OSGeo - User contributions [en]

Tom Armitage

2019-09-26T09:59:59Z

Tarmitage:

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|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=Analytics Consultant
|Company=Innovation IT
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9465, -3.2009
|LocalChapter=OSGeo UK
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|Website=http://learngis.uk
|Languages=English;
|Info=Tom is one of the coordinators of the Scottish QGIS User Group and has been running QGIS training and workshops in UK Higher and Further Education since around 2012. Tom was the co-chair for the FOSS4G UK 2019 conference in Edinburgh. Tom is active on twitter and various QGIS user forums helping users find solutions to problems they face. He writes a blog http://learngis.uk which provides step by step guides to doing data visualisation and cartography in QGIS.
}}
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Tom Armitage

2019-09-25T12:14:07Z

Tarmitage:

Tom Armitage

2019-09-25T12:13:00Z

Tarmitage:

Tom Armitage

2018-03-21T09:34:54Z

Tarmitage: Created page with "{{OSGeo Member |Name=Tom Armitage |JobTitle=Geoservices Support |Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh |Country=United Kingdom |City=Edinburgh |Coordinate=55.9465, -3.2009 |L..."

{{OSGeo Member
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|JobTitle=Geoservices Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9465, -3.2009
|LocalChapter=OSGeo UK
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|Website=http://learngis.uk
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
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User:Tarmitage

2016-12-19T16:20:26Z

Tarmitage:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=GIS Trainer & User Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9533, -3.1883
|LocalChapter=Scottland
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@MapNav_tom;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomarmitagegeo
|Photo=https://edina.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_75_x_100/public/tom.JPG
|Languages=English;
|Info=I have worked in GIS since 2002, currently at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the Geoservices that they run for UK Academia; Digimap, Unlock, UK data Service Census Support Boundaries.

I also run the University of Edinburgh's GIS training for staff and postgraduate students in both QGIS and ArcGIS. I champion the use of QGIS at the University of Edinburgh and specialise in teaching GIS to people outwith the geosciences. I have a keen interest in using GIS for Data Visualisation.
}}
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User:Tarmitage

2016-06-01T16:05:20Z

Tarmitage:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=GIS Trainer & User Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9533, -3.1883
|LocalChapter=Scottland
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@MapNav_tom;
|Website=https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomarmitagegeo
|Photo=http://edina.ac.uk/about/staff_pix/tom.JPG
|Languages=English;
|Info=I have worked in GIS since 2002, currently at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the Geoservices that they run for UK Academia; Digimap, Unlock, UK data Service Census Support Boundaries.

I also run the University of Edinburgh's GIS training for staff and postgraduate students in both QGIS and ArcGIS. I champion the use of QGIS at the University of Edinburgh and specialise in teaching GIS to people outwith the geosciences. I have a keen interest in using GIS for Data Visualisation.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=No
|Translate=No
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|Chair=No
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}}

User:Tarmitage

2016-06-01T16:03:32Z

Tarmitage:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=GIS Trainer & User Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9533, -3.1883
|LocalChapter=Scottland
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@MapNav_tom;
|Photo=http://edina.ac.uk/about/staff_pix/tom.JPG
|Languages=English;
|Info=I have worked in GIS since 2002, currently at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the Geoservices that they run for UK Academia; Digimap, Unlock, UK data Service Census Support Boundaries.

I also run the University of Edinburgh's GIS training for staff and postgraduate students in both QGIS and ArcGIS. I champion the use of QGIS at the University of Edinburgh and specialise in teaching GIS to people outwith the geosciences. I have a keen interest in using GIS for Data Visualisation.
}}
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|Board=No
|Coder=No
|Translate=No
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}}

User:Tarmitage

2016-06-01T16:02:33Z

Tarmitage:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=GIS Trainer & User Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9533, -3.1883
|LocalChapter=Scottland
|Email=tarmitage@gmail.com
|SocialMedia=@MapNav_tom;
|Languages=English;
|Info=I have worked in GIS since 2002, currently at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the Geoservices that they run for UK Academia; Digimap, Unlock, UK data Service Census Support Boundaries.

I also run the University of Edinburgh's GIS training for staff and postgraduate students in both QGIS and ArcGIS. I champion the use of QGIS at the University of Edinburgh and specialise in teaching GIS to people outwith the geosciences. I have a keen interest in using GIS for Data Visualisation.
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
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|Translate=No
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|ExBoard=No
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|Chair=No
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}}

User:Tarmitage

2016-06-01T15:58:45Z

Tarmitage:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Tom Armitage
|JobTitle=GIS Trainer & User Support
|Company=EDINA, University of Edinburgh
|Country=United Kingdom
|City=Edinburgh
|Coordinate=55.9533, -3.1883
|LocalChapter=Scottland
|Email=tRMITAG
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=No
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=No
|Translate=No
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|ExBoard=No
|Charter=No
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=No
}}
I have worked in GIS since 2002. I am currently working at the University of Edinburgh, supporting the Geoservices that they run for UK Academia; Digimap, Unlock, UK data Service Census Support Boundaries.

I also run the University of Edinburgh's GIS training for staff and postgraduate students in both QGIS and ArcGIS. I champion the use of QGIS at the University of Edinburgh and specialise in teaching GIS to people outwith the geosciences. I have a keen interest in using GIS for Data Visualisation.

You can follow me on twitter here: @MapNav_Tom

Scotland

2016-06-01T15:12:45Z

Tarmitage: /* People */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)
* ridethecity.com - Bicycle routing for NYC using the osgeo stack + postgis/pgrouting [http://www.ridethecity.com/index.php]
* MapServer powered WMS showing Geological maps of the UK from British Geological Survey [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/geolwms.html]
* OSGeo Scotland case studies [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Scotland/caseStudies]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a Scotland OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

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=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

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'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]
* [[User:DonaldKerr]]
* [[User:Buenaventura]]
* [[User:Steve]]
* [[User:Tarmitage]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

[http://www.directionsmag.com/images/podcasts/090203_don.mp3 Podcast on 'Three Paths to Open Source Geospatial']

[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/feb/24/opensource-internet Guardian article on Open Source in UK gov]

[[Category: Local Chapters]]