MapServer and OGC Web Services in real life, and saving lives

Session Type: 
Tech Session
Presenter(s): 
Daniel Morissette, Mapgears Inc

Open Source software and Open Standards are especially important when talking about sharing data over the web. MapServer, as a web mapping server, and its support for OGC web services such as WMS and WFS provide a platform of choice for data sharing and distribution.

We will have a look at how Quebec's Ministry of Public Safety and their partner organizations leverage MapServer's ease of use, robustness and support of OGC web services in their real life mission critical applications, to actually save lives.

Speaker Bio: 

Daniel Morissette is President and Software Developer at Mapgears. He has been a member of the MapServer development team since 2000 and a member of the MapServer PSC since its inception.

Daniel has been active in OSGeo since its creation and in the field of open source geospatial software development since 1998, not only as a MapServer developer, but also as contributor to several OSGeo projects and committees.

Schedule info

Time slot: 
Wed, 09/14/2011 - 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Room: 
Silver