Task Report back CB-07 01e

Open Source Software

7th GEO Capacity Building Committee Meeting

Hilcéa Ferreirahilcea@dpi.inpe.br

INPE - BRAZIL

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)

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.

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

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

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…

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

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

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)

Final remarks

Combining open source software with the technical workforce available in developing countries can enable technology transfer.

TerraLib, TerraView and SPRING have INPE’s support for a long term maintenance policy

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