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FOSS4G 2014 BirdsOfAFeather

2014-09-10T20:15:45Z

Wiki-Halmueller: add Mac BoF

= Introduction =
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

 
= BoF's at the Oregon Convention Center =
== General Information ==
During the [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G2014 conference] in Portland, USA, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

 
The 1-hour time blocks outlined below are just general guidelines. Adjust as needed. For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at [https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/ https://2014.foss4g.org/about/calendar/].

 
=== Rooms ===
We have three rooms each day at the Convention Center: E146, E147, & E148. These rooms are dedicated spaces so BoF to your heart's content! Default room configuration will be long tables arranged a U-shape (although "contents may settle while BoF'ing"). The room capacities stated below are based off of that U configuration. We'll try to have some additional chairs available as well.

 
Technically the Exhibit Hall has room too. It will be arranged ballroom style with round tables. However, keep in mind it is a large, open, and public space. As such, it can't really be reserved, and is probably not ideal for a formal meeting (i.e. it could be noisy). In a nut shell, use at your own risk.

=== Capacities ===
* Room E146: 36
* Room E147: 18
* Room E148: 20
 

==FOSS4G Contact==
* foss4g2014-info@osgeo.org
 

== Wednesday ==

=== Room E146 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm || OpenGeoPortal/GeoBlacklight Meetup || Meet people face to face, maybe some hacking || Jack Reed pjreed@stanford.edu @mejackreed
|-
| 5:00pm-6:00pm || Open Geo for telecoms and utilities || Is it possible? How can we move it forward? || Graeme Herbert (@red_baobab)
|-
| 6:00pm-7:00pm || FOSS4G-Europe || We would like to have FOSS4G-Europe Road map || jachym.cepicky@gmail.com
|}

 

=== Room E147 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm ||Point Clouds || Point clouds, LiDAR, SGM || Howard Butler
|-
| 5:00pm-6:00pm || PostgreSQL BOF || What's New with Postgres/PostGIS || Josh Berkus (josh@postgresql.org)
|-
| 6:00pm-7:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 

=== Room E148 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 5:00pm-6:00pm || Geo4All || Education and research || Phil Davis, Helena Mitasova
|-
| 6:00pm-7:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
 

== Thursday ==
=== Room E146 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm || WebGL Geospatial || Introduction and updates for WebGL in general and discussion of open-source geospatial libraries using WebGL || Patrick Cozzi ([http://twitter.com/pjcozzi @pjcozzi])
|-
| 5:00pm-7:00pm || Maptime! || Maptimers of the world unite! Big things have been afoot at Maptime HQ. Come find out what's in the works. || Alan McConchie ([http://twitter.com/mappingmashups @mappingmashups]), Lyzi Diamond ([http://twitter.com/lyzidiamond @lyzidiamond])
|}

 

=== Room E147 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 5:00pm-6:00pm || GeoNode || Future Plans || Ariel Nunez
|-
| 6:00pm-7:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
=== Room E148 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || Leaflet! || Let show off what we are building with Leaflet and discuss the future of this awesome library. || @patrickarlt
|-
| 4:00pm-5:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 5:00pm-6:00pm || Mac OS X (and iOS?) native apps || Who's building Mac software? || Hal Mueller ([http://twitter.com/halm @halm])
|-
| 6:00pm-7:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
 

== Friday ==
* Note that Friday is a short day

=== Room E146 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
=== Room E147 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
=== Room E148 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Timeslot !! Topic/Group !! Description !! Contact
|-
| 8:30am-9:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 9:30am-10:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 10:30am-11:30am || - || - || -
|-
| 11:30am-1:00pm || LUNCH || LUNCH || LUNCH
|-
| 1:00pm-2:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 2:00pm-3:00pm || - || - || -
|-
| 3:00pm-4:00pm || - || - || -
|}

 
 
== FOSS4G Educators and Geo4all: ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS edu and research network==

* Description: Discuss new developments in FOSS4G education and research infrastructure
* When/Where: Wednesday September 10 5:00 - 6:00pm E148

Who is coming:
* Phillip Davis
* [[User:Helena|Helena Mitasova]]
* [[BarendKobben | Barend Köbben]]
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* [[User:fjbehr|Franz-Josef Behr]]

== BoF Open Geo for telecoms and utilities ==

* Description: What can we do to gain a foothold for Open Geo in the telecoms and utilities markets? A chance to share experiences, and make proposals on ways to take this forward with a view to increasing the presence of FOSS in this sector.

* When/Where: 5-6 p.m. Room E146 on Wednesday 10th September

Who is coming:
* Graeme Herbert
*


== WebGL Geospatial ==

* Description: The latest WebGL news: browser and mobile support, development tools, adoption across industries, and WebGL 2, followed by discussion of WebGL in open-source geospatial libraries. Come meet others working with WebGL. Bring interesting discussion and demos.

* When: Thursday September 11, 4-5pm

* Where: Room E146

Who is coming:
* Patrick Cozzi ([http://twitter.com/pjcozzi @pjcozzi], AGI, will demo [http://cesiumjs.org/ Cesium])
* Josh Poley ([http://twitter.com/cesiumjs @CesiumJS], AGI)
* Vincent Picavet ([http://twitter.com/vpicavet @vpicavet], Oslandia, coming with demo of 3D stack)
* Brett Camper ([http://twitter.com/professorlemeza @professorlemeza], Mapzen, can demo our current [http://vector.io/vector-map/ WebGL vector maps])
* Éric Lemoine ([http://twitter.com/erilem @erilem], Camptocamp, OpenLayers 3)
* Andrew Ross ([http://twitter.com/42aross @42aross], LocationTech)
* [Add your name and join us!]

== Point Clouds ==

* Description: Point clouds, LiDAR, SGM

* When: Wednesday September 10, 4-5pm

* Where: Room E147

Who is coming:
* Howard Butler
* Patrick Cozzi
* [[User:Neteler|Markus Neteler]]
* Michael Smith

== Maptime! BoF ==

* Description: [http://maptime.io Maptime] is, rather literally, time for mapmaking. Our mission is to open the doors of cartographic possibility to anyone interested by creating a time and space for collaborative learning, exploration, and map creation using mapping tools and technologies.

* When: Thursday September 11, 5:00pm-7:00pm

* Where: Room E146

Who is coming:
* Alan McConchie ([http://twitter.com/mappingmashups @mappingmashups])
* Matt Sayler ([http://twitter.com/mattsayler @mattsayler])
* Rafa Gutierrez ([http://twitter.com/geografa @geografa])

== PostgreSQL BOF ==

* Description: What's new with PostgreSQL, discussion of use-cases, problems, PostgreSQL Community. Core team member Josh Berkus will facilitate.

* When: Wednesday 5pm

* Where: E147

Who is coming:
* Josh Berkus

== FOSS4G-Europe ==

* Description: We would like to have FOSS4G-Europe Road map.

* When: Wednesday 6pm

* Where: E146

Who is coming:
* Jachym Cepicky ([http://twitter.com/jachymc @jachymc])
* Vasile Crăciunescu ([http://twitter.com/vcraciunescu @vcraciunescu])
* [[User:Lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]]

== GeoNode ==

* Description: Future Plans

* When: Thursday September 11, 5-6pm

* Where: Room E147

Who is coming:
* Ariel Nunez
* Simone Dalmasso
* [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]]

== Mac OS X (and iOS) developers ==

* Description: who's building software?

* When: Thursday September 11, 5-6 pm

* Where: E148

Who is coming:
* Hal Mueller

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= BoF's NOT at the Oregon Convention Center =
== Wednesday ==
=== LocationTech Meetup ===
* Description: The [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/locationtech-meetup-portland-tickets-12165801239 LocationTech Birds of a Feather Meetup] is a chance to meet members, project developers, entrepreneurs, and other interesting people for an enjoyable evening of good food, drinks, and camraderie.

* When: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)

* Where: Spirit of 77, 500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/locationtech-meetup-portland-tickets-12165801239 Please RSVP here]

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* More information on other Birds of a Feather sessions will be added here before the event.
* See [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather] for inspiration!

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:FOSS4G2014]]

IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2012-01-23T21:51:29Z

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'''Gold sponsor:'''

     Mobile Geographics [[Image:MobileGeographics 400.png|200x200px|MobileGeographics 400.png]]

     

'''Silver sponsors:'''

     [[Image:AirborneInteractive 400.png|200px|AirborneInteractive 400.png]]     [[Image:opengeologo.png|200px|opengeologo.png]]

     [[Image:Logo-qpublic.png|200px|Logo-qpublic.png]]      [[Image:Zonar 400.png|200px|Zonar 400.png]]

 

'''Bronze sponsors:'''

     [[Image:Logo-azavea.png|100px|Logo-azavea.png]]   
[[Image:Borealis 100.png|100px|Borealis 200.png]]    [[Image:CUGOS 200.png|100px|CUGOS 200.png]]

     [[Image:DevelopmentSeed 200.png|100px|DevelopmentSeed 200.png]]    [[Image:LizardTech 200.png|100px|LizardTech 200.png]]     [[Image:TerraGIS 200.png|100px|TerraGIS 200.png]]    

 

'''Other/in-kind sponsors:'''

       Flaxen Consulting       Z-Pulley      

 

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Agenda=

'''Sunday (Feb 5th)'''

* 5:00pm to 10:00pm - check-in
** ''if you plan to arrive earlier than 5pm or later than 10pm, contact mpg to make arrangements''
* no meals at IslandWood will be available Sunday night; we will informally arrange to get some pizzas or something as needed

'''Monday (Feb 6th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 4:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Sustainable Cooking class (drinks/social hour)
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)

'''Tuesday (Feb 7th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:00pm to 8:00pm - evening Nature Walk

'''Wednesday (Feb 8th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:15pm to 8:15pm (or later) - evening campfire & guest speaker

'''Thursday (Feb 9th)'''
* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 9:30am - '''checkout'''
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* 11:00am - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* 12:00pm - hard stop, meeting room closes
* departures

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:

*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

Please take a moment to thank them for their continued support of the North American codesprint!

# Airborne Interactive
# Anonymous CUGOS
# Azavea
# Borealis
# Development Seed
# LizardTech
# Mobile Geographics
# OpenGeo
# qpublic.net
# Terra GIS
# Zonar
# Z-Pulley
# Flaxen Consulting

= Budget =

Expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Registration, Participant Costs =

Participants cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): '''US$525'''. 

''There is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.''

''All food and venue costs are covered by our sponsors.''

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. 

'''Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.'''

= Food and Drink at IslandWood =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine. All meals are included as part of the sprint:

* Breakfast: continental style
* Lunch: boxed lunches
* Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
* Morning and Afternoon Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accommodation can be made for any dietary restrictions, just let mpg know.

Dinner on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will include a cash bar. Two drink tickets per person will be provided (courtesy our sponsors); after that, it will be $4 for beer and $5 for wine. The beer is from local microbrews and the wines are all from local vineyards.

One mile away, there is a nice restaurant/bar and a Thai restaurant as well.

There are a number of other restaurants and bars elsewhere on the island; ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

We cannot bring our own food or alcohol into the meeting areas or dining room. mpg will explain the policy for bringing private alcohol into the common areas at the residence lodges.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

* GDAL
* MapServer
* libLAS/PDAL
* PostGIS
* TinyOWS
* QGIS
* OpenLayers

= Participants =

The following have registered for the event:

# [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek]] - Flaxen Consulting
# [[User:halmueller|Hal Mueller]] - Mobile Geographics
# Michael D. Smith - US Army Corps
# Daniel Morissette - MapGears
# Alan Boudreault - MapGears
# Paul Ramsey - OpenGeo
# Olivier Courtin - Oslandia
# Mike Rosen - LizardTech
# [[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] - Z-Pulley Inc.
# Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc
# [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] - Development Seed
# Pete Gadomski - US Army Corps
# [[User:Dzwarg|David Zwarg]] - Azavea
# Brian Case (Winkey) - GDAL
# David Middlecamp - Azavea
# [[User:Kirk|Kirk McKelvey]] - LizardTech
# [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - TerriScope
# Greg Corradini - ChopShop Geospatial
# David Bronaugh - Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium / University of Victoria
# Benjamin Campbell - Excensus
# Matt Perry - EcoTrust

= Wholesome Recreational Activities =

Our host, IslandWood, is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the environment and sustainable living. As part of their mission, therefore, they require their guest groups to each day participate in educational activity designed around their focus areas.

Our formal activities will be:

'''Monday''' - "With the bounty of the IslandWood garden as our inspiration, groups will take sustainability theory and turn it in to practice with the help of our talented culinary team. Cooking sessions may be held in our organic garden, using our wood fired cob oven or in the dining hall." ''This will be held just prior to dinner, as we will likely be making (and eating) our own appetizers. The cash bar will be open during this event.''

'''Tuesday''' - "Our Naturalists will lead your group through campus focusing on exploration and discovery of our local ecosystems. Themes for hikes might include flora and fauna, natural history, birding or marine biology." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.''

'''Wednesday''' - "The best days at IslandWood often end with time to relax and enjoy the soothing warmth of an evening bonfire. At our covered bonfire area, educators and staff will entertain your group with local stories and roast marshmallows over the flames." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.'' We will have a guest speaker, Greg Geehan, taling about the geology of Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound: ''Greg attended the University of Washington and has a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years in a variety of locations around the world. The bulk of his career revolved around the geological evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. He led research groups and managed the application of mapping and modeling techniques aimed at increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons. Greg retired in 1999, and has lived on Bainbridge since then.''

Other (independent) adventures:

* IslandWood covers 225 acres and has lots of trails, including wetlands, beach access, forest, etc. Feel free to explore.

* If you have a car, there are lots of other places on Bainbridge Island to explore. Ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

= Local Eating and Shopping =

There is a very small, funky little shopping center down the hill from IslandWood (it is only a 1 mile walk, but there is a significant hill). It includes:

* Walt's Lynwood Center Market (4759 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open 6:30am to 9:00pm (Monday-Friday) and 7:00am to 9:00pm (Saturday-Sunday). They sell beer and wine (even on Sundays).
* Treehouse Cafe (http://www.treehousebainbridge.com/, 4569 Lynwood Center Road) open 7:00am to 11:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) and 8:00am to 10:00pm (Sunday).
* Sawan Thai Kitchen (4765 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open for lunch and dinner, closed Mondays(?)

Bainbridge also has a full supermarket, pharmacies, etc., but not within walking distance. See mpg or Mike Rosen for info.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Three options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock; takes about 20 minutes
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock; takes about an hour
*rent a car and drive; takes about 20 minutes

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, from about 5AM to about 1AM. The walk-on fare is about $7, and you only pay when going in the Seattle-to-Bainbridge direction. Car fare is about $15, and you have to pay both ways. The crossing time is about 35 minutes.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Two options:
*Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 5 miles, shouldn't be more than about $20. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they sort of carpool. Just go with the flow.)
*If you have your own car, you can drive it in 10-15 minutes. The address for IslandWood is 4450 Blakely Avenue.

''There will be some people driving from the airport to IslandWood on Sunday afternoon / early evening. Contact mpg if you want a ride. We'll probably work out something similar for the return trip on Thursday afternoon.''

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

If you get stuck somewhere, call or email mpg and we'll work something out to rescue you.

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation during this event?'''

No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

= Carpooling =

'''Sunday (Airport to IslandWood)'''

* ''rides available''
** mpg will be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (after the Board F2F meeting)
** AaronR will also be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (around 1pm)

* ''rides wanted''
** Hobu, arriving SEA at 10:30am
** Daniel and Alan, from Cedarbook after the Board F2F

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

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IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2012-01-23T21:44:30Z

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'''Gold sponsor:'''

     [[Image:MobileGeographics 400.png|200x200px|MobileGeographics 400.png]]

     

'''Silver sponsors:'''

     [[Image:AirborneInteractive 400.png|200px|AirborneInteractive 400.png]]     [[Image:opengeologo.png|200px|opengeologo.png]]

     [[Image:Logo-qpublic.png|200px|Logo-qpublic.png]]      [[Image:Zonar 400.png|200px|Zonar 400.png]]

 

'''Bronze sponsors:'''

     [[Image:Logo-azavea.png|100px|Logo-azavea.png]]   
[[Image:Borealis 100.png|100px|Borealis 200.png]]    [[Image:CUGOS 200.png|100px|CUGOS 200.png]]

     [[Image:DevelopmentSeed 200.png|100px|DevelopmentSeed 200.png]]    [[Image:LizardTech 200.png|100px|LizardTech 200.png]]     [[Image:TerraGIS 200.png|100px|TerraGIS 200.png]]    

 

'''Other/in-kind sponsors:'''

       Flaxen Consulting       Z-Pulley      

 

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Agenda=

'''Sunday (Feb 5th)'''

* 5:00pm to 10:00pm - check-in
** ''if you plan to arrive earlier than 5pm or later than 10pm, contact mpg to make arrangements''
* no meals at IslandWood will be available Sunday night; we will informally arrange to get some pizzas or something as needed

'''Monday (Feb 6th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 4:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Sustainable Cooking class (drinks/social hour)
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)

'''Tuesday (Feb 7th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:00pm to 8:00pm - evening Nature Walk

'''Wednesday (Feb 8th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:15pm to 8:15pm (or later) - evening campfire & guest speaker

'''Thursday (Feb 9th)'''
* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 9:30am - '''checkout'''
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* 11:00am - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* 12:00pm - hard stop, meeting room closes
* departures

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:

*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

Please take a moment to thank them for their continued support of the North American codesprint!

# Airborne Interactive
# Anonymous CUGOS
# Azavea
# Borealis
# Development Seed
# LizardTech
# Mobile Geographics
# OpenGeo
# qpublic.net
# Terra GIS
# Zonar
# Z-Pulley
# Flaxen Consulting

= Budget =

Expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Registration, Participant Costs =

Participants cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): '''US$525'''. 

''There is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.''

''All food and venue costs are covered by our sponsors.''

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. 

'''Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.'''

= Food and Drink at IslandWood =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine. All meals are included as part of the sprint:

* Breakfast: continental style
* Lunch: boxed lunches
* Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
* Morning and Afternoon Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accommodation can be made for any dietary restrictions, just let mpg know.

Dinner on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will include a cash bar. Two drink tickets per person will be provided (courtesy our sponsors); after that, it will be $4 for beer and $5 for wine. The beer is from local microbrews and the wines are all from local vineyards.

One mile away, there is a nice restaurant/bar and a Thai restaurant as well.

There are a number of other restaurants and bars elsewhere on the island; ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

We cannot bring our own food or alcohol into the meeting areas or dining room. mpg will explain the policy for bringing private alcohol into the common areas at the residence lodges.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

* GDAL
* MapServer
* libLAS/PDAL
* PostGIS
* TinyOWS
* QGIS
* OpenLayers

= Participants =

The following have registered for the event:

# [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek]] - Flaxen Consulting
# [[User:halmueller|Hal Mueller]] - Mobile Geographics
# Michael D. Smith - US Army Corps
# Daniel Morissette - MapGears
# Alan Boudreault - MapGears
# Paul Ramsey - OpenGeo
# Olivier Courtin - Oslandia
# Mike Rosen - LizardTech
# [[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] - Z-Pulley Inc.
# Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc
# [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] - Development Seed
# Pete Gadomski - US Army Corps
# [[User:Dzwarg|David Zwarg]] - Azavea
# Brian Case (Winkey) - GDAL
# David Middlecamp - Azavea
# [[User:Kirk|Kirk McKelvey]] - LizardTech
# [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - TerriScope
# Greg Corradini - ChopShop Geospatial
# David Bronaugh - Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium / University of Victoria
# Benjamin Campbell - Excensus
# Matt Perry - EcoTrust

= Wholesome Recreational Activities =

Our host, IslandWood, is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the environment and sustainable living. As part of their mission, therefore, they require their guest groups to each day participate in educational activity designed around their focus areas.

Our formal activities will be:

'''Monday''' - "With the bounty of the IslandWood garden as our inspiration, groups will take sustainability theory and turn it in to practice with the help of our talented culinary team. Cooking sessions may be held in our organic garden, using our wood fired cob oven or in the dining hall." ''This will be held just prior to dinner, as we will likely be making (and eating) our own appetizers. The cash bar will be open during this event.''

'''Tuesday''' - "Our Naturalists will lead your group through campus focusing on exploration and discovery of our local ecosystems. Themes for hikes might include flora and fauna, natural history, birding or marine biology." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.''

'''Wednesday''' - "The best days at IslandWood often end with time to relax and enjoy the soothing warmth of an evening bonfire. At our covered bonfire area, educators and staff will entertain your group with local stories and roast marshmallows over the flames." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.'' We will have a guest speaker, Greg Geehan, taling about the geology of Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound: ''Greg attended the University of Washington and has a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years in a variety of locations around the world. The bulk of his career revolved around the geological evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. He led research groups and managed the application of mapping and modeling techniques aimed at increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons. Greg retired in 1999, and has lived on Bainbridge since then.''

Other (independent) adventures:

* IslandWood covers 225 acres and has lots of trails, including wetlands, beach access, forest, etc. Feel free to explore.

* If you have a car, there are lots of other places on Bainbridge Island to explore. Ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

= Local Eating and Shopping =

There is a very small, funky little shopping center down the hill from IslandWood (it is only a 1 mile walk, but there is a significant hill). It includes:

* Walt's Lynwood Center Market (4759 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open 6:30am to 9:00pm (Monday-Friday) and 7:00am to 9:00pm (Saturday-Sunday). They sell beer and wine (even on Sundays).
* Treehouse Cafe (http://www.treehousebainbridge.com/, 4569 Lynwood Center Road) open 7:00am to 11:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) and 8:00am to 10:00pm (Sunday).
* Sawan Thai Kitchen (4765 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open for lunch and dinner, closed Mondays(?)

Bainbridge also has a full supermarket, pharmacies, etc., but not within walking distance. See mpg or Mike Rosen for info.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Three options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock; takes about 20 minutes
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock; takes about an hour
*rent a car and drive; takes about 20 minutes

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, from about 5AM to about 1AM. The walk-on fare is about $7, and you only pay when going in the Seattle-to-Bainbridge direction. Car fare is about $15, and you have to pay both ways. The crossing time is about 35 minutes.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Two options:
*Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 5 miles, shouldn't be more than about $20. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they sort of carpool. Just go with the flow.)
*If you have your own car, you can drive it in 10-15 minutes. The address for IslandWood is 4450 Blakely Avenue.

''There will be some people driving from the airport to IslandWood on Sunday afternoon / early evening. Contact mpg if you want a ride. We'll probably work out something similar for the return trip on Thursday afternoon.''

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

If you get stuck somewhere, call or email mpg and we'll work something out to rescue you.

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation during this event?'''

No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

= Carpooling =

'''Sunday (Airport to IslandWood)'''

* ''rides available''
** mpg will be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (after the Board F2F meeting)
** AaronR will also be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (around 1pm)

* ''rides wanted''
** Hobu, arriving SEA at 10:30am
** Daniel and Alan, from Cedarbook after the Board F2F

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

IslandWood Code Sprint 2012

2012-01-23T21:44:09Z

Wiki-Halmueller: /* Participants */ linked myself

'''Gold sponsor:'''

     [[Image:MobileGeographics 400.png|200x200px|MobileGeographics 400.png]]

     

'''Silver sponsors:'''

     [[Image:AirborneInteractive 400.png|200px|AirborneInteractive 400.png]]     [[Image:opengeologo.png|200px|opengeologo.png]]

     [[Image:Logo-qpublic.png|200px|Logo-qpublic.png]]      [[Image:Zonar 400.png|200px|Zonar 400.png]]

 

'''Bronze sponsors:'''

     [[Image:Logo-azavea.png|100px|Logo-azavea.png]]   
[[Image:Borealis 100.png|100px|Borealis 200.png]]    [[Image:CUGOS 200.png|100px|CUGOS 200.png]]

     [[Image:DevelopmentSeed 200.png|100px|DevelopmentSeed 200.png]]    [[Image:LizardTech 200.png|100px|LizardTech 200.png]]     [[Image:TerraGIS 200.png|100px|TerraGIS 200.png]]    

 

'''Other/in-kind sponsors:'''

       Flaxen Consulting       Z-Pulley      

 

= Purpose =

This is OSGeo's 4th annual "North American Codesprint" -- a time to bring members of OSGeo-related projects together to make decisions and tackle larger problems.

Previous event have been held in [[Toronto Code Sprint 2009|Toronto]] (2009), [[New York Code Sprint 2010|New York City]] (2010), and [[Montreal Code Sprint 2011|Montreal]] (2011).

= Agenda=

'''Sunday (Feb 5th)'''

* 5:00pm to 10:00pm - check-in
** ''if you plan to arrive earlier than 5pm or later than 10pm, contact mpg to make arrangements''
* no meals at IslandWood will be available Sunday night; we will informally arrange to get some pizzas or something as needed

'''Monday (Feb 6th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 4:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 4:00pm to 5:00pm - Sustainable Cooking class (drinks/social hour)
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)

'''Tuesday (Feb 7th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:00pm to 8:00pm - evening Nature Walk

'''Wednesday (Feb 8th)'''

* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* noon - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* noon to 5:00pm - ''sprinting''
* 5:00pm to 7:00pm - dinner (IslandWood dining area)
* 7:15pm to 8:15pm (or later) - evening campfire & guest speaker

'''Thursday (Feb 9th)'''
* 8:00am - continental breakfast (in meeting room)
* 9:30am - '''checkout'''
* 8:00am to noon - ''sprinting''
* 11:00am - boxed lunch (in meeting room)
* 12:00pm - hard stop, meeting room closes
* departures

= Venue =

It will be held at [http://www.islandwood.org/ IslandWood], a nonprofit retreat center located on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island,_Washington Bainbridge Island], an island a few miles west of Seattle in the northwest United States.

= Hosts =

Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) is taking the lead on this event. [http://www.cugos.org/ CUGOS], the local OSGeo chapter, is the hosting organization.

Local volunteers assisting include:

*Michael Rosen (LizardTech / CUGOS)
*Aaron Racicot (Z-Pulley Inc / CUGOS)
*''<add your name here!>''

= Sponsors =

Please take a moment to thank them for their continued support of the North American codesprint!

# Airborne Interactive
# Anonymous CUGOS
# Azavea
# Borealis
# Development Seed
# LizardTech
# Mobil Geographics
# OpenGeo
# qpublic.net
# Terra GIS
# Zonar
# Z-Pulley
# Flaxen Consulting

= Budget =

Expected costs include:

*facilities rental (conference rooms, etc)
*lodging (on-campus rooms)
*meals

We expect to cover costs in three ways:

*sponsorships
*participant registration fees
*surplus from previous years (approximately $2K)

= Registration, Participant Costs =

Participants cover only the costs of 4 nights lodging (single room at IslandWood): '''US$525'''. 

''There is no registration fee beyond the $525 for lodging.''

''All food and venue costs are covered by our sponsors.''

Participants will be responsible for paying their own transportation to and from IslandWood. 

'''Contact mpg@flaxen.com to register.'''

= Food and Drink at IslandWood =

IslandWood has an excellent on-site restaurant/cafeteria that emphasizes local, sustainable, and organic cuisine. All meals are included as part of the sprint:

* Breakfast: continental style
* Lunch: boxed lunches
* Dinner: full meal, choice of entrees, beer/wine available
* Morning and Afternoon Snacks: coffee, fruit, cookies, etc, will be provided in the meeting room

Accommodation can be made for any dietary restrictions, just let mpg know.

Dinner on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will include a cash bar. Two drink tickets per person will be provided (courtesy our sponsors); after that, it will be $4 for beer and $5 for wine. The beer is from local microbrews and the wines are all from local vineyards.

One mile away, there is a nice restaurant/bar and a Thai restaurant as well.

There are a number of other restaurants and bars elsewhere on the island; ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

We cannot bring our own food or alcohol into the meeting areas or dining room. mpg will explain the policy for bringing private alcohol into the common areas at the residence lodges.

= Communication =

All planning will take place on this wiki, on the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/tosprint tosprint mailing list], and on the #tosprint IRC channel.

= Projects =

These are the projects will be working on:

* GDAL
* MapServer
* libLAS/PDAL
* PostGIS
* TinyOWS
* QGIS
* OpenLayers

= Participants =

The following have registered for the event:

# [[User:mpg|Michael P. Gerlek]] - Flaxen Consulting
# [[User:halmueller|Hal Mueller]] - Mobile Geographics
# Michael D. Smith - US Army Corps
# Daniel Morissette - MapGears
# Alan Boudreault - MapGears
# Paul Ramsey - OpenGeo
# Olivier Courtin - Oslandia
# Mike Rosen - LizardTech
# [[User:Racicot|Aaron Racicot]] - Z-Pulley Inc.
# Howard Butler - Hobu, Inc
# [[User:Springmeyer|Dane Springmeyer]] - Development Seed
# Pete Gadomski - US Army Corps
# [[User:Dzwarg|David Zwarg]] - Azavea
# Brian Case (Winkey) - GDAL
# David Middlecamp - Azavea
# [[User:Kirk|Kirk McKelvey]] - LizardTech
# [[User:Tbonfort|Thomas Bonfort]] - TerriScope
# Greg Corradini - ChopShop Geospatial
# David Bronaugh - Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium / University of Victoria
# Benjamin Campbell - Excensus
# Matt Perry - EcoTrust

= Wholesome Recreational Activities =

Our host, IslandWood, is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to the environment and sustainable living. As part of their mission, therefore, they require their guest groups to each day participate in educational activity designed around their focus areas.

Our formal activities will be:

'''Monday''' - "With the bounty of the IslandWood garden as our inspiration, groups will take sustainability theory and turn it in to practice with the help of our talented culinary team. Cooking sessions may be held in our organic garden, using our wood fired cob oven or in the dining hall." ''This will be held just prior to dinner, as we will likely be making (and eating) our own appetizers. The cash bar will be open during this event.''

'''Tuesday''' - "Our Naturalists will lead your group through campus focusing on exploration and discovery of our local ecosystems. Themes for hikes might include flora and fauna, natural history, birding or marine biology." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.''

'''Wednesday''' - "The best days at IslandWood often end with time to relax and enjoy the soothing warmth of an evening bonfire. At our covered bonfire area, educators and staff will entertain your group with local stories and roast marshmallows over the flames." ''This will be held after dinner. Dress appropriately.'' We will have a guest speaker, Greg Geehan, taling about the geology of Bainbridge Island and the Puget Sound: ''Greg attended the University of Washington and has a Ph.D. in Marine Geology from Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years in a variety of locations around the world. The bulk of his career revolved around the geological evaluation of oil and gas reservoirs. He led research groups and managed the application of mapping and modeling techniques aimed at increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons. Greg retired in 1999, and has lived on Bainbridge since then.''

Other (independent) adventures:

* IslandWood covers 225 acres and has lots of trails, including wetlands, beach access, forest, etc. Feel free to explore.

* If you have a car, there are lots of other places on Bainbridge Island to explore. Ask mpg or Mike Rosen for suggestions.

= Local Eating and Shopping =

There is a very small, funky little shopping center down the hill from IslandWood (it is only a 1 mile walk, but there is a significant hill). It includes:

* Walt's Lynwood Center Market (4759 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open 6:30am to 9:00pm (Monday-Friday) and 7:00am to 9:00pm (Saturday-Sunday). They sell beer and wine (even on Sundays).
* Treehouse Cafe (http://www.treehousebainbridge.com/, 4569 Lynwood Center Road) open 7:00am to 11:00 pm (Monday-Saturday) and 8:00am to 10:00pm (Sunday).
* Sawan Thai Kitchen (4765 Lynwood Center Rd) -- open for lunch and dinner, closed Mondays(?)

Bainbridge also has a full supermarket, pharmacies, etc., but not within walking distance. See mpg or Mike Rosen for info.

= Transportation =

Getting to IslandWood is a 4-step process -- but don't panic, it's actually not as complicated as it sounds:

'''(1) To SeaTac Airport'''

Participants will be responsible for getting themselves to the [http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ Seattle airport].

'''(2) From Airport to Seattle Ferry dock'''

From SeaTac, you will need to get to the Colman ferry dock in downtown Seattle. Three options:

*a ~$40 cab ride, from airport to dock; takes about 20 minutes
*a ~$3 light rail from airport, followed by a walk of a few blocks to the dock; takes about an hour
*rent a car and drive; takes about 20 minutes

'''(3) From Seattle dock to Bainbridge dock'''

Take the [http://www.wsdot.com/ferries/schedule/ScheduleDetailByRoute.aspx?route=sea-bi Seattle/Bainbridge] ferry. Ferries leave every hour or less all day long, from about 5AM to about 1AM. The walk-on fare is about $7, and you only pay when going in the Seattle-to-Bainbridge direction. Car fare is about $15, and you have to pay both ways. The crossing time is about 35 minutes.

'''(4) From Bainbridge dock to IslandWood'''

Two options:
*Cabs are almost always available at the Bainbridge dock -- a trip to IslandWood is about 5 miles, shouldn't be more than about $20. (Note that you will likely be sharing a cab with someone else; the island has a limited number of cabs, so they sort of carpool. Just go with the flow.)
*If you have your own car, you can drive it in 10-15 minutes. The address for IslandWood is 4450 Blakely Avenue.

''There will be some people driving from the airport to IslandWood on Sunday afternoon / early evening. Contact mpg if you want a ride. We'll probably work out something similar for the return trip on Thursday afternoon.''

(see also [http://islandwood.org/about/directions this page] for more transportation hints)

If you get stuck somewhere, call or email mpg and we'll work something out to rescue you.

= FAQ =

'''Q: I'm new to open source and OSGeo. Can I come too?'''

This is a heads-down-and-laptops-open working meeting, aimed squarely at writing code/documentation and holding serious technical discussions about OSGeo-related projects. It is a working session for people who are already participants in open source projects. If you're not already participating in one of the projects being worked on, this isn't the event for you. '''Q: But, that's not very fair. How am I supposed to learn about the projects and meet people?'''

Each project has portals like mailing lists, wikis, and IRC channels for you to start to meet people and get involved. If you really want to participate in the sprint, you should get involved with the project ahead of time.

'''Q: Will it be possible to give a presentation during this event?'''

No, this is not a presentation-oriented event. People will get together in small groups and work on areas of mutual interest within their projects.

'''Q: I'm just a poor student, but I'm an active member of the <whatever> project and I really want to attend. Are scholarships available?'''

Maybe -- depends on how our budget turns out. Contact mpg@flaxen.com and we'll see what we can do.

= Carpooling =

'''Sunday (Airport to IslandWood)'''

* ''rides available''
** mpg will be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (after the Board F2F meeting)
** AaronR will also be driving from SEA airport to IslandWood (around 1pm)

* ''rides wanted''
** Hobu, arriving SEA at 10:30am
** Daniel and Alan, from Cedarbook after the Board F2F

[[Category:Code_Sprints]] [[Category:Events]]

User:Halmueller

2012-01-23T21:43:02Z

Wiki-Halmueller:

Hal Mueller -- independent Mac and iOS developer -- Seattle, Washington, USA

== Links ==

* website: [http://www.mobilegeographics.com mobilegeographics.com]

* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/#!/halm @halm]

* MapServer installation: [http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml sailwx.info] / [http://twitter.com/#!/sailwx @sailwx]

* blog: [http://halmueller.wordpress.com/ halmueller.wordpress.com]

* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/halmueller www.linkedin.com/in/halmueller]

== Bio ==

I'm an independent Mac and iOS developer, focusing on applications with a geographic angle. You can see some of my available iOS apps [http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mobile-geographics/id286844996 on the iTunes store].

I also teach introductory Mac programming through University of Washington's 30 week Certificate Program in Mac and iOS Development. I'm a founding member of the advisory board for that program.

I'm mainly a consumer of OSGeo, not a producer. My major use is in a ship tracking website, [http://www.sailwx.info sailwx.info], which uses open source tools to collect, integrate, and map positions of ships, weather buoys, and recreational vessels worldwide. I also make heavy use of GDAL/OGR as supporting tools for my products.

Before jumping off as an independent, I was an environmental modeler, working on landscape-level simulations at Texas A&M University, and on regional and global scale simulations at the US EPA lab in Corvallis, Oregon. Along the way I worked on imaging radars at the Naval Research Lab, and as an independent PalmOS developer. I have a math degree from the University of Rochester.

User:Halmueller

2012-01-23T21:42:01Z

Wiki-Halmueller: Created page with "Hal Mueller -- independent Mac and iOS developer -- Seattle, Washington, USA == Links == * website: [http://www.mobilegeographics.com mobilegeographics.com] * Twitter: [http:/..."

Hal Mueller -- independent Mac and iOS developer -- Seattle, Washington, USA

== Links ==

* website: [http://www.mobilegeographics.com mobilegeographics.com]

* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/#!/halm @halm]

* MapServer installation: [http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml sailwx.info] / [http://twitter.com/#!/sailwx @sailwx]

* blog: [http://halmueller.wordpress.com/ halmueller.wordpress.com]

* LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/halmueller www.linkedin.com/in/halmueller]

== Bio ==

I'm an independent Mac and iOS developer, focusing on applications with a geographic angle. You can see my available iOS apps [http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mobile-geographics/id286844996 on the iTunes store].

I also teach introductory Mac programming through University of Washington's 30 week Certificate Program in Mac and iOS Development. I'm a founding member of the advisory board for that program.

I'm mainly a consumer of OSGeo, not a producer. My major use is in a ship tracking website, [http://www.sailwx.info sailwx.info], which uses open source tools to collect, integrate, and map positions of ships, weather buoys, and recreational vessels worldwide. I also make heavy use of GDAL/OGR as supporting tools for my products.

Before jumping off as an independent, I was an environmental modeler, working on landscape-level simulations at Texas A&M University, and on regional and global scale simulations at the US EPA lab in Corvallis, Oregon. Along the way I worked on imaging radars at the Naval Research Lab, and as an independent PalmOS developer. I have a math degree from the University of Rochester.