Task Report back CB-07 01e Open Source Software

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Task Report back CB-07 01eOpen Source Software

• 7th GEO Capacity Building Committee Meeting
• Hilcéa Ferreira
• hilcea_at_dpi.inpe.br
• INPE - BRAZIL

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Background and Objetives

• Encourage the use of OSS across EO value chain
• Inventory of OS solutions within GEO
• Post the inventory into the Web Portal
• Encourage development of OSS solutions by
  building on existing efforts
• TerraLib and TerraView as starting GIS platforms
  (integrated Earth Observation and GIS data)

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Milestones achieved to date

1. Building on existing inventories to identify OSS
   solutions for use in GEO. Pilot implementations
   in OSS for selected Tasks, and capacity building
   activities On going activity
2. Develop the capabilities of end-users of
   geographical information with no programming
   skills by providing access and support to a full
   OSS GIS application package such as TerraView
   (http//www.dpi.inpe.br/terraview) done.

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Expected Milestones for 2008

• July 30 Launching of the TerraView and TerraLib
  version 3.2.1
• Basically fixes bugs found on 3.2.0 version
• Develop TerraView and TerraLib training
  material, courses, tutorials and documentation
  for both programmers and end-users available (in
  English) and develop specialized training
  material for e-learning.
• TerraView Site in English
• TerraLib team has been working on a plain new
  version of the library (version 4.0)
• Interoperability (fully OGC - Open Geospatial
  Consortium - compliant) and efficiency

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Expected Milestones for 2008

• Proposal of a Pre-project ? training potential
  users of CBERS users in the Portuguese Africa
• Angola
• Mozambique
• Cape Verde
• Equatorial Guinea
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Using remote sensing images and Geoprocessing
  using SPRING
• Semipresential courses

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Expected Milestones for 2008

• JUNE, 2008 launching of a totally new version of
  SPRING 5.0
• We hope to celebrate it together with the mark of
  100,000 downloads around the world 
• What is NEW?
• Different database organization increased speed
  and efficiency
• Main interface was remodeled. Most windows and
  buttons were reformulated.
• It supports images with any radiometric
  resolution size (previous versions were limited
  to 8 bits), allowing images from Ikonos or
  Quickbird
• It contains an assistant for importing images
  from CBERS satellite
• Much more

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Extent of participationRecommendations for
additional participants

• Who could contribute to this task?
• ITC
• IRD
• Very many others...
• In process of signing a MOU with IRD
• Translation to French
• Interfaces of TerraLib, TerraView and SPRING
• All tutorials and manuals of TerraLib, TerraView
  and SPRING

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Current StatusCBERS-2B reception stations in
Africa

• Maspalomas operated by INTA (Spain)
• Still with technical problem, should be
  operational by the end of the year.
• Malindi (Kenya) and Matera Both operated by ASI
  (Italy)
• Under negotiation
• Hartebeeshoek operated by CSIR (South Africa)
• Probably experimental by the end of the year
• Aswan Egypt (NARSS)
• It was not on the initial plan some tests last
  month, probably experimental antenna

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Expected Products

• Image Distribution will be carried out by means
  of the GEONetCast system, created by the GEO, as
  well as through other channels on the internet
  (Image catalog and FTP)

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Final remarks

• Combining open source software with the technical
  workforce available in developing countries can
  enable technology transfer.
• TerraLib, TerraView and SPRING have INPEs
  support for a long term maintenance policy

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Current StatusCBERS-2B reception stations in
Africa

• Maspalomas operated by INTA (Spain)
• Still with technical problem, should be
  operational by the end of the year.
• Malindi (Kenya) and Matera Both operated by ASI
  (Italy)
• Under negotiation
• Hartebeeshoek operated by CSIR (South Africa)
• Probably experimental by the end of the year
• Aswan Egypt (NARSS)
• It was not on the initial plan some tests last
  month, probably experimental antenna