[California] Introductions

[Allan Hollander]

Hi everybody,

I'm glad to see the formation of this list! I am a geographer and researcher 
in a group called the Information Center for the Environment at the 
University of California, Davis. I do a lot of work on biodiversity 
informatics, and these days almost exclusively use open source software for 
my GIS needs. Favorite tools include GRASS, MapServer, QGIS, and I am just 
beginning to do some work with OpenLayers.

The main goal I have for this chapter would be to raise the awareness of open 
source geospatial tools within geospatial practitioners in California. I am 
also interested in regional FOSS4G meetups. I also like the programming ideas 
that have been posted so far on the wiki page. Enhancing the hard-copy 
cartographic capabilities of the FOSS4G toolset is a big interest of mine, 
and there is definitely a need for a simple, modern, and general-purpose 
metadata editor.

-- Allan Hollander
   Davis, California