[OSGeo BC] OSGeo-BC Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1

Fri Jul 15 19:37:35 PDT 2022

I live in Perth, Australia, where we have a local open source geospatial
meetup group that we also call Geogeeks. Apologies to Victoria, we stole
your name :)

I'm originally from Victoria, and I'm coming to visit family for a few
weeks in August. If Geogeeks or geobeers happens while I'm in town, I'd
love to join you!

On Sat, 16 Jul 2022 at 06:30, Nicholas Hadaller <nicholashadaller at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have loved exploring the OS geospatial world, and have had success
> converting the company I work for completely into QGIS users. I have made
> and maintained a qgz project template and set of shapefiles that are copied
> for each new work project and all of us (not many, 4 of us) are able to
> work locally with our data. We've successfully been using it for the last 3
> years now, with infrequent issues (none that can't be worked around).
>
> One difficulty I have found is the hosting and syncing of our geodata. The
> most common method of transport for data between our clients and us, or
> between us and other professionals is either with shapefiles or KML/KMZs.
> We use Dropbox for our file storage, as it fulfills two major requirements
> we have, but it has issues with multiple people editing the same shapefile
> (or geopackage, geodatabase, sqlite db). We need to be able to work with
> local files, since often we are in remote work camps with limited internet
> access (weather permitting for satellite connections). Another bonus for
> Dropbox is the Smart Sync feature, which allows you to view all files in
> the Dropbox, but only download the ones that you are using.
>
> I have played with PostGIS databases, but it doesn't allow us to access
> the information without an internet connection. I have just heard of a
> service called mergin on the Mapscaping podcast (which I highly recommend
> for fellow GIS nerds), which is an open source QGIS project management
> system, with offline working on mobile devices, project syncing,
> auto-merging, and version control. It is offered from Mergin Maps as a
> SaaS, but also available on GitHub for personal hosting (
> https://github.com/MerginMaps/mergin). I plan to explore this and try it
> out when I get back to the office (home) in Nanaimo later this week
>
> Another difficulty I have found, is making the time to explore all of this
> while still doing my field work! I love both sides too much to give one up.
>
> Jody, if there was Victoria geogeeks meetup in the future, I'd love to
> join
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 12:00 PM <osgeo-bc-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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>>    1.  Introduction (Nicholas Hadaller)
>>    2. Re:  Introduction (Jody Garnett)
>>    3. Re:  Introduction (Tyler Mitchell)
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>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nicholas Hadaller <nicholashadaller at gmail.com>
>> To: osgeo-bc at lists.osgeo.org
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:44:50 -0700
>> Subject: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list
>> myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>>
>> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican
>> with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry
>> was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
>> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
>> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
>> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
>> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>>
>> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
>> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
>> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
>> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
>> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>>
>> ---
>> Nick Hadaller
>> www.hadallen.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> To: "OSGeo Local Chapter, British Columbia, Canada" <
>> osgeo-bc at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:08:44 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
>> Welcome Nick!
>>
>> Lots of fun stuff to explore, I personally work on GeoServer, and you
>> will find the island has a long history of open source spatial.
>>
>> Aside: If we are brave enough there is a victoria geogeeks meetup group
>> that could reform for beers on a patio.
>>
>> Jody
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:45 PM Nicholas Hadaller <
>> nicholashadaller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to
>>> list myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>>>
>>> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican
>>> with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry
>>> was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
>>> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
>>> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
>>> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
>>> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>>>
>>> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
>>> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
>>> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
>>> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
>>> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Nick Hadaller
>>> www.hadallen.ca
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>> --
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Tyler Mitchell <tylermitchell at shaw.ca>
>> To: <osgeo-bc at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:32:39 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo BC] Introduction
>> Hi from the Okanagan, also with a forestry GIS background here (Lakehead,
>> Geography), welcome!
>> I'd love to hear how you are finding the learning experience you had
>> while digging into open source geo. What worked what didn't, etc.
>>
>> Tyler
>>
>> On 2022-07-12 1:45:06 PM, Nicholas Hadaller <nicholashadaller at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have just joined the mailing list and also edited the wiki page to list
>> myself as a member, so I wanted to introduce myself.
>>
>> My name is Nick Hadaller, and I work as a training forestry technican
>> with a consultant company based around northern Vancouver Island. Forestry
>> was how I was introduced to GIS, and eventually QGIS, OSGeo, and the open
>> source geospatial community and I have become fascinated with all of it.
>> Although I am mostly self-taught with my tech skills, I am continuing my
>> formal education in GIS, and have enrolled in the advanced diploma of GIS
>> applications at VIU for Jan 2023.
>>
>> The majority of my work is done with QGIS but I am always looking into
>> other tools such as using R and libraries such as lidR to work with point
>> clouds. I have recently begun to use python and pyqgis, plus a variety of
>> command line tools (gdal, pdal) to script/automate repetitive tasks or come
>> up with new ways to analyze or process the data I work with.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am excited to be in this community with all of you,
>>
>> ---
>> Nick Hadaller
>> www.hadallen.ca
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