[Ica-osgeo-labs] FW: Free and Open Source GIS course – Aug 4–8 @ Hunter College, NYC

Wed Jun 18 16:36:44 PDT 2014

Hi Cameron, we aren't using it (right now), but it *has* been discussed.
Students will have access to their own virtual machine during the course,
so using the OSGeo-Live image is an option. Part of the course involves
installing some of the required apps, so we weren't sure if we wanted to go
with the pre-installed stuff on OSGeo-Live... having said that, I guess we
could work with a modified version. Any thoughts on this? Additionally, we
will be *telling* students about OSGeo-Live, and they will leave with that
as a resource.

Cheers,

Carson

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Hi Suchith,
> Will this course make use of OSGeo-Live? If so I'd be keen to add the
> details to our history page:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
>
> Keeping track of how OSGeo-Live is used provides the motivation and
> business justifications people and organisations use to justify
> contributing to OSGeo-Live.
>
> I'd also like to hear from any others making use of OSGeo-Live such that
> we can add your use to this page.
>
>
> On 18/06/2014 10:57 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:
>
>
>
> *From:* carsten.kessler at gmail.com [mailto:carsten.kessler at gmail.com
> <carsten.kessler at gmail.com>] *On Behalf Of *Carsten Kessler
> *Sent:* 18 June 2014 13:45
> *To:* ucgis-all
> *Subject:* Free and Open Source GIS course – Aug 4–8 @ Hunter College, NYC
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> we will be offering a five day professional training course on FOSS GIS at
> Hunter college, NYC, the first week of August:
> http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/gis
>
> Feel free to forward the course description below to potential
> participants.
>
> Best,
>
> Carsten Kessler
>
>
>
> *FREE AND OPEN SOURCE GIS*
>
> *August 4 to August 8, 2014, 9 AM to 5 PM*
>
> The Department of Geography at Hunter College of the City University of
> New York and Hunter Continuing Education are offering a five day
> professional course in *Free and Open Source GIS*. This five day course
> will span the entire range of GIS data capture, management, analysis, and
> visualization of geographic information using Free and Open Source Software
> (FOSS). These different elements of the GIS workflow will be discussed over
> the first four days and will then be applied in a final project completed
> on Friday. The course will combine lectures with hands-on sessions where
> participants will work with different free and open source GIS packages.
> Since we expect participants from many different organizations in the
> tri-state area, this training course also presents an excellent networking
> opportunity.
>
> The course is designed for experienced GIS users who want to broaden their
> skill set with expertise in the ever-growing world
> of free and open source GIS. Participants are expected to have a technical
> background and an interest in developing comprehensive workflows using
> multiple software components. While we do not require any programming
> experience, we will be working on the command line and developing some
> small scripts. Participants should be eager to master these valuable skills.
> *Instructors*
> Carson Farmer and Carsten Kessler are Associate Directors of the Center
> for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI Lab) and Assistant
> Professors for Geographic Information Science in the Department of
> Geography at Hunter College ‐ CUNY.
>
> Carson <http://carsonfarmer.com/> has been working
> with open source GIS projects, including as core developer for QGIS, since
> 2007. His research interests revolve around movements and flows of
> individuals, information, and commodities within urban environments, and
> the development and implementation of novel spatial analysis methods and
> software aimed at characterizing these flows.
>
> Carsten <http://carsten.io/> has extensive experience in projects
> around open data and the exchange of geographic information, both in
> international research projects and as a consultant. His research interests
> are in the areas of information integration, volunteered geographic
> information, emergency management, and collaborative and participatoryGIS.
>
> Both instructors will be present for the duration of the course to support
> the participants in the hands-on exercises.
> *Location, registration and fees*
> The course will be held at the Department of Geography's computer lab in
> the Hunter North building at Lexington and 68th Street,
> Manhattan. Registration fee for this course is $1800 and includes access to
> computers and server space to run the exercises.
>
> For more detailed information or to register, visit
> http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/gis or contact the Hunter Continuing
> Education office at 212-650-3850 or ce at hunter.cuny.edu .
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
>
> Carsten Kessler – http://carsten.io
>
> Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information
>
> Department of Geography
>
> Hunter College – CUNY
>
>
>
> 695 Park Avenue
>
> New York, NY-10065
>
>
>
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-- 
Dr. Carson J. Q. Farmer
Associate Director, CARSI <http://www.carsilab.org/>
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Hunter College & Graduate Center, CUNY
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY, 10065
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