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Geospatial Semantics

Jan 15
Thu 7:00 PM
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 40  people attended.
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Who organized?
Brian Eubanks

In this month's meeting, we discuss Geospatial Semantics. Mashups using Google Maps and other APIs have suddenly become very popular. However, this is only the beginning. As more linked data becomes available on the web, a whole new generation of applications become possible. In this meeting, we will discuss related technologies and current work that is being done in Geospatial Semantics.

Our speaker will be Dr. Yaser Bishr. Yaser is the co-founder and CTO of Image Matters LLC. Dr. Bishr has extensive experience in geospatial semantics, semantic web, and social web. In 1997, he published the first book on geospatial semantics, his Ph.D. topic, and wrote the geospatial semantic entry in the Encyclopedia of GIS. He is the visionary and architect of Image Matters' gnizr Enterprise semantic technology. Yaser is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to founding Image Matters, he founded Millennia GmbH, a German software consulting firm with clients in Europe, the US, SE Asia and the Middle East. Prior to Millennia Yaser was assistant professor at the University of Muenster, Germany. Currently Yaser is on a mission to develop a profitable business model for gnizr Enterprise. Yaser has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from ITC and the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands.

Image Matters LLC is a software technology and professional services company that produces software products, develops advanced technology solutions, and provides consulting services to government and commercial clients. Image Matters specializes in Geospatial Web, Semantic Web (Web 3.0), Web 2.0, Sensor Web, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Web services, and Location-Based Services (LBS).

The meeting location and light refreshments are provided courtesy of TopQuadrant.

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  • Brian Eubanks
    Posted Jan 30, 2009 10:31 AM
    Brian Eubanks
    Organizer
    Thanks for the input. Some of our meetings will be more technical than others, which should appeal to different groups of people. The next meeting will be very technical, as it will be a SPARQL tutorial with examples. In the future, Perhaps we can do a geospatial event with a more technical focus.
  • David James
    Posted Jan 30, 2009 9:41 AM
    David James
    This was a high level overview of the semantic web which included some nice visuals to help name the various pieces in the ecosystem. However, it did not cover the geospatial aspects of the semantic web. It was a less technical presentation than we've seen at previous meetings, which means that it was probably more inviting to people new to the area but at the same time less useful to people who have some background.
  • Brand Niemann
    Posted Jan 16, 2009 7:07 AM
    Brand Niemann
    I thought it was an excellent meeting and would invite the attendees to our free upcoming workshop on February 17th - please see http://semanticommunity.wik...

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