Big Data Analytics & GIS

The EDC Forum 2017 “Big Data Analytics in Geographic Information Systems” takes place on September 21 & 22, 2017 in Münster. It addresses topics with a scientific and technological focus in the field of modeling, analyzing and visualizing spatio-temporal phenomena based on large datasets and large streams of data.

The EDC Developer Forum is a joint workshop format with presentations, open discussions and practical workshops. It is designed to discuss concepts and technologies, to evaluate market-driven solutions, and to gain hands-on experience in applying those concepts and technologies.

52°North participates in the forum’s organization and provides presentations and a workshop.

Thursday, September 21, 2107

10:30 – 12:00: Big data concepts and technologies – Overview (Arne de Wall – 52°North, Marius Appel – ifgi, Thomas Paschke – Esri Germany)

16:30 – 17:00: A Query Language for Handling Big Observation Data Sets in the Sensor Web (Christian Autermann – 52°North / Alfred Wegener Institute)

Friday, September 22, 2017

09:00 – 13:00: R-ArcGIS-Bridge (Edzer Pebesma – ifgi, Melanie Brandmeier – Esri Germany, Benedikt Graeler – 52°North)

Further information, the complete program and the free registration form are available at http://edcforum2017.ifgi.de.