[Aust-NZ] Upcoming OSGeo Chapter in the Central North Island

[Byron Cochrane]

Hello,



I am from the Top of the South (Nelson) and not Palmerston North, but I
would be keen to join via conference. My specialty in FOSS-4G software
is GeoNetwork. I also have a good deal of experience in PostGIS as well
as a number of other open source geo packages.



Currently I work for LINZ Geospatial Office on the Canterbury SDI
program.



Keep me posted. I am always interested in OSGeo activities in NZ!



Cheers,

Byron Cochrane



On Tue, Aug 13, 2013, at 02:57 PM, Tim-Hinnerk Heuer wrote:

Hi,

I'm Tim-Hinnerk Heuer, a geo web developer working at Landcare Research
in Palmerston North. The Informatics group at Landcare Research has
been using open source geo-software for quite a while and we know there
are other people in the local region with an interest in such software.

We have come up with the idea of forming an informal group in
Palmerston North - or more specifically the lower North Island - to
exchange ideas and encourage collaboration on geospatial data and
geospatial open source software. One possibility is that this group
becomes an OSGeo chapter (see [1]http://www.osgeo.org/).

At the moment, this initiative is driven by myself and my colleague
Pierre Roudier, who is working on soil data using open source software
(R, GDAL/OGR, QGIS, GRASS GIS). Anybody wanting to join the effort is
obviously more than welcome!

We are planning a meeting to gauge interest in forming such a group. It
is set to take place at the Village Inn Kitchen in Hokowhitu,
Palmerston North, from 5.30pm onwards, on Wednesday 28st August. (We
chose this venue because it has high-speed Internet access and one idea
we have is to invite people from around New Zealand or even the world
to join us via video conference to talk about their software and/or how
they are using open source geospatial software).

A couple of us are attending FOSS4G 2013 in the UK in mid September
and, if there is support for the idea of forming a chapter, we would
raise it with the OSGeo Board then.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Village Inn Kitchen in
Hokowhitu, Palmerston North on the 28th August. Drop us an email if you
think you will come so we can get an idea of numbers.

Kind regards,

Tim

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Tim-Hinnerk Heuer


Web Developer
Landcare Research ([2]http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz)
Informatics ([3]http://wiki.zen.landcareresearch.co.nz)
Ph: +64 6 353 4872


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References

1. http://www.osgeo.org/
2. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/
3. http://wiki.zen.landcareresearch.co.nz/
4. mailto:Aust-NZ at lists.osgeo.org
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