GIS and the Grid
Organiser
Mark Birkin, University of Leeds (m.h.birkin@leeds.ac.uk or 0113-3436838)
Date and Location
13 September 2005, University of Leeds.
Workshop Summary
Grid technology enables the sharing of resources and collaboration. This can provide researchers in many locations (that may want to collaborate interactively):
- access to data and computer resources;
- operational control of remote sensors and instruments;
- common interfaces, sets of tools and development environments; and,
- the means to host and develop virtual organisations to take things forward.
GIS in this context stands for Geographical Information (GI) Systems, Science or Services.
To set the agenda the workshop aimed to address the following questions:
- What needs to happen to Grid enable geographical data?
- What geographical data is Grid enabled and how can it be accessed?
- What needs to happen to Grid enable a geographical data processing toolkit?
- What organisations and individuals are developing Grid enabled GIS?
- Is there an appetite for shared development, and if so, how do we proceed?
Programme
Introduction and Welcome (42kb)
Andy Turner, University of Leeds
UK GIS Community, Grids and Collaboration (26kb)
Robin Smith
Introduction to GIS and Grid Computing (653kb)
Andy Turner, University of Leeds
Grid Middleware: Globus and the White Rose Grid (114kb)
John Hodrien, University of Leeds
Grid Middleware: GROWL (375kb)
John Kewley, e-Sciene Centre
Data Access and Integration: OGSA-DAI (225kb)
Kostas Karasavvas, epcc
Application of Grid GIS: MoSeS (209kb)
Mark Birkin, University of Leeds
Application of Grid GIS: GeoVue (643kb)
Mike Batty, University College London
Grid Enabling Census Data (308kb)
Colin Venters, NCeSS