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PDX-OSGEO

2013-10-21T19:11:12Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [http://calagator.org/events/1250464914 OpenStreetMap Fall Editathon] is on 10/19!

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20131016_Meeting | next meeting]] is October 16th at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)</s>

* <s>Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)</s>

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

* Oct. 25 (Fri) American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Columbia River & Puget Sound Regions [http://columbia.asprs.org/CRR/index.html 17th Annual Technical Exchange] (Vancouver, Washington)

* Nov. 8 (Fri) [http://www.christinafriedle.com/1/post/2013/09/save-the-date-2013-portland-cartography-symposium.html 2013 Portland Cartography Symposium] (Portland, Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-10-08T13:00:12Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ better link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)</s>

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

* Nov. 8 (Fri) [http://www.christinafriedle.com/1/post/2013/09/save-the-date-2013-portland-cartography-symposium.html 2013 Portland Cartography Symposium] (Portland, Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-10-08T12:55:34Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)</s>

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

* Nov. 8 (Fri) [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pdx-osgeo/26BO4lOmnto 2013 Portland Cartography Symposium] (Portland, Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-10-08T12:54:09Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)</s>

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

* Nov. 8 (Fri) [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pdx-osgeo/26BO4lOmnto 2013 Portland Cartography Symposium] (Portland, Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:13:36Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* <s>Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)</s>

* <s>Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)</s>

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:12:52Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* <s>Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)</s>

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:12:28Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Acknowledgments */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:12:11Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Acknowledgments */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.
<s>hello</s>
[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:11:39Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Acknowledgments */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.
[s]hello[/s]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-26T02:10:00Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 16 (Wed) [http://cugos.org/events/2013/10/16/fall-fling/ CUGOS 2013 Fall Fling] (Seattle, Washington)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-06T00:01:32Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ fix link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [http://qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-09-06T00:00:29Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add randal

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

* Oct. 23 (Wed) Randal Schwartz interviews Tim Sutton and Gary Sherman of [qgis.org QGIS] on [http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly FLOSS Weekly TV] (internet)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-15T06:44:47Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130918_Meeting | meeting after that]] is September 18th, 2013, at TBD.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

* Sep. 27-29 (Fri-Sun) {http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 6] (Portland, Oregon)

* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-12T07:45:58Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

* Sep. 4 (Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=702687&EventViewMode=EventDetails Central Oregon GIS - Cartography Outside of ESRI] (Bend, Oregon)

* Sep. 21 (Sat) [http://www.orurisa.org/Default.aspx?pageId=507168 Willamette Valley GIS Users Group Summer 2013 Quarterly Meeting] (Salem, Oregon)

* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-12T07:20:05Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ chronological

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)
* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-12T07:18:53Z

Wiki-Legend: add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)
* Sep. 23-25 (Mon-Wed) [http://gisgig.com/gisevents/2013-geoalberta-conference/ 2013 GeoAlberta Conference] (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-12T06:24:38Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)
* Aug. 27-29 (Tue-Thu) [http://geog.uvic.ca/CSRS2013/CSRS_2013/Home.html 34th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing] (Victoria, B. C., Canada)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-12T05:14:53Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ chaneg link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://2014.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-10T16:56:08Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ chronological

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://pdxosgeo.github.io/foss4g2014web/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-09T21:18:36Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ formatting

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://pdxosgeo.github.io/foss4g2014web/ FOSS4G 2014] (Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky)

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-09T21:04:19Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add date

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2014
* Sep. 8-13 (Mon-Sat) [http://pdxosgeo.github.io/foss4g2014web/ FOSS4G 2014] in Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-09T21:01:50Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2014
* Sep. [http://pdxosgeo.github.io/foss4g2014web/ FOSS4G 2014] in Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-08-09T18:50:00Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add 2014

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* The [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference | 2013 PDX-OSGeo Unconference]] happened on May 2nd.

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130821_Meeting | next meeting]] is August 21st, 2013, at Ecotrust.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2014
* Sep. FOSS4G in Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky

2013
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===
* May 2 (Thurs) [[PDX-OSGeo_2013_Unconference|2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter by action of the OSGeo [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 board meeting]].

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2013 | 2013]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:PDX-OSGeo]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-02-17T19:08:16Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130116_Meeting#Future_meeting_schedule_for_2012_.28every_third_Wednesday.29 | next meeting]] is Feb 20th 2013, at TBA.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/or-urisa-young-professionals/hb9KnglnWaU GIS Day Celebration]
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=576839&EventViewMode=EventDetails PAGIS Meeting] 3-6pm
* Nov. 21 (Wed) PDX-OSGeo meeting CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAY
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Mar. 21 (Thu) GPS, Geodesy and the Ghost in the Machine: A Workshop for Surveyors and GIS Professionals [http://www.ogug.net/PDF%20files/Dennis%20GPS.pdf (PDF)] (Salem, Oregon)
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2013-02-17T18:59:08Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20130116_Meeting#Future_meeting_schedule_for_2012_.28every_third_Wednesday.29 | next meeting]] is Feb 20th 2013, at TBA.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/or-urisa-young-professionals/hb9KnglnWaU GIS Day Celebration]
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [http://www.orurisa.org/Events?eventId=576839&EventViewMode=EventDetails PAGIS Meeting] 3-6pm
* Nov. 21 (Wed) PDX-OSGeo meeting CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAY
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)
* Oct. 14-18 (Mon-Fri) [http://sunriver2013.nwgis.org/ NWGIS Sunriver 2013] (Central Oregon)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-22T23:18:39Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Meetings */ add link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#Future_meeting_schedule_for_2012_.28every_third_Wednesday.29 | next meeting]] is scheduled for Nov 21, 2012.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

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Return to [[PDX-OSGEO | PDX-OSGEO home page]]
== Location ==
* '''Renewable Funding'''
* '''400 SW 6th Ave, suite 902'''
* 6pm-7:30pm
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=to:+400+SW+6th+Ave,+Portland,+OR+97204&hl=en&ll=45.520695,-122.677234&spn=0.002597,0.006963&sll=45.520657,-122.67737&sspn=0.010389,0.027852&t=m&z=18 directions/map]'''
* Access Details: Exit the elevators on the ninth floor and it's the double glass doors immediately to the left.
* '''If you arrive after 6pm, please buzz the security guard, who will open the doors and let you up to the 9th floor.'''

== Agenda ==
* Crazy ConferenceMonth wrap-up
* November/December meetings. (since we moved to 3rd wednesday, do we keep skipping Nov/Dec?)
* Mothball planners list for while?
* GIS in Action Unconference
* Alex Mandell (CA OSGeo chapter)
== Introductions ==
Attendees: Alex (UC Davis), Craig Beebe (1000 friends), Aram Hata (UN – GIS officer), Neil (city of Portland), Percy (no explanation needed), Matthew (Public Laboratory), Eli (Lincoln County), Brian (GIS enthusiast), Wm (Flightstats), Mele (Trimet), Grant (Trimet), Darrell (Renewable funding), Jeremy (iTen developer), , Tanya (OR Coastal Program), Katie (Pedestrian GIS jammer), Christian (BlueSky GIS)

== Next Meetings ==

* November: Next month we'll be at Flightstats
* December: not sure yet

== Conference Reports ==

* SOTM-US was awesome!
* Where Camp report - we sponsored WhereCampPDX $180 plus $60 from members.
* GISPro report - Ignite session at URISA was good

== UnConference Planning ==

GIS in Action Unconference – Tentatively this will be Monday the 29th of April, 2013. We'll plan it for a late start so travelers from CUGOS can join us. We'll roll that into the first day of the conference with a full day open source track to make the Monday-Tuesday an open source back to back option.

== Presentation by Alex Mandel (UC Davis) ==

* check out his slides on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/wildintellect and:
* projects at GitHub: http://github.com/wildintellect

* Tour of OSGeoLive DVD – great for offline work, teaching, etc. All the projects have descriptions & tutorials, and sample data.
http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html

* QGIS development – lots of cool things you can do with QGIS. Everyone should check out Aaron's QGIS tutorial from foss4g 2011
http://www.qgisworkshop.org/html/workshop/index.html

* GeoNode – data sharing environment (integrates geoserver w/ geonetwork). Version 1.0 is stable, 1.1 is not, 1.2 will have some cool stuff that comes from GeoServer 2.2
http://geonode.org/

* EoXServer – like GeoNode but for MapServer
http://eoxserver.org/

== Future meeting schedule for 2012 (every '''''third''''' Wednesday) ==

* November 21st - We'll be at FlightStats (522 SW 5th Ave, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204)
* December 19th - TBD

PDX OSGEO Meeting Notes

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Return to [[PDX-OSGEO |PDX-OSGEO home page]]
==== 2012 ====
[[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | October 17, 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120926_Meeting | September 26, 2012 Meeting]] '''moved to 4th Wednesday to avoid conflict with Ignite!'''

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120815_Meeting | August 15, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - now always the third Wed)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120718_Meeting | July 18, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New *new* location)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120620_Meeting | June 20, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New location)'''

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120523_Meeting | May 23rd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120425_Meeting | April 25th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120328_Meeting | March 28th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120222_Meeting | February 22nd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120125_Agenda | January 25th 2012 Meeting]]

==== 2011 ====

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110323_Meeting | March 23, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110427_Meeting | April 27, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110525_Meeting | May 25, 2011 Meeting]]

Agenda: [[PDX_OSGEO_20110824_Agenda | August 24, 2011]] Minutes: [[PDX OSGEO 20110824 Minutes | August 24, 2011]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110928_Minutes | September 28, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20111026_Meeting | October 26, 2011 Meeting]]

Add next meeting here like <nowiki> [[PDX_OSGEO_YYYYMMDD_Meeting | Month ## #### Meeting]]</nowiki>

July 18th (3rd Wednesday)

August 15th (3rd Wednesday)

September 19th (3rd Wednesday)

October 17th (3rd Wednesday)

November (typically canceled)

December (typically canceled, or Winter Coders Social)

PDX OSGEO Meeting Notes

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[[PDX-OSGeo | Back to PDX-OSGEO home page]]

Return to [[PDX-OSGEO |PDX-OSGEO home page]]
==== 2012 ====
[[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | October 17, 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120926_Meeting | September 26, 2012 Meeting]] '''moved to 4th Wednesday to avoid conflict with Ignite!'''

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120815_Meeting | August 15, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - now always the third Wed)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120718_Meeting | July 18, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New *new* location)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120620_Meeting | June 20, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New location)'''

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120523_Meeting | May 23rd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120425_Meeting | April 25th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120328_Meeting | March 28th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120222_Meeting | February 22nd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120125_Agenda | January 25th 2012 Meeting]]

==== 2011 ====

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110323_Meeting | March 23, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110427_Meeting | April 27, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110525_Meeting | May 25, 2011 Meeting]]

Agenda: [[PDX_OSGEO_20110824_Agenda | August 24, 2011]] Minutes: [[PDX OSGEO 20110824 Minutes | August 24, 2011]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110928_Minutes | September 28, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20111026_Meeting | October 26, 2011 Meeting]]

Add next meeting here like <nowiki> [[PDX_OSGEO_YYYYMMDD_Meeting | Month ## #### Meeting]]</nowiki>

July 18th (3rd Wednesday)

August 15th (3rd Wednesday)

September 19th (3rd Wednesday)

October 17th (3rd Wednesday)

November (typically canceled)

December (typically canceled, or Winter Coders Social)

PDX OSGEO Meeting Notes

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[[PDX-OSGeo | Back to PDX-OSGEO home page]]

==== 2012 ====
[[PDX-OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | October 17, 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120926_Meeting | September 26, 2012 Meeting]] '''moved to 4th Wednesday to avoid conflict with Ignite!'''

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120815_Meeting | August 15, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - now always the third Wed)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120718_Meeting | July 18, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New *new* location)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120620_Meeting | June 20, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New location)'''

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120523_Meeting | May 23rd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120425_Meeting | April 25th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120328_Meeting | March 28th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120222_Meeting | February 22nd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120125_Agenda | January 25th 2012 Meeting]]

==== 2011 ====

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110323_Meeting | March 23, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110427_Meeting | April 27, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110525_Meeting | May 25, 2011 Meeting]]

Agenda: [[PDX_OSGEO_20110824_Agenda | August 24, 2011]] Minutes: [[PDX OSGEO 20110824 Minutes | August 24, 2011]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110928_Minutes | September 28, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20111026_Meeting | October 26, 2011 Meeting]]

Add next meeting here like <nowiki> [[PDX_OSGEO_YYYYMMDD_Meeting | Month ## #### Meeting]]</nowiki>

July 18th (3rd Wednesday)

August 15th (3rd Wednesday)

September 19th (3rd Wednesday)

October 17th (3rd Wednesday)

November (typically canceled)

December (typically canceled, or Winter Coders Social)

PDX OSGEO Meeting Notes

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[[PDX-OSGeo | Back to PDX-OSGEO home page]]

==== 2012 ====
[[PDX-OSGeo_20121017_Meeting | October 17, 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120926_Meeting | September 26, 2012 Meeting]] '''moved to 4th Wednesday to avoid conflict with Ignite!'''

[[PDX-OSGeo_20120815_Meeting | August 15, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - now always the third Wed)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120718_Meeting | July 18, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New *new* location)'''

[[PDX_OSgeo_20120620_Meeting | June 20, 2012 Meeting]] '''(3rd Wednesday - New location)'''

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120523_Meeting | May 23rd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120425_Meeting | April 25th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGeo_20120328_Meeting | March 28th 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120222_Meeting | February 22nd 2012 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20120125_Agenda | January 25th 2012 Meeting]]

==== 2011 ====

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110323_Meeting | March 23, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110427_Meeting | April 27, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110525_Meeting | May 25, 2011 Meeting]]

Agenda: [[PDX_OSGEO_20110824_Agenda | August 24, 2011]] Minutes: [[PDX OSGEO 20110824 Minutes | August 24, 2011]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20110928_Minutes | September 28, 2011 Meeting]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_20111026_Meeting | October 26, 2011 Meeting]]

Add next meeting here like <nowiki> [[PDX_OSGEO_YYYYMMDD_Meeting | Month ## #### Meeting]]</nowiki>

July 18th (3rd Wednesday)

August 15th (3rd Wednesday)

September 19th (3rd Wednesday)

October 17th (3rd Wednesday)

November (typically canceled)

December (typically canceled, or Winter Coders Social)

PDX-OSGEO

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'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is scheduled for Nov 21, 2012.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

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'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is scheduled for Nov 19, 2012.

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-22T00:12:12Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ fix link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning|GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-22T00:11:38Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 29 (Mon) [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting#UnConference_Planning GIS In Action 2013 Unconference]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-21T21:08:28Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ swap years

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
2013
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group

2012-10-14T01:46:45Z

Wiki-Legend: paste of email announcement

== Paste of recent email ==

Portland Area Water/Wastewater User Group Meeting
Thursday, November 15th 9:00-10:45 a.m.

Location:
Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland OR, Room 370A
Directions/Parking information: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=3315

Please join other utility GIS staff to discuss current projects and trends.
Please forward this announcement to others that may have interest.

AGENDA

9:00-9:15 p.m. – Introductions

9:15-9:45 p.m. – The City of Troutdale - Christine Cooley Amedzake
“The City of Troutdale captured in an 8 hour drive”

9:45-10:15 p.m. – The City of Beaverton - Juston Manville
“GIS Centric: a Case for interoperability”

10:15 – 10:45 – What do you want from your utility user group? Future topics and presentations? Wrap up, set date and location for next meeting

Please contact me with questions. I look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Pam

Pam Nooyen, GISP
GIS Technician ~ Maps and Data Program
The City of Gresham, Department of Environmental Services
1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham OR 97030
(503) 618-2319
New Email: Pam.Nooyen@GreshamOregon.gov

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-14T01:45:46Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ fix link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Group]] (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-14T01:45:05Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
* Nov. 15 (Thu) [[Portland Area Water/Wastewater GIS User Groupll (PDX)
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-10T06:09:43Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ go ahead and delete this entry if you like

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX) (Okay, not geo-related, but seems like a good place for a few GPS units.)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-10T05:57:27Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ formatting

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
* Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-10T05:56:47Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add link

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) [http://www.orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action 2013] (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-10T05:54:00Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add gis inaction

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)
2013
Apr. 30 - May 1 (Tue-Wed) GIS In Action 2013 (PDX)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-02T22:46:47Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add ivy. not geospatial, but i should think they could use a geomapper or two...

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13 (Sat) No Ivy League's [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=47820&a=356479 No Ivy Day] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-10-01T12:12:39Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Upcoming Events */ add event

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12 (Fri) Esri Dev Meet Up - [http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpOregon/events/79757682/ Pumping it up in Portland] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-09-29T21:22:38Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Othe useful links */ typo

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Other useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-09-29T21:22:18Z

Wiki-Legend: /* Useful links */

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Othe useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-09-29T21:21:51Z

Wiki-Legend: /* SPRING GIS */ infoo mooved to a separate page

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

SPRING GIS documentation

2012-09-29T21:20:27Z

Wiki-Legend: move information to give front page a bit of headspace

[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

* This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
* Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.
#[[File:0_0 Using SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:0_1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_1 Using Spring for the first time.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt]]
#[[File:1_2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_3 Manipulating a Project.odt]]
#[[File:1_4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt]]
#[[File:1_5 Defining the Data Model.odt]]
#[[File:2_3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:2_4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:2_6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:AllChaptersEnglish.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p1.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p2.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p3.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p4.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p5.odt]]

PDX-OSGEO

2012-09-29T21:17:15Z

Wiki-Legend: /* SPRING GIS */ capitalization

'''Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!'''

== News ==
* We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]].

=== Meetings ===
The next meeting is [[PDX_OSGEO_20121017_Meeting | scheduled for October 17, 2012. ]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Notes | Past Meeting Notes]]

[[PDX_OSGEO_Meeting_Planning | How to plan a meeting]]

== Events ==
=== Upcoming Events ===
[[Category:Events]]

PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.

2012
* Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) [http://www.urisa.org/gispro2012 URISA GIS-Pro 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) [http://wherecamppdx.org/ WhereCampPDX 5] (PDX)
* Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's [http://stateofthemap.us/ State of the Map USA 2012] (PDX)
* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] (PDX)
* Nov. 14 (Wed) [http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html GIS Day] (Olympia, Washington)

=== Past Events we participated in ===

* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition]

* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

[[PDX_OSGEO_Past_events | More past events ]]

== About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter ==
=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS]. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.

=== Mission ===
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

=== Annual Reports ===
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2010 | 2010]]
* [[PDX_OSGEO_Chapter_Annual_Report_2011 | 2011]]
* [[PDX_OSGeo_Chapter_Annual_Report_2012 | 2012]]

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:

* For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
* For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== This Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

=== Event Set Up ===
[[Event set up]] notes.

== Geo Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===
[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html SPRING] is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)[http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html ...]

[[SPRING GIS documentation]]

* This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
* Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.
#[[File:0_0 Using SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:0_1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_1 Using Spring for the first time.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt]]
#[[File:1_1_14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt]]
#[[File:1_2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:1_3 Manipulating a Project.odt]]
#[[File:1_4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt]]
#[[File:1_5 Defining the Data Model.odt]]
#[[File:2_3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:2_4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:2_6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt]]
#[[File:AllChaptersEnglish.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p1.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p2.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p3.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p4.odt]]
#[[File:SPRINGManual032106p5.odt]]

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

===The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API===
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.

=== Useful links===
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]