California

Objectives

 * Work on something not related to ESRI GIS :] (See the section entitiled "Proposed Chapter Goals For 2008").

Proposed Chapter Goals For 2008
Programming


 * Simple cross-platform and open source metadata editor similar to Metavist or Corpsmet.


 * Python Extension Scripts for Inkscape that enable cartographic/technical drawing.

Non-Programming


 * Catalog of Public GIS Data Sources For California


 * Set up OSGeo liason/ambassador with California Land Surveyors Asssociation.


 * Prepare documentation on cartographic map production using open source tools like the GIMP, Scribus, and Inkscape.

Future

 * AAG 2009
 * CGS 2009 - Always in California, small cheap, outreach to grade schools and non-profits.
 * CalGIS 2009
 * California Central Valley Chapter Incubation Meeting - We need to fix a date and place.
 * AGU 2009 - It's always in California

Proposed

 * AGM 2008
 * Where 2.0 2009

Past

 * GIS Day 2008 - UC Berkeley GIF Lab, US EPA Region IX
 * OSBootCamp OSBootCamp 2008 - Open Source day at UC Berkeley
 * CGS 2008 - Booth at the Calfornia Geographical Society meeting in Chico.
 * 4H Workshop - Bill will be running a workshop at UC Davis for 4H high schoolers on GPS/GIS
 * AGU 2008 - Open Source Session at American Geophysical Union; San Francisco, CA

Membership
Cwhitney (Chris Whitney) - UC San Diego / NASA ISS EarthKAM

User:SunburnedSurveyor (Landon Blake) [A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor]

User:Hollander (Allan Hollander)

cgs_bob (Bob Moskovitz)

Wildintellect (Alex Mandel) - UC Davis

David Bianco - US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles

Matt Hancher - NASA Ames Research Center - interested in Bay Area local activities

bwoodall (Bill Woodall) San Diego

Stacey Ellis - UC Davis

Michele Tobias - UC Davis

Mtreichler (Mike Treichler) - UC Davis

Tara Athan

darkblue_b (Brian Hamlin) Berkeley

j03lar50n Joe Larson - Lompoc/Santa Barbara, Cal Poly-SLO Alumni

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