Joana Simoes

Joana is a data engineer with a strong background in geospatial tech. Her pursuit to make geospatial information F.A.I.R. has led her to the board of GSDI and to OGC, where she leads relations with the developer community. Committed to advancing the open-source geospatial ecosystem, Joana is a OSGeo board member and project contributor.
Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, a boutique company in the field of Spatial Data Infrastructures. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts.


Sessions

09-01
16:00
30min
New OGC API Plugins on the Block
Joana Simoes, Ricardo Garcia Silva, Kateryna Konieva

This talk introduces two QGIS plugins designed to boost OGC API adoption, which may be hindered by a lack of tools. The "pygeoapi configurator" simplifies publishing data, while the "QGIS OACS" plugin helps users discover and visualize datasets.

Conference Management Room5
09-01
17:00
30min
pygeoapi project status
Tom Kralidis, Angelos Tzotsos, Joana Simoes

pygeoapi project status presentation. Come and find out the latest news on the project as well as future plans, and how to get involved!

Conference Management Room1
09-02
16:00
30min
Metadata in the time of robots
Antonio Cerciello, Joana Simoes

In this presentation, we will try to understand the relevance of geospatial metadata in the modern technological landscape, and we will reflect on their usefulness.

Ran1
09-03
13:00
30min
Best Practises for Consuming OGC API Data
Joana Simoes

This talk addresses some common challenges users face, when consuming data from OGC API. It will map these issues to best practices, offering pointers for data consumers to improve their workflow and providing publishers with answers to common user complaints about the standard or its implementation.

Conference Management Room2
09-03
14:30
30min
Shifting from a monolithic to a scalable SDI architecture: is it worth it?
Antonio Cerciello, Joana Simoes

This presentation concerns migrating an SDI from a single-machine, multi-container Docker architecture to a cluster-based solution. The authors will share their experience, including performance testing results and an evaluation of potential bottlenecks. They will also discuss the critical human factors involved in such a migration.

Ran2