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; What: [http://openhouse.wr.usgs.gov/ Annual USGS Open House]  
 
; What: [http://openhouse.wr.usgs.gov/ Annual USGS Open House]  
  
USGS invited us to run some demos at their open house.
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ASPRS rep Becky Morton invited Cal OSGeo to run some demos at the USGS open house.
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I just spoke with Alan Mikuni, USGS and past-president of ASPRS.. there may not be any network connection at all (!) though he is checking into possibilities. Setup day is Friday all day.  {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
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Followup- Brian ran the booth Friday/Saturday. In practice, involved topics (such as anything to do with Linux) didnt happen :-)  Profoundly accomplished geo-scientists were mixed within the crowd of mainly kids and families. In prep for the kids, I (Brian) prepared a KML layer of all the public schools in California and displayed in Google Earth with a [http://www.3dconnexion.com/3dmouse/spacenavigator.php 3DConnexion Space Navigator] input device. This was a huge hit! "Find your school" was the one-liner activity. ASPRS (our host) booth worked really well. THey have a continuous video, great branding and large visuals, a simple one-liner activity (look into the stereo viewer at the map) and then lots of depth for those that want to pursue it. Definitely a model for OSGeo in the future.  {{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}
  
 
=Demos=
 
=Demos=
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* Possible screencast on OpenModeller - timlinux
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* OGR, PostGIS and KML - darkblue_b
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* OpenJump - Landon
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* QGIS/Grass/Spatialite - Alex
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''I'd definitely like to make sure OpenLayers and QGis are represented well.. I feel like I would be a better rep for OpenLayers myself. Also thinking of an idea for "big picture" on OSGeo using the Wiki, and the mailing lists activity levels -Brian''
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'''Equipment'''
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* Mac Book Pro laptop 10.5, with Ubuntu Virtual Machine
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* Live DVD dedicated machine - Alex
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* Ubuntu 8.10 QGIS, Grass, Postgis, maybe a locally running Openlayers example - Alex
  
 
=Volunteers=
 
=Volunteers=
  
 
* [[User:SunburnedSurveyor| Landon Blake(Sunburned Surveyor)]]
 
* [[User:SunburnedSurveyor| Landon Blake(Sunburned Surveyor)]]
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* [[User:Wildintellect| Alex Mandel]] - Should be able to make it one day and bring all the [[California/Exhibition Pack]], +some other Davis folks
  
 
=Materials=
 
=Materials=
  
[[Category:Events]]
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[[Category:Past Events]]
 
[[Category:California]]
 
[[Category:California]]

Latest revision as of 00:06, 17 January 2010

USGS Open House

Event Owner
Brian Hamlin (darkblue_b)
When
May 16-17, 2009
Where
Menlo Park, Ca
What
Annual USGS Open House


ASPRS rep Becky Morton invited Cal OSGeo to run some demos at the USGS open house.

I just spoke with Alan Mikuni, USGS and past-president of ASPRS.. there may not be any network connection at all (!) though he is checking into possibilities. Setup day is Friday all day. 20241127050623

Followup- Brian ran the booth Friday/Saturday. In practice, involved topics (such as anything to do with Linux) didnt happen :-) Profoundly accomplished geo-scientists were mixed within the crowd of mainly kids and families. In prep for the kids, I (Brian) prepared a KML layer of all the public schools in California and displayed in Google Earth with a 3DConnexion Space Navigator input device. This was a huge hit! "Find your school" was the one-liner activity. ASPRS (our host) booth worked really well. THey have a continuous video, great branding and large visuals, a simple one-liner activity (look into the stereo viewer at the map) and then lots of depth for those that want to pursue it. Definitely a model for OSGeo in the future. 20241127050623

Demos

  • Possible screencast on OpenModeller - timlinux
  • OGR, PostGIS and KML - darkblue_b
  • OpenJump - Landon
  • QGIS/Grass/Spatialite - Alex

I'd definitely like to make sure OpenLayers and QGis are represented well.. I feel like I would be a better rep for OpenLayers myself. Also thinking of an idea for "big picture" on OSGeo using the Wiki, and the mailing lists activity levels -Brian


Equipment

  • Mac Book Pro laptop 10.5, with Ubuntu Virtual Machine
  • Live DVD dedicated machine - Alex
  • Ubuntu 8.10 QGIS, Grass, Postgis, maybe a locally running Openlayers example - Alex

Volunteers

Materials