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<p>For those of you who don’t yet know, FOSS4G 2017 will be held in
Boston, MA on August 14-19. Please visit the website for
conference details : <span class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://2017.foss4g.org/">http://2017.foss4g.org/</a> . </span><span
class="">As a member of the workshop committee - I encourage you
to submit a workshop. </span><br class="">
<br class="">
<b class="">Workshop info:</b><br class="">
</p>
<ul class="">
<li class="">Workshops will be held on August 14th and 15th at the
Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) in Cambridge, MA</li>
<li class="">Workshops are scheduled in 4 hour blocks, but a
limited number of full-day (8 hr.) workshops will be considered</li>
<li class="">Compensation for a 4 hour workshop is $650, which is
the cost of an Early-Bird registration for FOSS4G</li>
<li class="">Workshops will be BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for
attendees. FOSS4G will provide bootable OSGeo Live USB sticks
and remote desktop access to cloud-hosted machines.</li>
<li class="">In the past, workshops have included topics related
to the following, but the committee is open to other topics that
are relevant to the FOSS4G community and will generate interest
:
<ul class="">
<li class="">QGIS/PyQGIS</li>
<li class="">PostGIS</li>
<li class="">GeoServer</li>
<li class="">MapServer</li>
<li class="">Web Mapping</li>
<li class="">GRASS GIS</li>
<li class="">GDAL/OGR CLI Tools</li>
<li class="">pgRouting</li>
<li class="">Using OSGeoLive</li>
<li class="">GeoPython</li>
<li class="">GvSig</li>
<li class="">Aerial Mapping and Point
Clouds/LIDAR/Photogrammetry</li>
<li class="">Using open source GIS in a cloud environment</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<div class=""><br class="">
<b class="">Important Dates:<br class="">
</b>Call for Workshops Closed: March 13, 2017<br class="">
Workshop Selections Announced: March 20, 2017<br class="">
Detailed Workshop Program: April 3, 2017</div>
<div class="">Workshops Take Place at Harvard: August 14/15, 2017<br
class="">
<br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Here is a link to the workshop page for the submission
form and further details: <a
href="http://2017.foss4g.org/workshops/" class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://2017.foss4g.org/workshops/">http://2017.foss4g.org/workshops/</a></a></div>
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Randal Hale
North River Geographic Systems, Inc
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.northrivergeographic.com">http://www.northrivergeographic.com</a>
423.653.3611 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com">rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>
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