[Qgis-community-team] The 1st Portuguese QGIS users meeting: a success

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

Fantastic stuff Giovanni!

Regards

Tim


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Giovanni Manghi <giovanni.manghi at faunalia.pt
> wrote:

> On 29 and 30 October 2012 was held the first Portuguese QGIS users
> meeting, following the QGIS day from last year. The event was a
> success, with the presence of about 160 people throughout the meeting,
> and an average of 75 people per workshop. Among the participants there
> were technicians and GIS experts (from local and central government,
> companies, associations and individuals), but also many students and
> teachers.
>
> In the theoretical session of the 29th, in addition to a presentation
> by about the current state of Quantum GIS and the future developments,
> nine rather interesting case studies were presented, in diverse areas
> as military cartography, nature conservation and even management of
> geological resources. The most significant testimony came from, for
> example, their use by large companies like Mota-Engil and Cimpor, in
> addition to various municipalities.
> Interesting was also the closing session that featured a brief
> exchange of ideas about new challenges and possibilities offered by
> open source software, in particular, by the increasing demand for
> training in Quantum GIS.
>
> The workshops that took place the next day, gave a better
> understanding of the various aspects of Quantum GIS, namely the
> Desktop, Server and
> Web components and its full incorporation into a complete spatial data
> infrastructure, the integration with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and also a
> practical example of GIS analysis with QGIS: Forest Fire Risk Mapping.
>
> Apparently the informal nature of the event, with a theoretical
> session during an afternoon and a day of demonstrating workshops was
> very well
> accepted, it is expected that this format could be maintained in
> future editions of this meeting.
>
> The meeting was organized by the Department of Geographic Engineering,
> Geophysics and Energy (DEGGE), University of Lisbon (Faculty of
> Science), Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), Faunalia
> and Municipia.
>
> Videos:
> http://www.youtube.com/faunaliagis
>
> Photo Gallery:
> https://plus.google.com/events/clv1f6d1lf27i4uvtibgii3ulg0
>
> Presentations:
> http://qgis.org/en/user-meetings/lisboa102012.html
>
>
> Cheers
>
> -- Giovanni --
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