50 Panel discussion: The future for mash-ups – single malt, blended or moonshine? 15.40 Mash-up wrap-up
Close 15.45
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D04723c v1.0 Page 1 0930–0940 Welcome and introductions
Facilitator and moderator
Peter Cochrane – silicon.com columnist and co-founder of concept labs. Peter Cochrane was Head of BT Research from 1993–99. In 1999 he was appointed Chief Technologist. In November 2000 Peter retired from BT to join his own startup company – ConceptLabs – which he founded with a group out of Apple® Computers in 1998 at Campbell CA, in Silicon Valley. A graduate of Trent Polytechnic and Essex University, he was the Collier Chair for The Public Understanding of Science & Technology at The University of Bristol from 1999 to 2000. He is a Fellow of the IEE, IEEE, Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences. He has published and lectured widely on technology and the implications of IT and was awarded an OBE in 1999 for his contribution to international communications, the IEEE Millennium Medal in 2000 and The City & Guilds Prince Philip Medal in 2001. http://www.cochrane.org.uk/
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D04723c v1.0 Page 2 0940–1000 My school map mash-up site
www.schoolmap.org.uk Like most mash-ups started as the scratch for a personal itch – trying to juggle moving house and moving schools with a young family. It allowed me to play with some shiny new web 2.0 technology – AJAX, Google® Maps, open layers, Yahoo® API, as well as some dirty ol’ web 1.0 technology under the hood – perl, template toolkit, MySQL®. I wanted to make sure that the work I did screen scraping the DfES/Ofsted/ISI websites could be used by other mash-ups, so all the data is available as XML, and all the code is available through Google code. I will also talk about the frustrations of geocoding in the UK. Oh, and by the way, we moved to Cambridge in the end!
Ave Wrigley ITN – Head of New Media Technology Ave Wrigley runs a small group of developers at ITN creating news products and services on web, interactive TV and mobile. Before joining ITN he worked at Canon Research Europe, and has a PhD from Bristol University in language modelling for speech recognition.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 3 Data mashing applications 1000–1020 developed by mySociety
mySociety’s mission is to build websites which give people simple, tangible benefits in the civic and community aspects of their lives. Increasingly that means heavy use of geographical information, to some of which we happily have access under agreements with central and local government bodies. I’ll talk about some of these applications and how they work, and show off some examples.
Chris Lightfoot –mySociety Chris is one of mySociety’s three core developers. After a brief career in academia he sold out to seek fame and fortune in the world of ‘civic hacking’. http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/
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D04723c v1.0 Page 4 Google® Maps API – up close and 1020–1040 personal
The Google Maps API v2.0 includes several new features including additional satellite zoom levels, extensibility, a new overview map, and much more. The Google Maps API is a free toolkit available to developers, offering them the opportunity to interact directly with the Google Maps system. They can also perform functions such as adding overlays to maps, including markers and info windows, and even creating custom map controls and custom map types. With this workshop, developers will have an up-close and personal look at the platform, examine some of the most popular Google Maps Mash-ups, and practice creating their own custom geospatial mash-ups using the Google API. This will be a hands-on workshop, so attendees should bring laptops. Doug Ricket Google Maps – software engineer Doug is an engineer on the Google Maps team in Mountain View, California. Prior to joining Google, he completed a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from MIT, worked at a startup in Silicon Valley, and taught computer science at the University of the Gambia in West Africa. http://doug.ricket.com/ UK geospatial mash-up 20 October 2006 Slide 5
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D04723c v1.0 Page 5 Introducing the Ordnance Survey® 1040–1100 OpenSpace API
The Ordnance Survey OpenSpace API has been developed by Ordnance Survey Research Labs and provides access to Ordnance Survey raster products. This talk is an introduction to some of the features of the API and a demonstration of a simple application.
Andy Radburn Ordnance Survey – Senior Research Scientist Andy has been a member of the Ordnance Survey Research Labs for ten years. Prior to joining Ordnance Survey he gained a degree in Physics at the University of Southampton and worked as a software engineer in a large software company.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 6 Voting Mash-up – subject for the next mash-up event?
Send an SMS message with your proposed mash-up subject in the following format: ‘mashups
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D04723c v1.0 Page 7 1100–1115 Coffee
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D04723c v1.0 Page 8 BBC® Backstage – an open 1120–1140 innovation landscape
backstage.bbc.co.uk (BBC Backstage) is the developer/designer network from the BBC. It’s one of the opportunities the BBC has to offer some of the content and services its produced with the license fee and share them with 3rd party, non-commercial developers. In this presentation we will explorer the reasons why the backstage development network is a key project for the UK and its community of smart developers. How the core BBC values fit perfectly with the mash-up landscape and how all this is reflected back into the BBC.
Ian Forrester Head of BBC Backstage Ian recently started working at BBC Backstage. Prior to joining Backstage, he worked for the BBC World Service as a software engineer. Some of his previous projects include RSS in 35 languages and World Service blogging. Before joining the BBC, he lectured and taught for Ravensbourne College as a interaction designer. Where he also gained a BA in the same discipline. In his spare time he organises the popular London geekdinners and setup the first UK un-conference (BarCampLondon) at Yahoo!® UK.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 9 Open mapping and the power of 1140–1200 people
OpenStreetMap is democratising cartography by letting anyone with a GPS and some free time collaborate with thousands of others on a map of the planet. OpenStreetMap has mushroomed in its two years of existence to become the foremost open map and has already completed notable large parts of the UK and Europe. This talk summarises the successes and trials overcome by OpenStreetMap’s diverse community. It will showcase their achievements and describe the practical necessity for open maps.
Steve Coast founder of OpenStreetMap Steve Coast is a freelance hacker based in London who studied physics and worked for several departments in University College London. Coast has worked in a variety of computer firms including Wolfram Research, X-Refer, and Computer Exchange. He's been published in books including Digital Information Graphics and Google Maps Hacks and currently is focused on OpenStreetMap, an editable wiki map. http://www.asklater.com/steve/
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D04723c v1.0 Page 10 1200–1230 Questions and Answers
Q&A
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D04723c v1.0 Page 11 1230–1325 Lunch
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D04723c v1.0 Page 13 GeoRSS – leveraging the 1330–1350 RSS ecosystem
GeoRSS is establishing itself as the easiest and most effective way to share and build maps. With huge potential to leverage the ‘RSS ecosystem’ for the Geospatial Web, GeoRSS bridges the practices of GIS professionals and amateurs, web map hackers and numerous services that enable location-based content. GeoRSS is simply some straightforward extensions to RSS/Atom to encode location! Maron introduces the format and looks at the current state of development, the collaborative process at georss.org, and the services and tools utilizing the format. He'll whip up a vision of what emerges from consensus and interoperability on geodata formats.
Mikel Maron Geographer at large Mikel Maron is an independent software developer, specialising in Open Geospatial and Wiki tech. He's been active in the standardisation of GeoRSS and in the OpenStreetMap collaborative mapping project, as well as projects like Mapufacture and GeoPress. Previously, Mikel worked as senior developer of My Yahoo! and researched evolutionary models of ecosystems for an MSc at the University of Sussex. http://brainoff.com/weblog/
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D04723c v1.0 Page 14 Making OGC™'s WFS specification 1340–1410 mash-up friendly
In my opinion, mash-up is slang for interoperability. Therefore, OGC has been promoting mash-ups for years. However, few people consider OGC's work as promoting mash-ups. I will talk about why I think this is the case, and what we are doing to fix that. What's the real distinction between ‘system integration’, OGC-stye ‘interoperability’ and ‘mash-ups’? I'll discuss what I believe the differences are, and how the slowly, but steadily, developing baseline of lightweight OGC specifications are bridging these gaps. In particular, I'll discuss how lightweight GML profiles like GeoRSS are being adopted by traditional standards development organizations, and report on the progress of WFS Basic, a lightweight profile of the OGC's Web Feature Service. Raj Singh Open Geospatial Consortium, inc Raj Singh helps run the Interoperability Program for OGC. He works on interoperable technology prototyping projects, helps design geospatial information architectures, and manages OGC Network (ogcnetwork.net) – OGC's new site for developers and architects. Recently he helped design GeoRSS (georss.org) and helped develop the geospatial profile of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/a-2- EAProfilesNEW2.html). Currently Dr. Singh is leading an effort to better align OGC's standards with the general IT industry, increasing the pervasiveness of geospatial services throughout society.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 15 Commercial benefits to 1410–1430 organisations using geospatial mash-ups and open standards
Mash-ups lower the bar in terms of a commercial company entering a new technology sector, and give older technologies a new lease of life. Open standards enable us to compete on an even level with other vendors allowing the customer to pick the best tool. This presentation will focus on enterprise mash-up’s requirements from service providers and can we actually charge for this or is it just the status quo in the Web 2.0 era.
Norman Barker ITT VIS, formerly RSI, makers of IDL, ENVI , IAS – Consultant Norman Barker graduated in Mathematics from Durham University and worked as an analyst/programmer developing simulations in Python. For the last few years he has specialised in advising and developing interoperable server solutions for the geospatial industry primarily using J2EE technologies. Recent projects include OWS-4 JPIP-WCS (Jpeg2000 streaming), and OGC GALEON.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 16 Meeting enterprise community 1430–1450 requirements with mash-ups
My talk will cover: • patterns of technology uptake by enterprise customers; • different approaches to adding geospatial capabilities to enterprise data; • client-side integration, or mash-ups, as a substitute for XML- based server-side integration; and • a likely scenario and timeline for enterprise uptake of mash-ups.
Sean Phelan Founder and Chairman of MultiMap®.com is an established personality in the high technology and new media arena, and a pioneer in internet mapping. He has exceptionally broad knowledge and consulting experience in IT, corporate networking and telecommunications which is underpinned by a strong technical background. He holds an MBA from Institute Theseus in Sophia Antipolis, France, and an engineering degree from the University of Sussex.
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D04723c v1.0 Page 17 1450-1540 Panel discussion
The future for mash-ups – single malt, blended or moonshine?
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D04723c v1.0 Page 18 1540–1545 Mash-up wrap-up
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D04723c v1.0 Page 19 1545 Close
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Delegate List
Speakers Norman Barker ITT VIS formerly RSI Steve Coast OpenStreetMap Peter Cochrane ConceptLabs Ian Forrester BBC Backstage Chris Lightfoot mySociety Mikel Maron Geographer at large Ed Parsons Ordnance Survey Sean Phelan Multimap Andy Radburn Ordnance Survey Doug Ricket Google Maps Raj Singh Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc Ave Wrigley ITN Delegates Simon Abele Newcastle University Micky Allen Independent Consultant Suchith Anand University of Nottingham Mike Astle Lokku Ltd (nestoria.com) Jarec Basham Infoterra UK Nick Black Get Mapping Jonathan Blower University of Reading Don Boyack Coombs Services Ltd - TfL Michael Bruton Swindon Borough Council Colin Buckett Oracle Corporation Alastair Carson Forth Valley GIS Simon Chappell O’Reilly Kishore Chekuri Ordnance Survey Iain Cooke Tadpole Cartesia Sharon Cooper TENET Gareth Crisford ITT Visual Information Solutions Mike Cull Intelligence Collection Group (ICG) Eddie Curtis Snowflake Software Martin Daly Cadcorp Tim Duffy MeetingZone Rob Dunfey ESRI UK Steven Feldman GGC Josette Garcia O’Reilly Dan Gluckman BBC Marc Goodchild BBC Joseph Greenwood Ordnance Survey Nick Griffiths Intelligent Addressing Ltd Clare Hadley Ordnance Survey Muki Haklay UCL
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Bill Hatton British Geological Survey Gobe Hobona Newcastle University Lucy Jinete Independent Kate Kemp Ordnance Survey Charles Kennelly ESRI (UK) Andrew Larcombe BCS Geospatial SG Peter Lazare UKHO David Lewis Ordnance Survey Hongqian Liang Imperial College London Richard Lynton-Evans BBC Alistair Maclenan Quarry One Eleven Ltd Jonathan Makin Ordnance Survey Jonathan Mayer Map Analysis Limited Neil McNaughton Oil IT Journal Johnathan Mosedale Department for Transport Keith Mosley Agency (JAGO) Denis Naumov Wales Carl Nunn Aligned Assets Ltd Edward Nuttal QinetiQ David Overton Ordnance Survey Chris Parker Ordnance Survey Ed Parsons Ordnance Survey John Parsons University of Leeds James Passmore British Geological Survey Meghan Pike EDINA - University of Edinburgh Derek Reeve UNIGIS James Richards BBC Andrew Richman Wales Dan Rickman Dan Rickman Associates Ltd Margaret Ross Southampton Solent University Robert Rothwell QinetiQ Dorothy Salathiel Department for Transport Alan Silvester GroundSure Ltd Mark Stileman Ordnance Survey Martin Stone DCLG Dominic Stubbins ESRI UK Paul Swallow Department for Transport Greg Tumilty Ordnance Survey Peter Trevelyan The MET Office Edmund von der Burg Lokku Ltd (nestoria.com) Graham Vowles Ordnance Survey Jo Walsh Open Geospatial Foundation Ben Ward Tim Warr Ordnance Survey
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Kristin Warry Swindon Borough Council Robin Waters RSW Geomatics Ltd Nick Whitelegg Freemap Andrew Williams EDINA - University of Edinburgh Olwen Worthington Dstl Portsdown West Bruce Wright MET Office Jinsoo You Department for Transport Stand-by delegates John Abbott Ordnance Survey Amit Ambardar Ordnance Survey David Atherton Ordnance Survey John Barneveld Ordnance Survey Steve Bennett Ordnance Survey Fiona Bruce Ordnance Survey Greg Byrom Ordnance Survey John Cartledge Ordnance Survey Russell Davis Ordnance Survey Catherine Dolbear Ordnance Survey John Goodwin Ordnance Survey Owain Hale-Heighway Ordnance Survey Glen Hart Ordnance Survey Guy Heathcote Ordnance Survey Steve Hildyard Ordnance Survey Andrew Howles Ordnance Survey Mickael Maison Ordnance Survey Tim Martin Ordnance Survey Jim McFadyen Ordnance Survey Alex McGregor Ordnance Survey Chiranjeevi Paruchuri Ordnance Survey Chris Pearson Ordnance Survey Heather Pearson Ordnance Survey Robert Pitchford Ordnance Survey Richard Prior Ordnance Survey Carsten Roensdorf Ordnance Survey Syam Prasad Srikakulam Ordnance Survey Dave Taylor Ordnance Survey Graham Waters Ordnance Survey Matthew White Ordnance Survey Veronique Whittall Ordnance Survey Press John Arthur GISProfessional magazine Richard Maven e-consultancy.com Roy Newell E-Government Bulletin Derek Parkinson E-Government Bulletin
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