Map publishing with or without programming skills FOSS4G 2015 Seoul Timo Aarnio National Land Survey of Finland

Overview About the presenter Oskari in a nutshell Map publishing with Oskari (w/ demo) Utilising RPC with published maps (w/ demo)

Presenter GIS Expert Product owner in the Oskari project Main interests Analyses Thematic mapping Data visualization

Oskari in a nutshell Open source project started in NLSFI around 2011 www.oskari.org www.github.com/nls-oskari Nowadays developed in a network of some 30 organizations (public & private sector) See “How to build a successful co-operation around your FOSS software – case Oskari” in Session 8-1 by Jani Kylmäaho

Oskari in a nutshell Platform to access and re-use data from a SDI Based on the idea of a distributed SDI Data producers set up OGC Web Services No need for downloading datasets and taking them into use ”Always” up-to-date data Possibility to define roles and restrict access to different services

Oskari in a nutshell Backend and frontend components Backend does all the heavy lifting WFS queries (also WMS if needed) Analyses, using WPS Search channels (configurable) Frontend makes it all nice and easy for the end-user

Oskari examples

Oskari examples

Oskari examples

Map publishing Easy-to-use tool for creating embedded maps What you see is what you get Lots of tools at your disposal Layout and style configurable

DEMO

Using RPC Sometimes you want more than an embedded map RPC can be used for communication between the map application and the parent web site Uses Messaging API’s postMessage via JSChannel.js Documentation available http://www.oskari.org/documentation/bundles/framework/rpc No point in trying to have everything Which is not always the best way to convey information Charts, graphs etc.

DEMO

www.oskari.org Timo Aarnio timo.aarnio@nls.fi More information www.oskari.org Timo Aarnio timo.aarnio@nls.fi