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This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter. | This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter. | ||
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| + | == Goals == | ||
== Meetings == | == Meetings == | ||
=== Meeting April 2010 === | === Meeting April 2010 === | ||
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| + | The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.: | ||
| + | * finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement) | ||
| + | * define what we don't want | ||
| + | * discuss further meetings | ||
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| + | [[image:CalgaryFOSGISInterestGroupMeeting1.jpeg|thumb|center|200px|Calgary Meeting #1 Notes]] | ||
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| + | === Meeting June 2010 === | ||
| + | # First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk. | ||
| + | #* A copy of those slides is available [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jump-pilot/files/w_other_freegis_documents/presentations/sstein_FOS_Desktop_GIS_Projects_and_Software_an_analysis_ogrs2009.pdf/download here] | ||
| + | # Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest: | ||
| + | #* Alberta geodata | ||
| + | #* free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy | ||
| + | #* GIS software n general | ||
| + | # We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see [[OSGeo Alberta Members]] | ||
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| + | === Meeting July 2010 === | ||
| + | This meeting we had two talks: | ||
| + | * a demo/talk on Autodesk's MapGuide Open Source by Trevor Wekel ([http://www.otxsystems.com OTX Systems]) | ||
| + | * a talk about HEAT, a web mapping site to identify Hot-Spots on your house, by Chris Kyle (CDK Digital Knowledge & [http://www.ucalgary.ca/f3gisci/heat Univ. of Calgary]) | ||
| + | Finally we had a discussion on free local data: see here the emails ([http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000018.html 1] and [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/alberta/2010-July/000019.html 2]) by Brent Fraser sent the other day. | ||
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| + | == Resources / Projects == | ||
| + | * Canadian and [[Alberta GeoData]] | ||
| + | * a web page that provides an overview on [http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/ Free and Open Source Desktop GIS] - including articles | ||
| + | * [[Articles on Free GIS Software]] | ||
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| + | == Contacts == | ||
| + | * our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta | ||
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| + | * If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us: | ||
| + | ** Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC) | ||
| + | ** Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC) | ||
Latest revision as of 08:23, 7 July 2010
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This page containes information on the activities of the Calgary FOSGIS interest group (IG) / Local Chapter.
Goals
Meetings
Meeting April 2010
The mindmap on the right summarizes what we talked about on the meeting, i.e.:
- finding objectives of the group (i.e. forming a mission statement)
- define what we don't want
- discuss further meetings
Meeting June 2010
- First Stefan Steiniger talked for about an hour on state of FOS desktop GIS. This talk was actually his OGRS 2009 conference talk.
- A copy of those slides is available here
- Then we discussed how we continue with the groups objectives. We looked for instance on the Mission Statements of the OSGeo Chapters of BC, Quebec and Ontario (see the http://wiki.osgeo.org). We agreed here that we keep working on a mission statement - but will probably wait 2-3 more meetings until we figured what each of us does and is interested in. However we already identified three main points of interest:
- Alberta geodata
- free GIS tools in Oil & Gas & Energy
- GIS software n general
- We also agreed that it may be useful to setup a member list. Stefan created a new wiki page for that, see OSGeo Alberta Members
Meeting July 2010
This meeting we had two talks:
- a demo/talk on Autodesk's MapGuide Open Source by Trevor Wekel (OTX Systems)
- a talk about HEAT, a web mapping site to identify Hot-Spots on your house, by Chris Kyle (CDK Digital Knowledge & Univ. of Calgary)
Finally we had a discussion on free local data: see here the emails (1 and 2) by Brent Fraser sent the other day.
Resources / Projects
- Canadian and Alberta GeoData
- a web page that provides an overview on Free and Open Source Desktop GIS - including articles
- Articles on Free GIS Software
Contacts
- our email list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/alberta
- If you have suggestions or comments or anything else, please write us:
- Stefan Steiniger - ssteinig[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geography Dept., UofC)
- Andrew Hunter - ahunter[-at-]ucalgary.ca - (Geomatics Dept., UofC)