FOSS4G-NA 2019 Recap
Slides: http://bit.ly/foss4gnarecap
FOSS4G-NA 2019 Recap
Slides: http://bit.ly/foss4gnarecap
Terminology
- Free (F)
- This is a loaded term in English
- gratis: free donuts!
- ====> libre: free speech <====
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Open Source Software (OSS)
- Source code can be modified and shared
- Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G)
- Geo subset of the FOSS world
Criticality
Open Source
Cool Tech
Criticality
Open Source
Cool Tech
Critical Data Visualization
Will Geary (@wgeary)
"The view of infinite vision is an illusion, a god trick."
Donna Harraway
"Maps reflect and perpetuate relations of power"
Rhiannon Firth
Purpose of Data Visualization
Deriving Insights
Provoking Conversations
Empowering Civil Society with PostgreSQL
Albert Kochapum
Data: Open Data & persistent open records requests
Tools: PostgreSQL & QGIS
Criticality
Open Source
Cool Tech
The Middle Passage: Open Source Gets Old(er)
Paul Ramsey (@pwramsey)
Criticality
Open Source
Cool Tech
Notebooks
- Python
- R
- Julia
- ...and more!
- JavaScript
Why notebooks?
Example: Processing Runkeeper GPX Data
Jupyter
Examples: Query Raleigh CitrixCycle Data
Observable
- JavaScript notebook
- Uses your browser's JavaScript engine as the environment
- Change a cell, all dependent cells update (i.e. no hidden state)
- Some idiosyncrasies to fit JavaScript in notebook paradigm
- Still a very new project
- Active community
You might even get help from one of Observable's developers!
LiDAR Tools/Resources
Drones + Cesium
Source: Cesium
Source: Cesium
Asset Inspection
Source: Trendspek
Site Inspection
Source: Propeller Aero
Dashboarding w/ Elasticsearch & Kibana
- Search & analytics engine
- Quickly query large, unstructured data
- Rapidly growing support of spatial querying
- Graphical user interface for running queries
- Rich, interactive dashboarding
- Share dashboards to web or as images
THE END
Thanks for listening!
FOSS4G-NA 2019 Redux
By maptastik
FOSS4G-NA 2019 Redux
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