[Viscom-dev] Spatial Sciences Conference, Hobart Australia

[Cameron Shorter]

Thankyou for the offer of help. I have some big asks, and will 
understand if it is too hard to achieve. Hopefully this will be useful 
for other events and so more effort can be dedicated to it.

The Audience for the Spatial Sciences conference will probably be 
Government based mapping departments, probably using ESRI and Oracle 
Spatial.

What would be very useful for me is to have material to help sell Open 
Source GIS to ESRI experts. - Note that I have next to no experience in 
the ESRI products.

I'm thinking documentation (posters, slides, white papers) along the 
lines of:
* A table matching proprietary products to OS products. Arron Raciot has 
a slide which is a start. It would be good to flesh this out more.
interfaces are used to connect components.
* Some bench mark comparisons
* A migration strategy from ESRI to OS.
* A poster showing the OS Geo stack.
* Explanations of the OGC standards, including SOA network diagrams 
showing how the

Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> Cameron-
>
> Sounds great.  I've add the event to the calender.  If we can help in
> any way, just let us know...
>
> -mpg
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:viscom-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:03 PM
>> To: visibilitycommittee_dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [Viscom-dev] Spatial Sciences Conference, Hobart Australia
>>
>> I'm expecting to be behind a booth at the Spatial Sciences 
>> Conference in 
>> Hobart Australia, 14-18 May, 2007.
>> http://www.ssc2007.com/
>>
>> I've applied to present on behalf of OSGeo but will only get 
>> a spot if 
>> someone else drops out. (We missed the submission deadline). However 
>> Terrapages will have a booth and I expect to have an 
>> opportunity to talk 
>> OSGeo while behind the stand.
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Systems Architect, http://terrapages.com.au
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5011
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
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Cameron Shorter
Systems Architect, http://terrapages.com.au
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5011
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254