[OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for Speakers at the Open Source GIS Track for the 2014 CLSA Conference in Reno, Nevada

[Cameron Shorter]

Landon,
I presented an "Open Source for Surveyors" a while back which you might 
want to make use of:
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/report-from-osgeo-stand-at-federation.html

You might also want to draw upon a subset of the OSGeo-Live presentation:
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/

On 28/05/2013 6:41 AM, Peter Baumann wrote:
> Hi Landon,
>
> while reading your list some tpics come to my mind which might be of 
> interest to the audience additionally:
> - Big Data in GIS
> - adding temporal dimensions  to Coordinate Reference Systems
>     (yes, it's supposed to be plural!)
> - Open standards in GIS - still relevant?
>
> my 2 cents,
> Peter
>
>
> On 05/27/2013 10:28 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
>> The committee that organizes the Annual California Land Surveyors 
>> Association (CLSA) Conference is interested in having a half day or 
>> full day event on open source GIS at the 2014 Conference. They've 
>> asked me to put together some information about our event schedule 
>> and the speakers.
>> I've put up a preliminary event schedule based on a full day event 
>> with two tracks here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CLSA_2014_Conference_OSGeo_Open_Source_GIS_Track
>> I've left several open slots. Here are some sample topics that could 
>> be plugged into those open slots:
>> - Python scripting with QGIS.
>> - The business case for GIS.
>> - Linear referencing in GIS.
>> - Introduction to QGIS.
>> - GIS database concepts with PostGIS.
>> - Remote sensing with ballons or low cost drones.
>>
>> Other topics might also be acceptable. I'd like to keep the GIS 
>> concepts and GIS software parts of the event very simple and easy for 
>> beginners. This will have greater appeal for most land surveyors.
>> The last part of the event on GIS programming can be geared towards 
>> more experienced GIS users.
>>
>> Let me know if you'd be willing to come out to Reno in the spring to 
>> give a talk. I'll get the conference registration waived. (I've got 
>> three speakers from our local chapter, but I could use a couple more.)
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Landon
>>
>>
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