FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 34

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= Spatial 2.0 tools explained by international experts at FOSS4G =

Sydney, Australia. 5 October 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

Spatial tools for supporting integration and sharing of Public Sector Information will be explained by international experts during the international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial in Sydney, 20-23 October 2009.


 * Talk about Gershwin report
 * Talk about Gov 2.0 initiatives
 * Talk about Creative Commons

To see such high calibre presenters, Australians usually need to travel to Where 2.0 in San Francisco, or Global SDI conferences in Europe. This year we are lucky enough to have the conference here in Sydney. I look forward to seeing you there,

Ben Searle, Managing Director of the Office of Spatial Data Management

About FOSS4G
http://2009.foss4g.org

FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, an install-fest, and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.

Upcoming milestones

 * 14 Sep 2009, Final program available
 * 21 Sep 2009, Poster Submission closes
 * 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
 * 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
 * 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

Media Sponsors

 * Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
 * Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
 * Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
 * Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
 * GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
 * Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/
 * Slashgeo: http://slashgeo.org

For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/about_us/