I saw this on the calendar earlier this year and I would love to go to this one (never been), but I'm having a hard enough time getting clearance to go foss4g Sydney. I haven't looked at the agenda, didn't know they had an osgeo specific presentation.<br>
<br>Did some digging, and its a pre-conf workshop on Tuesday Sept. 29 (8:30-5:00). Specific details:<br><a href="http://www.urisa.org/annual/preconworkshops">http://www.urisa.org/annual/preconworkshops</a><br><p align="left">
<strong>==========================<br></strong></p><p align="left"><strong>WK3<br><font color="#ff9900">An Overview of Open Source GIS Software </font></strong><br><em>Instructor: Sara Yurman, GISP, Spatial Focus Inc, Decatur, GA</em></p>
<p align="left">Free and open source software (FOSS) has been offering
choices to computer users for a number of years. Over the past few
years the open source choices in GIS have been broader and more capable
than ever before. This workshop will focus on GIS open source software.
It will give an overview of current developments from technical and
management perspectives. Selected packages and their applications in
various projects will be demonstrated and discussed. </p>
<p align="left">Specific topics include: </p>
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<ul><li>Open Source GIS background and development </li><li>Overview of Open Source GIS spatial functionalities </li><li>Live demonstration </li><li>Interoperability: The Open Source GIS spectrum </li><li>Planning and implementation issues </li>
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<em>Intended Audience: Anyone interested in free and
open source geographic information system software. The workshop will
suit both managerial and technical needs and it does not require any
prerequisites. <br><br>===========================<br><br><br></em>Does anyone know Sara Yurman? <a href="http://www.spatialfocus.com/about_sfi.html#yurman">http://www.spatialfocus.com/about_sfi.html#yurman</a><br><br>It's only $25 to visit the exhibit hall for a day, I'll see if I can pursue that option. There are some other preconf workshops that look really good as well.<br>
<br>A bit bummed I couldn't get in on the "GIS Disneyland Tour", I used to work there!<br><br>-David<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Alex Mandel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Somehow we missed this one on the radar, David you interested in going<br>
and finding some more local folks, there appears to be a session on Open<br>
Source and this is the first I've heard of it.<br>
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Alex<br>
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URISA 2009 - Providing Solutions to Challenges<br>
September 29-October 2, 2009<br>
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URISA’s 47 th Annual Conference & Exposition — The Premier Conference<br>
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Eight preconference workshops ( included with your conference<br>
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• Opening Keynote Address : “Core Information Challenges and<br>
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• Interactive Issues Discussion: to identify the problems/barriers<br>
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• 'Back to the Issues' Interactive Discussion – this time, to<br>
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• Closing Plenary Session - Michael Byrne, GISP, GIO for the State<br>
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