FW: [TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference

[Perry Nacionales]

Amen to that, Nancy!  Amen. :)

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Nancy Read <nancread at mmcd.org> wrote:

> A PostGIS workshop would be great. It might pull in some people that
> don't necessarily come to the conference - good workshops do that.
> Looking forward to Jessica's spring workshop (presuming I can scrape up
> time and dough).
> - Nancy Read
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lee Meilleur
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:54 PM
> To: 'danlittle at yahoo.com'; bitner at gyttja.org; bfischer at houstoneng.com
> Cc: TCMUG
> Subject: RE: [TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: danlittle at yahoo.com [mailto:danlittle at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:39 PM
> To: Lee Meilleur; bitner at gyttja.org; bfischer at houstoneng.com
> Cc: TCMUG
> Subject: RE: [TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference
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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.
>
> --- Original Message ---
> From:"Lee Meilleur" <lee.meilleur at gis.leg.mn>
> Sent:Fri 5/8/09  14:26
> To:"'bitner at gyttja.org'" <bitner at gyttja.org>,"Fischer, Brian"
> <bfischer at houstoneng.com> Cc:TCMUG <tcmug at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subj:RE: [TCMUG] MN GIS/LIS Conference
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:tcmug-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David William Bitner
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:20 AM
> To: Fischer, Brian
> Cc: TCMUG
> 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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