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User:Ajolma

2017-01-12T06:41:54Z

Wiki-Ajolma: address etc

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Ari Jolma
|Company=Finnish Environment Institute
|Country=Finland
|City=Vantaa
|Address=Skinnarintie 12 H 20
|Born=April 23, 1962 in Raisio, Finland
|Coordinate=60.267, 24.785
|LocalChapter=Finland (Board Member)
|Email=ari.jolma at gmail.com
|Website=http://arijolma.org
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

I work on GDAL and the GDAL Perl bindings and on several Perl modules that build on it.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Europe archive

2017-01-12T06:39:48Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Added myself to the List of initial members

=Europe=

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo chapter.

==todolist==

* Decide about the legal structure
* Write meeting report of the meeting October 5 2016 (Maria - Vasile - Dirk)

==Introduction==

FOSS4G Europe is rooted in the FOSS4G Central and Eastern Europe conference series, back in 2012. The latter evolved in 2014 as the first edition of FOSS4G Europe in Bremen. The conference is now becoming the main european FOSS4G event, gathering people and OSGeo local chapters from all over Europe and beyond.

Since the conference in Bremen, thoughts and ideas where exchanged to organise OSGeo more on a European basis. The Industry group was started, a platform of people supporting the idea arose, but there was no real initiative for action.

This year we (OSGeoEU) have the ambition to organise a legal entity OSGEO-EU to create a stronger software group in Europe to defend the rights of open source from the perspective of the Geo-ecosystem.

In preparation for this official expression of interest, a couple of
meetings have already taken place.
a physical BOF @FOSS4G 2014 in Bremen, some mails, a BOF @FOSS4G 2015 in Como and some one physical meetings.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

* Europe has specific needs in terms adoption rate of open source software.
* An important initiative called 'INSPIRE' needs specific localised attention.
* OSGeo.EU is a sparring partner and representation (Single point of contact) for the European institutions in Brussels on behalve OSGeo, the other committees, local chapters and projects. Giving the existing local chapters a voice in Brussels.
* Europe also has specific business ecosystem.
** more than 99% of all the European businesses are SME's
** software industry in Europe is as big as the software industry in the US, but the driving forces are more divided
** FLOSS can be used as an opportunity to create a strong industry leadership in Europe
** OSGeo.EU can play a supporting role in this process

== Mission and objectives ==

After discussion amongst the active local chapter members we come to the
following list of mission objectives:

* Community-building and networking around specific European themes

* support the European OSGeo members using FOSS4G software, help them to organise and bring into contact with governmental agencies and research institutes. Help them with European funded projects.

* encourage interoperability in European projects

* support European open standards and European directives such as INSPIRE

* provide support for the use of OSGeo software in education via European curriculum development, outreach, and capacity building

* to encourage communication between the different European local chapters

* to encourage different communities to work together where relevant

* Organisation of events

* Networking with other typically European organisations and groups (notably OSM, JRC, European projects, FIWARE, EUROGI, SMESpire, ... )

* Being logical parter to European Commission to discuss about open source software for geospatial and open geospatial data

==List of initial members==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following initial
founding members (alphabetic?? - first name):

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf Dirk Frigne] - Vice president
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu] - board member
* [[Jáchym Čepický]] - Secretary of OSGeo
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Schpidi Stephan Meißl] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Till_Adams Till Adams] - charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:MarcVloemans Marc Vloemans] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Neteler Markus Neteler] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Jgrocha Jorge Gustavo Rocha] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Alexbruy Alexander Bruy] - Charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:OliverMay Oliver May] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen María Arias de Reyna] - charter member
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Board member
* [[Jeff McKenna]] - President Emeritus
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ianturton Ian Turton] - charter member
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:djay Gérald Fenoy] - Charter member
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:ajolma Ari Jolma] - Charter member

== Some early stuff ==
[[Local_Chapter_EU_History History]]

==Building relations with other European communities==
===SMESpire===
* Goal: look if SMESPire is a good platform to organise the European FOSS Geo-ICT industry
* action: contact Giacomo Martirano / action: Dirk Frigne - ongoing
===FIWare===
* [[https://www.fiware.org/]]
* action: investigate if structural relationship can be of interest for OSGeo.
===new entry===
* reference to the event
*register your name if you will participate

==Tradeshows and events==
* European Events where OSGeo is represented

===ISPRS===
[[ISPRS 2016]]
* contact: [[User:Jachym|Jachym]]

===FOSSDEM===

[https://fosdem.org/2016/practical/ FOSSDEM 2016]
* contact: [[User:johanvdw|Johanvdw]]

===GWF2016===
[http://geospatialworldforum.org/ GWF 2016]
* contact: [[User:Dirkf|Dirk Frigne]]

===FOSS4G 2016===
[http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html FOSS4G 2016 Bonn]
* contact: [[User:MarcVloemans|Marc Vloemans]]

==Communication & Comments==

== Meeting minutes ==
meeting 24 May 2016:
workshop on the initial wiki page - discussion mission and goals
change the status from draft to final
decide for formal proposal to the next board meeting
attendees:
 
Till Adams (Fossgis) 
Marc Vloemans (Chair Marketing committee) 
Dirk Frigne (Vice President OSGeo) 
Pieter De Graef (Charter member) 
Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) 
Johan Van de Wauw (OSGeo.be) 

* bof [[https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe-meeting-2016-08 | 2016_08_24]]

=== 2015 ===

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

User:Ajolma

2016-08-24T21:04:09Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Ari Jolma
|Company=Finnish Environment Institute
|Country=Finland
|City=Vantaa
|Coordinate=60.267, 24.785
|LocalChapter=Finland
|Email=ari.jolma at gmail.com
|Website=http://arijolma.org
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

I work on GDAL and the GDAL Perl bindings and on several Perl modules that build on it.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

User:Ajolma

2016-08-24T21:03:09Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Ari Jolma
|Company=Finnish Environment Institute
|Country=Finland
|City=Vantaa
|Coordinate=60.267, 24.785
|LocalChapter=Finland
|Email=ari.jolma at gmail.com
|Website=http://arijolma.org
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

My homepage is at http://arijolma.org

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [http://ajolma.net/Geo-GDAL/snapshot/ GDAL Perl bindings] and on several modules that build on it.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Europe-meeting-2016-08

2016-08-24T21:01:00Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Attendees */ Ari Jolma

= FOSS4G Europe 2017 =

* Write e-mail to conference committe to accepte Gerarld's proposal

= OSGeo Europe Local Chapter =

== Agenda (based on Maxi's mail)==

'''Why there was not discussion?'''

* Needed for boar approval
* At least summary of off-line discussion
* '''use eu-at-lists.osgeo-dot-org !!!'''
* It's about Europe not EU

'''Local chapters charter members'''

* OSGeo-global charter members based in Europe are automatically charter members of OSGeo-Europe local chapter

'''Contact on local chapters'''

* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts - but need's to be updated!

'''FOSS4G Europe relation ship'''

* It will be organised on the local "local chapter" or local LOC, no relationship with europe local chapter is needed

== Action items ==

* Jachym - write to mailing list about foss4g europe
* Dirk, Maria, et co. - Bylaws
* Possibly do it EU-registered (find out)
*

== Attendees ==

* [[User:Jachym|Jachym Cepicky]] Secretary
* [[User:dirkf | Dirk Frigne]] Vice President
* [[User:ajolma | Ari Jolma]] Member of the board or the OSGeo Finland chapter, OSGeo charter member
* ADD YOURSELF - indicate, you were here

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]
[[Category:Europe-meetings]]

FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint

2016-08-17T06:48:56Z

Wiki-Ajolma: fix my email

== CodeSprint ==

Venue: Bonn, Germany

This year, once again, we are following the old tradition of hosting a codesprint on the FOSS4G. More precisely, we offer a setting so that individual projects can meet for their codesprint. Since projects benefit from each other as well, the codesprint will naturally be held conjointly at one place.
Unfortunately, circumstances have forced us to divide the codesprint timetable-wise.

[[Image:Basecamp5.png|200px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:Basecamp6.png|200px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:Basecamp7.png|200px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:Basecamp1.png|200px|thumb|right]]

'''The first part''' is scheduled to take place directly before the conference, the second immediately after. The first two and a half days start on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at around noon and are scheduled to end on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 (open end). The '''second part''' starts in the morning of Saturday, August 27, 2016 and ends on Sunday at 12 pm.

[[Image:Basecamp2.png|200px|thumb|right]]
[[Image:Basecamp3.png|200px|thumb|right]]

We are happy to have found a really '''awesome location''' for you. Codesprint and accommodations are combined in one hall. Check out http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/ for details about the venue.
Working zones will be created for you in the breakfast area and hallways. There’s the option of finding relatively inexpensive sleeping accommodations in train sleeping cars, camping buses, classic cars and more. Additionally, an outdoor area is available for you to enjoy Bonn’s summer weather in August, while working. Healthy and not-so-healthy catering of drinks and snacks will be provided by us. Participation in codesprint is free of charge. However, overnight stays will have to be reserved and paid for by you.

[[Image:Basecamp4.png|200px|thumb|right]]

Another hint: the BaseCamp is within '''walking distance from the conference venue''' (WCCB) and has good access to public transportation – the Icebreaker takes place here, too.
You see, it’s worthwhile booking here!

As the accommodations are available to all FOSS4G participants, we will make an effort to make advance booking possible for you a few days ahead, to ensure you have the opportunity to sleep on-site and wrap up the evenings jointly. For that, it’s necessary for you to sign up (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2016_Code_Sprint) and leave your email address so that we can contact you immediately accomodation booking is available. We need your sign-up for the planning of snacks and drinks, too!

This is open to all who wish to participate in one or more projects. There’s always plenty to do – it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, testing – all this is also important for project so everyone is cordially invited to attend the codesprints! Registration with the conference is not a prerequisite for participation in codesprint.

One thing we’d like to ask you: with an approx. 120 participants anticipated, the WLAN capacity will naturally be exhausted at some point. Please be sure to avoid huge on-site downloads of data, as this could impact the work of others. Thank you!

The Codesprint Organizing Team is looking forward to your coming!

'''In summary:'''

'''When:'''
* Part I: Sun 2016-08-21 12:00 noon - Tue 2016-08-23 (open end)
* Part II: Sat 2016-08-27 - Sun 2016-08-28 12:00 noon

'''Where:'''
* Venue & Accommodation: BaseCamp. (For more informations: http://www.basecamp-bonn.com/) [[http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/44335958#map=18/50.70763/7.12316| OpenStreetMap]]
* Nearby Hotel: Bonnox (http://www.bonnox.de/en/)

'''Questions/Comments/Ideas'''

* If you have questions/comments/ideas please let us know. Send an email to codesprint@foss4g2016.org. You are welcome!

== Sponsors ==
Thanks to our great sponsors!

[[File:OSGeo Logo 150by65 pixel.png|link=http://osgeo.org]]

[[File:FOSSGIS_OSGeo_DACH.png||175px||link=fossgis.de|]]

== Registered Attendees ==

The Code Sprint does not cost any money. For us it makes planning easier if we know who is coming. So please leave your Name and mark the days you will come.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="30"|sun
!width="30"|mon
!width="30"|tue
!width="30"|sat
!width="30"|sun
!width="60"|Accomodation
!width="30"|vegetarian food
|-
| 1 ||[[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid_emde@osgeo.org || [[Mapbender]] & Organization || x || x || x || x || x || other || x
|-
| 2 ||[[User:rcoup|Rob Coup]] || robert@coup.net.nz || [[GDAL]], [[GeoServer]] || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||
|-
| 3 ||[[User:alfonx|Stefan Tzeggai]] || tzeggai@wikisquare.de || || - || - || x || x || - || Basecamp? ||
|-
| 4 ||[[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]] || neteler@osgeo.org || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || other || x
|-
| 5 ||[[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]] || cavallini@faunalia.it || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || Ibis ||
|-
| 6 ||[[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]] || pka [ät] sourcepole.ch || [[QGIS]], [[GDAL]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||
|-
| 7 ||[[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]] || andreas [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || - || Basecamp ||
|-
| 8 ||[[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] || tim [ät] qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || AirBNB || yes
|-
| 9 ||[[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] || lucadeluge @ gmail.com || [[GRASS GIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||
|-
| 10 ||[[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meißl]]||stephan [ät] meissl.name||MapServer, EOxServer||late||x||x||-||-||Basecamp||
|-
| 11 ||[[User:lastools|Martin Isenburg]] || martin near rapidlasso.com || LASzip for LAS 1.4 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||
|-
| 12 || [[User:jgrocha|Jorge Gustavo Rocha]] || jgr@di.uminho.pt || GeoExt 3 || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp ||
|-
| 13 || [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]] || alexander.bruy at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp? ||
|-
| 14 || [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]] || volayaf at gmail.com || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || Basecamp? ||
|-
| 15 || [[bartvde2|Bart van den Eijnden]] || bartvde at osgis.nl || [[OpenLayers]] || - || x || x || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 16 || [[User:anitagraser|Anita Graser]] || anitagraser [ät] gmx.at || [[QGIS]] || - || x || x || - || -|| Basecamp ||
|-
| 17 ||[[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]]||dmorissette at mapgears.com||MapServer, GDAL/OGR||?||?||x||x||?||Basecamp||
|-
| 18 ||[[User:Stranger | Andreas Schmitz]] || hwbllmnn@mailbox.org || Mapbender || || x || x || || || other ||
|-
| 19 ||[[User:Uli | Uli Rothstein]] || || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || x || other ||
|-
| 20 ||[[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]]||thomas.bonfort@gmail.com||MapServer||-||-||-||x||-||Basecamp||
|-
| 21 ||[[User:Martinl|Martin Landa]] || || [[GRASS GIS]], [[GDAL]], [[QGIS]], [[PyWPS]], GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp? ||
|-
| 22 ||[[User:jachym|Jáchym Čepický]] || jachym.cepicky at gmail || [[PyWPS]], GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp ||
|-
| 23 ||[[User:Jonaseberle|Jonas Eberle]] || jonas.eberle at gmx.de || [[PyWPS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp/other? ||
|-
| 24 ||[[User:dassau|Otto Dassau]] ||otto at qgis.org || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || - || - || other || yes
|-
| 25 ||[[User:rouault|Even Rouault]]||even.rouault @ spatialys.com||GDAL, MapServer, QGIS||-||x||x||x||-||Basecamp||
|-
| 26 ||[[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]||manuel.grizonnet @ cnes.fr||OTB, OSGeo-Live, QGIS||x||x||x||-||-||Basecamp||
|-
| 27 ||[[User:mlennert|Moritz Lennert]]||mlennert at club worldonline be||GRASS GIS||x||x||x||-||-||Other||
|-
| 28 || Arash Raphid Pour || || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || x || other ||
|-
| 29 ||Andriy Oblivantsev || || Mapbender || x || x || x || x || x || other ||
|-
| 30 ||Axel Schaefer || || Mapbender || || x || x || || || other ||
|-
| 31 || Jochen Schulz || || Mapbender || || || x || x || x || other ||
|-
| 32 || Arne Schubert || || Mapbender || || || x || x || || other ||
|-
| 33 || Charly Toma || || Mapbender || || x || || || || other ||
|-
| 34 ||[[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] ||luis de sousa @ protonmail ch || [[PyWPS]] || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp? ||
|-
| 35 ||[[User:ajolma|Ari Jolma]]||ari.jolma @ gmail.com||GDAL, MapServer, QGIS||?||?||x||x||?||Beethoven||
|-
| 36 ||[[User:magicgate|Jakob Miksch]]||jakob.miksch [ät] posteo.eu||OSGeo-Live||x||x||x not there from 11-15 B2B||x||x||Basecamp||
|-
| 37 ||[[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]] ([[User talk:Yjacolin|talk]]) || yves dot jacolin [at] camptocamp.com ||QGIS||x||x||x|| || ||Bonnox||
|-
| 38 || Arnaud Morvan ||arnaud dot morvan @ camptocamp.com||QGIS||x||x||x|| || ||Bonnox||
|-
| 39 || Stéphane Brunner || stephane dot brunner [at] camptocamp.com || QGIS || x || x || x || || || Other ||
|-
| 40 || [[User:asgerskovbopetersen|Asger Skovbo Petersen]] || asger ãt septima.dk || QGIS || - || x || x || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 41 ||[[User:Tudorbarascu|Tudor Bărăscu ]] || tudor dot barascu [at] qtibia.ro || [[QGIS]] || x || x || x || x || x || Basecamp? ||
|-
| 42 ||[[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello ]] || andrea dot antonello [at] gmail dot com || gvSIG || - || - || x || - || - || other ||
|-
| 43 ||[[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi ]] || silvia dot franceschi [at] gmail dot com || gvSIG || - || - || x || - || - || other || yes, additionally no yeast and no milk
|-
| 44 || [[User:Guychisholm|Guy Chisholm]] || guy.chisholm at geoplace dot co dot uk || [[GeoServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || ? || ? || x || x || Basecamp ||
|-
| 45 || [[User:Remanuele|Rob Emanuele]] || remanuele at azavea dot com || [[GDAL]], [[JTS]], [[Proj4j]], [[GeoTrellis]], [[GeoTools]] || x || x || x || ? || ? || other ||
|-
| 46 || [[User:theduckylittle|Dan Little]] || dan.little at dbspatial dot com || [[GeoMoose]] || - || - || - || x || ? || other ||
|-
| 47 || [[User:IvanSanchez|Iván Sánchez Ortega]] || ivan sanchezortega.es || Leaflet || ? || - || - || ? || ? || TODO ||
|-
| 48 || [[User:Marcjansen|Marc Jansen]] || jansen [at] terrestris [dot] de || [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 49 || [[User:Thomas Baschetti|Thomas Baschetti]] || || || - || x || - || - || - || other || preferred
|-
| 50 || [[User:JulienSam|Julien-Samuel Lacroix]] || jlacroix at mapgears dot com || [[MapServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || x || - || other ||
|-
| 51 || Rasťo Micanik || rastomicanik at gmail dot com || GIS.lab || x || x || x || x || x|| Basecamp || yes
|-
| 52 || [[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]] || ijturton at gmail dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || - || - || x || x || x|| Other || No
|-
| 53 || [[User:aaime|Andrea Aime]] || andrea dot aime at gmail dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]] || x || x || - || - || -|| Other || No
|-
| 54 || [[User:connormanning|Connor Manning]] || connor at hobu dot co || Entwine PDAL || - || - || x || x || x|| Other || No
|-
| 55 || [[User:Tulau|Tuure Laurinolli]] || tuure dot laurinolli at vaisala dot com || [[GeoTools]], [[GeoServer]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || x || x || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 56 || [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Lärdi]] || tonis.kardi@kemit.ee || || ? || x || x || x || ? || Basecamp ||
|-
| 57 || [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano Cannata]] || massimiliano dot cannata at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 58 || [[User:mantonovic | Milan Antonovic]] || milan dot antonovic at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 59 || Mirko Cardoso || mirko dot cardoso at supsi dot ch || [[istSOS]] || - || x || - || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 60 || Patrick Valsecchi || patrick dot valsecchi at camptocamp dot com || QGIS || x || x || x || || || Other ||
|-
| 61 || Oliver Rudzick || || Orga || x || x || x || x || x || Other ||
|-
| 62 || [[User:Veroandreo | Veronica Andreo]] || veroandreo@gmail.com || GRASS GIS || - || - || - || x || x || Basecamp ||
|-
| 63 || [[User:ksmith | Kevin Smith]] || smithkm at draconic dot ca || [[GeoServer]], [[GeoWebCache]], [[GeoTools]] || late || wkshp || x || x || x || ||
|-
| 64 || [[User:Ciupava | Anna Zanchetta]] || ciupava[at]gmail[dot]com || GRASS GIS || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp ||
|-
| 65 || [[User:tbarsballe | Torben Barsballe]] || tbarsballe at boundlessgeo dot com || [[GeoServer]], [[GeoTools]] || - || - || - || x || - || ||
|-
| 66 || Jon Moules || || GeoServer, QGIS || - || ? || ? || x || x || Other || Vegan
|-
| 67 || Torsten Friebe || friebe AT lat-lon DOT de || deegree || x || ? || ? || x || x || Other ||
|-
| 68 || [[User:Borysiasty | Borys Jurgiel]] || info at borysjurgiel dot pl || QGIS || - || x || x || - || - || Bonnox || preferred
|-
| 69 || [[User:Jive | Jody Garnett]] || jody.garnett@gmail.com || GeoServer, GeoTools, Incubation, uDig || x || ? || ? || x || x || || No
|-
| 70 || [[User:rduivenvoorde | Richard Duivenvoorde]] || richard ta qgis.org || QGIS, GeoServer || x || x || x || - || - || ||
|-
| 71 || [[User:ahocevar | Andreas Hocevar]] || andreas.hocevar ta gmail.com || OpenLayers || - || x || x || - || - || ||
|-
| 72 || [[User:GeoFootballer | Christian Mayer]] || chris ta meggsimum.de || [[GeoExt]], [[OpenLayers]] || - || x || x || - || - || other ||
|-
| 73 || [[User:FxKu | Felix Kunde]] || fkunde[at]beuth-hoschschule.de || 3DCityDB, pgMemento || - || x || x || - || - || other ||
|-
| 74 || [[User:Jesus | Jorge S. Mendes de Jesus]] || jorge.mendesdejesus[at]wur.nl || PyWPS || x || x || x || - || - ||BaseCamp || NO
|-
| 75 || [[User:mhugo | Hugo Mercier]] || hugo dot mercier at oslandia dot com || QGIS || ? || x || x || - || - || ? || no preference
|-
| 76 || [[User:sarasafavi | Sara Safavi]] || ssafavi at boundlessgeo dot com || GeoNode || x || x || x || - || - || Other ||
|-
| 77 || [[User:Lars | lars lingner]] || lars at lingner dot eu || MapServer || - || - || - || x || x || Other || no preference
|-
| 78 || [[User:Mkuhn | Matthias Kuhn]] || matthias@opengis.ch || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 79 || [[User:LeneFischer | Lene Fischer]] || lfi@ign.ku.dk || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 80 || [[User:bvthomsen3 | Bo Victor Thomsen]] || bvtho@frederikssund.dk || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 81 || [[User:raymondnijssen | Raymond Nijssen]] || r.nijssen[at]terglobo.nl || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Camping Siebengebirgsblick || no preference
|-
| 82 || [[User:Kmuehlbauer | Kai Mühlbauer]] || kai.muehlbauer[at]uni-bonn.de || GDAL || ? || x || x || - || - || other || no preference
|-
| 83 || [[User:Sean_gillies | Sean Gillies]] || sean.gillies@gmail.com || GDAL, Rasterio || x || x || x || - || - || other || no preference
|-
| 84 || [[User:Tsolmon | Tsolmongerel Papilloud]] || tsolmongerel.papilloud@epfl.com || OpenLayers, GeoTools || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp? || no preference
|-
| 85 || [[User:Fschindler | Fabian Schindler]] || fabian.schindler@eox.at || EOxServer, MapServer, geotiff.js || - || x || x || - || - || Basecamp || no preference
|-
| 86 || [[User:Alexneto | Alexandre Neto]] || senhor.neto[at]gmail.com || QGIS || - || x || x || - || - || other || no preference
|-
| 87 || [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]] || do.milenki at gmail.com || GRASS GIS, QGIS || x || x || x || x || x || other || glutenfree, milkfree food
|-
| 88 || [[User:dberry | Daniel Berry]] || dberry at boundlessgeo dot com || GeoNode || x || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 89 || [[User:Chau | Casper Børgesen]] || emailtocasper which is my gmail account || GeoServer? || - || - || - || x || x || Other || no preference
|-
| 90 || [[User:Maximdubinin | Maxim Dubinin ]] || sim@gis-lab.info || GDAL, QGIS || - || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 91 || [[User:Bishop | Dmitry Baryshnikov]] || bishop.dev@gmail.com || GDAL || - || x || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 92 || [[User:Stempler | Simon Templer]] || simon @ wetransform.to || deegree, hale || - || - || - || x || ? || Other || no preference
|-
| 93 || [[User:yoichi | Yoichi Kayama]] || yoichi.kayama@gmail.com || QGIS || x || ? || - || x || - || Other ||
|-
| 94 || [[User:DelazJ | Harrissou Sant-anna]] || delazj at gmail dot com || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Ibis || Yes
|-
| 95 || [[User:JuergenFischer | Jürgen Fischer]] || jef at norbit dot de || QGIS || x || x || x || - || - || Ibis || No
|-
| 96 || Thomas Schüttenberg || thomas at qgis dot de || QGIS || || x || x || || || other || no preference
|-
| 97 || [[User:ungarj | Joachim Ungar ]] || joachim dot ungar at eox dot at || EOxServer || || x || x || || || Basecamp || no preference
|-
| 98 || Gero Wahren || || Mapbender || x || x || x || || || other ||
|-
| 99 || Robin Schwammborn || || Mapbender || || x || x || || || ||
|-
| 100 || [[User:msmitherdc | Michael Smith]] || michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com || MapServer ||-||?||x||x||?||Other||no preference
|-
| 101 || Dirk Stenger || stenger at lat-lon dot de || deegree || - || ? || x || - || - || other || no preference
|-
| 102 || [[User:Woodstocktm | Thorsten Mueller]] || woodstocktm at gmx.de || [[GeoExt]], [[OpenLayers]] || x || ? || ? || x || x || ||
|-
| 103 || [[User:Julien.collaer| Julien Collaer]] || julien.collaer at opengeode.be || Geonode || - || - || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 104 || Kari Salovaara || kari.salovaara at iki.fi || OSGeo-Live || - || x || - || - || - || Bonnox || no preference
|-
| 105 || Lyn Goltz || goltz at lat-lon.de || deegree || x || x || x || - || - || other || yes
|-
| 106 || Tuul Batbaldan || || student || x || || || - || - || other ||
|-
| 107 || [[User:Ndufrane| Nicolas Dufrane]] || nicolas.dufrane at opengeode.be || Geonode || - || - || x || - || - || Other || no preference
|-
| 108 || [[User:sbl| Stefan Blumentrath]] || stefan.blumentrath at nina.no || GRASS GIS || - || - || - || x || x || ? || no preference
|}

= Workgroups =

== Mapbender ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:Stranger | Andreas Schmitz]]
* [[User:Uli | Uli Rothstein]]
* Axel Schaefer
* Arash Rashid Pour
* Jochen Schultz
* Andriy Oblivantsev
* Arne Schubert
* Charly Toma
* Gero Wahren
* Robin Schwammborn

'''Goals:'''
* modularisation
* tests
* documentation
* & more

== GRASS GIS ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]
* [[User:Martinl|Martin Landa]]
* [[User:mlennert|Moritz Lennert]]
* [[User:Veroandreo|Veronica Andreo]]
* [[User:sbl|Stefan Blumentrath]] (only last weekend)
* [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]]

'''Goals:'''

* planning towards GRASS GIS 8
* integrating GSoC results

== QGIS ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]]
* [[User:pcav|Paolo Cavallini]]
* [[User:Pirmin_Kalberer|Pirmin Kalberer]]
* [[User:neumann|Andreas Neumann]]
* [[User:volaya|Victor Olaya]]
* [[User:alexbruy|Alex Bruy]]
* [[User:anitagraser|Anita Graser]]
* [[User:dassau|Otto Dassau]]
* [[User:Yjacolin|yjacolin]]
* Arnaud Morvan
* [[User:Tudorbarascu|Tudor Bărăscu]]
* Stéphane Brunner
* Patrick Valsecchi
* [[User:Borysiasty|Borys Jurgiel]]
* [[User:rduivenvoorde|Richard Duivenvoorde]]
* Hugo Mercier
* [[User:raymondnijssen|Raymond Nijssen]]
* [[User:Alexneto|Alexandre Neto]]
* [[User:yoichi|Yoichi Kayama]]
* [[User:DelazJ|Harrissou Sant-anna]]
* [[User:JuergenFischer | Jürgen Fischer]]
* Thomas Schüttenberg

'''Goals:'''

* working on QGIS 3.0
* porting plugins to Python 3
* Working on QWC II
* Working on QGIS Processing framework
* Working on Documentation (release 2.16, [https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/wiki/hackfest_Bonn_2016 discussion])

== PyWPS ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* [[User:Jonaseberle|Jonas Eberle]]
* [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]
* [[User:Jesus|Jorge S. Mendes de Jesus]]

'''Goals:'''

* What is needed for PyWPS-4
* Discuss new steps
* WPS 2.0.0 start

== GIS.lab ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:martinl|Martin Landa]]
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* Rasťo Mičánik

'''Goals:'''

* GIS.lab 1.0
* GIS.lab QGIS Plugin
* new generation of GIS.lab Web Client
* WPS Processing

== OSGeo-Live ==

'''Attending:'''

*[[User: Astrid Emde]]
* [[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]
* Kari Salovaara
* [[Milena Nowotarska | Milena Nowotarska]]
'''Goals:'''

* next version
* documentation
* translation

== GeoMoose ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:theduckylittle|Dan "Ducky" Little]]

''Goals:'''

* 3.0 release!

== ORFEO ToolBox ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:grizonnetm|Manuel Grizonnet]]

''Goals:'''

* Documentation
* QGIS/OTB compatibility
* Bugs

== gvSIG ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]]
* [[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi]]

''Goals:'''

* Developer Documentation
* JGrasstools integration
* Geopaparazzi integration
* Bug fixes

== GeoTools/GeoServer ==

Focused on Saturday/Sunday activities, seeking collaboration with QGIS project on SLD export story.

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]]
* [[User:aaime|Andrea Aime]]
* [[User:ksmith|Kevin Smith]]
* [[User:jive|Jody Garnett]]
* [[User:tbarsballe|Torben Barsballe]]
* Tyler Battle
* Gabriel Roland
* Jon Moules

'''Goals:'''

* QGIS SLD Export story
* Bug fixes
* fun!

== istSOS ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:Maxi71 | Massimiliano Cannata]]
* [[User:mantonovic | Milan Antonovic]]
* [[User:jive | Jody Garnett]] (Sunday only)
* Mirko Cardoso

'''Goals:'''

* OSGeo Incubation, what's next?

== deegree ==

http://www.deegree.org/

'''Attending:'''

* Torsten Friebe
* Simon Templer
* Dirk Stenger
* Lyn Goltz

'''Goals:'''

* Finalize 3.4, bug-fixing, documentation
* improved interface for [https://github.com/halestudio/hale HALE]
* prepare official docker image for deegree 3.4

== OpenLayers ==

http://openlayers.org/

'''Attending:'''

* Bart van den Eijnden
* Andreas Hocevar

'''Goals:'''

* Implement restricted extent ([https://github.com/openlayers/ol3/pull/2777 #2777])

== GeoNode ==

'''Attending:'''

* [[User:Ortelius|Jeff Johnson]]
* [[User:Dberry|Daniel Berry]]
* [[User:Sarasafavi|Sara Safavi]]
* [[User:Afabiani|Alessio Fabiani]]
* [[User:Julien.collaer|Julien Collaer]]
* [[User:Ndufrane| Nicolas Dufrane]]

'''Goals:'''

* Finalize 2.6 release, bug-fixing, documentation

[[Category:FOSS4G2016]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint

2016-05-16T07:45:54Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Added my hotel

Geoinformatica

2016-05-02T16:06:23Z

Wiki-Ajolma: update

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://ajolma.net/ ajolma.net]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at gmail.com)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but includes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl]
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub (for CPAN modules rt.cpan.org)
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category:OSGeo Labs]]

Finland

2016-05-02T10:36:00Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Cleanup, link to the new home page

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

[http://www.osgeo.fi The Home Page of the OSGeo Finland Association | OSGeo Suomi ry:n kotisivut]

=The OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations in Finland from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).

The rest of this page is in Finnish.

=OSGeo Suomi=

OSGeo Suomi on rekisteröity yhdistys, jonka kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland. Yhdistyksen [[Säännöt]]. [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland Yhdistyksen postituslista]

[https://holvi.com/shop/osgeosuomi/ Liity jäseneksi OSGeo Suomen kaupan kautta]

== Vuosikokoukset ==

Yhdistyksen ensimmäinen vuosikokous pidettiin 12.4.2016 Siton tiloissa.

Kokouksessa oli läsnä hallitus, joka valittiin myös jatkamaan uutena hallituksena. Toiminnantarkastajaksi ja vara-toiminnantarkastajaksi valittiin Antti Castrén ja Pertti Sundqvist. Hyväksyttiin toimintasuunnitelma ja viitteellinen budjetti vuodelle 2016. Hyväksyttiin jäsenmaksuksi 15 euroa, jonka voi maksaa tällä sivulla olevan linkin kautta yhdistyksen tilille Holviin.

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

* Hallituksen kokous 12.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jukka, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [http://www.osgeo.fi/Ohjelma ALPO 2016], ti 17.5.2016 kello 9.00-16.00 (Ratapihantie 9, Pasila, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[Vuosikokous 12.4.2016]] kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

FOSS4G 2016 Code Sprint

2016-05-02T07:23:29Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Added myself, Ari Jolma

Finland

2016-04-20T10:47:29Z

Wiki-Ajolma: vuosikokous

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

[https://holvi.com/shop/JTpmv2/ Liity jäseneksi OSGeo Suomen kaupan kautta]

== Vuosikokoukset ==

Vuosikokous 2016 pidettiin 12.4.2016 Siton tiloissa.

Kokouksessa oli läsnä hallitus, joka valittiin myös jatkamaan uutena hallituksena. Toiminnantarkastajaksi ja vara-toiminnantarkastajaksi valittiin Antti Castrén ja Pertti Sundqvist. Hyväksyttiin toimintasuunnitelma ja viitteellinen budjetti vuodelle 2016. Hyväksyttiin jäsenmaksuksi 15 euroa, jonka voi maksaa tällä sivulla olevan linkin kautta yhdistyksen tilille Holviin.

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

* Hallituksen kokous 12.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jukka, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[Vuosikokous 12.4.2016]] kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 kello 9.00-16.00 (Ratapihantie 9, Pasila, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-04-20T10:42:42Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Hallitus */

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

[https://holvi.com/shop/JTpmv2/ Liity jäseneksi OSGeo Suomen kaupan kautta]

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

* Hallituksen kokous 12.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jukka, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[Vuosikokous 12.4.2016]] kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 kello 9.00-16.00 (Ratapihantie 9, Pasila, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-04-13T08:49:50Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Link to our shop

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

[https://holvi.com/shop/JTpmv2/ Liity jäseneksi OSGeo Suomen kaupan kautta]

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[Vuosikokous 12.4.2016]] kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 kello 9.00-16.00 (Ratapihantie 9, Pasila, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

ALPO 2016

2016-04-07T09:52:13Z

Wiki-Ajolma: typo

ALPO-seminaari kokoaa yhteen avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistoista kiinnostuneet suomalaiset.

Tavoitteena on jakaa kokemuksia ja tietoa Avoimen Lähdekoodin Paikkatieto-Ohjelmistojen (ALPO) hyödyntämisestä ja käytöstä.

== Aika ==
Tiistai, 17.5.2016 klo 9 - 16

== Paikka ==
Pasila, Helsinki

== Ilmoittautuminen ==

Osallistumismaksu on 40 € (sis. lounas ja kahvit).

[https://holvi.com/shop/JTpmv2/product/f4b30538a71b17032504eb0f757e47af/ Ilmoittautuminen]

== Kokopäivän seminaarin ohjelma ==

[Alustava kalenteri - kehitetään parhaillaan]

:{| style="width:65%;background:LightGrey" border="0" valign="top"

|- style="width:20%;background:#B0E0E6" valign="top"
| '''Aika''' || '''Aihe'''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 8:30
|| Ilmoittautuminen

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:00
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ Tervetuloa!]'''<br\>
''OSGeo Suomi - [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Finland OSGeo]''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 10:15
|| Kahvitauko

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 10:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 11:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 11:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 12:00
|| Lounas (omakustanteinen)

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 12:30
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 12:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 13:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 13:45
|| Kahvitauko

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 14:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 14:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 15:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 15:45
|| '''Yhteenveto'''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
|16:00- || Geobeers
|}

== Ilmoittautumiset ==
Kokopäivä seminaariin ilmoittautuminen avataan huhtikuussa.

== Varoitus ja vastuunkierto ==

''Avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen (ALPO) ja avoimien paikkatieto¬aineistojen käyttö saattaa aiheuttaa riippuvuutta, prosessien läpinäkyvyyttä sekä kustannussäästöjä. Ohjelmassa mainitut ohjelmistot ja aineistot ovat ladattavissa ilmaiseksi Internetistä. Ohjelmistojen ja aineistojen käyttö edellyttää niiden käyttöoikeusehtojen hyväksymistä. Ohjelmistojen käyttö edellyttää osaamista ja tietotaitoa, osaamattomissa käsissä ohjelmistojen käyttö saattaa vaarantaa nykyiset liiketoimintamallit sekä aiheuttaa avoimuutta.''

[[Category: Finland]]
[[Category: FI:Tapahtumat]]

Finland

2016-04-04T13:10:52Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko
** Asialistalla: Vuosikokouksen järjestelyt

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* Vuosikokous 12.4.2016 kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-04-04T13:09:21Z

Wiki-Ajolma: kokous 4.4

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

* Hallituksen kokous 4.4.2016
** Läsnä: Kari, Pekka, Ari, Jonne, Jaakko

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* Vuosikokous 12.4.2016 kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

ALPO 2016

2016-04-04T11:57:55Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Ilmoittautumislinkki

ALPO-seminaari kokoaa yhteen avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistoista kiinnostuneet suomalaiset.

Tavoitteena on jakaa kokemuksia ja tietoa Avoimen Lähdekoodin Paikkatieto-Ohjelmistojen (ALPO) hyödyntämisestä ja käytöstä.

== Aika ==
Tiistai, 17.5.2016 klo 9 - 16

== Paikka ==
Pasila, Helsinki

== Ilmoittautuminen ==

Osallistumismaksu on 40 €.

[https://holvi.com/shop/JTpmv2/product/f4b30538a71b17032504eb0f757e47af/ Ilmoittautuminen]

== Kokopäivän seminaarin ohjelma ==

[Alustava kalenteri - kehitetään parhaillaan]

:{| style="width:65%;background:LightGrey" border="0" valign="top"

|- style="width:20%;background:#B0E0E6" valign="top"
| '''Aika''' || '''Aihe'''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 8:30
|| Ilmoittautuminen

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:00
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ Tervetuloa!]'''<br\>
''OSGeo Suomi - [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Finland OSGeo]''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 9:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 10:15
|| Kahvitauko

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 10:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 11:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 11:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 12:00
|| Lounas (omakustanteinen)

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 12:30
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 12:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 13:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
| 13:45
|| Kahvitauko

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 14:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 14:45
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 15:15
|| '''[http://www.dropbox.com/ XX]'''<br\>
''nimi - [http://] ''

|- style="background:white" valign="top"
| 15:45
|| '''Yhteenveto'''

|- style="background:PaleGreen" valign=top
|16:00- || Geobeers
|}

== Ilmoittautumiset ==
Kokopäivä seminaariin ilmoittautuminen avataan huhtikuussa.

== Varoitus ja vastuunkierto ==

''Avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen (ALPO) ja avoimien paikkatieto¬aineistojen käyttö saattaa aiheuttaa riippuvuutta, prosessien läpinäkyvyyttä sekä kustannussäästöjä. Ohjelmassa mainitut ohjelmistot ja aineistot ovat ladattavissa ilmaiseksi Internetistä. Ohjelmistojen ja aineistojen käyttö edellyttää niiden käyttöoikeusehtojen hyväksymistä. Ohjelmistojen käyttö edellyttää osaamista ja tietotaitoa, osaamattomissa käsissä ohjelmistojen käyttö saattaa vaarantaa nykyiset liiketoimintamallit sekä aiheuttaa avoimuutta.''

[[Category: Finland]]
[[Category: FI:Tapahtumat]]

Finland

2016-03-14T15:41:00Z

Wiki-Ajolma: board meeting 14.3.2016

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016
** Läsnä: Jaakko, Kari, Pekka, Ari, Eduardo
** Asialistalla: OSGeo news item, logo, verkkosivut, sähköpostialiakset osgeo.fi:ssä, vuosikokousjärjestelyt, toiminnan organisointi.

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* Vuosikokous 12.4.2016 kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-03-14T14:59:47Z

Wiki-Ajolma: kokouksia

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

* Hallituksen kokous 14.3.2016

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* Vuosikokous 12.4.2016 kello 17.00 (Sito, Tuulikuja 2, Tapiola, Espoo)
* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-03-14T14:47:05Z

Wiki-Ajolma: board approval

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

The chapter got an official status at the OSGeo Board meeting on March 10, 2016.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

== OSGeo Suomi ry:n säännöt ==
* [[Säännöt]]

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2016-03-03T08:58:50Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Link to the minutes of the founding meeting

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act. [[File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf]] (Minutes of the founding meeting without email addresses and signatures (In Finnish))

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[ALPO 2016]], ti 17.5.2016 (Pasilan virastotalo, Helsinki)

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

File:OSGeoFinland-kokous-2015-08-19.pdf

2016-03-03T08:52:28Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Minutes of the founding meeting of OSGeo Finland (Helsinki, Finland, August 19, 2015).

Minutes of the founding meeting of OSGeo Finland (Helsinki, Finland, August 19, 2015).

Talk:Main Page

2016-01-19T06:56:17Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Undo revision 95280 by JohnnyColvin (talk)

For an updated first page '''layout''', see here: http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/New_OSGeo_Wiki_Startpage

-- Markus [[User:Neteler|Neteler]] 14:45, 20 June 2008 (EDT)

----
How do we refer to geospatial free and open source software in this wiki? Does "OSGeo software" mean the foundation projects or is it a general term? If it refers to only the foundation projects, how do we then refer to this software in general?

I propose having separate pages for committees and their projects. There should be direct links to these pages on the main page. I have the same opinion about the www.osgeo.org pages, now I seem to have to click several times to get to committee/project pages.

----

Ari, I wouldn't be offended if you moved the committee list page into this main page as a subsection. I'm not sure of a "quick" way of referring to open source geospatial software. "OSGeo software" certainly leaves some uncertainty] s to whether it refers to only foundation projects or more generally.

--[[User:Warmerda|Warmerda]] 22:20, 26 March 2006 (CEST)

----

I moved the events link from here and put it under promo&visibility page, where there is another link to another events page. (Maybe some merging is needed)

I suggest that we clean up this main page and use better titles. The current ones are not very descriptive.

--[[User:AJolma|AJolma]] 8 August 2006 (CEST)

A few questions about the sidebar, hope this is useful:

* The Community portal link is dead, can it be removed?
* Can the sidebar use title case since it is referring to names?
* What is the criteria for "Current events" it seems like many things are tagged as such, that are no longer current?

--[[User:Gsteinmon|Gsteinmon]] 10:31, 30 July 2015 (EST)

User:Ajolma

2015-11-30T17:11:01Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Ari Jolma
|Company=Biwatech
|Country=Finland
|City=Vantaa
|Coordinate=60.267, 24.785
|LocalChapter=Finland
|Email=ari.jolma at gmail.com
|Website=http://ajolma.net
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

My homepage is at http://ajolma.net

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [http://ajolma.net/Geo-GDAL/snapshot/ GDAL Perl bindings] and on several modules that build on it.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

User:Ajolma

2015-11-30T17:09:51Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

{{OSGeo Member
|Name=Ari Jolma
|Company=Biwatech
|Country=Finland
|City=Vantaa
|Coordinate=60.267, 24.785
|LocalChapter=Finnland
|Email=ari.jolma at gmail.com
|Website=http://ajolma.net
}}
{{OSGeo Experience
|User=Yes
|Committee=No
|Board=No
|Coder=Yes
|Translate=Yes
|PSC=No
|ExBoard=Yes
|Charter=Yes
|Chair=No
|SolKatz=No
|Committer=Yes
}}
=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

My homepage is at http://ajolma.net

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [http://ajolma.net/Geo-GDAL/snapshot/ GDAL Perl bindings] and on several modules that build on it.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]
[[Category:OSGeo Advocate]]

Finland

2015-10-30T05:49:49Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Added FOSS4G 2016 banner

[[File:Foss4g2016_banner_720x150_01.png‎|link=http://2016.foss4g.org]]

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 22.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen (Entressen kirjasto, Espoo)
* ALPO2016, ti 3.5.2016

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

DevALPO 2015

2015-09-10T08:00:16Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Ohjelma */

[[Image:OSGeo logo300.png|200px|right]]
Avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen sovelluskehittäjien tapaaminen.

Tule kuuntelemaan uusimmat uutiset [http://2015.foss4g.org FOSS4G] -konferenssin osallistujilta ja muilta sovelluskehittäjiltä

== Aika ==
Torstai, 22.10.2015 klo 13 - 16. Jatkot GeoBeer-teemalla

== Paikka ==
Sininen huone,[http://www.helmet.fi/fi-FI/Kirjastot_ja_palvelut/Entressen_kirjasto Entressen kirjasto], Espoon
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=60.20359&mlon=24.65874#map=15/60.2036/24.6587 keskustassa]

== Ohjelma ==

{| style="width:65%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse"

|- style="background-color: #ffffcc; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: black"
| style="width:15%;" | '''Aika'''
| | '''Aihe'''

|- valign=top
| 13:00 - 13:15
|| '''Tervetuloa''', ''Kari Saloranta, OSGeo Suomi''

|- valign=top
| 13:15 - 14:15
||
'''[http://www.pdal.io/ pdal] ja [https://github.com/pgpointcloud/pointcloud PostgreSQL Pointcloud-laajennos]''' ''Janne Upla, CGI'' 

'''Perlin tilanne yleisesti ja Geo-Perlin erityisesti''' ''Ari Jolma'' 

'''Ohjelmistojen kääntämisestä ja niiden reviewstä(sic!) (Keskustelua)''' ''Ari Jolma'' 

'''Esitys 4''' ''Sinä?'' 

|- style="background-color: #99FF99" valign=top
| 14:15 - 15:15
|| '''Virvokkeita'''
Sponsorina ''haussa...''

|- valign=top
| 15:15 - 16:00
||

'''Havaintoja FOSS4G 2015:sta''' ''Pekka Sarkola, Gispo Oy'' 

'''Esitys 6''' ''Sinä?'' 

'''Esitys 7''' ''Sinä?''

|- style="background-color: #99FF99" valign=top
|16:00 - || '''Geobeers''' '' Kaikki osallistujat''

|}

== Ilmoittautumiset ==

Haemme esiintyjiä 15 min sessioille, katso mallia aikaisemmista devALPO-tilaisuuksista ([[devALPO 2013]], [[devALPO 2014]] ).
 
Varsinainen ilmoittautuminen aukeaa myöhemmin.

== Järjestelyt ==
devALPO tilaisuuteen järjestelyihin voi osallistua mainiosti. Työlistaa ja edistymistä voi seurata OSGeo Wikissä: [[devALPO 2015 järjestelyt]].

== Varoitus ja vastuunkierto ==
Täällä puhutaan nörttiä! Ei käännöspalveluita tarjolla.

''Avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen (ALPO) ja avoimien paikkatieto¬aineistojen käyttö saattaa aiheuttaa riippuvuutta, prosessien läpinäkyvyyttä sekä kustannussäästöjä. Ohjelmassa mainitut ohjelmistot ja aineistot ovat ladattavissa ilmaiseksi Internetistä. Ohjelmistojen ja aineistojen käyttö edellyttää niiden käyttöoikeusehtojen hyväksymistä. Ohjelmistojen käyttö edellyttää osaamista ja tietotaitoa, osaamattomissa käsissä ohjelmistojen käyttö saattaa vaarantaa nykyiset liiketoimintamallit sekä aiheuttaa avoimuutta.''

[[Category: Finland]]
[[Category: FI:Tapahtumat]]

Finland

2015-08-22T08:06:21Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Tapahtumakalenteri */

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[devALPO 2015]], alustava pvm to 15.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen
* ALPO2016, ti 3.5.2016

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

Finland

2015-08-22T08:05:18Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association */

=Welcome to the home page of the OSGeo Finland Association=

'''OSGeo Finland Association''' was established 19.8.2015 as a legal entity according to Associations Act.

You can read about associations from https://www.prh.fi/en/yhdistysrekisteri/yleista.html

OSGeo Finland Association has a board, see "hallitus" below (in Finnish).
When Association is accepted into the Association Register it'll start to use abbreviation ry. at the end of it's name.

The rest of this page is currently in Finnish.

=Tervetuloa OSGeo Suomi yhdistyksen sivulle=
19.8.2015 perustettiin virallinen OSGeo Suomi yhdistys.
Jo muutaman vuoden on toiminut epävirallinen OSGeo Suomi, jonka eräänä toimintamuotona on ollut myös tämä postituslista. Useasta syystä johtuen tuli aika jolloin epävirallinen toiminta tuli virallistaa. Eilen siis
pidettiin perustamiskokous jossa käytiin ennakkoon valmistellut säännöt läpi pienin osallistujien korjauksin. Paikallaolijat allekirjoittivat perustamiskirjan ja näin yhdistys oli perustettu. Tämän jälkeen pidetiin
lyhyt yhdistyksen kokous jossa lähinnä valittiin yhdistykselle hallitus ensi kevään varsinaiseen vuosikokoukseen saakka jotta yhdistys voisi suorittaa tarvittavia käytännön asioita sekä valmistella epäviralliselta
yhdistykseltä siirtyneitä tehtäviä.

Poiminnat yhdistykselle hyväksytyistä säännöistä (säännöt kokonaisuudessaan rekisteriin hyväksymisen jälkeen):

''Yhdistyksen nimi on OSGeo Suomi ja sen kotipaikka on Espoo. Yhdistyksen kansainvälinen nimi on OSGeo Finland.

''Tarkoitus ja toiminnan laatu''

''Yhdistyksen tarkoituksena on tukea avoimen lähdekoodin paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen kehittämistä yhteiseksi hyväksi ja esiintyä niiden laajan käytön puolesta. Avoimella lähdekoodilla yhdistys tarkoittaa kansainvälisen Open Source Initiativen määritelmän mukaisia ohjelmakoodeja.''
''Yhdistys ei tavoittele taloudellista voittoa.''
''Yhdistys voi tarkoituksensa toteuttamiseksi auttaa ohjelmakoodin tai siihen liittyvän muun aineiston tekemisessä sekä järjestää tilaisuuksia tai koulutuksia ohjelmistojen ja niiden perusteiden tutkimiseen, kehittämiseen tai käyttöön erityisesti suomen kielellä. Yhdistys voi tukea ohjelmistojen kehittäjiä eri tavoin ja se voi ottaa vastaan tai hankkia omistukseensa ohjelmistojen lisenssejä tai toiminnassaan tarpeellisia resursseja. Yhdistys tiedottaa ohjelmistoista, tekee aloitteita ja on yhteistoiminnassa muiden tahojen kanssa.''
''Yhdistys pyrkii toimimaan kansainvälisen Open Source Geospatial Foundationin (OSGeo) ja sen alueellisen toiminnan linkkinä Suomeen ja suomalaisten linkkinä kyseiseen yhteisöön, nk. Finland OSGeo Chapterina
ja ottaa toiminnassaan huomioon OSGeon toiminnan, tavoitteet ja periaatteet.''

''Jäsenet''

''Yhdistykseen jäseneksi voi liittyä jokainen, joka hyväksyy yhdistyksen tarkoituksen ja säännöt. Jäsenet hyväksyy hakemuksesta yhdistyksen hallitus.''

== Hallitus ==
Yhdistyksen hallituksessa toimivat pj.Kari Salovaara, vpj. Pekka Sarkola, siht.Ari Jolma, jäsenet Jaakko Ruutiainen, Jonne Savolainen, Eduardo Gonzalez ja Jukka Rahkonen seuraavaan vuosikokoukseen saakka joka on keväällä 2016.

==Postituslista==
Postituslistamme http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/finland

==Projektit==
* [[Paikkatieto-ohjelmistojen lokalisointi]]

==Tapahtumakalenteri==

* [[devALPO 2015]], to 15.10.2015 klo 13 alkaen
* ALPO2016, ti 3.5.2016

===Menneet tapahtumat===

* OSGeo Finland ry perustamiskokous - Keskiviikko 19.8.2015 klo. 17
* [[ALPO 2015]], ti 12.5.2015 (ns. "Helatiistai")
* [[QGIS koulutusmateriaalin käännöstalkoot]], 7.9.2013
* [[devALPO 2013]], to 3.10.2013
* Paikkatietomarkkinat, 5.-6.11.2013, [[OSGeo Finland tapaaminen]]
* [[ALPO 2014]], ti 27.5.2014
* [http://2014.ogrs-community.org OGRS 2014], kesäkuu 2014
* [[devALPO 2014]], syys-lokakuu 2014

[[Category: Local Chapters]]
[[Category: Finland]]

OSGeo Advocate

2015-08-20T07:10:14Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Europe:Finland */

__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Advocates =

== Advocate Map ==


{{#umAllUserMap:}}

== Africa:Ghana ==
{{User:Eyedol}}

== Africa:South Africa ==
=== Gavin Fleming ===
{{User:Gfleming}}
{{User:Sokolic}}
{{User:Timlinux}}

== Asia:India ==
{{User:Chaitanya}}
{{User:Zia}}
{{User:ravivundavalli}}

== Asia:Japan ==
{{User:Yoichi}}
{{User:danielkastl}}
{{User:Tosseto}}

===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===

[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]

Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user].
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN]
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN

;Contact:
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com
: Skype: wata909

;Profile last updated
:2013-07-11

== Asia:Korea ==
{{User:Sanghee}}
{{User:Heegu Park}}

==Asia:Philippines==
{{User:Maning}}

== Asia:Malaysia ==
{{User:Thuygeo}}

== Asia:Sri Lanka ==
{{User:Nimalika}}

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:NathanW}}
== New Zealand ==
{{User:Pcreso}}

== Europe:Austria ==
{{User:Schpidi}}
{{User:Anitagraser}}

== Europe:Belgium ==
{{User:Dirkf}}
{{User:Johanvdw}}
{{User:Pieterdg}}
{{User:Mlennert}}
{{User:OliverMay}}

== Europe:Czech Republic ==
{{User:Jachym}}
{{User:KarelCharvat}}
{{User:Martinl}}

== Europe:Finland ==
{{User:Ajolma}}

== Europe:France ==
{{User:Djay}}
{{User:JRM}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:NBozon}}
{{User:volaya}}
{{User:Thomas_G}}

== Europe:Germany ==
{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}
{{User:GeoFootballer}}
{{User:Fjbehr}}
{{User:misev}}
{{User:olt}}
{{User:Pebau}}
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}

== Europe:Greece ==
{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}
{{User:kotzino}}
{{User:Nikos}}
{{User:Chiossif}}

== Europe:Hungary ==
=== [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]] ===

[[File:siki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Zoltan Siki]]

Teacher at the Budapest University of Technology.

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Siki graduated in Surveying and Geoinformatics MSc. He gained his dr univ in Traffic simulation and modelling in GIS.

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_translate.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_translator]]

: QGIS Hungarian translator
: QGIS plugin developer
: Leader of the Geo for All lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
: Hungarian tutorials (QGIS, GRASS, OpenLayers, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR) http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis
: Organizer of Hungarian OSGeo meetings http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop, http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop2
: teaching QGIS, GRASS, PostGIS
: maintener of open source based GIS sytems at local municipalities (MapServer, p.mapper, OpenLayers)
: main developer of Ulyxes open source project http://www.agt.bme.hu/ulyxes

;Spoken languages:
English; Hungarian.

;Contacts:

* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_e/siki.htm '''Personal Web page''']
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/index.php?lang=en '''Geo for All Lab Budapest''']
* Email: [mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu siki@agt.bme.hu]

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Hungary]]
[[Category:Translator]]

== Europe:Italy ==
{{User:Madi}}
{{User:Lucadelu}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:epifanio}}
{{User:Moovida}}
{{Talk:Markus_Neteler}}

== Europe:The Netherlands ==
{{User:Just}}
{{User:bartvde}}
{{User:Genuchten}}
{{User:BarendKobben}}
{{User:Milovanderlinden}}
{{User:pmeems}}
{{User:Ticheler}}
{{User:Geejee}}

== Europe:Portugal ==
{{User:Lutra}}
{{User:Alexneto}}
{{User:Santos}}

== Europe:Romania ==
{{User:Vasile}}
{{User:Florin.iosub}}

== Europe:Spain ==
{{User:Lluís}}
{{User:vehrka}}
{{User:Michogar}}
{{User:Delawen}}
{{User:Adiez}}
{{User:Jsanz}}

== Europe:Switzerland ==
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:Mbernasocchi}}
{{User:Pirmin_Kalberer}}

== Europe:Ukraine ==
{{User:Alexbruy}}

== Europe:United Kingdom ==
{{User:Ian}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}
{{User:Stevenfeldman}}
{{User:Sanand}}

== Latin America:Argentina ==
{{User:Maurimiranda}}

== Latin America:Brazil ==
{{User:Fsc7}}

== Latin America:Chile ==
{{User:Perriger}}

== Latin America:Colombia ==
{{User:ingenieroariel}}

== Latin America:Ecuador ==
{{User:Eamado}}

== Latin America:Mexico ==
{{User:Aborrell}}

== United States ==
{{User:EliL}}
{{User:Alex Mandel}}
{{User:Annakrat}}
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
{{User:Dnewcomb}}
{{User:Amyonthemap}}
{{User:warmerda}}
{{User:Helena}}
{{User:rjhale1971}}
{{User:Wonderchook}}
{{User: Kurt Menke}}
{{User:Surveyor}}
{{User:Mark Lucas}}
{{User:msmitherdc}}
{{User:mpg}}
{{User:pmbatty}}
{{User:Rburhum}}
{{User:Sdlime}}
{{User:Woodbri}}
{{User:Wenzeslaus}}
{{User:Vdeparday}}
{{User:Cschweik}}
{{User:Bitner}}

=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===

[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]

Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]

Location: Stockton, California, United States of America

Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization.

* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]

;OSGeo Experience
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter

;Contact:
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521
: Skype:

;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013

== Canada ==
{{User:Aross}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Jeff_McKenna}}
{{User:jive}}
{{User:Mdavis}}
{{User:Pwramsey3}}
{{User:Simonmercier}}

= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Expenses =

This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.

When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
* Travel, typically including:
** airfare
** visa
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)
** meals during travel
** transit costs to local and host airports
* Accommodation
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
** high speed internet
* Per diem costs
** 3 meals a day
* Speakers fee
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)

For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]

Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

OSGeo Advocate

2015-08-20T07:09:52Z

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__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Advocates =

== Advocate Map ==


{{#umAllUserMap:}}

== Africa:Ghana ==
{{User:Eyedol}}

== Africa:South Africa ==
=== Gavin Fleming ===
{{User:Gfleming}}
{{User:Sokolic}}
{{User:Timlinux}}

== Asia:India ==
{{User:Chaitanya}}
{{User:Zia}}
{{User:ravivundavalli}}

== Asia:Japan ==
{{User:Yoichi}}
{{User:danielkastl}}
{{User:Tosseto}}

===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===

[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]

Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user].
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN]
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN

;Contact:
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com
: Skype: wata909

;Profile last updated
:2013-07-11

== Asia:Korea ==
{{User:Sanghee}}
{{User:Heegu Park}}

==Asia:Philippines==
{{User:Maning}}

== Asia:Malaysia ==
{{User:Thuygeo}}

== Asia:Sri Lanka ==
{{User:Nimalika}}

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:NathanW}}
== New Zealand ==
{{User:Pcreso}}

== Europe:Austria ==
{{User:Schpidi}}
{{User:Anitagraser}}

== Europe:Belgium ==
{{User:Dirkf}}
{{User:Johanvdw}}
{{User:Pieterdg}}
{{User:Mlennert}}
{{User:OliverMay}}

== Europe:Czech Republic ==
{{User:Jachym}}
{{User:KarelCharvat}}
{{User:Martinl}}

== Europe:Finland ==
{{User:Ajolma}}
{{:Pekka_Sarkola}}

== Europe:France ==
{{User:Djay}}
{{User:JRM}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:NBozon}}
{{User:volaya}}
{{User:Thomas_G}}

== Europe:Germany ==
{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}
{{User:GeoFootballer}}
{{User:Fjbehr}}
{{User:misev}}
{{User:olt}}
{{User:Pebau}}
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}

== Europe:Greece ==
{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}
{{User:kotzino}}
{{User:Nikos}}
{{User:Chiossif}}

== Europe:Hungary ==
=== [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]] ===

[[File:siki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Zoltan Siki]]

Teacher at the Budapest University of Technology.

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Siki graduated in Surveying and Geoinformatics MSc. He gained his dr univ in Traffic simulation and modelling in GIS.

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_translate.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_translator]]

: QGIS Hungarian translator
: QGIS plugin developer
: Leader of the Geo for All lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
: Hungarian tutorials (QGIS, GRASS, OpenLayers, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR) http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis
: Organizer of Hungarian OSGeo meetings http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop, http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop2
: teaching QGIS, GRASS, PostGIS
: maintener of open source based GIS sytems at local municipalities (MapServer, p.mapper, OpenLayers)
: main developer of Ulyxes open source project http://www.agt.bme.hu/ulyxes

;Spoken languages:
English; Hungarian.

;Contacts:

* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_e/siki.htm '''Personal Web page''']
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/index.php?lang=en '''Geo for All Lab Budapest''']
* Email: [mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu siki@agt.bme.hu]

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Hungary]]
[[Category:Translator]]

== Europe:Italy ==
{{User:Madi}}
{{User:Lucadelu}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:epifanio}}
{{User:Moovida}}
{{Talk:Markus_Neteler}}

== Europe:The Netherlands ==
{{User:Just}}
{{User:bartvde}}
{{User:Genuchten}}
{{User:BarendKobben}}
{{User:Milovanderlinden}}
{{User:pmeems}}
{{User:Ticheler}}
{{User:Geejee}}

== Europe:Portugal ==
{{User:Lutra}}
{{User:Alexneto}}
{{User:Santos}}

== Europe:Romania ==
{{User:Vasile}}
{{User:Florin.iosub}}

== Europe:Spain ==
{{User:Lluís}}
{{User:vehrka}}
{{User:Michogar}}
{{User:Delawen}}
{{User:Adiez}}
{{User:Jsanz}}

== Europe:Switzerland ==
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:Mbernasocchi}}
{{User:Pirmin_Kalberer}}

== Europe:Ukraine ==
{{User:Alexbruy}}

== Europe:United Kingdom ==
{{User:Ian}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}
{{User:Stevenfeldman}}
{{User:Sanand}}

== Latin America:Argentina ==
{{User:Maurimiranda}}

== Latin America:Brazil ==
{{User:Fsc7}}

== Latin America:Chile ==
{{User:Perriger}}

== Latin America:Colombia ==
{{User:ingenieroariel}}

== Latin America:Ecuador ==
{{User:Eamado}}

== Latin America:Mexico ==
{{User:Aborrell}}

== United States ==
{{User:EliL}}
{{User:Alex Mandel}}
{{User:Annakrat}}
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
{{User:Dnewcomb}}
{{User:Amyonthemap}}
{{User:warmerda}}
{{User:Helena}}
{{User:rjhale1971}}
{{User:Wonderchook}}
{{User: Kurt Menke}}
{{User:Surveyor}}
{{User:Mark Lucas}}
{{User:msmitherdc}}
{{User:mpg}}
{{User:pmbatty}}
{{User:Rburhum}}
{{User:Sdlime}}
{{User:Woodbri}}
{{User:Wenzeslaus}}
{{User:Vdeparday}}
{{User:Cschweik}}
{{User:Bitner}}

=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===

[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]

Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]

Location: Stockton, California, United States of America

Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization.

* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]

;OSGeo Experience
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter

;Contact:
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521
: Skype:

;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013

== Canada ==
{{User:Aross}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Jeff_McKenna}}
{{User:jive}}
{{User:Mdavis}}
{{User:Pwramsey3}}
{{User:Simonmercier}}

= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Expenses =

This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.

When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
* Travel, typically including:
** airfare
** visa
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)
** meals during travel
** transit costs to local and host airports
* Accommodation
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
** high speed internet
* Per diem costs
** 3 meals a day
* Speakers fee
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)

For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]

Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

User:Ecosyd

2015-08-20T07:08:52Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

=== [[User:Ecosyd|Kari Salovaara]] ===

User:Ajolma

2015-08-20T07:08:10Z

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=== [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]] ===

My homepage is at http://ajolma.net

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica Geoinformatica stack] and on components of that stack, most notably on the [http://ajolma.net/Geo-GDAL/snapshot/ Perl-GDAL] API.

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]

Pekka Sarkola

2015-08-20T07:06:15Z

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=== [[User:Posiki|Pekka Sarkola]] ===
{{#umSetParam: 24.71853|60.16523|Espoo, Finland|Posiki|Pekka Sarkola}}
; Contact
: email: pekka.sarkola at gispo.fi
: phone: +358 40 725 2042

; Important URLS:
: [http://www.gispo.fi/ www.gispo.fi]
: [http://www.paikkatieto.com www.paikkatieto.com]

; OSGeo Experience
:[[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]

{{#umUserMap: Posiki|500px|300px|6|2|n}}

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Finland]]

OSGeo Advocate

2015-08-20T07:03:03Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Europe:Finland */

__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Advocates =

== Advocate Map ==


{{#umAllUserMap:}}

== Africa:Ghana ==
{{User:Eyedol}}

== Africa:South Africa ==
=== Gavin Fleming ===
{{User:Gfleming}}
{{User:Sokolic}}
{{User:Timlinux}}

== Asia:India ==
{{User:Chaitanya}}
{{User:Zia}}
{{User:ravivundavalli}}

== Asia:Japan ==
{{User:Yoichi}}
{{User:danielkastl}}
{{User:Tosseto}}

===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===

[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]

Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user].
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN]
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN

;Contact:
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com
: Skype: wata909

;Profile last updated
:2013-07-11

== Asia:Korea ==
{{User:Sanghee}}
{{User:Heegu Park}}

==Asia:Philippines==
{{User:Maning}}

== Asia:Malaysia ==
{{User:Thuygeo}}

== Asia:Sri Lanka ==
{{User:Nimalika}}

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:NathanW}}
== New Zealand ==
{{User:Pcreso}}

== Europe:Austria ==
{{User:Schpidi}}
{{User:Anitagraser}}

== Europe:Belgium ==
{{User:Dirkf}}
{{User:Johanvdw}}
{{User:Pieterdg}}
{{User:Mlennert}}
{{User:OliverMay}}

== Europe:Czech Republic ==
{{User:Jachym}}
{{User:KarelCharvat}}
{{User:Martinl}}

== Europe:Finland ==
{{User:Ajolma}}
{{User:Ecosyd}}
{{:Pekka_Sarkola}}

== Europe:France ==
{{User:Djay}}
{{User:JRM}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:NBozon}}
{{User:volaya}}
{{User:Thomas_G}}

== Europe:Germany ==
{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}
{{User:GeoFootballer}}
{{User:Fjbehr}}
{{User:misev}}
{{User:olt}}
{{User:Pebau}}
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}

== Europe:Greece ==
{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}
{{User:kotzino}}
{{User:Nikos}}
{{User:Chiossif}}

== Europe:Hungary ==
=== [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]] ===

[[File:siki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Zoltan Siki]]

Teacher at the Budapest University of Technology.

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Siki graduated in Surveying and Geoinformatics MSc. He gained his dr univ in Traffic simulation and modelling in GIS.

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_translate.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_translator]]

: QGIS Hungarian translator
: QGIS plugin developer
: Leader of the Geo for All lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
: Hungarian tutorials (QGIS, GRASS, OpenLayers, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR) http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis
: Organizer of Hungarian OSGeo meetings http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop, http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop2
: teaching QGIS, GRASS, PostGIS
: maintener of open source based GIS sytems at local municipalities (MapServer, p.mapper, OpenLayers)
: main developer of Ulyxes open source project http://www.agt.bme.hu/ulyxes

;Spoken languages:
English; Hungarian.

;Contacts:

* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_e/siki.htm '''Personal Web page''']
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/index.php?lang=en '''Geo for All Lab Budapest''']
* Email: [mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu siki@agt.bme.hu]

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Hungary]]
[[Category:Translator]]

== Europe:Italy ==
{{User:Madi}}
{{User:Lucadelu}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:epifanio}}
{{User:Moovida}}
{{Talk:Markus_Neteler}}

== Europe:The Netherlands ==
{{User:Just}}
{{User:bartvde}}
{{User:Genuchten}}
{{User:BarendKobben}}
{{User:Milovanderlinden}}
{{User:pmeems}}
{{User:Ticheler}}
{{User:Geejee}}

== Europe:Portugal ==
{{User:Lutra}}
{{User:Alexneto}}
{{User:Santos}}

== Europe:Romania ==
{{User:Vasile}}
{{User:Florin.iosub}}

== Europe:Spain ==
{{User:Lluís}}
{{User:vehrka}}
{{User:Michogar}}
{{User:Delawen}}
{{User:Adiez}}
{{User:Jsanz}}

== Europe:Switzerland ==
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:Mbernasocchi}}
{{User:Pirmin_Kalberer}}

== Europe:Ukraine ==
{{User:Alexbruy}}

== Europe:United Kingdom ==
{{User:Ian}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}
{{User:Stevenfeldman}}
{{User:Sanand}}

== Latin America:Argentina ==
{{User:Maurimiranda}}

== Latin America:Brazil ==
{{User:Fsc7}}

== Latin America:Chile ==
{{User:Perriger}}

== Latin America:Colombia ==
{{User:ingenieroariel}}

== Latin America:Ecuador ==
{{User:Eamado}}

== Latin America:Mexico ==
{{User:Aborrell}}

== United States ==
{{User:EliL}}
{{User:Alex Mandel}}
{{User:Annakrat}}
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
{{User:Dnewcomb}}
{{User:Amyonthemap}}
{{User:warmerda}}
{{User:Helena}}
{{User:rjhale1971}}
{{User:Wonderchook}}
{{User: Kurt Menke}}
{{User:Surveyor}}
{{User:Mark Lucas}}
{{User:msmitherdc}}
{{User:mpg}}
{{User:pmbatty}}
{{User:Rburhum}}
{{User:Sdlime}}
{{User:Woodbri}}
{{User:Wenzeslaus}}
{{User:Vdeparday}}
{{User:Cschweik}}
{{User:Bitner}}

=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===

[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]

Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]

Location: Stockton, California, United States of America

Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization.

* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]

;OSGeo Experience
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter

;Contact:
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521
: Skype:

;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013

== Canada ==
{{User:Aross}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Jeff_McKenna}}
{{User:jive}}
{{User:Mdavis}}
{{User:Pwramsey3}}
{{User:Simonmercier}}

= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Expenses =

This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.

When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
* Travel, typically including:
** airfare
** visa
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)
** meals during travel
** transit costs to local and host airports
* Accommodation
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
** high speed internet
* Per diem costs
** 3 meals a day
* Speakers fee
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)

For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]

Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

OSGeo Advocate

2015-08-20T06:59:28Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Europe:Finland */

__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Advocates =

== Advocate Map ==


{{#umAllUserMap:}}

== Africa:Ghana ==
{{User:Eyedol}}

== Africa:South Africa ==
=== Gavin Fleming ===
{{User:Gfleming}}
{{User:Sokolic}}
{{User:Timlinux}}

== Asia:India ==
{{User:Chaitanya}}
{{User:Zia}}
{{User:ravivundavalli}}

== Asia:Japan ==
{{User:Yoichi}}
{{User:danielkastl}}
{{User:Tosseto}}

===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===

[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]

Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user].
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN]
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN

;Contact:
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com
: Skype: wata909

;Profile last updated
:2013-07-11

== Asia:Korea ==
{{User:Sanghee}}
{{User:Heegu Park}}

==Asia:Philippines==
{{User:Maning}}

== Asia:Malaysia ==
{{User:Thuygeo}}

== Asia:Sri Lanka ==
{{User:Nimalika}}

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:NathanW}}
== New Zealand ==
{{User:Pcreso}}

== Europe:Austria ==
{{User:Schpidi}}
{{User:Anitagraser}}

== Europe:Belgium ==
{{User:Dirkf}}
{{User:Johanvdw}}
{{User:Pieterdg}}
{{User:Mlennert}}
{{User:OliverMay}}

== Europe:Czech Republic ==
{{User:Jachym}}
{{User:KarelCharvat}}
{{User:Martinl}}

== Europe:Finland ==
{{User:Ajolma}}
{{User:Jrahkonen}}
{{User:Ecosyd}}
[[Pekka_Sarkola]]

== Europe:France ==
{{User:Djay}}
{{User:JRM}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:NBozon}}
{{User:volaya}}
{{User:Thomas_G}}

== Europe:Germany ==
{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}
{{User:GeoFootballer}}
{{User:Fjbehr}}
{{User:misev}}
{{User:olt}}
{{User:Pebau}}
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}

== Europe:Greece ==
{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}
{{User:kotzino}}
{{User:Nikos}}
{{User:Chiossif}}

== Europe:Hungary ==
=== [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]] ===

[[File:siki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Zoltan Siki]]

Teacher at the Budapest University of Technology.

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Siki graduated in Surveying and Geoinformatics MSc. He gained his dr univ in Traffic simulation and modelling in GIS.

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_translate.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_translator]]

: QGIS Hungarian translator
: QGIS plugin developer
: Leader of the Geo for All lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
: Hungarian tutorials (QGIS, GRASS, OpenLayers, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR) http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis
: Organizer of Hungarian OSGeo meetings http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop, http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop2
: teaching QGIS, GRASS, PostGIS
: maintener of open source based GIS sytems at local municipalities (MapServer, p.mapper, OpenLayers)
: main developer of Ulyxes open source project http://www.agt.bme.hu/ulyxes

;Spoken languages:
English; Hungarian.

;Contacts:

* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_e/siki.htm '''Personal Web page''']
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/index.php?lang=en '''Geo for All Lab Budapest''']
* Email: [mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu siki@agt.bme.hu]

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Hungary]]
[[Category:Translator]]

== Europe:Italy ==
{{User:Madi}}
{{User:Lucadelu}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:epifanio}}
{{User:Moovida}}
{{Talk:Markus_Neteler}}

== Europe:The Netherlands ==
{{User:Just}}
{{User:bartvde}}
{{User:Genuchten}}
{{User:BarendKobben}}
{{User:Milovanderlinden}}
{{User:pmeems}}
{{User:Ticheler}}
{{User:Geejee}}

== Europe:Portugal ==
{{User:Lutra}}
{{User:Alexneto}}
{{User:Santos}}

== Europe:Romania ==
{{User:Vasile}}
{{User:Florin.iosub}}

== Europe:Spain ==
{{User:Lluís}}
{{User:vehrka}}
{{User:Michogar}}
{{User:Delawen}}
{{User:Adiez}}
{{User:Jsanz}}

== Europe:Switzerland ==
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:Mbernasocchi}}
{{User:Pirmin_Kalberer}}

== Europe:Ukraine ==
{{User:Alexbruy}}

== Europe:United Kingdom ==
{{User:Ian}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}
{{User:Stevenfeldman}}
{{User:Sanand}}

== Latin America:Argentina ==
{{User:Maurimiranda}}

== Latin America:Brazil ==
{{User:Fsc7}}

== Latin America:Chile ==
{{User:Perriger}}

== Latin America:Colombia ==
{{User:ingenieroariel}}

== Latin America:Ecuador ==
{{User:Eamado}}

== Latin America:Mexico ==
{{User:Aborrell}}

== United States ==
{{User:EliL}}
{{User:Alex Mandel}}
{{User:Annakrat}}
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
{{User:Dnewcomb}}
{{User:Amyonthemap}}
{{User:warmerda}}
{{User:Helena}}
{{User:rjhale1971}}
{{User:Wonderchook}}
{{User: Kurt Menke}}
{{User:Surveyor}}
{{User:Mark Lucas}}
{{User:msmitherdc}}
{{User:mpg}}
{{User:pmbatty}}
{{User:Rburhum}}
{{User:Sdlime}}
{{User:Woodbri}}
{{User:Wenzeslaus}}
{{User:Vdeparday}}
{{User:Cschweik}}
{{User:Bitner}}

=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===

[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]

Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]

Location: Stockton, California, United States of America

Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization.

* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]

;OSGeo Experience
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter

;Contact:
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521
: Skype:

;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013

== Canada ==
{{User:Aross}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Jeff_McKenna}}
{{User:jive}}
{{User:Mdavis}}
{{User:Pwramsey3}}
{{User:Simonmercier}}

= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Expenses =

This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.

When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
* Travel, typically including:
** airfare
** visa
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)
** meals during travel
** transit costs to local and host airports
* Accommodation
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
** high speed internet
* Per diem costs
** 3 meals a day
* Speakers fee
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)

For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]

Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

OSGeo Advocate

2015-08-20T06:55:19Z

Wiki-Ajolma: Added Finland

__FORCETOC__

= Introduction =

OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the [http://osgeo.org OSGeo foundation]. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.

= Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate =

Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
* Create an OSGeo wiki account, to edit this wiki (See "login" link in top right of this page).
* Add a portrait photo of yourself using the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Upload Upload file] link in left margin in each page.
* Create a new wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:YourOSGeoWikiUserName, and populate as per [[User:Template]], (copy and paste from the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=User:Template&action=edit source] so that you see comments in the template).
* You can then add your profile on [[OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Advocates|this wiki page]], under your Region:Country, names ordered alphabetically by First name, using the following:
{{User:<YourOSGeoWikiUserName>}}

= Annual Refresh of Advocate list =
* The list of OSGeo Advocates will be refreshed annually, after the annual voting of OSGeo Charter Members. This will be achieved by removing lapsed Advocates, then moving all Current Advocates into the Past Advocate section. All Advocates will be invited to update their profile, and move their profile back into the current Advocates section.

= Advocates =

== Advocate Map ==


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== Africa:Ghana ==
{{User:Eyedol}}

== Africa:South Africa ==
=== Gavin Fleming ===
{{User:Gfleming}}
{{User:Sokolic}}
{{User:Timlinux}}

== Asia:India ==
{{User:Chaitanya}}
{{User:Zia}}
{{User:ravivundavalli}}

== Asia:Japan ==
{{User:Yoichi}}
{{User:danielkastl}}
{{User:Tosseto}}

===[http://cse.niaes.affrc.go.jp/niwasaki/ Nobusuke Iwasaki]===

[[File:Iwasaki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Nobusuke Iwasaki]]

Senior Researcher, [http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/index_e.html National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences]

Location: Tsukuba, Japan

Nobusuke Iwasaki is researcher of land use change and rural planning and extensively using FOSS4G. Also, he is one of the main organizers of FOSS4G-Japan event and proactively commits promotion and dissemination of FOSS4G, especially academic sector. He strongly contributes [http://www.osgeo.jp/foss4g-mext/ some academic project which aims utilization of satellite image and FOSS4G for beginners and non-specialist user].
The major his product is [http://habs.dc.affrc.go.jp Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing System (HABS)], which is commended [http://psgsv2.gsi.go.jp/koukyou/G-award/list_award1.html the first Cyber Japan Award].

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]]:
:* [http://www.osgeo.jp/ OSGeo Japan Chapter] Board member since 2008
:* member of [http://www.gisa-japan.org/ GIS Assosiation of JAPAN]
:* member of [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gsig/ FOSS4G special interest group] in GIS Assosiation of JAPAN

;Contact:
: Email: wata909 AT gmail DOT com
: Skype: wata909

;Profile last updated
:2013-07-11

== Asia:Korea ==
{{User:Sanghee}}
{{User:Heegu Park}}

==Asia:Philippines==
{{User:Maning}}

== Asia:Malaysia ==
{{User:Thuygeo}}

== Asia:Sri Lanka ==
{{User:Nimalika}}

== Australia ==
{{User:camerons}}
{{User:NathanW}}
== New Zealand ==
{{User:Pcreso}}

== Europe:Austria ==
{{User:Schpidi}}
{{User:Anitagraser}}

== Europe:Belgium ==
{{User:Dirkf}}
{{User:Johanvdw}}
{{User:Pieterdg}}
{{User:Mlennert}}
{{User:OliverMay}}

== Europe:Czech Republic ==
{{User:Jachym}}
{{User:KarelCharvat}}
{{User:Martinl}}

== Europe:Finland ==
{{User:Ajolma}}
{{User:Jrahkonen}}
{{User:Ecosyd}}
{{User:Posiki}}

== Europe:France ==
{{User:Djay}}
{{User:JRM}}
{{User:grizonnetm}}
{{User:NBozon}}
{{User:volaya}}
{{User:Thomas_G}}

== Europe:Germany ==
{{User:Aghisla}}
{{User:Arnulf Christl}}
{{User:Astrid_Emde}}
{{User:GeoFootballer}}
{{User:Fjbehr}}
{{User:misev}}
{{User:olt}}
{{User:Pebau}}
{{User:Stefan_A._Tzeggai}}
{{User:Thomas_Baschetti}}

== Europe:Greece ==
{{User:Kalxas}}
{{User:ArArgyridis}}
{{User:kotzino}}
{{User:Nikos}}
{{User:Chiossif}}

== Europe:Hungary ==
=== [[User:Siki|Zoltan Siki]] ===

[[File:siki.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Zoltan Siki]]

Teacher at the Budapest University of Technology.

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Zoltan Siki graduated in Surveying and Geoinformatics MSc. He gained his dr univ in Traffic simulation and modelling in GIS.

;OSGeo Experience [[File:OSGeo_charter.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Charter_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_user.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_Community_Members]] [[File:OSGeo_translate.png|link=OSGeo_Advocate#OSGeo_translator]]

: QGIS Hungarian translator
: QGIS plugin developer
: Leader of the Geo for All lab at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
: Hungarian tutorials (QGIS, GRASS, OpenLayers, PostGIS, MapServer, GDAL/OGR) http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis
: Organizer of Hungarian OSGeo meetings http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop, http://www.agt.bme.hu/gis/workshop2
: teaching QGIS, GRASS, PostGIS
: maintener of open source based GIS sytems at local municipalities (MapServer, p.mapper, OpenLayers)
: main developer of Ulyxes open source project http://www.agt.bme.hu/ulyxes

;Spoken languages:
English; Hungarian.

;Contacts:

* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/staff_e/siki.htm '''Personal Web page''']
* [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/index.php?lang=en '''Geo for All Lab Budapest''']
* Email: [mailto:siki@agt.bme.hu siki@agt.bme.hu]

[[Category:OSGeo Member]]
[[Category:Hungary]]
[[Category:Translator]]

== Europe:Italy ==
{{User:Madi}}
{{User:Lucadelu}}
{{User:Aaime}}
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:epifanio}}
{{User:Moovida}}
{{Talk:Markus_Neteler}}

== Europe:The Netherlands ==
{{User:Just}}
{{User:bartvde}}
{{User:Genuchten}}
{{User:BarendKobben}}
{{User:Milovanderlinden}}
{{User:pmeems}}
{{User:Ticheler}}
{{User:Geejee}}

== Europe:Portugal ==
{{User:Lutra}}
{{User:Alexneto}}
{{User:Santos}}

== Europe:Romania ==
{{User:Vasile}}
{{User:Florin.iosub}}

== Europe:Spain ==
{{User:Lluís}}
{{User:vehrka}}
{{User:Michogar}}
{{User:Delawen}}
{{User:Adiez}}
{{User:Jsanz}}

== Europe:Switzerland ==
{{User:Maxi71}}
{{User:Mbernasocchi}}
{{User:Pirmin_Kalberer}}

== Europe:Ukraine ==
{{User:Alexbruy}}

== Europe:United Kingdom ==
{{User:Ian}}
{{User:JoCook}}
{{User:Ianturton}}
{{User:Stevenfeldman}}
{{User:Sanand}}

== Latin America:Argentina ==
{{User:Maurimiranda}}

== Latin America:Brazil ==
{{User:Fsc7}}

== Latin America:Chile ==
{{User:Perriger}}

== Latin America:Colombia ==
{{User:ingenieroariel}}

== Latin America:Ecuador ==
{{User:Eamado}}

== Latin America:Mexico ==
{{User:Aborrell}}

== United States ==
{{User:EliL}}
{{User:Alex Mandel}}
{{User:Annakrat}}
{{User:Brian Hamlin}}
{{User:Dnewcomb}}
{{User:Amyonthemap}}
{{User:warmerda}}
{{User:Helena}}
{{User:rjhale1971}}
{{User:Wonderchook}}
{{User: Kurt Menke}}
{{User:Surveyor}}
{{User:Mark Lucas}}
{{User:msmitherdc}}
{{User:mpg}}
{{User:pmbatty}}
{{User:Rburhum}}
{{User:Sdlime}}
{{User:Woodbri}}
{{User:Wenzeslaus}}
{{User:Vdeparday}}
{{User:Cschweik}}
{{User:Bitner}}

=== [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/printingpress/landon-blakes-bio/ Landon Blake] (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor) ===

[[File:landon_blake_portrait.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Landon Blake]]

Owner, [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com Redefined Horizons]

Location: Stockton, California, United States of America

Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization.

* Web Page: [http://www.redefinedhorizons.com]
* Blog: [http://www.redefinedhorizonsblog.com]
* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/mapit4u]
* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/landonblake]

;OSGeo Experience
* Volunteer Editor of the OSGeo Journal
* Board Representative for the OSGeo California Chapter

;Contact:
: Email: sunburned dot surveyor at gmail dot com
: Phone (Home): 209-464-2612
: Phone (Cell): 209-298-7521
: Skype:

;Profile last updated: 07 14 2013

== Canada ==
{{User:Aross}}
{{User:Dmorissette}}
{{User:Gzeiss}}
{{User:Jeff_McKenna}}
{{User:jive}}
{{User:Mdavis}}
{{User:Pwramsey3}}
{{User:Simonmercier}}

= Past OSGeo Advocates =
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.

= Understanding OSGeo roles =

Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:

====[[File:OSGeo_board.png]] [[File:OSGeo_exboard.png]] OSGeo Board Members====
: We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.

====[[File:OSGeo_charter.png]] OSGeo Charter Members====
: Charter membership is obtained through a strongly contested selection process. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.

==== [[File:SolKatz.png]] Sol Katz Award ====
: Every year, OSGeo presents the prestigious [http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz Sol Katz Award] to one individual who has demonstrated leadership and contributed significantly to advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm.

====[[File:OSGeo_chair.png]] [[File:OSGeo_psc.png]] Voted position in an OSGeo community====
: These people hold a position of responsibility within one of the OSGeo sub-communities. This may be a chair of an OSGeo committee or board member of a Regional Chapter, or a member of a project's Project Steering Committee (PSC).

====[[File:OSGeo_coder.png]] [[File:OSGeo_committee.png]] Developers and Committee Members====
: This is where the real work gets done developing and coordinating development of OSGeo Software.

====[[File:OSGeo_user.png]] OSGeo Community Members====
: These people are actively involved in one or more OSGeo communities, acting as practitioners, users, promoters or supporters of OSGeo software. These people tend to have a practical understanding about how OSGeo software works.

====[[File:OSGeo_translate.png]] OSGeo Translators====
: These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.

= Expenses =

This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.

When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
* Travel, typically including:
** airfare
** visa
** travel insurance (including overseas medical, trip disruption, lost luggage, etc)
** meals during travel
** transit costs to local and host airports
* Accommodation
** standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
** high speed internet
* Per diem costs
** 3 meals a day
* Speakers fee
** typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)

For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the [http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp US Department of State costs]

Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.

= Other Resources =
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585

LIDAR Format Letter

2015-04-29T11:00:55Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Signed */

== Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board of Directors ==

The Board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the geospatial community at large. The letter highlights concerns about the need for standards in LiDAR data formats, from many people within the OSGeo community. Although specific organizations are named in the letter, the OSGeo Board of Directors would like to focus on the general importance of standards in the industry, and learn from this example so we can make geospatial information easily accessible to all users. As always, if there is anything that the OSGeo Board can do to help, then please let us know.

Signed:
* Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President), Michael Smith (OSGeo Treasurer), Jáchym Čepický (OSGeo Secretary), Massimiliano Cannata, Vasile Craciunescu, Bart van den Eijnden, Gérald Fenoy, Anne Ghisla, Jorge Sanz

=Open Letter of the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR=
April 2015.

We, the undersigned, are concerned that the current interoperability between LiDAR applications, through use of the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by ESRI's introduction and promotion of an alternative "Optimized LAS" '''''proprietary format.''''' This is of grave concern given that fragmentation of the LAS format will reduce interoperability between applications and organisations, and introduce vendor lock-in.

We request that:
# The OGC initiate the formalisation of an open standard for storing LiDAR data, and that OGC sponsors help prioritise the development of this open LiDAR standard.
# ESRI support the OGC in their [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/vision mission] "to advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability." In particular, ESRI joins with the OGC in consolidating an Open Standard for use of LiDAR data. This might include proposing ESRI's "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard to remove any technical or legal hurdles in use of "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard. A simple test to determine if "Optimized LAS" can be used as an Open Standard would be if "Optimized LAS" can legally be implemented by Open Source software such as libLAS or LASzip.
# Users and sponsors of LiDAR data, publicly state their preference for the use of an open LiDAR format over proprietary when selecting software and services.
# The custodians of the open LAS format [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)], who are part of [http://www.asprs.org/ American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)], request the term "LAS" not to be included in the name of a proprietary format, as it makes such a proprietary format appear to be an approved derivative of LAS.

=Signed=
Name, Affiliation(s), Optional comment on interest in Open LiDAR format

# Suchith Anand, Geo for All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy.
# Martin Isenburg, founder of [http://rapidlasso.com rapidlasso GmbH] and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools], and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves].
# Cameron Shorter, GeoSpatial Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft]. Core contributor and coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]. Contributor to numerous OGC testbeds, technical lead on a range of previous Australian and New Zealand Open Government initiatives.
# Stefan Keller, founder and director of [http://www.hsr.ch/geometalab Geometa Lab]; Professor in GIS, databases, open (government) data and interoperability; maintainer of GeoConverter; contributor to open source software (GDAL/OGR, QGIS).
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/phogan Patrick Hogan], [http://goworldwind.org/ NASA World Wind] Project Manager, committed to the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure principles, one being "to make geographic data more accessible to the public" [http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html NSDI]. Open standards are essential for this.
# Lene Fischer, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. User of Open and free Data from The Danish Geodata Agency - Using LAZ and LAS http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/dhmpunktsky.
# [http://www.ege-como.polimi.it/index.php?content=maria_brovelli Maria Antonia Brovelli], Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it/en/university/ Politecnico di Milano]. Geo For All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy and to Open Principles in Research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronfortunato Ron Fortunato], President of [http://www.trilliumlearning.com/AmericaBridge/ Trillium Learning] LLC. Committed to open data standards that are necessary for education and all levels of communication.
# [http://www.geodatawiz.com/armin-schmidt Armin Schmidt], Chief Developer at [http://www.GeodataWIZ.com GeodataWIZ Ltd] and Chairman of [http://www.archprospection.org ISAP], committed to better science through Open Data.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gconti Giuseppe Conti], CTO Trilogis Srl, Italy. Committed to open data standards that maximize opportunity for innovative solutions, unencumbered by artificial obstacles to data exchange.
# [http://pt.linkedin.com/pub/jorge-rocha/1b/560/499 Jorge Gustavo Rocha], Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Minho, Portugal, committed to better science through [http://www.gistam.org/EventChairs.aspx?y=2016 Open Data].
# [http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/ Jim Miller], University of Kansas, Professor, Computer Science. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandt-melick/22/869/261 Brandt Melick], Information Technology Department Director, Springfield Oregon USA. The need to promote open solutions is paramount.
# Alex Paza Makini, National University Solomon Islands, Natural Resources and Applied Science. Committed to open data standards for education and research, and everything beyond.
# Jorg M. Hacker, Professor, Director/Chief Scientist of [http://www.airborneresearchaustralia.com Airborne Research Australia], Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Open formats have always been a great benefit to airborne LiDAR.
# Didier Richard, Head of IS Training Dept. in Education and Research Directorate of [http://www.ign.fr Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière], France. OGC user, Contributor to OSGeO projects like GDAL.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adryane-gorayeb/74/517/96a Adryane Gorayeb], [http://www.ufc.br/ Federal University of Ceará Brazil], Geography Department. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuryryabov Yury Ryabov], PhD, Senior researcher at [http://www.istc.ru/istc/db/inst.nsf/wsu/i0001823 Russian Scientific-Research Centre for Ecological Safety], [http://www.interacademies.net/Academies/ByRegion/CentralEasternEurope/13383.aspx Russian Academy of Sciences], Saint Petersburg, Russia. Open data formats are essential for successful and reproducible scientific research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/teresa-lamelas-gracia/40/4a7/20b María Teresa Lamelas], [http://cud.unizar.es/ Centro Universitario de la Defensa Zaragoza], [http://geoforest.unizar.es/es/index.php GeoForest-IUCA]. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidherries David Herries], [http://www.interpine.co.nz/SitePages/Home.aspx Using LiDAR for forest yield modelling at Interpine Innovation]. Establishing open data standards provide scope for exponential growth in innovation. This is key to a rapidly developing technology like LiDAR.
# [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez Ortega]], [http://www.mazemap.no Mazemap]. OSGeo Charter member and Open Data nerd.
# [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer]], [http://www.geomaticblog.net Geomaticblog]. OSGeo Charter member and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-donert/3/160/571 Professor Karl Donert], President European Association of Geographers (http://www.eurogeo.nl/ EUROGEO)
# Drew Fenton, Boulder Creek, CA [http://www.savetheredwoods.org/redwoods/coast-redwoods/ Countdown to the Last Coast Redwood]. Please protect Open Standards for geospatial data!
# [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] Geogeek & OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [http://vmx.cx Volker Mische], OSGeo Charter member and creator of GeoCouch
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/clquintanilla Carlos López Quintanilla], [http://www.psig.es PSIG] [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] GIS consultant, Spain
# [[User:woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], [http://imaptools.com iMaptools], OSGeo Charter member.
# [[User:odoepner|Oliver Doepner]], [http://oliver.doepner.net doepner.net], Software Engineer (Java,Linux), Open Standards and Open Source advocate
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], [http://gis.cri.fmach.it Fondazione Edmund Mach], OSGeo Charter member, FOSS4G and Open Data developer, advocate, contributor and user.
# Antoine Cottin, CTO of [http://www.carbomap.com Carbomap Ltd.] and creator of [http://github.com/carbomap/Fleurdelas Fleurdelas], Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
# [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], [http://strk.keybit.net/services.html NetLab], Free Software Hacker. There are already too many users slave to their tools, let's stop that!
# [http://www.itopen.it Alessandro Pasotti], [http://www.itopen.it ItOpen], GIS Free Software Developer.
# [http://www.roccatello.com Eduard Roccatello], [http://www.3dgis.it 3DGIS], 3DGIS CTO and co-Founder
# [[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Open Source GIS developer, HydroloGIS co-founder.
# [http://www.associazionegfoss.it Stefano Campus], President of [http://www.associazionegfoss.it GFOSS.it] Association (Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera), Italian Local Chapter of OSGeo Foundation.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi Margherita Di Leo], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Sacosta Sergio Acosta y Lara], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin], CEO at NextGIS, OSGeo Charter Member. Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.
# [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, Italy
# [http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn Jonathan Greenberg], Assistant Professor, [http://publish.illinois.edu/jgrn/ GEARS Laboratory], Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-basques/14/8B2/537 Bob Basques], Saint Paul, Mn., Technical Director for SharedGeo.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maning Maning Sambale], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Pcav Paolo Cavallini], QGIS PSC
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dr Phillip Davis], Member OSGeo Geo For All education advisory board, Director @ GeoAcademy
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon], Researcher and software developer, OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslanrainis Ruslan Rainis], Professor, Director, [http://www.research.usm.my/default.asp?tag=36 Centre for Research Initiatives in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences](CRI-LASS). Open GeoInformation for a Sustainable Tomorrow and the Bottom Billions.
# [[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Environmental Engineer Open Source GIS power user, HydroloGIS co-founder.
# Oscar Martinez Rubi [http://esciencecenter.nl Netherlands eScience Center] eScience engineer.
# Werner Macho, QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# Giuseppe Patti, Geologist and Freelance Geospatial Advisor, GFOSS supporter.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Drappo Daniel Rappo], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud.
# [[User:nachouve|Juan Ignacio Varela]], Freelance Geospatial Advisor and OSGeo Local Chapter Member.
# [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com Mapgears], OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulnanclares Raul Nanclares], RS&GIS Specialist
# [http://www.ing.unitn.it/dica/hp/index_eng.php?user=rigon Riccardo Rigon], Professor at University of Trento (Italy)
# [[User:Siki| Zoltan Siki]] Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://lefsky.org Michael Lefsky], Professor of Remote Sensing Science, Colorado State University and Director, Center for Ecological Applications of Lidar.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lucas-c-villa-real/7/a0b/b06 Lucas Villa Real], Research software engineer at IBM Research - Brazil.
# [http://terraremote.com Loren Dawe], GIS Manager at Terra Remote Sensing Inc. Lidar Supplier and Open Standards Advocate
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Warmerda Frank Warmerdam], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter member
# [http://ch.linkedin.com/pub/jens-ingensand/0/836/6b0 Jens Ingensand], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, [http://www.heig-vd.ch/international School of Business and Engineering Vaud].
# [http://nsidc.org/research/bios/khalsa.html Siri Jodha Khalsa], Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, [http://cires.colorado.edu/ Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences], University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
# [http://gis.uster.ch/ Andreas Neumann], GIS manager, City of Uster, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland
# [http://www.iwmi.org/ Yann Chemin], Researcher - Remote Sensing, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/etiennebracine Etienne B. Racine], Geomatics and remote sensing project manager, WSP, Canada
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alejandro-hinojosa/7/33b/342 Alejandro Hinojosa], [http://cicese.mx CICESE Research Center], Earth Sciences Division, GIS & Remote Sensing Lab, Ensenada, Mexico
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:epifanio Massimo Di Stefano], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno Rafael Moreno], University of Colorado Denver, [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/CLAS/Departments/ges/Pages/Geography.aspx Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences]. Openness is fundamental to progress.
# Peter Drexel, GIS manager, [http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/bauen_wohnen/bauen/vermessung_geoinformation/start.htm State of Vorarlberg (State Survey Office)], Austria
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marco-minghini/a8/3b6/198 Marco Minghini], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano]. Committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/candan-eyl%C3%BCl-kilsedar/65/380/976 Candan Eylül Kilsedar], WebGIS Developer, Research Fellow at [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano].
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:AlastairMcKinstry Alastair McKinstry], Debian Linux meteorology/GIS developer, Ireland
# [http://people.unibo.it/it/elena.mezzini2 Elena Mezzini], Remote-sensing in forest ecology, Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43566064 Mihai A. Tanase], Honorary fellow, Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-murray/10/742/3a2 Dave Murray], GIS Coordinator at [http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/ City of Westminster]
# Ayesa Martínez Serrano, Estudiante de Doctorado en [http://www.ciga.unam.mx/ Geografía del Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental de la UNAM-México]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-crosby/15/b7/114 Christopher Crosby], co-founder, [http://www.opentopography.org/ OpenTopography]
# [http://sg.linkedin.com/in/sgganesh Shanmugam Ganeshkumar], Vice President - Consulting, [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON]
# [[User:Chaitanya|Chaitanya Kumar CH]], GIS Developer with [http://www.egis-geoplan.com/ Egis Geoplan - India] and OSGeo Charter member.
# KS Rajan, Associate Professor and Head, [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/ Lab for Spatial Informatics, IIIT Hyderabad] and Chairman, [http://www.kaiinos.com/ KAIINOS Geospatial Technologies]; Promoter and Supported of Open Source, Open Data, Open Standards and e-Governance in India
# Pericles Nacionales, RS/GIS Specialist and OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilecraciunescu Vasile Crăciunescu], Researcher at Romanian National Meteorological Administration and OSGeo Board member.
# [http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/staff/andreas-roncat/ Andreas Roncat] PostDoc Researcher, Research Groups Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, [http://www.geo.tuwien.ac.at/ Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation], Vienna University of Technology, Austria. In full agreement with [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin]: Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:remanuele Rob Emanuele], Software Developer, Azavea Inc.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/iliecodrinamaria Codrina Ilie], Researcher at the Groundwater Engineering Research Center, [http://utcb.ro/utcb/index_en.html Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest] and OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay Gérald Fenoy], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter Member.
# [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/staff/a-z/dr-lucy-bastin/ Lucy Bastin], Software Developer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission / Computer Science lecturer, UncertML developer, Member of OGC SWG on User Feedback.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-wilkie/b1/3b1/a35 Matt Wilkie], Geomatics Analyst at [http://www.gov.yk.ca/ Yukon Government], [http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/geomatics Department of Environment]. A practising GIS Professional for 20+ years. Throughout that time, the process of manipulating data into, through and out of proprietary formats has been the most aggravating source of inefficiency and wasted time. Things are hard enough without adding unnecessary barriers.
# [[User:Annakrat|Anna Petrasova]], OSGeo Charter Member, GRASS GIS developer
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-seibel-gisp/45/517/942 Mark Seibel], Geospatial Hacker. Long live open Geo data & software.
# [http://www.wrsc.org/people/ben-discoe Ben Discoe], [http://vterrain.org/ Virtual Terrain Project] and [http://www.leica-geosystems.us/en/HDS-Laser-Scanners-SW_5570.htm Leica Geosystems HDS], I wrangle point clouds every day. Semi-open E57 is bad enough. No more closed formats!
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilda-clos/19/21b/391 Ilda Clos], GIS & IWRM specialist
# [[User:Danielkastl|Daniel Kastl]], Founder [http://georepublic.info Georepublic] and OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Geejee Gert-Jan van der Weijden] Chairman of OSGeo.nl (local Dutch chapter)
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:rjhale1971 Randal Hale] Owner of North River Geographic Systems, Inc
# Volker Wichmann, [http://www.saga-gis.org SAGA GIS] and [http://www.laserdata.at LASERDATA LIS] developer
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/erictheise Eric Theise], Software Developer, San Francisco, CA.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/geogeek Darrell Fuhriman], Director of Technology, Renewable Funding/ Adjunct Instructor, [http://www.pdx.edu/geography/ Department of Geography, Portland State University]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilkka-korpela/85/96/875 Ilkka Korpela], Academy Research Fellow, [http://university.helsinki.fi/en University of Helsinki]. Open formats benefit everyone.
# [http://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-researcher-david-percy David Percy], Faculty, [http://geology.pdx.edu/ Dept of Geology, Portland State University].
# [http://dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/staff/kawoods Ken Woods], [http://dggs.alaska.gov/ Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys]. Providing a web-based map interface to the entire collection of [http://maps.dggs.alaska.gov/elevationdata all publicly available point-cloud data] in Alaska, USA.
# [[User:Wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]], using [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/r.in.lidar.html r.in.lidar] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/v.in.lidar.html v.in.lidar] in [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] and afraid of [http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/complex-singularity-versus-openness formats embraced by one vendor]
# [http://cehv.osu.edu/people/nespor.2 Jan Nespor], [http://www.osu.edu/ Ohio State University]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcosninoruiz Dr. Marcos Nino-Ruiz], Geospatial e-Enabler, [http://aurin.org.au/ AURIN] - [http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ The University of Melbourne], Australia
# Ed Russell, [http://www.ctmap.com/Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.], Longmont, Colorado
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-robb/3/90/195 Jim Robb], [http://www.ziadesigngroup.com/ Zia Design Group/Zia Maps LLC], Boulder, Colorado. Establish and legally support an Open LiDAR format.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-flohr/6/8a3/938 Travis Flohr], [http://la.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Landscape Architecture]. Open geo standards are imperative to be successful in a transdisciplinary and collaborative world.
# [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/academic-staff/pfb/ Pete Bunting] Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing within the [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University] and developer of the open source [http://www.spdlib.org SPDLib] software package for processing LiDAR data.
# Chris Clasen, Lidar Scientist, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
# [http://au.linkedin.com/in/peterscarth Peter Scarth] Senior Research Scientist [http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/jrsrp Joint Remote Sensing Research Program]. Open standards are essential for research data archival and reuse.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Just Just van den Broecke] OSGeo Charter member and Secretary of OSGeo.nl (Dutch Local Chapter)
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:fjbehr Franz-Josef Behr] Professor of spatial information processing at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
# [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/monia-molinari/8a/b78/a48 Monia Elisa Molinari], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano].
# Don Brown, USGS, Enterprise GIS Specialist.
# [http://www.xing.com/profile/Thomas_Baumann84 Thomas Baumann], [http://geosysnet.de geoSYS], Project Manager GIS+Webmapping.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:mlennert Moritz Lennert], Université Libre de Bruxelles, Member of the GRASS GIS PSC
# Paulo Machado, Committed to open data standards and open source software.
# [http://igeat.ulb.ac.be/fr/equipe/details/person/eleonore-wolff/ Eleonore Wolff], [http://www.ulb.ac.be/facs/sciences/index.html Universite Libre de Bruxelles]
# [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Romanuel_Ramon_Antunez/ Romanuel Ramon Antunez], Member of UACEE, GIS Developer, Professor at [http://www.uci.cu University of Informatics Science], Cuba.
# [http://ajolma.net Ari Jolma], Biwatech Ltd.

=Background=
==About LiDAR==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar LiDAR] (Light Detection And Ranging) is a form of high precision range measurement, much like a radar system, but one that uses laser light instead of radio waves. The standard LiDAR product is a 3D point cloud that can be conceptualized as a series of point measurements representing distance between the sensor to a returned emission.

For over a decade (since 2003), there has been a common format for storing LiDAR data, the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html “LAS” format], and open source libraries have been developed to read, write and process these LAS files: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/liblas_overview.html libLAS] and [http://github.com/LASlib/LASlib LASlib]. These libraries have been incorporated within many LiDAR applications, allowing read/write access to a common exchange format, and resulting in full interoperability between the applications. There is also an open source compression algorithm for the LAS format called [http://laszip.org LASzip] that many LiDAR data portals use to compress LAS into smaller LAZ files for faster download. Many LiDAR software packages have added [http://laszip.org/#software-with-native-laz-support native support] for these compressed LAZ files.

==LAS Limitations==

Quoting [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey]:

: LAS format is not without its drawbacks:

:* While it is a binary format and does not waste any space unnecessarily, neither does it apply any compression to the data it stores. That’s not good for archival use.
:* Also, LAS stores points in scan order, so accessing any particular chunk of points involves reading the whole file. That’s not good for random access.
: Clearly there is a little more work to be done. Can LAS be improved? In fact, it already has been:
:* An open source compression library, LASzip can apply 20''':'''1 lossless compression to LAS files, making them great for archival purposes.
:* Other LAS users have experimented with re-ordering points in a LAS or LASzip file to allow random access to internal chunks of the LIDAR point cloud.
: Basically, making LAS smaller and faster is not rocket science, and if the work were incorporated into libLAS then the whole LIDAR community could leverage it together, and the user community would only have one file type to interchange.

=="Optimized LAS" A ''' ''Proprietary'' ESRI Format'''==
ESRI announced, 12 January 2014, the release of an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 "Optimized LAS"] format which is claimed to provide faster access and smaller file sizes (similar to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format). This announcement created a outburst of vocal protest in the LiDAR community [[http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ 1] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ 2] [http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2014/01/15/las-laz-lazzip-zlas-and-you/ 3] [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/lidar-software 4] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars-2/ 5] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/02/lidar-format-wars-3/ 6]].

The implementation of the "Optimized LAS" format is not available as Open Source and the format and algorithm details itself are undocumented, which means nobody can currently create alternate implementations, neither closed nor Open Source. This causes both technical as well as legal barriers for other applications reading and/or writing to this proprietary format. It creates a vendor lock-in scenario which is contrary to the principles of the Open Geospatial Consortium, the OSGeo Foundation, and many government IT procurement policies.

One year after releasing the "Optimized LAS" format, ESRI released a Windows only library (DLL) as a free-of-charge (gratis) download that is claimed to convert between LAS and "Optimized LAS". Note there is a distinct difference between a "free-of-charge" binary distribution of DLLs and publishing something as "Open Source". Unless the source code of the library is released as Open Source under an Open Source license, libLAS and related products will be legally prevented from incorporating ESRI's reader/writer code into their codebase, or from fixing any underlying bugs or performance limitations which may exist in ESRI's product.

Ironically, ESRI later placed their '''binary''' library files [http://github.com/Esri/esri-zlas-io-library on github] accompanied by an Apache License, but no source code was published. The distribution of binaries without source code is allowed by Apache License, but very uncommon and misleading, to say the least. The practice goes against the basic idea of “Open Source” and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) even has an FAQ entry on the obvious contradiction of [http://opensource.org/faq#non-distribution “Open Source” without source code].

==OGC's Efforts For An ''' ''Open'' LiDAR Standard'''==

The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)] has indicated their interest in developing a standard LiDAR format.

Carl Reed (formerly on OGC staff) provided the following information on OGC's previous efforts to work toward enabling Open Standards in LiDAR:

: "Over the last 8 or so years, the OGC approached ASPRS at least twice regarding LAS and worked with ASPRS to bring LAS into the OGC for consideration as both a Best Practice and an OGC standard. OGC member Rick Pearsall worked diligently on this. Rick worked for NGA, was active in the OGC, and was also the Standards Committee chair at ASPRS. Rick and Carl tried and failed. These attempts go back to [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/divisions/ppd/ppd_meetings/2007springppdreport.pdf at least 2007]. More recently, Carl Reed had an email dialogue with Lewis Graham to bring LAS into OGC as an OGC Best Practice. Carl thought progress was being made, but then for some reason all communication stopped."

[http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/ssimmons Scott Simmons] (Executive Director, Standards Program) has explained the OGC's continuing interest in pursuing point cloud encoding standards, including a member-initiated mechanism to extend LAS data with OGC-standard XML content.
: The OGC invites interested members who wish to work on this effort to please contact Scott Simmons (Executive Director, Standards Program E-mail : ssimmons@opengeospatial.org) to register their interest and discuss details. OGC will also be holding an ad hoc session at the OGC's next [http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc Technical Committee meeting in Boulder, CO, USA in early June] to bring together all interested parties from all sectors (government, industry, academia) for this and plan next steps.

==History: LAS and ESRI's "Optimized LAS"==

Martin Isenburg, one of the leading experts in LIDAR formats, and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools] and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves], explains the history of LAS and "Optimized LAS":

: '''Summary:'''

:* The LAS format has been used successfully for over a decade.
:* Within last couple of years, ESRI has added native LAS support into ESRI products.
:* ESRI discussed embracing the open [http://laszip.org LAZ] format and simultaneously developed a proprietary "Optimized LAS" format.
:* The open geospatial community offered, on numerous occasions, to work with ESRI to avoid format fragmentation.
:* ESRI's proprietary "Optimized LAS" format is very similar in design and performance to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format.

: '''1998: Original LAS format definition'''

: The original development of the LAS format started in 1998 according to [http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lasroom/zKqchDj1JL4/discussion Lewis Graham]. The effort was at first led by pioneers of the LiDAR industry until the format was donated to the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html ASPRS]. Since then ASPRS's [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)] has been maintaining the LAS format, guiding it from the initial LAS 1.0 version until today's LAS 1.4 version. This effort successfully created an open data exchange format for discrete LiDAR points that is currently supported by practically every LiDAR-related software program.

: '''2011: ESRI joins LAS Working Group'''

: ESRI did not join the LWG of the ASPRS until rather late, the 24th of August in 2011. At that time ESRI was not a significant "player" in the LiDAR market given they did not have much support for LiDAR in any of their products. That was to change soon as they were planning to add LAS as a native data type in ArcGIS 10.1.

: Shortly before that, in June 2011, Martin Isenburg received a personal message from the ESRI development team: "I have a question about LAS compression. I’m evaluating some potential enhancements and support for [LAS and] LAZ is one of them. Compression time and amount is impressive." When inquiring two months later about the status of [http://laszip.org LAZ] integration Martin was told: "We’re in beta and working to finish the current release. I very much doubt LAZ will make it in because it’s too big a change at this time. So, we’ll be considering, for the following release, [for] what we want to do regarding compression and spatial indexing."

: '''June 2012: ArcGIS 10.1 includes [proprietary] LAS Dataset file'''

: In June 2012 ESRI released ArcGIS 10.1 and introduced the proprietary "LAS Dataset file (*.lasd)" that groups collections of files into one logical unit. This format of this useful LAS container file was not shared with others despite several private and eventually [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/jwHpi0efUgA/discussion public] requests.

: '''2012/2013: Collaboration Discussions'''

: There were encouraging follow-ups from the ESRI team about adopting the open LAZ format in January 2012: "I would be interested in having a more in depth meeting with you to better understand the great work you are doing with LAS and how we can possibly better partner on this." and again in December 2012: "If you have time, I'd like to set some time aside Tuesday afternoon to meet with <an important person> at the ESRI booth. Does 2pm sound okay?" The meeting went well and it looked as if ESRI was going to embrace the LAZ format because shortly after the meeting Martin got word that: "I hear from <an important person> that it was a success and that he had a good meeting with you. I wanted to see if we can have a telephone discussion on Wednesday or Thursday this week related to the potential of incorporating LAZ into ArcGIS."

: Then the first signs of hesitation showed. First there were legal issues raised in February 2013: "Currently the legal aspects are being reviewed. They were having some issues separating the LPGL aspects from LASzip from the remainder of LAStools etc." and then in April 2013 concerns about the code were made: "We have started to look into the integration of LAZ, but came across some issues. We don’t want to copy files from the other package, mix and match or hack around. We were hoping for an API to stream points out of a LAZ file as well as write LAZ files. There should be a simple code sample for that?" and - following up on that - in June 2013 Martin was told "I see value in LASzip becoming a de-facto standard that provides compression to the LAS format. If this is to happen then it needs to be bundled together with appropriate reference implementations, examples and documentation as a standard and so ensure that issues as defined earlier in email do not occur."

: '''June 2013: ESRI asked to sponsor clean LASzip DLL'''

: At that time [http://laszip.org LASzip] was an open source project without sponsorship. The original funding from [http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColdRegionsResearchandEngineeringLaboratory.aspx USACE] that had turned [http://laszip.org LASzip] from an academic prototype into an industry strength compression engine had long run out. So Martin asked ESRI to become a sponsor to create the clean [http://laszip.org LASzip] API that ESRI was after. The answer was: "ESRI often helps in the financing of Open Source projects and I could foresee ESRI possibly helping in LASzip. [...] If you are interested in promoting LASzip as such a standard and doing the required work then I would recommend you put together a proposal and I can look to get ESRI as a sponsor."

: Immediately Martin proposed to ESRI: "I hereby propose to write an easy to use open source DLL wrapper for LASzip that will make it easier to integrate LASzip in a standardized manner into other software products such as ArcGIS, LP 360, or Terrasolid. This will come with example code on how to use the DLL for reading and writing LAZ files and include a few compressed example files. I hereby ask ESRI to provide funding for this effort without imposing any limitations on the produced DLL API."

: '''July 2013: ArcGIS 10.2 includes [proprietary] LAS indexing '''

: With the release of ArcGIS 10.2 in July 2013, ESRI introduced spatial indexing to speed up area-of-interest queries. Their new proprietary *.lasx files were seemingly identical in functionality to the open *.lax files that had been [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/j0qA8NBMHJs/discussion announced] two years earlier - in May 2011 - and were [http://rapidlasso.com/2012/12/03/lasindex-spatial-indexing-of-lidar-data/ presented] at ELMF in November 2012.

: '''July 2013: Open LASzip API released'''

: After more requests for an easier interface to [http://laszip.org LASzip] (in particular for [http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html USDA's FUSION]), Martin [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/oplsDhhnhDQ/discussion released] a clean, well-documented, and easy-to-use LASzip DLL (without ESRI funding). Martin expected that developers at ESRI would now use it to add read and write support for [http://laszip.org LAZ] to their next release of ArcGIS.

: '''December 2013 : ESRI discovered to be secretly developing proprietary LAS format'''

: In December of 2013, several LAStools users contacted Martin with suspicions that ESRI may be creating a proprietary LAS compression. Martin [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ broke the news] as soon as it became evident that ESRI had used the time it needed to resolve "legal issues" and "code problems" to put together their own proprietary compressed format with near-identical performance and functionality to [http://laszip.org LASzip]. A few days later ESRI released an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214/ official FAQ] to confirming this was the case.

: From day one, Martin has worked with stakeholders, including ESRI, to avoid format fragmentation. Martin's core argument for resolving this to everybody's benefit was that - coincidentally - a natural break was happening in the LAS format with the introduction of the new LAS 1.4 point types. Martin outlined a detailed plan for how a joint development of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for LAS 1.4 between rapidlasso and ESRI could exploit this natural break in the LAS format to accomplish two things at once:
:# Add the unspecified technical additions that ESRI had hinted at desiring, and
:# Extend the [http://laszip.org LASzip] compression scheme to handle the new point types introduced with the LAS 1.4 specification. As there was no pressing need at the time to handle LAS 1.4 Martin had delayed the extension of [http://laszip.org LASzip] to the new LAS 1.4 point types to make sure a cooperation with ESRI would remain a viable option.

: '''1 April 2014: Positive reception to "Optimized LAS" / LASzip collaboration April Fools announcement'''

: In an attempt to convince ESRI management of the community desire for an open standard, Martin released an April Fools' Day [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ prank press release] pretending that ESRI had already agreed to the envisioned collaboration to develop a joint LiDAR compressor. Community [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ jubilant reactions (see comments)] left no doubt about the sentiment on this issue within the LiDAR community.

: '''October 2014: Announcement of [open] LAS Compatibility mode'''

: [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/ Digital Coast, NOAA Coastal Services Center] became a Gold Sponsor of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for the development of the [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/10/06/rapidlasso-announces-laszip-compatibility-mode-for-las-1-4/ LAS 1.4 compatibility mode] that was [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/nUFMkKSz53g/discussion beta-released] in November 2014. This allowed support for the new point types in [http://laszip.org LASzip] without closing the door on a potential cooperation with ESRI for a joint LAS 1.4 compressor.

: '''November 2014: ESRI announces proprietary extension to LAS 1.4'''

: In November 2014 [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated ESRI announced] that they had added their [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated own extension] for the new LAS 1.4 point types to "Optimized LAS", dismissing the opportunity to develop a joint compressor and avoid format fragmentation by exploiting this "natural break" in the LAS format as Martin had suggested.

: Since then, ESRI has been [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ promoting] "Optimized LAS". By including the term "LAS" in "Optimized LAS" and "zLAS", the distinction between the open LAS format and proprietary format is blurred. This is likely to mislead novice and future users, thereby endangering many years of standardization work. To date, [April 2014], the [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/committees/standards/LAS_1_4_r13.pdf custodians of the LAS format], the LAS Working Group (LWG) of the ASPRS has [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ yet to make an official statement] regarding use of the "LAS" name in promoting a proprietary LiDAR format.

=Value of Standards=

The importance of Open Standards is described in most government IT policies. For instance, the United Kingdom policy states:
: … Government assets should be interoperable and open for re-use in order to maximise return on investment, avoid technological or supplier lock-in, reduce operational risk in ICT projects and provide responsive services for citizens and business. This should also lower barriers to entry for more diverse sources of IT services, including citizens and SMEs. <ref>All about Open Source – [http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78959/All_About_Open_Source_v2_0.pdf An Introduction to Open Source Software for Government IT], Version 2.0, United Kingdom Cabinet Office</ref>

The value of Open Standards has been described in numerous national studies on the effects of standards on economic growth.

: ... the national studies demonstrate that standards have a positive influence on economic growth due to the resulting improved diffusion of knowledge. The contribution of standards to the growth rate in each country is equivalent to 0.9% in Germany, 0.8% in 0.3% in the UK and 0.2% in Canada. <ref>Prof. Dr. Knut Blind, Prof. Dr. Andre Jungmittag, Dr. Axel Mangelsdorf [http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_engl_akt_neu.pdf "The Economic Benefits of Standardization"], ''DINN, 2000''. Retrieved March 2015.</ref>

=Further Reading=

# [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey provides background to LAS vs Optimised LAS]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ Running commentary by Martin Isenburg, author of LASlib]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ Earlier comment from Martin Isenburg]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ First call-to-action by Martin Isenburg]
# [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-announces-las-compression/ ESRI Announces "Optimised LAS"]
# [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 ESRI description of "Optimised LAS"]
# [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-March/001225.html Discussion background on this topic at Geo for All list]
# [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/esris-claim-at-being-good-standards.html Refuting ESRI's response and claim to be good Open Standards citizens]
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Questioning why some spatial media are not running this story]

News coverage:
# [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/402914,open-source-devs-in-uproar-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans.aspx IT News]
# [http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/21/1624219/osgeo-foundation-up-in-arms-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans Slashdot]
# [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/LIDAR-offenes-Dateiformat-LAS-in-Bedraengnis-2609710.html Heise Online] [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Lidar-Format-War-Geo-Softwarehaus-Esri-vs-Geo-Community-2615341.html Follow-Up] - German speaking IT news.
# [http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2015/04/21/os-developers-concerned-over-new-esri-lidar-format/ Spatial Source]
# [http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-great-airplane-laser-debate-is-as-youd-expect-about-file-formats Motherboard]

Blog coverage:
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Adena Schutzberg]
# [http://odoepner.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/osgeo-open-letter-lidar-laszip-vs-esri/ Oliver Doepner]
# [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/esri-osgeo-lidar-and-things Randal Hale]

=References=

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[[Category: Standards]]

LIDAR Format Letter

2015-04-29T11:00:19Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Signed */

== Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board of Directors ==

The Board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the geospatial community at large. The letter highlights concerns about the need for standards in LiDAR data formats, from many people within the OSGeo community. Although specific organizations are named in the letter, the OSGeo Board of Directors would like to focus on the general importance of standards in the industry, and learn from this example so we can make geospatial information easily accessible to all users. As always, if there is anything that the OSGeo Board can do to help, then please let us know.

Signed:
* Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President), Michael Smith (OSGeo Treasurer), Jáchym Čepický (OSGeo Secretary), Massimiliano Cannata, Vasile Craciunescu, Bart van den Eijnden, Gérald Fenoy, Anne Ghisla, Jorge Sanz

=Open Letter of the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR=
April 2015.

We, the undersigned, are concerned that the current interoperability between LiDAR applications, through use of the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by ESRI's introduction and promotion of an alternative "Optimized LAS" '''''proprietary format.''''' This is of grave concern given that fragmentation of the LAS format will reduce interoperability between applications and organisations, and introduce vendor lock-in.

We request that:
# The OGC initiate the formalisation of an open standard for storing LiDAR data, and that OGC sponsors help prioritise the development of this open LiDAR standard.
# ESRI support the OGC in their [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/vision mission] "to advance the development and use of international standards and supporting services that promote geospatial interoperability." In particular, ESRI joins with the OGC in consolidating an Open Standard for use of LiDAR data. This might include proposing ESRI's "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard to remove any technical or legal hurdles in use of "Optimized LAS" as an Open Standard. A simple test to determine if "Optimized LAS" can be used as an Open Standard would be if "Optimized LAS" can legally be implemented by Open Source software such as libLAS or LASzip.
# Users and sponsors of LiDAR data, publicly state their preference for the use of an open LiDAR format over proprietary when selecting software and services.
# The custodians of the open LAS format [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)], who are part of [http://www.asprs.org/ American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)], request the term "LAS" not to be included in the name of a proprietary format, as it makes such a proprietary format appear to be an approved derivative of LAS.

=Signed=
Name, Affiliation(s), Optional comment on interest in Open LiDAR format

# Suchith Anand, Geo for All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy.
# Martin Isenburg, founder of [http://rapidlasso.com rapidlasso GmbH] and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools], and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves].
# Cameron Shorter, GeoSpatial Director at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft]. Core contributor and coordinator of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]. Contributor to numerous OGC testbeds, technical lead on a range of previous Australian and New Zealand Open Government initiatives.
# Stefan Keller, founder and director of [http://www.hsr.ch/geometalab Geometa Lab]; Professor in GIS, databases, open (government) data and interoperability; maintainer of GeoConverter; contributor to open source software (GDAL/OGR, QGIS).
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/phogan Patrick Hogan], [http://goworldwind.org/ NASA World Wind] Project Manager, committed to the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure principles, one being "to make geographic data more accessible to the public" [http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html NSDI]. Open standards are essential for this.
# Lene Fischer, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen. User of Open and free Data from The Danish Geodata Agency - Using LAZ and LAS http://download.kortforsyningen.dk/content/dhmpunktsky.
# [http://www.ege-como.polimi.it/index.php?content=maria_brovelli Maria Antonia Brovelli], Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it/en/university/ Politecnico di Milano]. Geo For All, committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Policy and to Open Principles in Research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronfortunato Ron Fortunato], President of [http://www.trilliumlearning.com/AmericaBridge/ Trillium Learning] LLC. Committed to open data standards that are necessary for education and all levels of communication.
# [http://www.geodatawiz.com/armin-schmidt Armin Schmidt], Chief Developer at [http://www.GeodataWIZ.com GeodataWIZ Ltd] and Chairman of [http://www.archprospection.org ISAP], committed to better science through Open Data.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gconti Giuseppe Conti], CTO Trilogis Srl, Italy. Committed to open data standards that maximize opportunity for innovative solutions, unencumbered by artificial obstacles to data exchange.
# [http://pt.linkedin.com/pub/jorge-rocha/1b/560/499 Jorge Gustavo Rocha], Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Minho, Portugal, committed to better science through [http://www.gistam.org/EventChairs.aspx?y=2016 Open Data].
# [http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/ Jim Miller], University of Kansas, Professor, Computer Science. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandt-melick/22/869/261 Brandt Melick], Information Technology Department Director, Springfield Oregon USA. The need to promote open solutions is paramount.
# Alex Paza Makini, National University Solomon Islands, Natural Resources and Applied Science. Committed to open data standards for education and research, and everything beyond.
# Jorg M. Hacker, Professor, Director/Chief Scientist of [http://www.airborneresearchaustralia.com Airborne Research Australia], Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Open formats have always been a great benefit to airborne LiDAR.
# Didier Richard, Head of IS Training Dept. in Education and Research Directorate of [http://www.ign.fr Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière], France. OGC user, Contributor to OSGeO projects like GDAL.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adryane-gorayeb/74/517/96a Adryane Gorayeb], [http://www.ufc.br/ Federal University of Ceará Brazil], Geography Department. Open standards for data exchange are essential for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuryryabov Yury Ryabov], PhD, Senior researcher at [http://www.istc.ru/istc/db/inst.nsf/wsu/i0001823 Russian Scientific-Research Centre for Ecological Safety], [http://www.interacademies.net/Academies/ByRegion/CentralEasternEurope/13383.aspx Russian Academy of Sciences], Saint Petersburg, Russia. Open data formats are essential for successful and reproducible scientific research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/teresa-lamelas-gracia/40/4a7/20b María Teresa Lamelas], [http://cud.unizar.es/ Centro Universitario de la Defensa Zaragoza], [http://geoforest.unizar.es/es/index.php GeoForest-IUCA]. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidherries David Herries], [http://www.interpine.co.nz/SitePages/Home.aspx Using LiDAR for forest yield modelling at Interpine Innovation]. Establishing open data standards provide scope for exponential growth in innovation. This is key to a rapidly developing technology like LiDAR.
# [[User:Ivansanchez|Iván Sánchez Ortega]], [http://www.mazemap.no Mazemap]. OSGeo Charter member and Open Data nerd.
# [[User:AnitaGraser|Anita Graser]], GIS specialist with AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, OSGeo Charter member and QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# [[User:vehrka|Pedro-Juan Ferrer]], [http://www.geomaticblog.net Geomaticblog]. OSGeo Charter member and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-donert/3/160/571 Professor Karl Donert], President European Association of Geographers (http://www.eurogeo.nl/ EUROGEO)
# Drew Fenton, Boulder Creek, CA [http://www.savetheredwoods.org/redwoods/coast-redwoods/ Countdown to the Last Coast Redwood]. Please protect Open Standards for geospatial data!
# [[User:Bolosig|Wladimir Szczerban]], [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] Geogeek & OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter Member, Spain
# [http://vmx.cx Volker Mische], OSGeo Charter member and creator of GeoCouch
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/clquintanilla Carlos López Quintanilla], [http://www.psig.es PSIG] [http://www.geoinquiets.cat Geoinquiets] GIS consultant, Spain
# [[User:woodbri|Stephen Woodbridge]], [http://imaptools.com iMaptools], OSGeo Charter member.
# [[User:odoepner|Oliver Doepner]], [http://oliver.doepner.net doepner.net], Software Engineer (Java,Linux), Open Standards and Open Source advocate
# [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]], [http://gis.cri.fmach.it Fondazione Edmund Mach], OSGeo Charter member, FOSS4G and Open Data developer, advocate, contributor and user.
# Antoine Cottin, CTO of [http://www.carbomap.com Carbomap Ltd.] and creator of [http://github.com/carbomap/Fleurdelas Fleurdelas], Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
# [http://strk.keybit.net Sandro Santilli], [http://strk.keybit.net/services.html NetLab], Free Software Hacker. There are already too many users slave to their tools, let's stop that!
# [http://www.itopen.it Alessandro Pasotti], [http://www.itopen.it ItOpen], GIS Free Software Developer.
# [http://www.roccatello.com Eduard Roccatello], [http://www.3dgis.it 3DGIS], 3DGIS CTO and co-Founder
# [[User:moovida|Andrea Antonello]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Open Source GIS developer, HydroloGIS co-founder.
# [http://www.associazionegfoss.it Stefano Campus], President of [http://www.associazionegfoss.it GFOSS.it] Association (Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera), Italian Local Chapter of OSGeo Foundation.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Madi Margherita Di Leo], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Sacosta Sergio Acosta y Lara], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin], CEO at NextGIS, OSGeo Charter Member. Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.
# [[User:Steko|Stefano Costa]], Soprintendenza Archeologia della Liguria, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo, Italy
# [http://www.geog.illinois.edu/people/jgrn Jonathan Greenberg], Assistant Professor, [http://publish.illinois.edu/jgrn/ GEARS Laboratory], Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-basques/14/8B2/537 Bob Basques], Saint Paul, Mn., Technical Director for SharedGeo.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maning Maning Sambale], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Pcav Paolo Cavallini], QGIS PSC
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dr Phillip Davis], Member OSGeo Geo For All education advisory board, Director @ GeoAcademy
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nbozon Nicolas Bozon], Researcher and software developer, OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslanrainis Ruslan Rainis], Professor, Director, [http://www.research.usm.my/default.asp?tag=36 Centre for Research Initiatives in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences](CRI-LASS). Open GeoInformation for a Sustainable Tomorrow and the Bottom Billions.
# [[User:Silli|Silvia Franceschi]], [http://www.hydrologis.com HydroloGIS], OSGeo Charter member, Environmental Engineer Open Source GIS power user, HydroloGIS co-founder.
# Oscar Martinez Rubi [http://esciencecenter.nl Netherlands eScience Center] eScience engineer.
# Werner Macho, QGIS team member. Committed to open data standards for education and research.
# Giuseppe Patti, Geologist and Freelance Geospatial Advisor, GFOSS supporter.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Drappo Daniel Rappo], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, School of Business and Engineering Vaud.
# [[User:nachouve|Juan Ignacio Varela]], Freelance Geospatial Advisor and OSGeo Local Chapter Member.
# [[User:dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]], President at [http://mapgears.com Mapgears], OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/raulnanclares Raul Nanclares], RS&GIS Specialist
# [http://www.ing.unitn.it/dica/hp/index_eng.php?user=rigon Riccardo Rigon], Professor at University of Trento (Italy)
# [[User:Siki| Zoltan Siki]] Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://lefsky.org Michael Lefsky], Professor of Remote Sensing Science, Colorado State University and Director, Center for Ecological Applications of Lidar.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lucas-c-villa-real/7/a0b/b06 Lucas Villa Real], Research software engineer at IBM Research - Brazil.
# [http://terraremote.com Loren Dawe], GIS Manager at Terra Remote Sensing Inc. Lidar Supplier and Open Standards Advocate
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Warmerda Frank Warmerdam], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter member
# [http://ch.linkedin.com/pub/jens-ingensand/0/836/6b0 Jens Ingensand], Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, [http://www.heig-vd.ch/international School of Business and Engineering Vaud].
# [http://nsidc.org/research/bios/khalsa.html Siri Jodha Khalsa], Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, [http://cires.colorado.edu/ Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences], University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
# [http://gis.uster.ch/ Andreas Neumann], GIS manager, City of Uster, Kanton Zurich, Switzerland
# [http://www.iwmi.org/ Yann Chemin], Researcher - Remote Sensing, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/etiennebracine Etienne B. Racine], Geomatics and remote sensing project manager, WSP, Canada
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alejandro-hinojosa/7/33b/342 Alejandro Hinojosa], [http://cicese.mx CICESE Research Center], Earth Sciences Division, GIS & Remote Sensing Lab, Ensenada, Mexico
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:epifanio Massimo Di Stefano], OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno Rafael Moreno], University of Colorado Denver, [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/CLAS/Departments/ges/Pages/Geography.aspx Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences]. Openness is fundamental to progress.
# Peter Drexel, GIS manager, [http://www.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/bauen_wohnen/bauen/vermessung_geoinformation/start.htm State of Vorarlberg (State Survey Office)], Austria
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marco-minghini/a8/3b6/198 Marco Minghini], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano]. Committed to Open Principles in Geo Education and Research.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/candan-eyl%C3%BCl-kilsedar/65/380/976 Candan Eylül Kilsedar], WebGIS Developer, Research Fellow at [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano].
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:AlastairMcKinstry Alastair McKinstry], Debian Linux meteorology/GIS developer, Ireland
# [http://people.unibo.it/it/elena.mezzini2 Elena Mezzini], Remote-sensing in forest ecology, Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43566064 Mihai A. Tanase], Honorary fellow, Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-murray/10/742/3a2 Dave Murray], GIS Coordinator at [http://www.ci.westminster.co.us/ City of Westminster]
# Ayesa Martínez Serrano, Estudiante de Doctorado en [http://www.ciga.unam.mx/ Geografía del Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental de la UNAM-México]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-crosby/15/b7/114 Christopher Crosby], co-founder, [http://www.opentopography.org/ OpenTopography]
# [http://sg.linkedin.com/in/sgganesh Shanmugam Ganeshkumar], Vice President - Consulting, [http://www.geoicon.com GeoICON]
# [[User:Chaitanya|Chaitanya Kumar CH]], GIS Developer with [http://www.egis-geoplan.com/ Egis Geoplan - India] and OSGeo Charter member.
# KS Rajan, Associate Professor and Head, [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/ Lab for Spatial Informatics, IIIT Hyderabad] and Chairman, [http://www.kaiinos.com/ KAIINOS Geospatial Technologies]; Promoter and Supported of Open Source, Open Data, Open Standards and e-Governance in India
# Pericles Nacionales, RS/GIS Specialist and OSGeo Charter member.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilecraciunescu Vasile Crăciunescu], Researcher at Romanian National Meteorological Administration and OSGeo Board member.
# [http://geo.tuwien.ac.at/staff/andreas-roncat/ Andreas Roncat] PostDoc Researcher, Research Groups Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, [http://www.geo.tuwien.ac.at/ Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation], Vienna University of Technology, Austria. In full agreement with [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maximdubinin Maxim Dubinin]: Another 'standard' proprietary format? No, thank you.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:remanuele Rob Emanuele], Software Developer, Azavea Inc.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/iliecodrinamaria Codrina Ilie], Researcher at the Groundwater Engineering Research Center, [http://utcb.ro/utcb/index_en.html Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest] and OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay Gérald Fenoy], Software Developer, OSGeo Charter Member.
# [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/staff/a-z/dr-lucy-bastin/ Lucy Bastin], Software Developer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission / Computer Science lecturer, UncertML developer, Member of OGC SWG on User Feedback.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-wilkie/b1/3b1/a35 Matt Wilkie], Geomatics Analyst at [http://www.gov.yk.ca/ Yukon Government], [http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/geomatics Department of Environment]. A practising GIS Professional for 20+ years. Throughout that time, the process of manipulating data into, through and out of proprietary formats has been the most aggravating source of inefficiency and wasted time. Things are hard enough without adding unnecessary barriers.
# [[User:Annakrat|Anna Petrasova]], OSGeo Charter Member, GRASS GIS developer
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mark-seibel-gisp/45/517/942 Mark Seibel], Geospatial Hacker. Long live open Geo data & software.
# [http://www.wrsc.org/people/ben-discoe Ben Discoe], [http://vterrain.org/ Virtual Terrain Project] and [http://www.leica-geosystems.us/en/HDS-Laser-Scanners-SW_5570.htm Leica Geosystems HDS], I wrangle point clouds every day. Semi-open E57 is bad enough. No more closed formats!
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilda-clos/19/21b/391 Ilda Clos], GIS & IWRM specialist
# [[User:Danielkastl|Daniel Kastl]], Founder [http://georepublic.info Georepublic] and OSGeo Charter Member
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Geejee Gert-Jan van der Weijden] Chairman of OSGeo.nl (local Dutch chapter)
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:rjhale1971 Randal Hale] Owner of North River Geographic Systems, Inc
# Volker Wichmann, [http://www.saga-gis.org SAGA GIS] and [http://www.laserdata.at LASERDATA LIS] developer
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/erictheise Eric Theise], Software Developer, San Francisco, CA.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/geogeek Darrell Fuhriman], Director of Technology, Renewable Funding/ Adjunct Instructor, [http://www.pdx.edu/geography/ Department of Geography, Portland State University]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilkka-korpela/85/96/875 Ilkka Korpela], Academy Research Fellow, [http://university.helsinki.fi/en University of Helsinki]. Open formats benefit everyone.
# [http://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-researcher-david-percy David Percy], Faculty, [http://geology.pdx.edu/ Dept of Geology, Portland State University].
# [http://dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/staff/kawoods Ken Woods], [http://dggs.alaska.gov/ Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys]. Providing a web-based map interface to the entire collection of [http://maps.dggs.alaska.gov/elevationdata all publicly available point-cloud data] in Alaska, USA.
# [[User:Wenzeslaus|Vaclav Petras]], using [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/r.in.lidar.html r.in.lidar] and [http://grass.osgeo.org/grass70/manuals/v.in.lidar.html v.in.lidar] in [http://grass.osgeo.org/ GRASS GIS] and afraid of [http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/complex-singularity-versus-openness formats embraced by one vendor]
# [http://cehv.osu.edu/people/nespor.2 Jan Nespor], [http://www.osu.edu/ Ohio State University]
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/marcosninoruiz Dr. Marcos Nino-Ruiz], Geospatial e-Enabler, [http://aurin.org.au/ AURIN] - [http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ The University of Melbourne], Australia
# Ed Russell, [http://www.ctmap.com/Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc.], Longmont, Colorado
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-robb/3/90/195 Jim Robb], [http://www.ziadesigngroup.com/ Zia Design Group/Zia Maps LLC], Boulder, Colorado. Establish and legally support an Open LiDAR format.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/travis-flohr/6/8a3/938 Travis Flohr], [http://la.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Landscape Architecture]. Open geo standards are imperative to be successful in a transdisciplinary and collaborative world.
# [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/academic-staff/pfb/ Pete Bunting] Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing within the [http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University] and developer of the open source [http://www.spdlib.org SPDLib] software package for processing LiDAR data.
# Chris Clasen, Lidar Scientist, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
# [http://au.linkedin.com/in/peterscarth Peter Scarth] Senior Research Scientist [http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/jrsrp Joint Remote Sensing Research Program]. Open standards are essential for research data archival and reuse.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Just Just van den Broecke] OSGeo Charter member and Secretary of OSGeo.nl (Dutch Local Chapter)
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:fjbehr Franz-Josef Behr] Professor of spatial information processing at Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
# [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/monia-molinari/8a/b78/a48 Monia Elisa Molinari], Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [http://www.polimi.it Politecnico di Milano].
# Don Brown, USGS, Enterprise GIS Specialist.
# [http://www.xing.com/profile/Thomas_Baumann84 Thomas Baumann], [http://geosysnet.de geoSYS], Project Manager GIS+Webmapping.
# [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:mlennert Moritz Lennert], Université Libre de Bruxelles, Member of the GRASS GIS PSC
# Paulo Machado, Committed to open data standards and open source software.
# [http://igeat.ulb.ac.be/fr/equipe/details/person/eleonore-wolff/ Eleonore Wolff], [http://www.ulb.ac.be/facs/sciences/index.html Universite Libre de Bruxelles]
# [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Romanuel_Ramon_Antunez/ Romanuel Ramon Antunez], Member of UACEE, GIS Developer, Professor at [http://www.uci.cu University of Informatics Science], Cuba.
# [http://ajolma.net Ari Jolma], Ari Jolma, Biwatech Ltd.

=Background=
==About LiDAR==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar LiDAR] (Light Detection And Ranging) is a form of high precision range measurement, much like a radar system, but one that uses laser light instead of radio waves. The standard LiDAR product is a 3D point cloud that can be conceptualized as a series of point measurements representing distance between the sensor to a returned emission.

For over a decade (since 2003), there has been a common format for storing LiDAR data, the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html “LAS” format], and open source libraries have been developed to read, write and process these LAS files: [http://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/liblas_overview.html libLAS] and [http://github.com/LASlib/LASlib LASlib]. These libraries have been incorporated within many LiDAR applications, allowing read/write access to a common exchange format, and resulting in full interoperability between the applications. There is also an open source compression algorithm for the LAS format called [http://laszip.org LASzip] that many LiDAR data portals use to compress LAS into smaller LAZ files for faster download. Many LiDAR software packages have added [http://laszip.org/#software-with-native-laz-support native support] for these compressed LAZ files.

==LAS Limitations==

Quoting [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey]:

: LAS format is not without its drawbacks:

:* While it is a binary format and does not waste any space unnecessarily, neither does it apply any compression to the data it stores. That’s not good for archival use.
:* Also, LAS stores points in scan order, so accessing any particular chunk of points involves reading the whole file. That’s not good for random access.
: Clearly there is a little more work to be done. Can LAS be improved? In fact, it already has been:
:* An open source compression library, LASzip can apply 20''':'''1 lossless compression to LAS files, making them great for archival purposes.
:* Other LAS users have experimented with re-ordering points in a LAS or LASzip file to allow random access to internal chunks of the LIDAR point cloud.
: Basically, making LAS smaller and faster is not rocket science, and if the work were incorporated into libLAS then the whole LIDAR community could leverage it together, and the user community would only have one file type to interchange.

=="Optimized LAS" A ''' ''Proprietary'' ESRI Format'''==
ESRI announced, 12 January 2014, the release of an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 "Optimized LAS"] format which is claimed to provide faster access and smaller file sizes (similar to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format). This announcement created a outburst of vocal protest in the LiDAR community [[http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ 1] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ 2] [http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2014/01/15/las-laz-lazzip-zlas-and-you/ 3] [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/lidar-software 4] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars-2/ 5] [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/02/lidar-format-wars-3/ 6]].

The implementation of the "Optimized LAS" format is not available as Open Source and the format and algorithm details itself are undocumented, which means nobody can currently create alternate implementations, neither closed nor Open Source. This causes both technical as well as legal barriers for other applications reading and/or writing to this proprietary format. It creates a vendor lock-in scenario which is contrary to the principles of the Open Geospatial Consortium, the OSGeo Foundation, and many government IT procurement policies.

One year after releasing the "Optimized LAS" format, ESRI released a Windows only library (DLL) as a free-of-charge (gratis) download that is claimed to convert between LAS and "Optimized LAS". Note there is a distinct difference between a "free-of-charge" binary distribution of DLLs and publishing something as "Open Source". Unless the source code of the library is released as Open Source under an Open Source license, libLAS and related products will be legally prevented from incorporating ESRI's reader/writer code into their codebase, or from fixing any underlying bugs or performance limitations which may exist in ESRI's product.

Ironically, ESRI later placed their '''binary''' library files [http://github.com/Esri/esri-zlas-io-library on github] accompanied by an Apache License, but no source code was published. The distribution of binaries without source code is allowed by Apache License, but very uncommon and misleading, to say the least. The practice goes against the basic idea of “Open Source” and the Open Source Initiative (OSI) even has an FAQ entry on the obvious contradiction of [http://opensource.org/faq#non-distribution “Open Source” without source code].

==OGC's Efforts For An ''' ''Open'' LiDAR Standard'''==

The [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)] has indicated their interest in developing a standard LiDAR format.

Carl Reed (formerly on OGC staff) provided the following information on OGC's previous efforts to work toward enabling Open Standards in LiDAR:

: "Over the last 8 or so years, the OGC approached ASPRS at least twice regarding LAS and worked with ASPRS to bring LAS into the OGC for consideration as both a Best Practice and an OGC standard. OGC member Rick Pearsall worked diligently on this. Rick worked for NGA, was active in the OGC, and was also the Standards Committee chair at ASPRS. Rick and Carl tried and failed. These attempts go back to [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/divisions/ppd/ppd_meetings/2007springppdreport.pdf at least 2007]. More recently, Carl Reed had an email dialogue with Lewis Graham to bring LAS into OGC as an OGC Best Practice. Carl thought progress was being made, but then for some reason all communication stopped."

[http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/ssimmons Scott Simmons] (Executive Director, Standards Program) has explained the OGC's continuing interest in pursuing point cloud encoding standards, including a member-initiated mechanism to extend LAS data with OGC-standard XML content.
: The OGC invites interested members who wish to work on this effort to please contact Scott Simmons (Executive Director, Standards Program E-mail : ssimmons@opengeospatial.org) to register their interest and discuss details. OGC will also be holding an ad hoc session at the OGC's next [http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc Technical Committee meeting in Boulder, CO, USA in early June] to bring together all interested parties from all sectors (government, industry, academia) for this and plan next steps.

==History: LAS and ESRI's "Optimized LAS"==

Martin Isenburg, one of the leading experts in LIDAR formats, and creator of [http://rapidlasso.com/LASzip LASzip], [http://rapidlasso.com/LAStools LAStools] and [http://rapidlasso.com/PulseWaves PulseWaves], explains the history of LAS and "Optimized LAS":

: '''Summary:'''

:* The LAS format has been used successfully for over a decade.
:* Within last couple of years, ESRI has added native LAS support into ESRI products.
:* ESRI discussed embracing the open [http://laszip.org LAZ] format and simultaneously developed a proprietary "Optimized LAS" format.
:* The open geospatial community offered, on numerous occasions, to work with ESRI to avoid format fragmentation.
:* ESRI's proprietary "Optimized LAS" format is very similar in design and performance to the open [http://laszip.org LASzip] format.

: '''1998: Original LAS format definition'''

: The original development of the LAS format started in 1998 according to [http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/lasroom/zKqchDj1JL4/discussion Lewis Graham]. The effort was at first led by pioneers of the LiDAR industry until the format was donated to the [http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html ASPRS]. Since then ASPRS's [http://www.asprs.org/LD-Division/LAS-Working-Group.html LAS Working Group (LWG)] has been maintaining the LAS format, guiding it from the initial LAS 1.0 version until today's LAS 1.4 version. This effort successfully created an open data exchange format for discrete LiDAR points that is currently supported by practically every LiDAR-related software program.

: '''2011: ESRI joins LAS Working Group'''

: ESRI did not join the LWG of the ASPRS until rather late, the 24th of August in 2011. At that time ESRI was not a significant "player" in the LiDAR market given they did not have much support for LiDAR in any of their products. That was to change soon as they were planning to add LAS as a native data type in ArcGIS 10.1.

: Shortly before that, in June 2011, Martin Isenburg received a personal message from the ESRI development team: "I have a question about LAS compression. I’m evaluating some potential enhancements and support for [LAS and] LAZ is one of them. Compression time and amount is impressive." When inquiring two months later about the status of [http://laszip.org LAZ] integration Martin was told: "We’re in beta and working to finish the current release. I very much doubt LAZ will make it in because it’s too big a change at this time. So, we’ll be considering, for the following release, [for] what we want to do regarding compression and spatial indexing."

: '''June 2012: ArcGIS 10.1 includes [proprietary] LAS Dataset file'''

: In June 2012 ESRI released ArcGIS 10.1 and introduced the proprietary "LAS Dataset file (*.lasd)" that groups collections of files into one logical unit. This format of this useful LAS container file was not shared with others despite several private and eventually [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/jwHpi0efUgA/discussion public] requests.

: '''2012/2013: Collaboration Discussions'''

: There were encouraging follow-ups from the ESRI team about adopting the open LAZ format in January 2012: "I would be interested in having a more in depth meeting with you to better understand the great work you are doing with LAS and how we can possibly better partner on this." and again in December 2012: "If you have time, I'd like to set some time aside Tuesday afternoon to meet with <an important person> at the ESRI booth. Does 2pm sound okay?" The meeting went well and it looked as if ESRI was going to embrace the LAZ format because shortly after the meeting Martin got word that: "I hear from <an important person> that it was a success and that he had a good meeting with you. I wanted to see if we can have a telephone discussion on Wednesday or Thursday this week related to the potential of incorporating LAZ into ArcGIS."

: Then the first signs of hesitation showed. First there were legal issues raised in February 2013: "Currently the legal aspects are being reviewed. They were having some issues separating the LPGL aspects from LASzip from the remainder of LAStools etc." and then in April 2013 concerns about the code were made: "We have started to look into the integration of LAZ, but came across some issues. We don’t want to copy files from the other package, mix and match or hack around. We were hoping for an API to stream points out of a LAZ file as well as write LAZ files. There should be a simple code sample for that?" and - following up on that - in June 2013 Martin was told "I see value in LASzip becoming a de-facto standard that provides compression to the LAS format. If this is to happen then it needs to be bundled together with appropriate reference implementations, examples and documentation as a standard and so ensure that issues as defined earlier in email do not occur."

: '''June 2013: ESRI asked to sponsor clean LASzip DLL'''

: At that time [http://laszip.org LASzip] was an open source project without sponsorship. The original funding from [http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/ColdRegionsResearchandEngineeringLaboratory.aspx USACE] that had turned [http://laszip.org LASzip] from an academic prototype into an industry strength compression engine had long run out. So Martin asked ESRI to become a sponsor to create the clean [http://laszip.org LASzip] API that ESRI was after. The answer was: "ESRI often helps in the financing of Open Source projects and I could foresee ESRI possibly helping in LASzip. [...] If you are interested in promoting LASzip as such a standard and doing the required work then I would recommend you put together a proposal and I can look to get ESRI as a sponsor."

: Immediately Martin proposed to ESRI: "I hereby propose to write an easy to use open source DLL wrapper for LASzip that will make it easier to integrate LASzip in a standardized manner into other software products such as ArcGIS, LP 360, or Terrasolid. This will come with example code on how to use the DLL for reading and writing LAZ files and include a few compressed example files. I hereby ask ESRI to provide funding for this effort without imposing any limitations on the produced DLL API."

: '''July 2013: ArcGIS 10.2 includes [proprietary] LAS indexing '''

: With the release of ArcGIS 10.2 in July 2013, ESRI introduced spatial indexing to speed up area-of-interest queries. Their new proprietary *.lasx files were seemingly identical in functionality to the open *.lax files that had been [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/j0qA8NBMHJs/discussion announced] two years earlier - in May 2011 - and were [http://rapidlasso.com/2012/12/03/lasindex-spatial-indexing-of-lidar-data/ presented] at ELMF in November 2012.

: '''July 2013: Open LASzip API released'''

: After more requests for an easier interface to [http://laszip.org LASzip] (in particular for [http://forsys.cfr.washington.edu/fusion/fusionlatest.html USDA's FUSION]), Martin [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/oplsDhhnhDQ/discussion released] a clean, well-documented, and easy-to-use LASzip DLL (without ESRI funding). Martin expected that developers at ESRI would now use it to add read and write support for [http://laszip.org LAZ] to their next release of ArcGIS.

: '''December 2013 : ESRI discovered to be secretly developing proprietary LAS format'''

: In December of 2013, several LAStools users contacted Martin with suspicions that ESRI may be creating a proprietary LAS compression. Martin [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ broke the news] as soon as it became evident that ESRI had used the time it needed to resolve "legal issues" and "code problems" to put together their own proprietary compressed format with near-identical performance and functionality to [http://laszip.org LASzip]. A few days later ESRI released an [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214/ official FAQ] to confirming this was the case.

: From day one, Martin has worked with stakeholders, including ESRI, to avoid format fragmentation. Martin's core argument for resolving this to everybody's benefit was that - coincidentally - a natural break was happening in the LAS format with the introduction of the new LAS 1.4 point types. Martin outlined a detailed plan for how a joint development of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for LAS 1.4 between rapidlasso and ESRI could exploit this natural break in the LAS format to accomplish two things at once:
:# Add the unspecified technical additions that ESRI had hinted at desiring, and
:# Extend the [http://laszip.org LASzip] compression scheme to handle the new point types introduced with the LAS 1.4 specification. As there was no pressing need at the time to handle LAS 1.4 Martin had delayed the extension of [http://laszip.org LASzip] to the new LAS 1.4 point types to make sure a cooperation with ESRI would remain a viable option.

: '''1 April 2014: Positive reception to "Optimized LAS" / LASzip collaboration April Fools announcement'''

: In an attempt to convince ESRI management of the community desire for an open standard, Martin released an April Fools' Day [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ prank press release] pretending that ESRI had already agreed to the envisioned collaboration to develop a joint LiDAR compressor. Community [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/04/01/esri-and-rapidlasso-develop-joint-lidar-compressor/ jubilant reactions (see comments)] left no doubt about the sentiment on this issue within the LiDAR community.

: '''October 2014: Announcement of [open] LAS Compatibility mode'''

: [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/ Digital Coast, NOAA Coastal Services Center] became a Gold Sponsor of [http://laszip.org LASzip] for the development of the [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/10/06/rapidlasso-announces-laszip-compatibility-mode-for-las-1-4/ LAS 1.4 compatibility mode] that was [http://groups.google.com/d/topic/lastools/nUFMkKSz53g/discussion beta-released] in November 2014. This allowed support for the new point types in [http://laszip.org LASzip] without closing the door on a potential cooperation with ESRI for a joint LAS 1.4 compressor.

: '''November 2014: ESRI announces proprietary extension to LAS 1.4'''

: In November 2014 [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated ESRI announced] that they had added their [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-las-optimizer-updated own extension] for the new LAS 1.4 point types to "Optimized LAS", dismissing the opportunity to develop a joint compressor and avoid format fragmentation by exploiting this "natural break" in the LAS format as Martin had suggested.

: Since then, ESRI has been [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ promoting] "Optimized LAS". By including the term "LAS" in "Optimized LAS" and "zLAS", the distinction between the open LAS format and proprietary format is blurred. This is likely to mislead novice and future users, thereby endangering many years of standardization work. To date, [April 2014], the [http://www.asprs.org/a/society/committees/standards/LAS_1_4_r13.pdf custodians of the LAS format], the LAS Working Group (LWG) of the ASPRS has [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ yet to make an official statement] regarding use of the "LAS" name in promoting a proprietary LiDAR format.

=Value of Standards=

The importance of Open Standards is described in most government IT policies. For instance, the United Kingdom policy states:
: … Government assets should be interoperable and open for re-use in order to maximise return on investment, avoid technological or supplier lock-in, reduce operational risk in ICT projects and provide responsive services for citizens and business. This should also lower barriers to entry for more diverse sources of IT services, including citizens and SMEs. <ref>All about Open Source – [http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/78959/All_About_Open_Source_v2_0.pdf An Introduction to Open Source Software for Government IT], Version 2.0, United Kingdom Cabinet Office</ref>

The value of Open Standards has been described in numerous national studies on the effects of standards on economic growth.

: ... the national studies demonstrate that standards have a positive influence on economic growth due to the resulting improved diffusion of knowledge. The contribution of standards to the growth rate in each country is equivalent to 0.9% in Germany, 0.8% in 0.3% in the UK and 0.2% in Canada. <ref>Prof. Dr. Knut Blind, Prof. Dr. Andre Jungmittag, Dr. Axel Mangelsdorf [http://www.din.de/sixcms_upload/media/2896/DIN_GNN_2011_engl_akt_neu.pdf "The Economic Benefits of Standardization"], ''DINN, 2000''. Retrieved March 2015.</ref>

=Further Reading=

# [http://boundlessgeo.com/2014/01/lidar-format-wars/ Paul Ramsey provides background to LAS vs Optimised LAS]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ Running commentary by Martin Isenburg, author of LASlib]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/ Earlier comment from Martin Isenburg]
# [http://rapidlasso.com/2013/12/30/new-compressed-las-format-by-esri/ First call-to-action by Martin Isenburg]
# [http://blog.lidarnews.com/esri-announces-las-compression/ ESRI Announces "Optimised LAS"]
# [http://www.lidarnews.com/content/view/10214 ESRI description of "Optimised LAS"]
# [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-March/001225.html Discussion background on this topic at Geo for All list]
# [http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/esris-claim-at-being-good-standards.html Refuting ESRI's response and claim to be good Open Standards citizens]
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Questioning why some spatial media are not running this story]

News coverage:
# [http://www.itnews.com.au/News/402914,open-source-devs-in-uproar-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans.aspx IT News]
# [http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/21/1624219/osgeo-foundation-up-in-arms-over-esri-las-lock-in-plans Slashdot]
# [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/LIDAR-offenes-Dateiformat-LAS-in-Bedraengnis-2609710.html Heise Online] [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Lidar-Format-War-Geo-Softwarehaus-Esri-vs-Geo-Community-2615341.html Follow-Up] - German speaking IT news.
# [http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2015/04/21/os-developers-concerned-over-new-esri-lidar-format/ Spatial Source]
# [http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-great-airplane-laser-debate-is-as-youd-expect-about-file-formats Motherboard]

Blog coverage:
# [http://blog.abs-cg.com/2015/04/lidar-format-wars-creep-into-geospatial.html Adena Schutzberg]
# [http://odoepner.wordpress.com/2015/04/16/osgeo-open-letter-lidar-laszip-vs-esri/ Oliver Doepner]
# [http://www.northrivergeographic.com/archives/esri-osgeo-lidar-and-things Randal Hale]

=References=

<references />

[[Category: Standards]]

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* [[Finland]] - [[User:AJolma|Ari Jolma]] - ajolma at osgeo.org
* [[Francophone]] - board at osgeo.asso dot fr / president at osgeo.asso.fr (Etienne Delay)
* [[Greek]] - [[User:kotzino|Dimitris Kotzinos]] - kotzino at csd dot uoc dot gr
* [[India]] - P.S. Roy - psroy13 at gmail.com
* [[Italy]] - [[User:epifanio|Massimo Di Stefano]] - IT -- epiesasha at me dot com
* [[Japan]] - Mr. Mori Toru - moritoru at orkney.co.jp
* [[Korea | Korean Language Chapter]] - [[User:Endofcap|Sanghee Shin]] - shshin at gaia3d.com or endofcap at gmail.com
* [[KSA Chapter]] - Awase Khirni Syed - awasekhirni at gmail.com
* [[Nederlands | Dutch language Chapter]] - [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]] - Kwartiermaker en primair contact
* [[Ottawa Chapter]] - Fabien Ancelin - fabien.ancelin at gmail.com
* [[PDX-OSGEO]] - Oregon, US Chapter -- [[User:EliL|Eli L Adam]] - contact on user page
* [[Philippines]] - [[User:maning|Maning Sambale]] - emmanuel dot sambale at gmail dot com
* [[Poland]] - Tomasz Kubik - tomasz kubik at pwr wroc pl
* [[Portugal]] - Jorge Gustavo Rocha - [[Jorge_Gustavo_Rocha]], Giovanni Manghi - [[Giovanni_Manghi]]
* [[Romanian]] - [[User:Vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] - vasile at geo-spatial dot org
* [[Quebec]] - [[User:Dmorissette|Daniel Morissette]] - dmorissette at mapgears dot com
* [[Spanish]] - [[Pedro-Juan Ferrer]] - vehrka at gmail.com
* [[Taiwan]] - Sander Borghuis - s.borghuis at geo.uu.nl
* [[Twin_Cities]] - Twin Cities, MN -- [[User:Bitner|David Bitner]] - bitner at dbspatial dot com
* [http://www.osgeo.org/uk UK] - [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]

== Infrastructure ==

* [[SAC:Primary Administrators]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Infrastructure]]
[[Category:PSC]]

User:Ajolma

2014-09-28T12:40:06Z

Wiki-Ajolma:

My homepage is at http://ajolma.net

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica Geoinformatica stack] and on components of that stack, most notably on the [http://ajolma.net/Geo-GDAL/snapshot/ Perl-GDAL] API.

== Location ==
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[http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=en&title=ajolma&params=60.2664_N_24.7847_E My location in GeoHack]
|}

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]

User:Ajolma

2013-10-22T12:56:33Z

Wiki-Ajolma: updates

My homepage is at http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi

My email is ari.jolma at gmail.com

I work on the [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica Geoinformatica stack] and on components of that stack, most notably on the [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/doc/Geo-GDAL/html/ Perl-GDAL] API.

== Location ==
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[http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?language=en&title=ajolma&params=60.2664_N_24.7847_E My location in GeoHack]
|}

[[Category:Former OSGeo Director]]

Live GIS History

2013-09-13T07:40:00Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* 2013 */

Where has the LiveDVD been used? Please tell us. A history of wide use provides justification for future developers to include, and improve their application on OSGeo-Live.

== Template Questions ==
* date of the event, City, Country
* link to event webside
* Was OSGeo-Live handed out to attendees? How many were handed out? Were USBs, DVDs, or VMs used or handed out? How many?
* Was the OSGeo-Live lightning overview presented? To how many people? Was it a plenary event? If not, what percentage of the attendees attended this talk? Did you get any feedback? What did you hear?
* Was OSGeo-Live used for workshops? What did the workshop cover. Was the USB/DVD or VM used? Were attendees computers used? If so, what operating systems were they running? How long did it take to set up? Were there any issues?
* Any suggestions on what we can do to improve OSGeo-Live for future?
* Contact: person involved from the conference

== 2014 ==
=== 10-13 June 2014, OGRS 2014 ===
* Helsinki, Finland
* http://2014.ogrs-community.org/
* Contact: [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]]

== 2013 ==
=== 8-10 October 2013, INTERGEO 2013 ===
* Essen, Germany
* http://intergeo.de
* it is planned to hand out 500 OSGeo 7.0 DVDs
* slides about OSGeo-Live in FOSSGIS e.V. presentation
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-21 September 2013, FOSS4G ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://2013.foss4g.org
* Contact: Steven Feldman

=== 25-30 August 2013, International Cartographic Conference ===
* Dresden, Germany
* http://www.dgfk.net/index.php?id=164&do=akt
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 8-12 July 2013, Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Catalonia, Spain
* About 25 students running OSGeo-Live in a Virtual Machine (Virtual Box).
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2013/
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]]

=== 3-5 July 2013, AGIT25 ===
* Salzburg, Austria
* http://www.agit.at
* OSGeo Day http://www.agit.at/index.php/programm-2013/themen/osgeo
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs at FOSSGIS/OSGeo Booth - about 200 DVDs
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 10 June 2013, FROG (FRancophone Opensource Geomatique)===
* Paris, France
* http://osgeo.asso.fr
* Distribution to participants ?
* Contact : Vincent Picavet

=== 12.-14. June 2013 FOSSGIS ===
* 12.-14. June 2013
* Rapperswil, Switzerland
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs to all delegates - about 350 DVDs
* Presenatation about OSGeo-Live '''OSGeo-Live rocks!''' by [[User:Astrid Emde | Astrid Emde]] http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/programm/events/576.de.html
* > 10 Workshops will take place, most of them will use OSGeo-Live 6.5
** 5 - 20 persons in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used?
** VirtualMachine
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-19 June 2013, FOSS4G-CEE 2013 ===
* Bucharest, Romania
* OSGeo-Live 6.5 (or higher) DVDs will be handed out to all participants (conference target: 300)
* Some workshops are expected to make use of OSGeo-Live (call for workshops opens June 13th)
* A OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation is welcome (call for presentations opens June 13th)
* http://2013.foss4g-cee.org
* Contact: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu]

=== 21 May 2013, Location Intelligence Conference ===
* Washington DC, United States
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Amyonthemap|Amy Gao]]

=== 24 April, 2013 FOSS4G Buenos Aires 2013 ===
* 24 to 26 of April 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* http://www.foss4g.org.ar/
* Unfortunately there was a problem with the DVD distributor and the participants didn't receive a copy.
* [http://jsanz.github.io/slides-201304-foss4gba/osgeo-live/#/title OSGeo Live presentation] by [[Jorge Sanz]]
* OSGeo Live was used on the MapProxy workshop by the lecturer and some attendants that were able to run it on Virtual Box
* Contact: [[Mauricio Miranda]]

=== 10 April, 2013 EGU 2013 ===
* Vienna, Austria
* http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/session/13223
* DVD-distribution to journalists
* splinter meeting with short presentation and screenshots of OSGeo-Live
* Contact: Peter Löwe

=== 6-8 March 2013, Jornadas de SIG Libre (Spanish FOSS4G2013) ===
* Girona, Spain
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluis Vicens]]

=== 17-18 January 2013, WhereCampEU ===
* Rome, Italy
* http://wherecamp.eu/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

== 2012 ==

=== 4-7 December 2012, Open Source Developers Conference ===
* Sydney, Australia
* http://www.osdc.com.au/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by Cameron Shorter
* Contact: Cameron Shorter

=== 22-24 November 2012, PhilGEOS 2012 ===
* Quezon City, Philippines
* http://philgeos2012.wordpress.com/
* Over 60 participants joined 8 workshops and 3 lightning talks. The OSGeo Live project was also presented in one of the parallel technical sessions in the main conference. Likewise, an exhibit booth was installed during the PhilGEOS conference for OSGeo and OpenStreetMap. Over ~50 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* Contact: Maning Sambale

=== 17-18 November 2012, OpenGIS ===
* Moscow, Russia
* conference on everything related to free and opensource GIS: data, software, methodology, organized by members of Russian GIS-Lab and OpenStreetMap communities.
* Over 200 participants; OSGeo-Live DVD was used in GRASS GIS workshop; ~10 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* http://gisconf.ru/en/
* Contact: Maxim Dubinin, Alexander Mury

=== 14-17 November 2012, GFOSSDAY 2012 - OSMit 2012 ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within five workshops
* OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
* Title: OSGeo-Live: il più semplice strumento per provare le applicazioni GFOSS / OSGeo-Live: the simplest way to test FOSS4G software
* Contact: [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

=== 14-16 November 2012, EGU Leonardo Conference ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.eguleonardo2012.polito.it/
* Poster presentation in Session: Population
* Notes: Poster Presentations consist in a quick (1-Slide) oral overview during the sessions and in the attendance by the poster stand between the sessions.
* Title: A complete review of the breadth of quality Geospatial Open Source Software available to Hydrologists, using OSGeo-Live
* Contact: [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]

=== 12-13 November 2012, SWE-SmartCities Workshop ===
* Barcelona, Spain
* https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5tKYbjsGOrxWkVwWWZsM2NHNlk/edit
* Sensor Web Enablement workshop held by 52°North
* 21 OSGeo-Live handed to the participants and used for the exercises
* The DVD was used for a training workshop on OGC Sensor Web Enablement. Participants worked with the 52°North SOS and the 52°North WPS. The DVD was mostly used, in some cases the VM was used.During the training, the participants used their own laptop computers (a full mix of all operating systems).There was no dedicated time needed for setting up the DVD. No issues occured.
* Contact: [[User:esllolo|Estela Llorente López]], Simon Jirka (52°North)

=== November 2012, Open Source GIS and Webmapping Workshop ===
* Vienna (Austria)
* Waiting on Barend Köbben to provide website url once details are finalised

===25-26 October 2012, FOSS4G-India ===
* Hyderabad, India
* http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia
* OSGeo-Live DVDs to be handed out to all participants
* OSGeo-Live to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live Presentation to be given by K S Rajan
* Contact: K S Rajan

=== October 2012, LatinOSGIS ===
* Guayaquil, Ecuador
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs to be handed out
* lightning presentation by Mauricio Miranda
* http://www.fiec.espol.edu.ec/LatinOSGIS
* Contact: Indira Yadira Nolivos Alvarez

===17,18 October 2012, GeoINT 2012 ===
* Orlando Florida
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* mentioned in various panels and forums
* geoint2012.com
* Contact: Mark Lucas and John Scott

=== 17-19 October 2012, Geospace Europe Summit 2012 ===
* Brussels Belgium
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* Presentation pointing to live.ogeo.org efforts
* http://defence.flemingeurope.com/geospatial-intelligence-europe
* Contact: Mark Lucas

=== 17-19 October 2012, Latinoware ===
* Keynote presentation by Jody Garnett including parts of the OSGeo Lightning presentation
* http://2012.latinoware.org/?lang=en , http://2012.latinoware.org/?page_id=228
* Contact: Jody Garnett

=== October 2012, INTERGEO 2012 ===
* Hannover Germany, 9.-11.10.2012
* ~600 OSGeo 6.0 (and some of Version 5.5.) DVDs were distributed
* slide about OSGeo-Live in [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] presentation
* very good feedback to the DVD. Lot of people already know OSGeo-Live
* http://intergeo.de
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== October 2012, Smart Korea 2012 in conjunction with OGC TC/PC Meeting ===
* Seoul, Korea
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out at OSGeo booth there
* http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1210tc
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 11-13 October 2012, XXXII INCA International Conference 2012 ===
* Dehradun, India
* http://www.incaindia.org/32INCA/
* Nearly 80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/IIRS Booth. Posters with screenshots of some applications with local data were put up.
* Explained delegates about OpenSource GIS. Demonstrated QGIS to anyone with a question. Demoed OpenCPN to some of the folks from National Hydrographic Office.
* Contact: Chaitanya Kumar CH

=== October 12, 2012, FOSS4G Korea 2012 ===
* COEX, Seoul, Korea
* Nearly 70~80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out during the event and brief explanation of OSGeo-Live project was given to participants
* FOSS4G Korea will be held in conjunction with Smart Korea 2012
* http://www.osgeo.kr
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== October 3-5, 2012, Minnesota GIS/LIS 2012 ===
* Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/FOSS4GNA Booth.
* OSGeo-Live ODP file set to loop on digital display in booth, augmented with local OSGeo project screenshots.
* Annual Conference and Workshops.
* http://www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=718
* Contact: Bob Basques

=== October 2012, GISSA Ukubuzana conference ===
* 1-3 October, Johannesburg, South Africa
* ~450 OSGeo 6.0 DVDs were distributed
* Lightning overview wwas also presented
* It was also used in two workshops ('Intro to PostGIS and QGIS' and 'Enterprise GIS with FOSS')
* http://gissa.org.za/activities/conferences/gissa-ukubuzana-2012
* More were distributed and used in workshops at the launch of the University of Pretoria ICA/OSGeo Lab on 4 Oct
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== September 2012, Geocamp ===
* September 22nd, Campo Maior, Portugal
* http://geocampers.com
* OSGeo project presentation: how the project is managed, how translations work, how a project is involved
* Contact: [[Jorge Sanz]], Hugo Santos info (at) geocampers (dot) com

=== September 2012, Asia GeoSpatial Forum ===
* Hanoi, Vietnam. 17~19th, September
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out to the participants.
* A presentation on OSGeo overview and OSGeo-Live was given in oral presentation session
* Open Source GIS Session
* http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 5 September 2012 Open Source GIS Conference (OSGIS) ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* All day session: "Educational use of OSGeo Live" presented by Ari Jolma
* 100 OSGeo-Live DVDs handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation by Barry Rowlingson
* http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/
* Contact: Suchith Anand

=== August 2012, 34th International Geological Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation by Peter Baunmann, conference convener
* http://www.34igc.org/
* Contact: Peter Baunmann

=== 18-19 July 2012, FOSS4G Southeast Asia ===
* Johor Bahru, Malaysia
* OSGEO-live DVD used at the plenary session. Several slides from OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation used plus some demonstration.
* OSGeo-Live handed out to all delegates.
* Contact: Dr. Franz-Josef Behr

=== July 2012, Third Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Spain
* School program focused on the development and creation of Open Web Mapping Services and Web applications. Jeremy Morley (Lecturer and a theme leader at the NGI) will be contributing the Nottingham components for the Summer School. The course has been designed and will be conducted on a GNU/Linux operating system based on the use of the OSGeo-Live DVD.
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2012/
* Contact: Lluís Vicens

=== July 2012, International Environmental Modeling and Software Society Conference (IEMSS) ===
* Leipzig, Germany
* ~ 100 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://www.iemss.org/sites/iemss2012/sessions_D.html
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== July 2012, AGIT ===
* Salzburg (Austria) Annual Conference
* http://www.agit.at/
* [[AGIT]], Friday is OSGeo day, free booth together with OSM throughtout the week ([[Arnulf]])
* we want to hand out +- 500 OSGeoLive DVDs

===June 30 - July 1, 2012, FOSS4G Hokkaido 2012 ===
*Sapporo, Hokkaido JAPAN
*50 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to delegates
*OSGeo.JP and OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
*[https://sites.google.com/site/foss4ghokkaido/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[https://www.facebook.com/FOSS4G.Hokkaido Facebook (in Japanese)]

=== June 2012, useR! The International R User Conference ===
* Vanderbilt U, Nashville USA
* http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/UseR-2012
* Workshop Presentation on Geospatial Data in R, 33 attendees
* Five or six OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs taken
* Boot and demo at end of workshop.

=== June 28, 2012, OSGeo.nl Day (FOSS4G Regional) within MapWindow Conference - The Netherlands ===
* Velp, The Netherlands
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to all delegates (about 120). This included a large contingent of OSGeo-NL people who I heard were very appreciative of the DVD.
* OSGeo-Live + OSGeo overview in keynote presentation
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within the two workshops
* http://osgeo.nl/osgeonl_dag_2012.html (OSGeo.nl Day Program + Pres. Slides)
* http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012 (general MapWindow conf)
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== May 2012, FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 ===
* Prague, Czech Republic
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://foss4g-cee.org/
* Contact: Jachym Cepicky

=== May 2012, FOSSCOMM 2012 ===
* Serres, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* 1 undergraduate thesis presentation using OSGeo-Live
* http://serres.fosscomm.gr/?page_id=582

=== May 2012, HellasGI 2012 ===
* Athens, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* Local chapter meeting

=== April 2012, COMEM OGO course :: Webmapping with OGC standards ===
* April 16th, a course dedicated on geospatialized e-Content for Media Engineering bachelor students (http://www.comem.ch) at School of Engineering and Business Vaud (http://www.heig-vd.ch), Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains
* Topic : learning webmapping and OGC standards with OpenLayers, GeoServer, PostGIS (http://ogo.heig-vd.ch)
* A customized OSGeo-Live 5.5 VM has been used through VirtualBox by 15 students to execute several exercices and to build a five days project (http://carto.iict.ch)
* Delivering a complete and ready to use geo-enabled VM is interessant for students to work in a kind of sandbox and to bring something easely back at home for later reuse.

=== April 2012, Geospatial World Forum 2012 ===
* The RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 4-hour [http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/b/bf/GeospatialWorldForum_2012_OpenSource_Seminar_Program.pdf "Open Source Seminar"] organized by OSGeo/[http://OSgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Chapter] with 11 speakers
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation (15mins)
* http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2012/open.htm

=== April 2012, FOSS4G North America 2012 ===
* Washington, United States
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation?
* http://foss4g-na.org/

=== April 2012, GISRUK 2012 ===
* Lancaster University, UK
* (probably) To be used for pre-conference workshop from Lutra Consulting
* Around 200 DVDs to be handed out at the OSGeo-UK desk
* http://www.lancs.ac.uk/gisruk2012/

=== April 2012, AGILE 2012===
* Avignon, France
* http://agile2012.imag.fr/index.php/workshops/hands-on-qopen-source-gis-a-webmappingq
* Open Source GIS & WebCartography workshop
* OSGeo-Live USBs handed to all workshop attendees

=== March 2012, Association for Geographic Information Welsh Group Open Source Seminar ===
* Wrexham, Wales, UK
* DVDs handed out to all delegates (20)
* http://astuntechnology.com/news/agi-open-source-training/ (proper link no longer available)

=== March 2012, AWRA GIS and Water Resources Conference ===
* New Orleans
* ~ 350 DVDs handed to delegates
* http://awra.org/meetings/Spring2012/

=== March 2012, FOSSGIS 2012 ===
* Dessau, Germany
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates - more than 400 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned in the opening speech
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2012/
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned a lot on the conference. Some presenter mentioned in their presentation, to test the new stuff with OSGeo-Live
* How many people were in the workshop?
** 21 Wokshops took place in total, 15 Workshop used OSGeo-Live 5.5, some of the workshops used a modified OSGeo-Live version
** 5 - 20 persons were in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used? DVD? USB? VM?
** Used with VirtualBox
* Did students bring their own computers? What types of computers and operating systems were brought in?
** No own computers. We used the computers with windows and VirtualBox from the GIS pool of the university
* How much time was spent setting up the class with setting up OSGeo-Live?
** This was done before the workshop

=== March 2012, Spanish FOSS4G 2012 ===
* Girona, Spain
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation.
* Possibly also handing out osgeo-live 5.5 DVDs?
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/

=== 6-7 March 2012, Malaysian Geospatial Forum ===
* Malaka, Malaysia
* http://www.malaysiageospatialforum.org
* The OSGEO-Live lightning overview was presented to around 50 attendees (of approximately 300 attendees of the whole event). Positive feedbacks, the common question was which package should be used to their work.

=== February 2012, AAG 2012 ===
* New York, New York
* 25 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* FOSS4G Workshop for Educators
* http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting

=== February 2012, GIS courses ===
* 6-10 Feb, Enterprise GIS course at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
* 13-17 Feb , Introduction to QGIS and PostGIS course, Muizenberg, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees (~15 each)
* Ran in first session of workshops as LiveDVD to browse through the ecosystem and get a feel for Linux and FOSS GIS.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== January 2012, Pleiades Days 2012 ===
* Toulouse, France
* 50 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* [http://www.pleiades2012.com/ Website]

== 2011==

=== December 2011, Enterprise GIS course at the Council for Geoscience ===
* 12-14 Dec, Cape Town, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees
* We set up the VM on Windows for part of the workshop. Demo'd QGIS server and browsed through the system for an overview of other tools.
* It would be nice to have OpenGeo Suite Community Edition installed. It could provide PostGIS and GeoServer to the rest of the DVD. Also GeoNode.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== November 2011, FOSS4G Tokyo/Osaka 2011 ===
*Tokyo and Osaka, JAPAN
*each 50+ OSGeo-Live 5.0 DVDs handed to delegates
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-tokyo/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-osaka/ Website (in Japanese)]

=== October 2011, IAEA/FAO Coordinated Research Program ===
* Burkina Faso
* This conference was the third in a series of semi-annual meetings reviewing research programs regarding two agricultural pests: Tsetse and Old/New World Screw-worm. The meetings focus on merging population genetics and GIS techniques to better understand the spread of these pests.
* A customized version of the OSGeoLive 5.0 was prepared with data specific to Burkina Faso, and each of the 15 participants received a USB flash drive for the practice session. Some basic exercises were conducted demonstrating QGIS, Spatialite, and R.
* Responses were overwhelmingly positive.

=== September 2011, Intergeo 2011 ===
* Nuremberg, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an the OSGeo Park at Intergeo every year presenting OSGeo software. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2011/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* Rest of the OSGeo-Live 4.5 handed out (aprox 100 DVDs)
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php

=== September 2011, FOSS4G 2011 ===
Denver, United States
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 5.0)
* 300 USBs printed, 600 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was used within many of the workshops

=== June/July 2011, Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* University of Gerona, Gerona, Spain
* The school taught Open Source GIS technologies and made use of the OSGeoLive DVD
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2011/target-audience/prerequisites

=== August 2011, [http://irdal.ird.fr/spip.php?page=ecole_ete_spatial_bresil11_sommaire&id_rubrique=1022|Ecole d'été - Observation spatiale de l'environnement] ===
* Macapa, Brazil
* OSGeo-Live 5.0RC1 on a USB was used in a workshop for 12 students learning OTB and Monteverdi.

=== June 2011, FLUXNET & RS Open-Workshop ===
* David Brower Environmental Center, USA
* http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/fluxnet2011/fluxwkshp_post.html
* Provided OSGeo LiveDVD to interested participants

=== June 2011, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010| OSGIS 2011]] ===
Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis11/os_home.html
* Provided OSGeo-Live lightning presentation, abstract: [[Live_GIS_Disk_OSGIS_2011]]
* handed out OSGeo-Live DVDs to all delegates

=== May 2011, CGS 2011 ===
* Bishop CA, USA
* ~10 discs

=== April 2011, GITA 2011 ===
* Dallas Tx, USA
* 100 discs sent to OSGeo booth

=== April 2011, AAG 2011 ===
* Seattle, WA USA
* Annual Geography conference 8-10,000 attendants
* ~30-50 discs given away at OSGeo booth
* Remaining ~150 divided between CUGOS and Portland? chapters.

=== April 2011, FOSSGIS 2011 ===
* Heidelberg, Germany
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/ FOSSGIS] is an annual conference in german language with ~ 400 attendants
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.5 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* OSGeoLive 4.5 was used sucessfully in ~ 12 workshops
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/programm/events/248.de.html Astrid Emde presented OSGeo-Live] in a 20 min talk with focus on the background of the project and the possibilities the project offers
** about 40 attendants

== 2010 ==
=== November 2010, GeoData Camp ===
* Athens, Greece
* Presented OSGeo-Live lightning presentation in Greek to more than 300 attendants. This included two 1-hour presentations in technical sessions and a 15 minute presentation in the main event.

=== October 2010, Intergeo 2010 ===
* Cologne, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an Open Source Park on Intergeo every year where OSGeo Software is presented. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2010/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.0 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* Lars Lingner presented the DVD with Cameron Shorters presentation
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php
* Feedback
** good feedback: OSGeo-Live offers the possibility to get to know OSGeo Software without an installation

=== September 2010, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010|FOSS4G 2010]] ===
Barcelona, Spain
* Provided a 90 minute tutorial of OSGeo Live
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 4.0)

=== April 2010, [http://www.fig2010.com/ FIG 2010] - International Surveyors conference===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from OSGeo stand. (Release 3.0)
* Provided 15 minute lightning talk about the OSGeo stack, promoting the LiveDVD. [[http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/04/report-from-osgeo-stand-at-federation.html Report]], [[http://blip.tv/file/3503561 presentation video]]

== 2009 ==

=== October 2009, [http://2009.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2009] ===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out 500 Live DVDs in every delegate's show bag. (Release: 2.0.3)

=== June 2009, [http://www.spatial.gov.au/Conferences/spatialgov+2009/default.aspx Spatial@Gov] ===
* Canberra, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from an OSGeo stand. (Release 1.0)
* Cameron Shorter provided a 30 minute presentation on the Open Source GeoSpatial Stack.

== 2008 ==

=== November 2008, Australian Cooperative Research Center for Spatial Information Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* Distributed ~ 250 OSGeo-Live DVDs to delegates (Release 1.0)

===September 2008, [http://2008.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2008]===
* Handed out ~ 150 Live DVDs from the OSGeo stand. (Release: foss4g2008)

[[Category: Live-demo]]
[[Category: History]]

Live GIS History

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Where has the LiveDVD been used? Please tell us. A history of wide use provides justification for future developers to include, and improve their application on OSGeo-Live.

== Template Questions ==
* date of the event, City, Country
* link to event webside
* Was OSGeo-Live handed out to attendees? How many were handed out? Were USBs, DVDs, or VMs used or handed out? How many?
* Was the OSGeo-Live lightning overview presented? To how many people? Was it a plenary event? If not, what percentage of the attendees attended this talk? Did you get any feedback? What did you hear?
* Was OSGeo-Live used for workshops? What did the workshop cover. Was the USB/DVD or VM used? Were attendees computers used? If so, what operating systems were they running? How long did it take to set up? Were there any issues?
* Any suggestions on what we can do to improve OSGeo-Live for future?
* Contact: person involved from the conference

== 2013 ==
=== 10-13 June 2014, OGRS 2014 ===
* Helsinki, Finland
* http://2014.ogrs-community.org/
* Contact: [[User:Ajolma|Ari Jolma]]

== 2013 ==
=== 8-10 October 2013, INTERGEO 2013 ===
* Essen, Germany
* http://intergeo.de
* it is planned to hand out 500 OSGeo 7.0 DVDs
* slides about OSGeo-Live in FOSSGIS e.V. presentation
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-21 September 2013, FOSS4G ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://2013.foss4g.org
* Contact: Steven Feldman

=== 25-30 August 2013, International Cartographic Conference ===
* Dresden, Germany
* http://www.dgfk.net/index.php?id=164&do=akt
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 8-12 July 2013, Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Catalonia, Spain
* About 25 students running OSGeo-Live in a Virtual Machine (Virtual Box).
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2013/
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]]

=== 3-5 July 2013, AGIT25 ===
* Salzburg, Austria
* http://www.agit.at
* OSGeo Day http://www.agit.at/index.php/programm-2013/themen/osgeo
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs at FOSSGIS/OSGeo Booth - about 200 DVDs
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 10 June 2013, FROG (FRancophone Opensource Geomatique)===
* Paris, France
* http://osgeo.asso.fr
* Distribution to participants ?
* Contact : Vincent Picavet

=== 12.-14. June 2013 FOSSGIS ===
* 12.-14. June 2013
* Rapperswil, Switzerland
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs to all delegates - about 350 DVDs
* Presenatation about OSGeo-Live '''OSGeo-Live rocks!''' by [[User:Astrid Emde | Astrid Emde]] http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/programm/events/576.de.html
* > 10 Workshops will take place, most of them will use OSGeo-Live 6.5
** 5 - 20 persons in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used?
** VirtualMachine
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-19 June 2013, FOSS4G-CEE 2013 ===
* Bucharest, Romania
* OSGeo-Live 6.5 (or higher) DVDs will be handed out to all participants (conference target: 300)
* Some workshops are expected to make use of OSGeo-Live (call for workshops opens June 13th)
* A OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation is welcome (call for presentations opens June 13th)
* http://2013.foss4g-cee.org
* Contact: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu]

=== 21 May 2013, Location Intelligence Conference ===
* Washington DC, United States
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Amyonthemap|Amy Gao]]

=== 24 April, 2013 FOSS4G Buenos Aires 2013 ===
* 24 to 26 of April 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* http://www.foss4g.org.ar/
* Unfortunately there was a problem with the DVD distributor and the participants didn't receive a copy.
* [http://jsanz.github.io/slides-201304-foss4gba/osgeo-live/#/title OSGeo Live presentation] by [[Jorge Sanz]]
* OSGeo Live was used on the MapProxy workshop by the lecturer and some attendants that were able to run it on Virtual Box
* Contact: [[Mauricio Miranda]]

=== 10 April, 2013 EGU 2013 ===
* Vienna, Austria
* http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/session/13223
* DVD-distribution to journalists
* splinter meeting with short presentation and screenshots of OSGeo-Live
* Contact: Peter Löwe

=== 6-8 March 2013, Jornadas de SIG Libre (Spanish FOSS4G2013) ===
* Girona, Spain
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluis Vicens]]

=== 17-18 January 2013, WhereCampEU ===
* Rome, Italy
* http://wherecamp.eu/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

== 2012 ==

=== 4-7 December 2012, Open Source Developers Conference ===
* Sydney, Australia
* http://www.osdc.com.au/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by Cameron Shorter
* Contact: Cameron Shorter

=== 22-24 November 2012, PhilGEOS 2012 ===
* Quezon City, Philippines
* http://philgeos2012.wordpress.com/
* Over 60 participants joined 8 workshops and 3 lightning talks. The OSGeo Live project was also presented in one of the parallel technical sessions in the main conference. Likewise, an exhibit booth was installed during the PhilGEOS conference for OSGeo and OpenStreetMap. Over ~50 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* Contact: Maning Sambale

=== 17-18 November 2012, OpenGIS ===
* Moscow, Russia
* conference on everything related to free and opensource GIS: data, software, methodology, organized by members of Russian GIS-Lab and OpenStreetMap communities.
* Over 200 participants; OSGeo-Live DVD was used in GRASS GIS workshop; ~10 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* http://gisconf.ru/en/
* Contact: Maxim Dubinin, Alexander Mury

=== 14-17 November 2012, GFOSSDAY 2012 - OSMit 2012 ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within five workshops
* OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
* Title: OSGeo-Live: il più semplice strumento per provare le applicazioni GFOSS / OSGeo-Live: the simplest way to test FOSS4G software
* Contact: [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

=== 14-16 November 2012, EGU Leonardo Conference ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.eguleonardo2012.polito.it/
* Poster presentation in Session: Population
* Notes: Poster Presentations consist in a quick (1-Slide) oral overview during the sessions and in the attendance by the poster stand between the sessions.
* Title: A complete review of the breadth of quality Geospatial Open Source Software available to Hydrologists, using OSGeo-Live
* Contact: [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]

=== 12-13 November 2012, SWE-SmartCities Workshop ===
* Barcelona, Spain
* https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5tKYbjsGOrxWkVwWWZsM2NHNlk/edit
* Sensor Web Enablement workshop held by 52°North
* 21 OSGeo-Live handed to the participants and used for the exercises
* The DVD was used for a training workshop on OGC Sensor Web Enablement. Participants worked with the 52°North SOS and the 52°North WPS. The DVD was mostly used, in some cases the VM was used.During the training, the participants used their own laptop computers (a full mix of all operating systems).There was no dedicated time needed for setting up the DVD. No issues occured.
* Contact: [[User:esllolo|Estela Llorente López]], Simon Jirka (52°North)

=== November 2012, Open Source GIS and Webmapping Workshop ===
* Vienna (Austria)
* Waiting on Barend Köbben to provide website url once details are finalised

===25-26 October 2012, FOSS4G-India ===
* Hyderabad, India
* http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia
* OSGeo-Live DVDs to be handed out to all participants
* OSGeo-Live to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live Presentation to be given by K S Rajan
* Contact: K S Rajan

=== October 2012, LatinOSGIS ===
* Guayaquil, Ecuador
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs to be handed out
* lightning presentation by Mauricio Miranda
* http://www.fiec.espol.edu.ec/LatinOSGIS
* Contact: Indira Yadira Nolivos Alvarez

===17,18 October 2012, GeoINT 2012 ===
* Orlando Florida
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* mentioned in various panels and forums
* geoint2012.com
* Contact: Mark Lucas and John Scott

=== 17-19 October 2012, Geospace Europe Summit 2012 ===
* Brussels Belgium
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* Presentation pointing to live.ogeo.org efforts
* http://defence.flemingeurope.com/geospatial-intelligence-europe
* Contact: Mark Lucas

=== 17-19 October 2012, Latinoware ===
* Keynote presentation by Jody Garnett including parts of the OSGeo Lightning presentation
* http://2012.latinoware.org/?lang=en , http://2012.latinoware.org/?page_id=228
* Contact: Jody Garnett

=== October 2012, INTERGEO 2012 ===
* Hannover Germany, 9.-11.10.2012
* ~600 OSGeo 6.0 (and some of Version 5.5.) DVDs were distributed
* slide about OSGeo-Live in [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] presentation
* very good feedback to the DVD. Lot of people already know OSGeo-Live
* http://intergeo.de
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== October 2012, Smart Korea 2012 in conjunction with OGC TC/PC Meeting ===
* Seoul, Korea
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out at OSGeo booth there
* http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1210tc
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 11-13 October 2012, XXXII INCA International Conference 2012 ===
* Dehradun, India
* http://www.incaindia.org/32INCA/
* Nearly 80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/IIRS Booth. Posters with screenshots of some applications with local data were put up.
* Explained delegates about OpenSource GIS. Demonstrated QGIS to anyone with a question. Demoed OpenCPN to some of the folks from National Hydrographic Office.
* Contact: Chaitanya Kumar CH

=== October 12, 2012, FOSS4G Korea 2012 ===
* COEX, Seoul, Korea
* Nearly 70~80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out during the event and brief explanation of OSGeo-Live project was given to participants
* FOSS4G Korea will be held in conjunction with Smart Korea 2012
* http://www.osgeo.kr
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== October 3-5, 2012, Minnesota GIS/LIS 2012 ===
* Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/FOSS4GNA Booth.
* OSGeo-Live ODP file set to loop on digital display in booth, augmented with local OSGeo project screenshots.
* Annual Conference and Workshops.
* http://www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=718
* Contact: Bob Basques

=== October 2012, GISSA Ukubuzana conference ===
* 1-3 October, Johannesburg, South Africa
* ~450 OSGeo 6.0 DVDs were distributed
* Lightning overview wwas also presented
* It was also used in two workshops ('Intro to PostGIS and QGIS' and 'Enterprise GIS with FOSS')
* http://gissa.org.za/activities/conferences/gissa-ukubuzana-2012
* More were distributed and used in workshops at the launch of the University of Pretoria ICA/OSGeo Lab on 4 Oct
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== September 2012, Geocamp ===
* September 22nd, Campo Maior, Portugal
* http://geocampers.com
* OSGeo project presentation: how the project is managed, how translations work, how a project is involved
* Contact: [[Jorge Sanz]], Hugo Santos info (at) geocampers (dot) com

=== September 2012, Asia GeoSpatial Forum ===
* Hanoi, Vietnam. 17~19th, September
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out to the participants.
* A presentation on OSGeo overview and OSGeo-Live was given in oral presentation session
* Open Source GIS Session
* http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 5 September 2012 Open Source GIS Conference (OSGIS) ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* All day session: "Educational use of OSGeo Live" presented by Ari Jolma
* 100 OSGeo-Live DVDs handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation by Barry Rowlingson
* http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/
* Contact: Suchith Anand

=== August 2012, 34th International Geological Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation by Peter Baunmann, conference convener
* http://www.34igc.org/
* Contact: Peter Baunmann

=== 18-19 July 2012, FOSS4G Southeast Asia ===
* Johor Bahru, Malaysia
* OSGEO-live DVD used at the plenary session. Several slides from OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation used plus some demonstration.
* OSGeo-Live handed out to all delegates.
* Contact: Dr. Franz-Josef Behr

=== July 2012, Third Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Spain
* School program focused on the development and creation of Open Web Mapping Services and Web applications. Jeremy Morley (Lecturer and a theme leader at the NGI) will be contributing the Nottingham components for the Summer School. The course has been designed and will be conducted on a GNU/Linux operating system based on the use of the OSGeo-Live DVD.
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2012/
* Contact: Lluís Vicens

=== July 2012, International Environmental Modeling and Software Society Conference (IEMSS) ===
* Leipzig, Germany
* ~ 100 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://www.iemss.org/sites/iemss2012/sessions_D.html
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== July 2012, AGIT ===
* Salzburg (Austria) Annual Conference
* http://www.agit.at/
* [[AGIT]], Friday is OSGeo day, free booth together with OSM throughtout the week ([[Arnulf]])
* we want to hand out +- 500 OSGeoLive DVDs

===June 30 - July 1, 2012, FOSS4G Hokkaido 2012 ===
*Sapporo, Hokkaido JAPAN
*50 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to delegates
*OSGeo.JP and OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
*[https://sites.google.com/site/foss4ghokkaido/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[https://www.facebook.com/FOSS4G.Hokkaido Facebook (in Japanese)]

=== June 2012, useR! The International R User Conference ===
* Vanderbilt U, Nashville USA
* http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/UseR-2012
* Workshop Presentation on Geospatial Data in R, 33 attendees
* Five or six OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs taken
* Boot and demo at end of workshop.

=== June 28, 2012, OSGeo.nl Day (FOSS4G Regional) within MapWindow Conference - The Netherlands ===
* Velp, The Netherlands
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to all delegates (about 120). This included a large contingent of OSGeo-NL people who I heard were very appreciative of the DVD.
* OSGeo-Live + OSGeo overview in keynote presentation
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within the two workshops
* http://osgeo.nl/osgeonl_dag_2012.html (OSGeo.nl Day Program + Pres. Slides)
* http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012 (general MapWindow conf)
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== May 2012, FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 ===
* Prague, Czech Republic
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://foss4g-cee.org/
* Contact: Jachym Cepicky

=== May 2012, FOSSCOMM 2012 ===
* Serres, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* 1 undergraduate thesis presentation using OSGeo-Live
* http://serres.fosscomm.gr/?page_id=582

=== May 2012, HellasGI 2012 ===
* Athens, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* Local chapter meeting

=== April 2012, COMEM OGO course :: Webmapping with OGC standards ===
* April 16th, a course dedicated on geospatialized e-Content for Media Engineering bachelor students (http://www.comem.ch) at School of Engineering and Business Vaud (http://www.heig-vd.ch), Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains
* Topic : learning webmapping and OGC standards with OpenLayers, GeoServer, PostGIS (http://ogo.heig-vd.ch)
* A customized OSGeo-Live 5.5 VM has been used through VirtualBox by 15 students to execute several exercices and to build a five days project (http://carto.iict.ch)
* Delivering a complete and ready to use geo-enabled VM is interessant for students to work in a kind of sandbox and to bring something easely back at home for later reuse.

=== April 2012, Geospatial World Forum 2012 ===
* The RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 4-hour [http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/b/bf/GeospatialWorldForum_2012_OpenSource_Seminar_Program.pdf "Open Source Seminar"] organized by OSGeo/[http://OSgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Chapter] with 11 speakers
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation (15mins)
* http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2012/open.htm

=== April 2012, FOSS4G North America 2012 ===
* Washington, United States
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation?
* http://foss4g-na.org/

=== April 2012, GISRUK 2012 ===
* Lancaster University, UK
* (probably) To be used for pre-conference workshop from Lutra Consulting
* Around 200 DVDs to be handed out at the OSGeo-UK desk
* http://www.lancs.ac.uk/gisruk2012/

=== April 2012, AGILE 2012===
* Avignon, France
* http://agile2012.imag.fr/index.php/workshops/hands-on-qopen-source-gis-a-webmappingq
* Open Source GIS & WebCartography workshop
* OSGeo-Live USBs handed to all workshop attendees

=== March 2012, Association for Geographic Information Welsh Group Open Source Seminar ===
* Wrexham, Wales, UK
* DVDs handed out to all delegates (20)
* http://astuntechnology.com/news/agi-open-source-training/ (proper link no longer available)

=== March 2012, AWRA GIS and Water Resources Conference ===
* New Orleans
* ~ 350 DVDs handed to delegates
* http://awra.org/meetings/Spring2012/

=== March 2012, FOSSGIS 2012 ===
* Dessau, Germany
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates - more than 400 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned in the opening speech
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2012/
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned a lot on the conference. Some presenter mentioned in their presentation, to test the new stuff with OSGeo-Live
* How many people were in the workshop?
** 21 Wokshops took place in total, 15 Workshop used OSGeo-Live 5.5, some of the workshops used a modified OSGeo-Live version
** 5 - 20 persons were in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used? DVD? USB? VM?
** Used with VirtualBox
* Did students bring their own computers? What types of computers and operating systems were brought in?
** No own computers. We used the computers with windows and VirtualBox from the GIS pool of the university
* How much time was spent setting up the class with setting up OSGeo-Live?
** This was done before the workshop

=== March 2012, Spanish FOSS4G 2012 ===
* Girona, Spain
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation.
* Possibly also handing out osgeo-live 5.5 DVDs?
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/

=== 6-7 March 2012, Malaysian Geospatial Forum ===
* Malaka, Malaysia
* http://www.malaysiageospatialforum.org
* The OSGEO-Live lightning overview was presented to around 50 attendees (of approximately 300 attendees of the whole event). Positive feedbacks, the common question was which package should be used to their work.

=== February 2012, AAG 2012 ===
* New York, New York
* 25 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* FOSS4G Workshop for Educators
* http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting

=== February 2012, GIS courses ===
* 6-10 Feb, Enterprise GIS course at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
* 13-17 Feb , Introduction to QGIS and PostGIS course, Muizenberg, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees (~15 each)
* Ran in first session of workshops as LiveDVD to browse through the ecosystem and get a feel for Linux and FOSS GIS.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== January 2012, Pleiades Days 2012 ===
* Toulouse, France
* 50 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* [http://www.pleiades2012.com/ Website]

== 2011==

=== December 2011, Enterprise GIS course at the Council for Geoscience ===
* 12-14 Dec, Cape Town, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees
* We set up the VM on Windows for part of the workshop. Demo'd QGIS server and browsed through the system for an overview of other tools.
* It would be nice to have OpenGeo Suite Community Edition installed. It could provide PostGIS and GeoServer to the rest of the DVD. Also GeoNode.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== November 2011, FOSS4G Tokyo/Osaka 2011 ===
*Tokyo and Osaka, JAPAN
*each 50+ OSGeo-Live 5.0 DVDs handed to delegates
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-tokyo/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-osaka/ Website (in Japanese)]

=== October 2011, IAEA/FAO Coordinated Research Program ===
* Burkina Faso
* This conference was the third in a series of semi-annual meetings reviewing research programs regarding two agricultural pests: Tsetse and Old/New World Screw-worm. The meetings focus on merging population genetics and GIS techniques to better understand the spread of these pests.
* A customized version of the OSGeoLive 5.0 was prepared with data specific to Burkina Faso, and each of the 15 participants received a USB flash drive for the practice session. Some basic exercises were conducted demonstrating QGIS, Spatialite, and R.
* Responses were overwhelmingly positive.

=== September 2011, Intergeo 2011 ===
* Nuremberg, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an the OSGeo Park at Intergeo every year presenting OSGeo software. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2011/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* Rest of the OSGeo-Live 4.5 handed out (aprox 100 DVDs)
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php

=== September 2011, FOSS4G 2011 ===
Denver, United States
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 5.0)
* 300 USBs printed, 600 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was used within many of the workshops

=== June/July 2011, Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* University of Gerona, Gerona, Spain
* The school taught Open Source GIS technologies and made use of the OSGeoLive DVD
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2011/target-audience/prerequisites

=== August 2011, [http://irdal.ird.fr/spip.php?page=ecole_ete_spatial_bresil11_sommaire&id_rubrique=1022|Ecole d'été - Observation spatiale de l'environnement] ===
* Macapa, Brazil
* OSGeo-Live 5.0RC1 on a USB was used in a workshop for 12 students learning OTB and Monteverdi.

=== June 2011, FLUXNET & RS Open-Workshop ===
* David Brower Environmental Center, USA
* http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/fluxnet2011/fluxwkshp_post.html
* Provided OSGeo LiveDVD to interested participants

=== June 2011, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010| OSGIS 2011]] ===
Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis11/os_home.html
* Provided OSGeo-Live lightning presentation, abstract: [[Live_GIS_Disk_OSGIS_2011]]
* handed out OSGeo-Live DVDs to all delegates

=== May 2011, CGS 2011 ===
* Bishop CA, USA
* ~10 discs

=== April 2011, GITA 2011 ===
* Dallas Tx, USA
* 100 discs sent to OSGeo booth

=== April 2011, AAG 2011 ===
* Seattle, WA USA
* Annual Geography conference 8-10,000 attendants
* ~30-50 discs given away at OSGeo booth
* Remaining ~150 divided between CUGOS and Portland? chapters.

=== April 2011, FOSSGIS 2011 ===
* Heidelberg, Germany
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/ FOSSGIS] is an annual conference in german language with ~ 400 attendants
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.5 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* OSGeoLive 4.5 was used sucessfully in ~ 12 workshops
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/programm/events/248.de.html Astrid Emde presented OSGeo-Live] in a 20 min talk with focus on the background of the project and the possibilities the project offers
** about 40 attendants

== 2010 ==
=== November 2010, GeoData Camp ===
* Athens, Greece
* Presented OSGeo-Live lightning presentation in Greek to more than 300 attendants. This included two 1-hour presentations in technical sessions and a 15 minute presentation in the main event.

=== October 2010, Intergeo 2010 ===
* Cologne, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an Open Source Park on Intergeo every year where OSGeo Software is presented. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2010/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.0 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* Lars Lingner presented the DVD with Cameron Shorters presentation
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php
* Feedback
** good feedback: OSGeo-Live offers the possibility to get to know OSGeo Software without an installation

=== September 2010, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010|FOSS4G 2010]] ===
Barcelona, Spain
* Provided a 90 minute tutorial of OSGeo Live
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 4.0)

=== April 2010, [http://www.fig2010.com/ FIG 2010] - International Surveyors conference===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from OSGeo stand. (Release 3.0)
* Provided 15 minute lightning talk about the OSGeo stack, promoting the LiveDVD. [[http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/04/report-from-osgeo-stand-at-federation.html Report]], [[http://blip.tv/file/3503561 presentation video]]

== 2009 ==

=== October 2009, [http://2009.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2009] ===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out 500 Live DVDs in every delegate's show bag. (Release: 2.0.3)

=== June 2009, [http://www.spatial.gov.au/Conferences/spatialgov+2009/default.aspx Spatial@Gov] ===
* Canberra, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from an OSGeo stand. (Release 1.0)
* Cameron Shorter provided a 30 minute presentation on the Open Source GeoSpatial Stack.

== 2008 ==

=== November 2008, Australian Cooperative Research Center for Spatial Information Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* Distributed ~ 250 OSGeo-Live DVDs to delegates (Release 1.0)

===September 2008, [http://2008.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2008]===
* Handed out ~ 150 Live DVDs from the OSGeo stand. (Release: foss4g2008)

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[[Category: History]]

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Where has the LiveDVD been used? Please tell us. A history of wide use provides justification for future developers to include, and improve their application on OSGeo-Live.

== Template Questions ==
* date of the event, City, Country
* link to event webside
* Was OSGeo-Live handed out to attendees? How many were handed out? Were USBs, DVDs, or VMs used or handed out? How many?
* Was the OSGeo-Live lightning overview presented? To how many people? Was it a plenary event? If not, what percentage of the attendees attended this talk? Did you get any feedback? What did you hear?
* Was OSGeo-Live used for workshops? What did the workshop cover. Was the USB/DVD or VM used? Were attendees computers used? If so, what operating systems were they running? How long did it take to set up? Were there any issues?
* Any suggestions on what we can do to improve OSGeo-Live for future?
* Contact: person involved from the conference

== 2013 ==
=== 10-13 June 2014, OGRS 2014 ===
* Helsinki, Finland
* http://2014.ogrs-community.org/
* Contact: [[User:Ari Jolma|Ajolma]]

== 2013 ==
=== 8-10 October 2013, INTERGEO 2013 ===
* Essen, Germany
* http://intergeo.de
* it is planned to hand out 500 OSGeo 7.0 DVDs
* slides about OSGeo-Live in FOSSGIS e.V. presentation
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-21 September 2013, FOSS4G ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://2013.foss4g.org
* Contact: Steven Feldman

=== 25-30 August 2013, International Cartographic Conference ===
* Dresden, Germany
* http://www.dgfk.net/index.php?id=164&do=akt
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 8-12 July 2013, Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Catalonia, Spain
* About 25 students running OSGeo-Live in a Virtual Machine (Virtual Box).
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2013/
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]]

=== 3-5 July 2013, AGIT25 ===
* Salzburg, Austria
* http://www.agit.at
* OSGeo Day http://www.agit.at/index.php/programm-2013/themen/osgeo
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs at FOSSGIS/OSGeo Booth - about 200 DVDs
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 10 June 2013, FROG (FRancophone Opensource Geomatique)===
* Paris, France
* http://osgeo.asso.fr
* Distribution to participants ?
* Contact : Vincent Picavet

=== 12.-14. June 2013 FOSSGIS ===
* 12.-14. June 2013
* Rapperswil, Switzerland
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 6.5 DVDs to all delegates - about 350 DVDs
* Presenatation about OSGeo-Live '''OSGeo-Live rocks!''' by [[User:Astrid Emde | Astrid Emde]] http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2013/programm/events/576.de.html
* > 10 Workshops will take place, most of them will use OSGeo-Live 6.5
** 5 - 20 persons in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used?
** VirtualMachine
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== 17-19 June 2013, FOSS4G-CEE 2013 ===
* Bucharest, Romania
* OSGeo-Live 6.5 (or higher) DVDs will be handed out to all participants (conference target: 300)
* Some workshops are expected to make use of OSGeo-Live (call for workshops opens June 13th)
* A OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation is welcome (call for presentations opens June 13th)
* http://2013.foss4g-cee.org
* Contact: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vasile Vasile Crăciunescu]

=== 21 May 2013, Location Intelligence Conference ===
* Washington DC, United States
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Amyonthemap|Amy Gao]]

=== 24 April, 2013 FOSS4G Buenos Aires 2013 ===
* 24 to 26 of April 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* http://www.foss4g.org.ar/
* Unfortunately there was a problem with the DVD distributor and the participants didn't receive a copy.
* [http://jsanz.github.io/slides-201304-foss4gba/osgeo-live/#/title OSGeo Live presentation] by [[Jorge Sanz]]
* OSGeo Live was used on the MapProxy workshop by the lecturer and some attendants that were able to run it on Virtual Box
* Contact: [[Mauricio Miranda]]

=== 10 April, 2013 EGU 2013 ===
* Vienna, Austria
* http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2013/session/13223
* DVD-distribution to journalists
* splinter meeting with short presentation and screenshots of OSGeo-Live
* Contact: Peter Löwe

=== 6-8 March 2013, Jornadas de SIG Libre (Spanish FOSS4G2013) ===
* Girona, Spain
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre
* Contact: [[User:Lluís|Lluis Vicens]]

=== 17-18 January 2013, WhereCampEU ===
* Rome, Italy
* http://wherecamp.eu/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

== 2012 ==

=== 4-7 December 2012, Open Source Developers Conference ===
* Sydney, Australia
* http://www.osdc.com.au/
* OSGeo-Live presentation by Cameron Shorter
* Contact: Cameron Shorter

=== 22-24 November 2012, PhilGEOS 2012 ===
* Quezon City, Philippines
* http://philgeos2012.wordpress.com/
* Over 60 participants joined 8 workshops and 3 lightning talks. The OSGeo Live project was also presented in one of the parallel technical sessions in the main conference. Likewise, an exhibit booth was installed during the PhilGEOS conference for OSGeo and OpenStreetMap. Over ~50 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* Contact: Maning Sambale

=== 17-18 November 2012, OpenGIS ===
* Moscow, Russia
* conference on everything related to free and opensource GIS: data, software, methodology, organized by members of Russian GIS-Lab and OpenStreetMap communities.
* Over 200 participants; OSGeo-Live DVD was used in GRASS GIS workshop; ~10 OSGeo Live DVDs were handed out to conference participants.
* http://gisconf.ru/en/
* Contact: Maxim Dubinin, Alexander Mury

=== 14-17 November 2012, GFOSSDAY 2012 - OSMit 2012 ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/gfossday2012
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within five workshops
* OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
* Title: OSGeo-Live: il più semplice strumento per provare le applicazioni GFOSS / OSGeo-Live: the simplest way to test FOSS4G software
* Contact: [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

=== 14-16 November 2012, EGU Leonardo Conference ===
* Turin, Italy
* http://www.eguleonardo2012.polito.it/
* Poster presentation in Session: Population
* Notes: Poster Presentations consist in a quick (1-Slide) oral overview during the sessions and in the attendance by the poster stand between the sessions.
* Title: A complete review of the breadth of quality Geospatial Open Source Software available to Hydrologists, using OSGeo-Live
* Contact: [[User:Madi|Margherita Di Leo]]

=== 12-13 November 2012, SWE-SmartCities Workshop ===
* Barcelona, Spain
* https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5tKYbjsGOrxWkVwWWZsM2NHNlk/edit
* Sensor Web Enablement workshop held by 52°North
* 21 OSGeo-Live handed to the participants and used for the exercises
* The DVD was used for a training workshop on OGC Sensor Web Enablement. Participants worked with the 52°North SOS and the 52°North WPS. The DVD was mostly used, in some cases the VM was used.During the training, the participants used their own laptop computers (a full mix of all operating systems).There was no dedicated time needed for setting up the DVD. No issues occured.
* Contact: [[User:esllolo|Estela Llorente López]], Simon Jirka (52°North)

=== November 2012, Open Source GIS and Webmapping Workshop ===
* Vienna (Austria)
* Waiting on Barend Köbben to provide website url once details are finalised

===25-26 October 2012, FOSS4G-India ===
* Hyderabad, India
* http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia
* OSGeo-Live DVDs to be handed out to all participants
* OSGeo-Live to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live Presentation to be given by K S Rajan
* Contact: K S Rajan

=== October 2012, LatinOSGIS ===
* Guayaquil, Ecuador
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs to be handed out
* lightning presentation by Mauricio Miranda
* http://www.fiec.espol.edu.ec/LatinOSGIS
* Contact: Indira Yadira Nolivos Alvarez

===17,18 October 2012, GeoINT 2012 ===
* Orlando Florida
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* mentioned in various panels and forums
* geoint2012.com
* Contact: Mark Lucas and John Scott

=== 17-19 October 2012, Geospace Europe Summit 2012 ===
* Brussels Belgium
* OSGeo-Live link handed out
* Presentation pointing to live.ogeo.org efforts
* http://defence.flemingeurope.com/geospatial-intelligence-europe
* Contact: Mark Lucas

=== 17-19 October 2012, Latinoware ===
* Keynote presentation by Jody Garnett including parts of the OSGeo Lightning presentation
* http://2012.latinoware.org/?lang=en , http://2012.latinoware.org/?page_id=228
* Contact: Jody Garnett

=== October 2012, INTERGEO 2012 ===
* Hannover Germany, 9.-11.10.2012
* ~600 OSGeo 6.0 (and some of Version 5.5.) DVDs were distributed
* slide about OSGeo-Live in [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] presentation
* very good feedback to the DVD. Lot of people already know OSGeo-Live
* http://intergeo.de
* Contact: [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]]

=== October 2012, Smart Korea 2012 in conjunction with OGC TC/PC Meeting ===
* Seoul, Korea
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out at OSGeo booth there
* http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1210tc
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 11-13 October 2012, XXXII INCA International Conference 2012 ===
* Dehradun, India
* http://www.incaindia.org/32INCA/
* Nearly 80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/IIRS Booth. Posters with screenshots of some applications with local data were put up.
* Explained delegates about OpenSource GIS. Demonstrated QGIS to anyone with a question. Demoed OpenCPN to some of the folks from National Hydrographic Office.
* Contact: Chaitanya Kumar CH

=== October 12, 2012, FOSS4G Korea 2012 ===
* COEX, Seoul, Korea
* Nearly 70~80 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out during the event and brief explanation of OSGeo-Live project was given to participants
* FOSS4G Korea will be held in conjunction with Smart Korea 2012
* http://www.osgeo.kr
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== October 3-5, 2012, Minnesota GIS/LIS 2012 ===
* Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
* OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs handed out at OSGeo/FOSS4GNA Booth.
* OSGeo-Live ODP file set to loop on digital display in booth, augmented with local OSGeo project screenshots.
* Annual Conference and Workshops.
* http://www.mngislis.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=718
* Contact: Bob Basques

=== October 2012, GISSA Ukubuzana conference ===
* 1-3 October, Johannesburg, South Africa
* ~450 OSGeo 6.0 DVDs were distributed
* Lightning overview wwas also presented
* It was also used in two workshops ('Intro to PostGIS and QGIS' and 'Enterprise GIS with FOSS')
* http://gissa.org.za/activities/conferences/gissa-ukubuzana-2012
* More were distributed and used in workshops at the launch of the University of Pretoria ICA/OSGeo Lab on 4 Oct
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== September 2012, Geocamp ===
* September 22nd, Campo Maior, Portugal
* http://geocampers.com
* OSGeo project presentation: how the project is managed, how translations work, how a project is involved
* Contact: [[Jorge Sanz]], Hugo Santos info (at) geocampers (dot) com

=== September 2012, Asia GeoSpatial Forum ===
* Hanoi, Vietnam. 17~19th, September
* Around 50 OSGeo-Live 6.0 DVDs were handed out to the participants.
* A presentation on OSGeo overview and OSGeo-Live was given in oral presentation session
* Open Source GIS Session
* http://www.asiageospatialforum.org/
* Contact: Sanghee Shin

=== 5 September 2012 Open Source GIS Conference (OSGIS) ===
* Nottingham, United Kingdom
* All day session: "Educational use of OSGeo Live" presented by Ari Jolma
* 100 OSGeo-Live DVDs handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation by Barry Rowlingson
* http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/
* Contact: Suchith Anand

=== August 2012, 34th International Geological Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation by Peter Baunmann, conference convener
* http://www.34igc.org/
* Contact: Peter Baunmann

=== 18-19 July 2012, FOSS4G Southeast Asia ===
* Johor Bahru, Malaysia
* OSGEO-live DVD used at the plenary session. Several slides from OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation used plus some demonstration.
* OSGeo-Live handed out to all delegates.
* Contact: Dr. Franz-Josef Behr

=== July 2012, Third Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* Girona, Spain
* School program focused on the development and creation of Open Web Mapping Services and Web applications. Jeremy Morley (Lecturer and a theme leader at the NGI) will be contributing the Nottingham components for the Summer School. The course has been designed and will be conducted on a GNU/Linux operating system based on the use of the OSGeo-Live DVD.
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2012/
* Contact: Lluís Vicens

=== July 2012, International Environmental Modeling and Software Society Conference (IEMSS) ===
* Leipzig, Germany
* ~ 100 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be handed out
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://www.iemss.org/sites/iemss2012/sessions_D.html
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== July 2012, AGIT ===
* Salzburg (Austria) Annual Conference
* http://www.agit.at/
* [[AGIT]], Friday is OSGeo day, free booth together with OSM throughtout the week ([[Arnulf]])
* we want to hand out +- 500 OSGeoLive DVDs

===June 30 - July 1, 2012, FOSS4G Hokkaido 2012 ===
*Sapporo, Hokkaido JAPAN
*50 OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to delegates
*OSGeo.JP and OSGeo-Live overview in keynote presentation
*[https://sites.google.com/site/foss4ghokkaido/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[https://www.facebook.com/FOSS4G.Hokkaido Facebook (in Japanese)]

=== June 2012, useR! The International R User Conference ===
* Vanderbilt U, Nashville USA
* http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/UseR-2012
* Workshop Presentation on Geospatial Data in R, 33 attendees
* Five or six OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs taken
* Boot and demo at end of workshop.

=== June 28, 2012, OSGeo.nl Day (FOSS4G Regional) within MapWindow Conference - The Netherlands ===
* Velp, The Netherlands
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs handed out to all delegates (about 120). This included a large contingent of OSGeo-NL people who I heard were very appreciative of the DVD.
* OSGeo-Live + OSGeo overview in keynote presentation
* OSGeo-Live software directly used from VMs within the two workshops
* http://osgeo.nl/osgeonl_dag_2012.html (OSGeo.nl Day Program + Pres. Slides)
* http://www.mapwindow.org/conference/2012 (general MapWindow conf)
* Contact: Daniel P. Ames

=== May 2012, FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 ===
* Prague, Czech Republic
* OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to be used in workshops
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* http://foss4g-cee.org/
* Contact: Jachym Cepicky

=== May 2012, FOSSCOMM 2012 ===
* Serres, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* 1 undergraduate thesis presentation using OSGeo-Live
* http://serres.fosscomm.gr/?page_id=582

=== May 2012, HellasGI 2012 ===
* Athens, Greece
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation
* Local chapter meeting

=== April 2012, COMEM OGO course :: Webmapping with OGC standards ===
* April 16th, a course dedicated on geospatialized e-Content for Media Engineering bachelor students (http://www.comem.ch) at School of Engineering and Business Vaud (http://www.heig-vd.ch), Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains
* Topic : learning webmapping and OGC standards with OpenLayers, GeoServer, PostGIS (http://ogo.heig-vd.ch)
* A customized OSGeo-Live 5.5 VM has been used through VirtualBox by 15 students to execute several exercices and to build a five days project (http://carto.iict.ch)
* Delivering a complete and ready to use geo-enabled VM is interessant for students to work in a kind of sandbox and to bring something easely back at home for later reuse.

=== April 2012, Geospatial World Forum 2012 ===
* The RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* 4-hour [http://wiki.osgeo.org/images/b/bf/GeospatialWorldForum_2012_OpenSource_Seminar_Program.pdf "Open Source Seminar"] organized by OSGeo/[http://OSgeo.nl OSGeo Dutch Chapter] with 11 speakers
* OSGeo-Live lightning presentation (15mins)
* http://www.geospatialworldforum.org/2012/open.htm

=== April 2012, FOSS4G North America 2012 ===
* Washington, United States
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation?
* http://foss4g-na.org/

=== April 2012, GISRUK 2012 ===
* Lancaster University, UK
* (probably) To be used for pre-conference workshop from Lutra Consulting
* Around 200 DVDs to be handed out at the OSGeo-UK desk
* http://www.lancs.ac.uk/gisruk2012/

=== April 2012, AGILE 2012===
* Avignon, France
* http://agile2012.imag.fr/index.php/workshops/hands-on-qopen-source-gis-a-webmappingq
* Open Source GIS & WebCartography workshop
* OSGeo-Live USBs handed to all workshop attendees

=== March 2012, Association for Geographic Information Welsh Group Open Source Seminar ===
* Wrexham, Wales, UK
* DVDs handed out to all delegates (20)
* http://astuntechnology.com/news/agi-open-source-training/ (proper link no longer available)

=== March 2012, AWRA GIS and Water Resources Conference ===
* New Orleans
* ~ 350 DVDs handed to delegates
* http://awra.org/meetings/Spring2012/

=== March 2012, FOSSGIS 2012 ===
* Dessau, Germany
* Hand out OSGeo-Live 5.5 DVDs to all delegates - more than 400 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned in the opening speech
* http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2012/
* OSGeo-Live was mentioned a lot on the conference. Some presenter mentioned in their presentation, to test the new stuff with OSGeo-Live
* How many people were in the workshop?
** 21 Wokshops took place in total, 15 Workshop used OSGeo-Live 5.5, some of the workshops used a modified OSGeo-Live version
** 5 - 20 persons were in the workshops
* What format of OSGeo-Live was used? DVD? USB? VM?
** Used with VirtualBox
* Did students bring their own computers? What types of computers and operating systems were brought in?
** No own computers. We used the computers with windows and VirtualBox from the GIS pool of the university
* How much time was spent setting up the class with setting up OSGeo-Live?
** This was done before the workshop

=== March 2012, Spanish FOSS4G 2012 ===
* Girona, Spain
* OSGeo-Live lightning overview presentation.
* Possibly also handing out osgeo-live 5.5 DVDs?
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/

=== 6-7 March 2012, Malaysian Geospatial Forum ===
* Malaka, Malaysia
* http://www.malaysiageospatialforum.org
* The OSGEO-Live lightning overview was presented to around 50 attendees (of approximately 300 attendees of the whole event). Positive feedbacks, the common question was which package should be used to their work.

=== February 2012, AAG 2012 ===
* New York, New York
* 25 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* FOSS4G Workshop for Educators
* http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting

=== February 2012, GIS courses ===
* 6-10 Feb, Enterprise GIS course at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
* 13-17 Feb , Introduction to QGIS and PostGIS course, Muizenberg, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees (~15 each)
* Ran in first session of workshops as LiveDVD to browse through the ecosystem and get a feel for Linux and FOSS GIS.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== January 2012, Pleiades Days 2012 ===
* Toulouse, France
* 50 OSGeo-Live 5.0 bootable thumb drives to be handed out
* [http://www.pleiades2012.com/ Website]

== 2011==

=== December 2011, Enterprise GIS course at the Council for Geoscience ===
* 12-14 Dec, Cape Town, South Africa
* OSGeo 5.0 DVDs handed out to course attendees
* We set up the VM on Windows for part of the workshop. Demo'd QGIS server and browsed through the system for an overview of other tools.
* It would be nice to have OpenGeo Suite Community Edition installed. It could provide PostGIS and GeoServer to the rest of the DVD. Also GeoNode.
* [[User:Gfleming|Gavin Fleming]]

=== November 2011, FOSS4G Tokyo/Osaka 2011 ===
*Tokyo and Osaka, JAPAN
*each 50+ OSGeo-Live 5.0 DVDs handed to delegates
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-tokyo/ Website (in Japanese)]
*[http://www.osgeo.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88/foss4g-2011-osaka/ Website (in Japanese)]

=== October 2011, IAEA/FAO Coordinated Research Program ===
* Burkina Faso
* This conference was the third in a series of semi-annual meetings reviewing research programs regarding two agricultural pests: Tsetse and Old/New World Screw-worm. The meetings focus on merging population genetics and GIS techniques to better understand the spread of these pests.
* A customized version of the OSGeoLive 5.0 was prepared with data specific to Burkina Faso, and each of the 15 participants received a USB flash drive for the practice session. Some basic exercises were conducted demonstrating QGIS, Spatialite, and R.
* Responses were overwhelmingly positive.

=== September 2011, Intergeo 2011 ===
* Nuremberg, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an the OSGeo Park at Intergeo every year presenting OSGeo software. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2011/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* Rest of the OSGeo-Live 4.5 handed out (aprox 100 DVDs)
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php

=== September 2011, FOSS4G 2011 ===
Denver, United States
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 5.0)
* 300 USBs printed, 600 DVDs
* OSGeo-Live was used within many of the workshops

=== June/July 2011, Open Source GIS Summer School ===
* University of Gerona, Gerona, Spain
* The school taught Open Source GIS technologies and made use of the OSGeoLive DVD
* http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2011/target-audience/prerequisites

=== August 2011, [http://irdal.ird.fr/spip.php?page=ecole_ete_spatial_bresil11_sommaire&id_rubrique=1022|Ecole d'été - Observation spatiale de l'environnement] ===
* Macapa, Brazil
* OSGeo-Live 5.0RC1 on a USB was used in a workshop for 12 students learning OTB and Monteverdi.

=== June 2011, FLUXNET & RS Open-Workshop ===
* David Brower Environmental Center, USA
* http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/fluxnet2011/fluxwkshp_post.html
* Provided OSGeo LiveDVD to interested participants

=== June 2011, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010| OSGIS 2011]] ===
Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
* http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis11/os_home.html
* Provided OSGeo-Live lightning presentation, abstract: [[Live_GIS_Disk_OSGIS_2011]]
* handed out OSGeo-Live DVDs to all delegates

=== May 2011, CGS 2011 ===
* Bishop CA, USA
* ~10 discs

=== April 2011, GITA 2011 ===
* Dallas Tx, USA
* 100 discs sent to OSGeo booth

=== April 2011, AAG 2011 ===
* Seattle, WA USA
* Annual Geography conference 8-10,000 attendants
* ~30-50 discs given away at OSGeo booth
* Remaining ~150 divided between CUGOS and Portland? chapters.

=== April 2011, FOSSGIS 2011 ===
* Heidelberg, Germany
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/ FOSSGIS] is an annual conference in german language with ~ 400 attendants
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.5 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* OSGeoLive 4.5 was used sucessfully in ~ 12 workshops
* [http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/2011/programm/events/248.de.html Astrid Emde presented OSGeo-Live] in a 20 min talk with focus on the background of the project and the possibilities the project offers
** about 40 attendants

== 2010 ==
=== November 2010, GeoData Camp ===
* Athens, Greece
* Presented OSGeo-Live lightning presentation in Greek to more than 300 attendants. This included two 1-hour presentations in technical sessions and a 15 minute presentation in the main event.

=== October 2010, Intergeo 2010 ===
* Cologne, Germany
* Intergeo is an anual big fair on geodesy, geoinformation and land management
* [http://fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.] (german language local chapter of OSGeo) organizes an Open Source Park on Intergeo every year where OSGeo Software is presented. There also is a [http://www.fossgis.de/wiki/Intergeo_2010/Vortragsprogramm presentation area] where we present OSGeo Software and solutions 3 days long
* we printed OSGeo-Live 4.0 and handed out about 450 DVDs
* Lars Lingner presented the DVD with Cameron Shorters presentation
* http://www.intergeo.de/en/englisch/index.php
* Feedback
** good feedback: OSGeo-Live offers the possibility to get to know OSGeo Software without an installation

=== September 2010, [[Live_GIS_Disk_FOSS4G_2010|FOSS4G 2010]] ===
Barcelona, Spain
* Provided a 90 minute tutorial of OSGeo Live
* OSGeo Live given to every delegate. (Release 4.0)

=== April 2010, [http://www.fig2010.com/ FIG 2010] - International Surveyors conference===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from OSGeo stand. (Release 3.0)
* Provided 15 minute lightning talk about the OSGeo stack, promoting the LiveDVD. [[http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/04/report-from-osgeo-stand-at-federation.html Report]], [[http://blip.tv/file/3503561 presentation video]]

== 2009 ==

=== October 2009, [http://2009.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2009] ===
Sydney, Australia
* Handed out 500 Live DVDs in every delegate's show bag. (Release: 2.0.3)

=== June 2009, [http://www.spatial.gov.au/Conferences/spatialgov+2009/default.aspx Spatial@Gov] ===
* Canberra, Australia
* Handed out Live DVDs from an OSGeo stand. (Release 1.0)
* Cameron Shorter provided a 30 minute presentation on the Open Source GeoSpatial Stack.

== 2008 ==

=== November 2008, Australian Cooperative Research Center for Spatial Information Conference ===
* Brisbane, Australia
* Distributed ~ 250 OSGeo-Live DVDs to delegates (Release 1.0)

===September 2008, [http://2008.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2008]===
* Handed out ~ 150 Live DVDs from the OSGeo stand. (Release: foss4g2008)

[[Category: Live-demo]]
[[Category: History]]

Geoinformatica

2013-02-05T07:20:48Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Basic Project Data */

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/software.shtml geoinformatics.aalto.fi]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at aalto.fi)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but includes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl] (The future of this list is uncertain)
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub (for CPAN modules rt.cpan.org)
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category: OSGeo Labs]]

Geoinformatica

2013-02-05T07:07:14Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Project Infrastructure */

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/software.shtml geoinformatics.aalto.fi]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at aalto.fi)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but inlcudes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl] (The future of this list is uncertain)
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub (for CPAN modules rt.cpan.org)
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category: OSGeo Labs]]

Geoinformatica

2013-02-05T07:05:19Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Project Infrastructure */

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/software.shtml geoinformatics.aalto.fi]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at aalto.fi)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but inlcudes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl] (The future of this list is uncertain)
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category: OSGeo Labs]]

Geoinformatica

2013-02-05T07:04:09Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Basic Project Data */

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/software.shtml geoinformatics.aalto.fi]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at aalto.fi)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but inlcudes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl] (The future of this list is uncertain and the address does not work now - Dec 8, 2012)
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category: OSGeo Labs]]

Geoinformatica

2012-12-08T10:20:17Z

Wiki-Ajolma: /* Project Deliverables */

== Basic Project Data ==
*'''Project Name:''' Geoinformatica (names of the subprojects include libral and Gtk2-Ex-Geo among others)
*'''Project Status Condition:''' Adult, but without a marketing and growth plan; and no strict governance
*'''Project Web Site:''' [http://geoinformatics.aalto.fi/en/software/ geoinformatics.aalto.fi/en/software/]
*'''Project Contact:''' Ari Jolma (ari.jolma at aalto.fi)
*'''Short Project Description:''' Geoinformatica is made of a part in C, libral, and several Perl packages, which build on GDAL and GTK+ Perl bindings. libral is a simple raster algebra package at heart, but inlcudes a simple visualization library to render GDAL rasters and vectors to a memory canvas (pixbuf), which can be given to GDK (a GTK+ subsystem).

== Project Infrastructure ==
*'''Project Source Code:'''
*'''Project Mailing List:''' [https://list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl list.hut.fi/mailman/listinfo/geo-perl] (The future of this list is uncertain and the address does not work now - Dec 8, 2012)
*'''Project Version Control Repository:''' [https://github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica github.com/ajolma/geoinformatica]
*'''Project Bug Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub
*'''Project Feature Request Tracker:''' Use the one in GitHub

== Project Governance ==
*'''Source Code License:''' LGPL and Artistic Licence
*'''Documentation License:''' No licence
*'''Copyright Assignment Policy:''' Copyright remains by the author
*'''Decision Making Procedure:''' Not fixed
*'''Coding Standards:''' K&R, perlstyle
*'''Release Procedure:''' Not fixed

== Project Deliverables ==
*'''Latest Project Release:''' 16 Jun 2012

[[Category: OSGeo Labs]]