I-GUIDE VCO: Bridging High-Performance Computing and Geospatial Workflows: OGC Standards Implementation for Scientific Computing Infrastructure

Bridging High-Performance Computing and Geospatial Workflows: OGC Standards Implementation for Scientific Computing Infrastructure

October 15, 2025 11:00 am (Central Time)

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Abstract

This presentation showcases the successful integration of High-Performance Geospatial Computing (HPGC) capabilities developed during the OGC Testbed-19 and Testbed-20 initiatives with modern scientific computing workflows. We demonstrate a comprehensive implementation that allows for running Common Workflow Language (CWL) encoded workflows on HPC infrastructure via the Toil Workflow Execution Service, giving researchers scalable processing power for large-scale geospatial analyses.

Our approach uses the ZOO-Project-DRU platform, developed as part of the ESA-funded Earth Observation Exploitation Platform Common Architecture (EOEPCA) project, to efficiently manage workflow deployment and execution with standardized OGC API - Processes specifications, including Part 1: Core and Part 2: Deploy, Replace, Undeploy. The HPC support through Toil WES is also incorporated within the EOEPCA framework, offering a complete solution for large-scale Earth observation data processing. To showcase practical use, we demonstrate the conversion and adaptation of the I-GUIDE Extract_Inundation_Census_Tracts_Processor, showing how existing geospatial workflows can be converted into OGC-compliant Application Packages.

This implementation tackles key challenges in scientific workflow portability and reproducibility by creating standardized interfaces between high-performance computing resources and geospatial processing workflows. The solution allows researchers to deploy complex analysis pipelines across diverse computing environments while following open geospatial standards. Our results show notable improvements in workflow interoperability, execution scalability, and resource utilization efficiency, laying the groundwork for advanced scientific computing infrastructure that connects domain-specific tools with enterprise-level computational resources.

Speakers

Gérald Fenoy

GeoLabs

Gérald Fenoy founded GeoLabs, a company specializing in geospatial solutions. He is the creator of the ZOO-Project, an open-source platform that serves as a reference implementation of both the OGC API - Processes - Part 1: Core standard and the WPS 2.0 (Web Processing Service) standard. The ZOO-Project provides developers with a flexible and user-friendly framework for building and deploying geospatial web services, enabling efficient geospatial data processing.   In addition to the ZOO-Project, Gérald developed MapMint, a powerful platform for creating, managing, and sharing maps and geospatial data. He also created MapMint4ME, a simplified, cloud-based version of MapMint that allows users to collect geographic (or non-geographic) data in the field, both with and without an internet connection. This makes it an ideal tool for fieldwork in remote or connectivity-challenged environments.   Gérald strongly advocates open-source software and open standards. He has significantly contributed to the geospatial community. His work focuses on making geospatial technology more accessible, efficient, and interoperable, empowering users worldwide to leverage location-based data for better decision-making and innovation.

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