07-04, 10:30–11:00 (Europe/Tallinn), LAStools (327)
Tiled maps are the backbone of most web applications that show geospatial information. Before OGC API - Tiles was approved, last year, there was not really an interoperable way of creating these maps using a resource oriented architecture and JSON encodings.
OGC API - Tiles puts some formality to what people have been doing for years, with ‘xyz’ tilesets, but it also enables the clients to create a better user experience, by providing metadata, such as title, description or available zoom levels.
In this talk we’ll provide an overview of this standard, and discuss its advantages, when compared to other standards/specifications, like WMTS or TileJSON. We’ll illustrate the benefits of interoperability, with an example that uses FOSS4G software implementing OGC API - Tiles.
Finally, we’ll point out some resources, available to anyone who wishes to develop and validate an OGC API - Tiles implementation.
Joana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years experience and a strong expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics.
After acquiring a PhD in GIS, at UCL, her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organisation, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very involved with FOSS, in particular in what concerns geospatial. This has led her to become a charter member of OSGeo. Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, a SME in the field of data engineering and geospatial analytics. 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. As Developer Relations at OGC, Joana is responsible for connecting the OGC standards with the wider developer community, hopefully increasing their adoption and contributing towards making them more developer-friendly.