[Aust-NZ] Introduction: Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)

[Roald de Wit]

Hi Simon,

Welcome to the list! As Jody mentioned, we do have regular (about 
2-monthly) catch-ups in Melbourne. You just missed last Thursday's where 
2 Simons each did a presentation (one of the presentations can be found 
here: [1]) and we joked about which other Simon could jump in to do 
another one! :-)

If you're interested in talking a bit about your work (or just joining 
us next time), please contact Simon O'Keefe [2].

Regards, Roald

[1] http://mapbutcher.com/blog/?p=603
[2] http://groundtruth.com.au/contact/

On 27/07/10 16:53, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Welcome; and thanks for the nice background.
>
> I think you will find the group in Victoria to be active in the
> Melbourne area as they occasionally organize a get together.
>
> Jody
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Simon Cropper
> <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
>    
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a quick introduction. My name is Simon Cropper and I run a small
>> ecological consultancy in Victoria (see webpage if interested).
>>
>> I conduct flora and fauna surveys and do vegetation mapping within south-east
>> Australia. Nearly every job I conduct I use GIS to help collect, synchronise,
>> analyse and present spatial data. I have used GIS in over 100 projects.
>>
>> Over the last 15 years I have used ArcView but recently replaced this with
>> gvSIG Desktop. I use this GIS on Vista (on a tablet PC) and on my Ubuntu
>> Desktop.
>>
>> Since adopting gvSIG, following an extensive review of FOSS GIS Desktop
>> systems, I have been actively involved in this community (creating tutorials,
>> helping with translations, reporting bugs, helping on the mail list, etc). I
>> am preparing some Australian tutorials for this ostensibly Spanish system.
>> This and other technological publications are being released on my website
>> (see webpage if interested under the Technology Section).
>>
>> I also dabble in the use of QGIS, OpenJUMP, SAGA, Sextante, GDAL, Kosmo, GRASS
>> and FWTools/OpenEV.
>>
>> I have submitted a paper to the next issue of OSGeo Journal (in draft) and
>> another paper to the Conference Newsletter for the gvSIG 2010 Conference later
>> this year (also in draft) on the topic "gvSIG a robust and reliable
>> alternative to ArcView". The first paper is essentially an outline of my
>> typical workflow and whether a particular package can do that task. The second
>> paper is a list of the last 5-6 projects (big and small), what I need a GIS to
>> do and how gvSIG performed doing it. My comments are predominantly positive
>> although I don't shirk at telling it as it is when a problem is identified.
>>
>> So, that's me...    well the short version anyway.
>>
>> I look forward to participating in this local chapter of OSGeo and getting to
>> know others on the list a bit better.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers Simon
>>
>>         Simon Cropper
>>         Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>>         PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020
>>         P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437
>>         W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
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