[Ottawa_users] Recap of last weeks meetup

richard burcher drownedfrog at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 11:42:06 EST 2012


Thanks David,

Thanks for posting, some really great stuff. I am very interested to head
down this road and would like to work together to get something going. I'm
certain others would join along in this.

Cheers

On 25 January 2012 09:09, Sampson, David <David.Sampson at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca>wrote:

> **
> I can help advise on creating QGIS plugins. I created a GeoRSS and CSW
> plugin a couple of years back and demo'd for local OSGEO group. They are
> probably broken now requiring version upgrades. By no means am I a pro but
> I went through the hard knocks.
>
> The plugins were both done in python (2.x) and using QT library. As I am
> now using python 3.x for all new python projects (where possible) I wonder
> if QGIS can use python 3 now, it has been a while
>
> Community Plugin Project page here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/qgiscommunitypl/
>
>
> So I can help someone put some material together however between work,
> running a ski school (http://freeheelers.net/) and a community non profit
> (http://computersforcommunities.ca/c4c/) I have no spare cycles to put
> together a quality tutorial.
>
> Let me know if you want to venture down this route and we can work
> together. I have a couple of pending QGIS plugin projects in my brain I
> might be able to collaborate on.
>
> Cheers
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> ottawa_users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *richard burcher
> *Sent:* January 24, 2012 20:24
> *To:* ottawa_users_list_osgeo
> *Subject:* [Ottawa_users] Recap of last weeks meetup
>
>  Apologies for not getting to this sooner. I have been quite busy with my
> new project work.
>
> I want to first thank all those that attended. We had a great turn out and
> hope to see many more people next time:)
>
> Just want to give a quick overview (if I've forgotten anything please add
> to the list) for the folks who could not attend of what was discussed,
> covered and bantered around the table:
>
> - Some pictures courtesy of Andrew's very slick Android phone will be
> hitting the wiki page in the near future. Would like to get some newer
> media up there.
>
> - On Andrews phone, he mentioned an incredible multi-day battery life,
> installed upgraded battery. Would like to know were he got this from.
>
> - I gave a half-successful overview of my initial forays into using
> PostGIS raster and some R raster modules for visualization.Live demos
> always seem to never work.
>
> - Questions raised about the FOSS4G-NA (North American) conference. Which
> we know is April 10 to 12 in Washington DC. http://foss4g-na.org/about/.
> There is only ~300 spots open. Sign up and hope to see you there!
>
> - Scott offered use of his GIS lab, which is great. Thanks!. So hopefully
> down the road we can make use of that facility for some hands on stuff.
>
> - There was interest in getting some intro walk throughs around the QGIS
> application & a bit more advanced usage in building a Python plugin. Would
> anyone be interested in a short ~2-3hr intro and/or an intro to build a
> simple plugin? If so let me know and we can pursue further with the list.
>
> - I put forth the idea of looking into changing the current meet up venue
> (Fox & Feather) & putting it to the group to decide. Scott was saying this
> has been looked into in the past and the feedback from the group was that
> the venue is not that bad. Through it would be nice to have WiFi. I have
> not had time to look into this at moment due to a recent family injury. I
> will keep you posted on this.
>
> - I put the idea out of a monthly weekend coffee get together to drop by
> and talk geo. I hope to announce the first one next month.
>
> If I have forgotten or missed anything, please add it to the list.
>
> Have a great night folks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
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