OpenGIS: Technical Issues

the nuts & bolts of open

Andrew Turner / @ajturner

About @ajturner

  • Engineer
  • 'neogeographer'
  • Open-Source developer
  • OSGeo Founcation - Charter Member
  • OSM Founcation Member
  • CrisisCommons co-founder
  • OpenSearch-Geo, GeoRSS, KML

More to 'open'

  • Source Code
  • Specifications
  • Data Formats
  • Licensing

pragmatism

technology changes faster than any organization

niche interests

Complexity Grows

Entropy is inevitable

new developers every day

let me under the hood

flexibility

ontology vs. taxonomy

lifecycle of technology

tools for people

affordance of technology

small pieces, loosely joined

Hybrid Architectures

flexibility and interchangability

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OpenGIS: Technical

http://ajturner.github.io/presentations/aag2014/

Andrew Turner / @ajturner