[TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference

Fri May 8 15:54:08 EDT 2009

Data.  Learning the spatial SQL functions and how to import/export various forms of data can be time consuming in itself, not to mention configuring the server and such.  FOSS4G offers workshops of this sort.  Of course there can be a hook for MapServer/GeoMoose/QGIS etc.  I was just agreeing with David, I think PostGIS merits something that stands alone.

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From: danlittle at yahoo.com [mailto:danlittle at yahoo.com]
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It does beg the question of 'what do you want to show'?

IMO, postgis can be used as an arcinfo replacement if you care to use SQL instead of ourageous proprietary junk.

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From:"Lee Meilleur" <lee.meilleur at gis.leg.mn>
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I really like the idea of a non-mapcentric PostGIS workshop, but wonder if it wouldn't be "visual" enough for the GIS/LIS crowd.

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From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David William Bitner
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Subject: Re: [TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference

I was thinking of doing a straight up PostGIS workshop but hadn't gotten past the "I was thinking about" stage.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Fischer, Brian <bfischer at houstoneng.com<mailto:bfischer at houstoneng.com>> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

The GeoMOOSE group has been talking about submitting a proposal this year for a Beginner and Advance workshops.  We are curious if anyone else is planning to do a workshop on OSGeo projects?  Here is what we are thinking for two separate half day workshops.  Please feel free to give us some feedback.  I think the proposals are due next Friday.

1) Beginners... I want it to run in MS4W, I want to tweak the CSS to make the site my own, and I want to add/edit data and use the built in services. Mention PostGIS/QGIS. If we have a mapfile/mapbook editor/data loader by this time we should definitely show that... however, that looks like it's been pushed to 3.0. Of course there is nothing saying we won't have 3.0 out by then.

2) Experts.... I saw this last year and have been using it in production. I want to write services, I want to contribute to the code/docs, What's this OpenLayers stuff inside and how can i leverage that. I want to do cool stuff with PostGIS + custom services. Possibly a discussion w/the audience of what people are doing and what worked and what didn't. (Hey they are experts, they may know something we don't.) We could do a mini code sprint too... bring in your problems, and vote in the first 30 minutes... then code for the rest.

Thanks,

Brian

Brian Fischer, CFM  GIS Project Manager
Houston Engineering, Inc.
6901 East Fish Lake Road, Suite 140
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Phone: W: 763.493.4522 / M: 763.229.2734

Email:  bfischer at houstoneng.com<mailto:bfischer at houstonengineeringinc.com>
Website: www.houstoneng.com<http://www.houstonengineeringinc.com/>

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