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== Key Accomplishments == | == Key Accomplishments == | ||
| − | * regular meetings, | + | * held regular meetings, which included both presentations to share experience in particular projects/software, and social/networking to learn what others are doing, job opportunities, opinions on where the community is going, etc |
| − | * presentations exposed the community to developments in a number of OSGEO/FOSS4G projects, including GDAL, PROJ, Geoserver, GRASS, Mapbuilder, Nunaliit, the Antarctic Atlas, and Mapnik | + | * WIDE range of participants, including programmers, users, experts, novices, educators, students, program managers, people from government, non-profits, large and small firms |
| − | * booth presence at the GIS Day events at Carleton University and University of Ottawa, as well as Software Freedom Day | + | * presentations exposed the community to developments in a number of OSGEO/FOSS4G projects, including [http://gdal.osgeo.org GDAL], [http://proj.maptools.org PROJ], [http://geoserver.org Geoserver], [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS], [http://www.mapbuilder.net Mapbuilder], [http://nunaliit.org Nunaliit], the [http://www.carleton.ca/gcrc/caap/ Cybercartographic Antarctic Atlas], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/geofunctions GeoFunctions] and [http://mapnik.org Mapnik] |
| + | * booth presence at the GIS Day events at [http://www.library.carleton.ca/gis/gisday.html Carleton University] and [http://www.geomatics.uottawa.ca/gisday/ University of Ottawa], as well as [http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] | ||
* developed and hosted a GRASS/QGIS workshop | * developed and hosted a GRASS/QGIS workshop | ||
| − | * shared experiences from FOSS4G07 with community members that couldn't make the trip to Victoria | + | * shared experiences from [http://www.foss4g2007.org FOSS4G07] with community members that couldn't make the trip to Victoria |
== Areas for Improvement == | == Areas for Improvement == | ||
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* work together towards presence at [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/GeoTec2008 GeoTec 2008] (Jun 2-5, in Ottawa) | * work together towards presence at [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/GeoTec2008 GeoTec 2008] (Jun 2-5, in Ottawa) | ||
* GIS Day 2008 | * GIS Day 2008 | ||
| − | * which lucky members can make it to South Africa? | + | * which lucky members can make it to [http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008 South Africa]? |
[[Category: Reports 2007]] | [[Category: Reports 2007]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:28, 13 February 2008
Ottawa Chapter
- Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2007
- Contact name: Scott Mitchell
Key Accomplishments
- held regular meetings, which included both presentations to share experience in particular projects/software, and social/networking to learn what others are doing, job opportunities, opinions on where the community is going, etc
- WIDE range of participants, including programmers, users, experts, novices, educators, students, program managers, people from government, non-profits, large and small firms
- presentations exposed the community to developments in a number of OSGEO/FOSS4G projects, including GDAL, PROJ, Geoserver, GRASS, Mapbuilder, Nunaliit, the Cybercartographic Antarctic Atlas, GeoFunctions and Mapnik
- booth presence at the GIS Day events at Carleton University and University of Ottawa, as well as Software Freedom Day
- developed and hosted a GRASS/QGIS workshop
- shared experiences from FOSS4G07 with community members that couldn't make the trip to Victoria
Areas for Improvement
- keeping momentum going to have regular meetings is occasionally challenging
Opportunities to Help
- suggest presentations that you might be able to give to the group
- encourage others to give presentations, or submit suggestions to the group on things you'd like to see
- help pay attention to the calendar and get meetings scheduled, venue reserved, A/V equipment arranged
Outlook for 2008
- more great (informal) meetings!
- work together towards presence at GeoTec 2008 (Jun 2-5, in Ottawa)
- GIS Day 2008
- which lucky members can make it to South Africa?