06-28, 14:30–15:00 (Europe/Tirane), UBT D / N113 - Second Floor
This talk is about a prototype that enables collaborative mapping without the need of any internet connectivity, only a local network is required. It runs fully in the browser, hence is cross-platform, it basically runs on any smartphone. The users form a peer-to-peer network in order to exchange their data.
It can be used in situations where there either is no internet infrastructure, it's spotty or it was destroyed. In the disaster response case, only a local network, without any server infrastructure, would be needed.
In the talk you'll learn about content-addressing, WebRTC and peer-to-peer networks and of course experience a live demonstration of the prototype.
The tech-stack is [Svelte] for the application, OpenLayers for displaying the map, IPFS for the storage, libp2p for the networking. The project is licensed under the Apache/MIT licenses.
Volker Mische is a software engineer and proponent of open source, open data and transparency. He contributed to various OSGeo projects over the past 10 years and is probably best known for his work on geospatial databases. Since 2009 he has been involved in several global FOSS4G conference committees, in 2016 as Program Chair. He’s an OSGeo Charter Member since 2013.