Beyond FOSS 3D GIS technologies: a chance for developing countries FOSS4G. 29 Sept. 3 Oct Cape Town South Africa

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1 Dr. Giuseppe Conti Senior Scientist Via Alla Cascata 56/C Povo (TN) ITALY E mail: giuseppe.conti@graphitech.it 29 Sept. 3 Oct Cape Town South Africa Beyond FOSS 3D GIS technologies: a chance for developing countries José Luis Encarnação, Raffaele De Amicis, Giuseppe Conti, Joachim Rix

2 Role of 3D Geobrowsers In the context of developing countries

3 Role in health protection Malaria Atlas Project Avian Flu Outbreak Tracker

4 Easy data access: MadMappers Source: WORLD WIND AFRICA: AFRICAN GIS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL Maurizio de Felice 1 and Patrick Hogan 2 1 Mindmappers 2 NASA

5 Role in disaster mitigation Example SERVIR Viz Regional Visualization and Monitoring System The Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology at Cayuga Community College, Inc.(IAGT) NASA, CATHALAC, USAID, the World Bank, CCAD, the Environmental Ministries of the Mesoamerican Countries

6 Online disaster response community (ODRC)

7 Indirect role: awareness riser Example crisis in Darfur

8 The architecture developed

9 WEB PORTAL ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE intranet internet APPLICATION LEVEL RMI SOAP AUTHORING SERVICES MIDDLEWARE LEVEL BASE EJB HIGH LEVEL SERVICES PROCESSING SERVICES RMI BASE EJB BASE SERVICES BASE EJB OTHER ADVANCED SERVICES BASE EJB APPLICATION SERVER RMI SERVLET CONTAINER SERVLET SERVLET SERVLET SERVLET SERVLET ESB DATA & PERSISTENCY LEVEL CUSTOM GeoDB GeoDB DB DB USERS

10 Overall view

11 An example: mapping WMS Request Style Image RMI Features Cache manager Cache

12 Results

13 First example authoring content

14 1st Video 2nd Video 4th Video

15 Simple geoprocessing

16 3rd Video

17 Complex geoprocessing: GI & Design Decision Support Processing units available from WPS service

18 4th Video

19 Conclusions Several experiences have demostrated the importance of using 3D Geobrowser in the context of developing countries FOSS 3D Geobrowsers can go beyond mere visualization of maps Their user friendliness makes them ideal candidates for decision makers Open support to processing feature can be key to ensure better control over the territory

20 Thank you for your attention! Dr Giuseppe Conti Senior Scientist, Fondazione Graphitech Via Alla Cascata 56/C, Povo (TN) ITALY Tel.: fax.: Skype: gconti_skype Web page: and