Location and mapping are making a huge impact on the web and mobile. Open Source is right there. Learn the elements of the geo stack, from mapping APIs to geo databases.

1. Open
Geo
Stacks
for the web
Adam DuVander
@adamd – mapscripting.com
HoriaVarlan

2. JohnCooke

3. JohanLarsson

4. JohnMartinezPavliga

5. Open as in Open Source
DaniGama

6. Open as in Open Data
HeidiMaria

7. Open as in Open Access
SubramanianKabilan

8. Open as in Open Beer
NateSteiner

9. Open Source
Open Access
Open Data

10. TimSchapker

11. LaszloIlyes

12. HoriaVarlan
Viewer

13. HoriaVarlan
Viewer
Imagery

14. HoriaVarlan
Viewer
Imagery
Data serving

15. HoriaVarlan
Viewer
Imagery
Data serving
Data storage

20. Prevent Provider Lock-in

21. Open Source Community

22. Built on Open Data

23. Open Source Viewer
Viewer
Imagery

24. OpenLayers vs. Mapstraction
Viewer
Imagery
Wrapper
Proprietary
Viewer

25. OpenLayers vs. Mapstraction
Wrapper
What “Open” Do You Need?
Viewer
Imagery
Proprietary
Viewer

26. Open Map Data
rweait-osm

27. AndrewTurner
OpenStreetMap in Haiti

28. OpenStreetMap is XML
<node id="25496583" lat="45.5573639" lon=" … >
<tag k=”amenity” value=”bus_station” />
</node>

29. Styling Maps With Mapnik
<Style name="My Style">
<Rule>
<PolygonSymbolizer>
<CssParameter name="fill">#f2eff9</CssParameter>
</PolygonSymbolizer>
...
</Rule>
</Style>
<Layer name="world" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
<StyleName>My Style</StyleName>
<Datasource>
<Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter>
<Parameter name="file">/path/to/world</Parameter>
</Datasource>
</Layer>

30. Mapnik “CSS:” Cascadenik
#lines[highway=motorway],
#lines[highway=motorway_link] {
line-width: 4;
line-color: #000;
}
#lines[highway=primary],
#lines[highway=secondary],
#lines[highway=tertiary] {
line-width: 3;
line-color: #666;
}
#lines[highway=residential],
#lines[highway=unclassified],
#lines[highway=service] {
line-width: 1;
line-color: #666;
}

33. 8 Bit New York City

34. Osmarender – SVG

35. HoriaVarlan
Viewer
Imagery

36. HoriaVarlan
Data serving
Data storage

38. 
Files

SHP geometry

DBF database

SHX data-geometry join

PRJ projection file

XML metadata
The Shapefile

39. ArcGIS Server
duv.ly/openarcgis
James Fee presentation:

40. Open Alternatives
Output:
JPEG, GIF, PNG, PDF, SVG, KML, GeoRSS
Input: SHP, PostGIS, among others

41. Databases Gone Geo

42. Databases Gone Geo

43. The Geo Cloud

44. The Geo Cloud

45. HoriaVarlan
Viewer
Imagery
Data serving
Data storage

46. chego101
Many Open Geo Stacks

47. “The” Open Geo Stack

48. “The” Open Geo Stack
OpenLayers
GeoServer
PostGIS

49. Mapstraction
Google Maps
SimpleGeo

50. Mapstraction
Google Maps
SimpleGeo
CloudMade
MySQL

51. Mapstraction
Google Maps
SimpleGeo
CloudMade
MySQL
OpenLayers
Mapnik
ShapeFile

52. Mapstraction
Google Maps
SimpleGeo
CloudMade
MySQL
Google Maps
Osmarender
OpenLayers
Mapnik
ShapeFile

53. chego101
Many Geo Stacks
LaszloIlyes
TimSchapker

54. Many “Opens”
DaniGama
SubramanianKabilan
HeidiMaria

55. Mix and Match

56. Open
Geo
Stacks
for the web
Adam DuVander
@adamd – mapscripting.com
HoriaVarlan
Thank You!