[AtlanticCanada] Introduction

[Timothy Astle]

Great to hear from you Jarrett!

To start off with, I'm not a GRASS user, so I can't help you there.  I'm 
sure that the GRASS mailing lists are the way to go for detailed 
discussions.  http://grass.fbk.eu/community/support.php

You'll have to come out to our next meeting.  The meetings are informal 
social events to discuss all things GIS and of course, the free and open 
source software available.  It's a great way to network, learn and share 
ideas.

Definitely get the word out on this group to your peers.  The more 
people that are involved, the better it is for all of us.

Best wishes!


Tim

On 31/01/2011 6:51 PM, Jarrett Totton wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just figured I would introduce myself. My name is Jarrett Totton and
> I am a student at NBCC Moncton taking the GIS Diploma program. I am
> quite familiar with ESRI software, but when I came across GRASS it
> piqued my interest being a powerful GIS analysis engine without the
> powerful price-tag. I am not a programmer, my background is in
> forestry, but I want to master the use of GRASS (I am still in the
> learning phases, I know how to run it but am just learning where
> everything is) and learn how to develop my own modules in
> python(someday). I am quite interested in how people in the industry
> are using GRASS and other open source geospatial software and for what
> they are using it for. Also as a student I am interested in making
> myself as employable as possible for when I graduate and feel that
> GRASS and other free software will help with this.
>
> But enough about me. I also read in some of your previous emails that
> you as a group were seeking more involvement from schools and the
> like. I am sue if someone was interested they would be more than
> welcome to come to my school and introduce the organisation, and I
> could help arrange this.
>
> I would be very interested in sitting in on a meeting of the Atlantic
> Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and would also like
> learning more about OSM and how I can contribute and how the data from
> OSM can be used in other projects and in what formats it can be used
> in.
>
> To end my short introduction of myself I would like to make a call for
> ideas for a project I have to do for school. I would be interested in
> solving a real world problem that has readily available data and would
> show the capabilities of GRASS.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Jarrett Totton
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