Alberta Chapter

GETTING STARTED

Monthly meetups are first Wednesday of every month - now ONLINE ONLY - and found at Meetup.com/OSGeo-Alberta-Chapter

Learn about Open Source Geospatial Foundation at OSGeo.org

Join the Alberta Chapter Mailing List: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta

Join us on the #osgeo-alberta channel on The Spatial Community Workspace on Slack.

Add yourself as a member here OSGeo Alberta Members after requesting your wiki credentials https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount

Chapter Objectives (Points of Interest and Objectives noted as meetings progress)

Connect the Community in Building Tools

• Lightning Talk style meetups with several builders/speakers per event
• Project Pitch/Workshops where folks can bring their problems to the group for discussion or just show how they've accomplished certain things to elicit better/best practices or new approaches
  • We have had discussions on two proposed projects:
    • Jeremy Squires proposed a tool for aiding constituents in responding to civic development proposals;
    • Cassidy Rankine proposes building a tool for sharing radon measurements in our community and elsewhere
• Execute on Alberta Chapter project for demonstration at FOSS4G2020 conference here in Calgary, August 2020
  • This has not been discussed in any recent meetings. Reach out if you would like to champion it.

Connect the Community in Learning Tools

• Evangelizing OSGeo projects and applications
• Project Overview sessions
• Workshop sessions ( install app, shared learning )

Setup the Chapter for Ongoing Success

This has not been discussed since the December 2019 meeting. Most recent attendees have encouraged a very informal environment.

• Develop a chapter leadership structure
• Review Chapter best practice / Touch base with other chapters
• Leverage Lessons Learned

Contribute to OSGeo Projects

• Execute Code-Sprints culminating in pull requests
  • Please reach out if you are interested in championing specific projects

Create Resources for Ongoing Use

• Open Source Geospatial Community Stakeholders Directory
  • Scott McHale would like to get feedback on creating a directory here of people and organizations with contributions to, and needs of, the geospatial community. The intent is to connect presenters with learners and users with creators.
• Open Data
  • Develop a well-understood, well-curated repository of open data sources ( not a one-time list of links thrown on a page )

Members

• see the page OSGeo Alberta Members (feel free to add yourself - after creating a wiki login - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount)

Communications

• Our email list is active and monitored. Please see http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta .
• SLACK: Everyone is welcome to join us on the #osgeo-alberta channel of The Spatial Community Slack workspace. Information about joining The Spatial Community can be found here: https://thespatialcommunity.org/
• Adding to Wiki: Request a Wiki account here - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RequestAccount
• Meetup.com: All of our Meetups will be administered through meetup.com for the time being. Join Alberta Chapter group here: https://www.meetup.com/OSGeo-Open-Source-Geospatial-Consortium-Alberta-Chapter/

Chapter Meetings

Monthly Meetups are held the first Wednesday of each month at Assembly Coworking Space from 6pm to 8pm. (CURRENTLY ONLINE ONLY)

• Our meetings are online using Jitsi Meet at this link: https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoAlbertaChapterMonthlyMeetup
  • Join by phone: 647.243.6108 | Meeting ID 2203355915

• Meetups are posted to Meetup.com as well: https://www.meetup.com/OSGeo-Alberta-Chapter/

Past Meetings and the Next Agenda: Alberta Chapter/Meetings

Edmonton

• We are looking to hold events in Edmonton and the Calgary-based organizers are willing to travel to host an event, if needed. Help in identifying Edmonton ( and surrounding area ) speakers, sponsors, and venues would great.

Other Places in Alberta

C'mon, Lethbridge! You're the remote sensing capital of Canada!

Other Geospatial Groups of Interest

• Alberta Geomatics Group - https://www.albertageomaticsgroup.ca

See Also

• Our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
• Neighbours in the British Columbia Chapter - mainly Vancouver, Victoria, but also a few folk in the interior/north. Some may be interested in co-hosting meetings, etc.
• Canada page giving a good national view

Resources

see the same section in Calgary IG on GIS software and Alberta GeoData