<div dir="ltr"><div>I live in Perth, Australia, where we have a local open source geospatial meetup group that we also call Geogeeks. Apologies to Victoria, we stole your name :)<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm originally from Victoria, and I'm coming to visit family for a few weeks in August. If Geogeeks or geobeers happens while I'm in town, I'd love to join you!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 06:30, Nicholas Hadaller <<a href="mailto:nicholashadaller@gmail.com">nicholashadaller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I have loved exploring the OS geospatial world, and have had success converting the company I work for completely into QGIS users. I have made and maintained a qgz project template and set of shapefiles that are copied for each new work project and all of us (not many, 4 of us) are able to work locally with our data. We've successfully been using it for the last 3 years now, with infrequent issues (none that can't be worked around).<br></div><div><br></div><div>One difficulty I have found is the hosting and syncing of our geodata. The most common method of transport for data between our clients and us, or between us and other professionals is either with shapefiles or KML/KMZs. We use Dropbox for our file storage, as it fulfills two major requirements we have, but it has issues with multiple people editing the same shapefile (or geopackage, geodatabase, sqlite db). We need to be able to work with local files, since often we are in remote work camps with limited internet access (weather permitting for satellite connections). Another bonus for Dropbox is the Smart Sync feature, which allows you to view all files in the Dropbox, but only download the ones that you are using.</div><div><br></div><div>I have played with PostGIS databases, but it doesn't allow us to access the information without an internet connection. I have just heard of a service called mergin on the Mapscaping podcast (which I highly recommend for fellow GIS nerds), which is an open source QGIS project management system, with offline working on mobile devices, project syncing, auto-merging, and version control. It is offered from Mergin Maps as a SaaS, but also available on GitHub for personal hosting (<a href="https://github.com/MerginMaps/mergin" target="_blank">https://github.com/MerginMaps/mergin</a>). I plan to explore this and try it out when I get back to the office (home) in Nanaimo later this week</div><div><br></div><div>Another difficulty I have found, is making the time to explore all of this while still doing my field work! I love both sides too much to give one up. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Jody, if there was Victoria geogeeks meetup in the future, I'd love to join <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:00 PM <<a href="mailto:osgeo-bc-request@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo-bc-request@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send OSGeo-BC mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Introduction (Nicholas Hadaller)<br>
2. Re: Introduction (Jody Garnett)<br>
3. Re: Introduction (Tyler Mitchell)<br>
<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Nicholas Hadaller <<a href="mailto:nicholashadaller@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholashadaller@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:44:50 -0700<br>Subject: [OSGeo BC] Introduction<br><div dir="auto">Hi all, <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it. Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS applications at VIU for Jan 2023.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am excited to be in this community with all of you,</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">---<br>Nick Hadaller<br><a href="http://www.hadallen.ca" target="_blank">www.hadallen.ca</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "OSGeo Local Chapter, British Columbia, Canada" <<a href="mailto:osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:08:44 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction<br><div dir="auto">Welcome Nick!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lots of fun stuff to explore, I personally work on GeoServer, and you will find the island has a long history of open source spatial.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Aside: If we are brave enough there is a victoria geogeeks meetup group that could reform for beers on a patio.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Jody</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:45 PM Nicholas Hadaller <<a href="mailto:nicholashadaller@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholashadaller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi all, <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it. Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS applications at VIU for Jan 2023.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am excited to be in this community with all of you,</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">---<br>Nick Hadaller<br><a href="http://www.hadallen.ca" target="_blank">www.hadallen.ca</a></div></div></div></div>
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<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Tyler Mitchell <<a href="mailto:tylermitchell@shaw.ca" target="_blank">tylermitchell@shaw.ca</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeo-bc@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:32:39 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction<br><div id="gmail-m_27611700291697191gmail-m_4562464227306229611__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left" dir="ltr">
Hi from the Okanagan, also with a forestry GIS background here (Lakehead, Geography), welcome!<div></div>
<div>I'd love to hear how you are finding the learning experience you had while digging into open source geo. What worked what didn't, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Tyler</div><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-top:20px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;min-width:500px">
<p style="color:rgb(170,170,170);margin-top:10px">On 2022-07-12 1:45:06 PM, Nicholas Hadaller <<a href="mailto:nicholashadaller@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholashadaller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="auto">Hi all, <div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it. Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS applications at VIU for Jan 2023.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am excited to be in this community with all of you,</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto">---<br>Nick Hadaller<br><a href="http://www.hadallen.ca" target="_blank">www.hadallen.ca</a></div></div></div></div>
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