[Ica-osgeo-labs] Newsletter - March 2016

[labrinos at eled.auth.gr]

Dear all,

 

I am glad to announce that the March 2016 issue of our Newsletter has been
uploaded onto our website (www.geoforall.otg/newsletters/) 

I would like to thank all the co-editors and our members for their
contribution. This issue is the biggest ever.

 

Have a nice reading

Nikos Lambrinos

 

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Dr. Nikos Lambrinos

Associate Professor

Dept. of Primary Education

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki

Greece, GR-54124

Tel. +30 2310 991201

Email: labrinos at eled.auth.gr

Web pages: http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/

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From: ica-osgeo-labs [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
Behalf Of Suchith Anand
Sent: Monday, March 7, 2016 9:41 AM
To: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] RGS-IBG event : Field technologies: (cheap and
accessible) fieldwork mapping and monitoring techniques 18th March 6:30pm

 

 

Dear all,

These events run by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of
British Geographers) might be of wider interest. Thanks to Mark Mulligan for
sharing this info. 

Also the Geo-technology in the Field: GIS, GPS, and Remote sensing for
fieldwork workshop (Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 April 2016) which will cover
Open source GIS, GPS Data and monitoring etc might be of interest.


Details at
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Fieldwork+and+Expeditions/GO+seminars+and+worksho
ps/GIS+for+expeditions+and+fieldwork.htm 

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: Mark Mulligan [mark.mulligan at kcl.ac.uk]
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 7:02 AM
To: Suchith Anand
Subject: RGS-IBG FOSS software and hardware event

 



Apologies for cross postings.

Please join us at the RGS-IBG for a series of short TED-talk style
presentations on new cheap and accessible fieldwork mapping and monitoring
technologies.  

Friday 18 March 2016, 6.30pm (doors open 6pm)

 

Topics and speakers include:

Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist, Google: Google's field technology [10
mins]

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Joanna Wilkin, University of Southampton OSM, Missing Maps and humanitarian
applications  [10 mins]

Martin Wooster, KCL Low-cost field research drones and tethered remote
sensing platforms  [10 mins]

Thomas Smith, KCL Using Arduino micro-controllers in the field  [10 mins]

James Millington, KCL Mobile Apps for fieldwork  [10 mins]

 

1 minute shout-outs:

Field mapping apps (Faith Taylor, KCL)

Camera trapping (Emma Tebbs, KCL)

Get  data for your field site using Openstreetmap Overpass API (Michele
Ferrier, KCL)

Free satellite Earth Observation data (Dr Richard Teeuw, Portsmouth
University) 

Using Openstreetmap on the ground (Naomi Morris, Portsmouth University)

FreeStation: cutting the cost of field monitoring by 99%  (Mark Mulligan,
KCL)

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Examples of the technology and equipment will be available.  The talks will
be followed by a break-out discussions on these topics at the RGS bar

Finish around 9pm

 

Price: £6.50 (part subsidised, includes complimentary drink and covers cost
of keeping the RGS staffed and open for the evening).  Sign up at
<http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Fieldwork+and+Expeditions/GO+seminars+and+worksh
ops/GIS+for+expeditions+and+fieldwork.htm> RGS-IBG website 

Best

 

Mark

 

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