Enterprise GIS with FOSS

https://gissa.org.za/introduction-to-postgis-16May/enterprise-gis-with-foss
Enterprise GIS with FOSS
2019-04-01T08:30:00+01:52
2019-04-05T16:00:00+01:52
Enterprise GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is all about doing GIS on a larger scale than just your PC with local files. We cover the whole enterprise 'stack' including spatial database, web map server, desktop GIS and web map clients and applications, using software like QGIS, PostGIS, Geoserver, Leaflet and more.

What course
When 01 Apr, 2019 08:30 AM to 05 Apr, 2019 04:00 PM (Africa/Johannesburg / UTC186)
Where Johannesburg
Contact Name Petra Paton
Contact Phone 0737688108
Attendees If you want to do more than the usual desktop GIS or are responsible for your employer's enterprise GIS or have ever just wondered how to publish a web map service or how to manage and use a spatial database or web map application, this course is for you.
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CPD: 2 points (category 1b)

Enterprise GIS (Geographic Information Systems) is all about doing GIS on a larger scale than just your PC with local files. Is this course for you? Here are some aspects of Enterprise GIS to help you decide:

you need to supply GIS to a whole department or organisation or enterprise
multiple users, with different roles
integration with other systems, technologies and data
supplying standards-based services
managing large quantities of data, many different themes
powering websites and desktops
24/7/365 availability, scalable, flexible

Aims of the course

This course will give you the basic skills and knowledge to get going with establishing an enterprise GIS or transforming or improving your current system. We will use FOSS (Free and Open Source) tools because they are world class! Experience how a full, professional Enterprise GIS can be achieved with FOSS. These are some core objectives:

create and populate a spatial database
install a web map server
publish OGC map services
compose a web map; view and search it in a desktop and a web client
understand some architectural guidelines for a corporate environment
administer and troubleshoot the system.

Software

Ubuntu Linux server; any OS for clients
Apache and Tomcat
OpenGeo Enterprise Suite
- PostgreSQL RDBMS with PostGIS
- GeoServer
- GeoWebCache
- GeoExt, OpenLayers
QGIS (desktop and server)
various others

Some software we will cover in depth, others we will just touch on or use or review. Where practical we will mention, review or work with alternatives. FOSS gives you freedom of choice!

Course outline

Day 1:

System setup and configuration, architecture, system administration.
Introduction to Linux and servers.
Have your own enterprise GIS up and running within minutes.
Overview of FOSS GIS software and components.

Days 2 and 3:

Data management and processing
Database setup, configuration, loading
Working with a spatial database

Days 4 and 5:

Web servers and web map servers
Publishing web services
Styling, tiling, caching
Using web services

This is a very broad outline and is subject to change. We are open to suggestions if there is something you would like us to cover.

Prerequisites
This course is not for beginners. Neither is it a typical 'learn GIS' course. It is focused on systems, technologies, data and architecture. To attend this course you should be computer literate. you should be an experienced GIS user or system or database administrator or webmaster or developer or have been tasked with this sort of work by your employer. On the other hand it IS introductory. A week is enough to give you the grounding to get going on your own but is not enough time to go into too much in depth. Please bring your own laptop running Linux (preferably Ubuntu) or Windows. All the software is also supported on Macs but we don't support that in the course.

Price: R9250, excl. VAT applicable per person attending (teas and lunches will be provided, excludes accommodation).

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