[Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New England, US

[Nicolas Cadieux]

Hi, 
You could try things like botanical gardens or a zoo.  They have a huge need for GIS but don't really know it!  Most will have some type of software but you could use Qgis in that type of setting to show them it's use.  
In my opinion, it is more important to have a cool workplace and learn about GIS what ever the software is. The more you learn about data manipulation,  the better you will be.   Your Qgis experience will never be lost.  You can also ask all your teachers to accept work done on open source software.  That should be easy to do. I did that at McGill university and I find that as a result, teacher are asking more and more about what I can do.  Also, working about other software will show different ways of dealing with the same problem.  That is always a plus. 
Forcing open source is hard in a commercial setting mostly because the clients have there software requirements.  But once you are in, you can slowly infiltrate the system and get them slowly but surely.  In our office, (archaeologist)  we had one computer equipped with AutoCAD and MapInfo.  Now, we still have that computer running but we now have more then 10 stations equiped with Qgis and other open source software so everyone that need to deal with space now can.  As a result, we produce better sciences. 
Good luck finding an internship.  I hope you find something using open source but if not, get something that rocks! 
Nicolas 
On Apr 2, 2016 4:41 PM, "Brent Wood-2 [via OSGeo.org]" <ml-node+s1560n5259335h46 at n6.nabble.com> wrote: 

	Hi Michael, You could do a lot worse than trying BostonGIS: http://www.bostongis.com/ Brent Wood (QGIS User New Zealand :-)        From: Michael Callahan < [hidden email] >  To: [hidden email]   Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 4:34 AM  Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New England, US    I'm in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, US where we are very behind on use of Open Source Software. I'm looking for other users of QGIS, and the towns and non-profits I've spoken to around here are entrenched with proprietary software. I'm pursuing a certificate in GIS. I switched to Linux over a decade ago (mostly Ubuntu now). I'm looking to do an optional, unpaid internship to pick up experience, and I'm having trouble finding any company or government body here that uses QGIS or even knows what it or FOSS or Linux is. I've tried contacting a few of the speakers that will be at the inaugural users meeting in DC. (That is something I just cannot get to.) The College has tried reaching out to a few groups too, without success. I'm open to suggestions, but would much rather use my learning QGIS than proprietary software, which I think is a step backwards. While class refuses to do anything but ESRI, I've been using my off-time to learn QGIS from the online videos that the community has produced. With gratitude to the community //mc _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [hidden email] List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user     _______________________________________________
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