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The [[Boston User Group]] has been discussing details of a social to be held one night of the conference. | The [[Boston User Group]] has been discussing details of a social to be held one night of the conference. | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | '''Time''': Thur, Apr 17th, 7:45PM |
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| + | '''Place''': Grendel's Den, Harvard Square, Cambridge | ||
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| + | '''Who''': Anyone interested in Open Source Geo | ||
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| + | '''Why''': To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer | ||
| + | and bar food. | ||
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| + | Directions: | ||
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| + | Get to Harvard Square. Head south on JFK street past "The Garage" on | ||
| + | your left. You will cross Mt. Auburn St. On the Southwest corner is a | ||
| + | small open green space: on the opposite corner from JFK is the entrance | ||
| + | to Grendel's, below Upstairs on the Square. | ||
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| + | Chris Schmidt will be there, hopefully by 7:30, with an eeepc and an OSgeo shirt on. | ||
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| + | Map: http://tinyurl.com/uof38 | ||
| + | [[Category:Past Events]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:19, 12 September 2008
Association of American Geographers annual conference.
2008 Conference
Boston, April 14-19th
There will be several talks on OSGeo topics:
| Date/Time | Place | Speaker | Topic(Link) | |
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| 4/15 4:20 | Hyannis Room, Marriott (4th Floor) | Michael Nicholas | Survey of the Importance of Interregional Availability for Alternative Fuels | |
| 4/16 10:10 | Staffordshire, Weston (3rd Floor) | Helena Mitasova | Geospatial analysis of terrain dynamics using lidar technologies and Open source GIS | |
| 4/17 8:00 | Vineyard Room, Marriott (4th Floor) | Michele Tobias | Beachscapes: The Spatial Effects of Foot-Traffic on Beach Vegetation | |
| 4/17 3:10 | Empire Room #6, Westin (7th Floor) | John Morgan | OpenLayers: An Open Source Web Mapping Application | |
| 4/18 8:00 | Beacon F, Sheraton (3rd Floor) | Rob Braswell | Open Geoscience: Using Free and Open Source Software for Research and Education | |
| 4/19 4:30 | Beacon H , Sheraton (3rd Floor) | Alex Mandel | Open Source GIS course development through directed group study |
OSGeo Social
The Boston User Group has been discussing details of a social to be held one night of the conference.
Time: Thur, Apr 17th, 7:45PM
Place: Grendel's Den, Harvard Square, Cambridge
Who: Anyone interested in Open Source Geo
Why: To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer and bar food.
Directions:
Get to Harvard Square. Head south on JFK street past "The Garage" on your left. You will cross Mt. Auburn St. On the Southwest corner is a small open green space: on the opposite corner from JFK is the entrance to Grendel's, below Upstairs on the Square.
Chris Schmidt will be there, hopefully by 7:30, with an eeepc and an OSgeo shirt on.