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* Continued work with volunteer OSGeo Journal Team. | * Continued work with volunteer OSGeo Journal Team. | ||
| + | == Ragi Burhum == | ||
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| + | === Highlights === | ||
| + | * Started the San Francisco [http://www.meetup.com/geomeetup/ GeoMeetup] which has grown into a highly focused geo developer bi-monthly event with [http://www.meetup.com/geomeetup/members/ 450+ geo devs] from various Bay Area big and small companies. The meetings can draw 100+ attendees and have had sponsorship from O'Reilly, SimpleGeo, CBS Interactive, xCubeLabs, Trulia, Eventbrite, etc. Our first meeting was an Introduction GIS and OSGeo by Ragi together with a presentation by Josh Livni from Google. The presentations usually heavily promote OSGeo. Brian has started to give away OSGeo Live DVDs as a prize to the correct answers to his Trivia Section of the GeoMeetup where he asks questions about the presentations - very amusing and highly effective! | ||
| + | * Wrote and committed [http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_ao.html ArcObjects driver to GDAL] | ||
| + | * Wrote and committed [http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_filegdb.html FileGDB driver to GDAL] | ||
| + | *Brian and I have been working with [http://www.calthorpe.com/about local companies] to [http://www.calthorpe.com/news/critique-trb-sr-298 create and solve complex practical problems for CA] on top of Open Source GIS stacks in the CA government (like Caltrans). | ||
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| + | ===Events=== | ||
| + | * Southern California Linux Expo - SCALE (Los Angeles): [http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/presentations/building-your-own-google-maps-using-complete-open-source-and-open-data-stack.html Building your own Google Maps using a complete Open Source and Open Data stack] | ||
| + | * PGWest 2010 (San Francisco): [https://www.postgresqlconference.org/content/how-build-your-own-mapping-website-using-open-source-geo-stack How to Build Your Own Mapping Website Using an Open Source Geo Stack] | ||
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| + | == Alex Mandel == | ||
| + | * Continued to host and run builds of OSGeo Live (Versions 3 & 4) | ||
| + | * California Geographical Society - Presentation on OSGeo Live | ||
| + | * Helped convert and teach a GIS VBA university programming course to Python, expanding the coverage to ArcPy,GDAL/OGR, and QGIS Plugins | ||
| + | * Taught a 2 hour workshop on QGIS using OSGeo Live for a Forest Service International Seminar on Climate Change | ||
[[Category: Local Chapters]] | [[Category: Local Chapters]] | ||
[[Category: California]] | [[Category: California]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:08, 3 June 2011
This wiki page has been set-up so we can collect information on chapter activities in 2010 for the OSGeo Annual Report. Please contribute and help Landon get the report put together.
Chapter Events
- CGS 2010 May 1, Fullerton
- AAG 2010 April 2010, Washington, D.C.
- Where 2.0
- SCALE 2010 Feb 19-21, Los Angeles
Member Activities
Landon Blake
- Continued work on GPX2 module for Geotools.
- Continued work with volunteer OSGeo Journal Team.
Ragi Burhum
Highlights
- Started the San Francisco GeoMeetup which has grown into a highly focused geo developer bi-monthly event with 450+ geo devs from various Bay Area big and small companies. The meetings can draw 100+ attendees and have had sponsorship from O'Reilly, SimpleGeo, CBS Interactive, xCubeLabs, Trulia, Eventbrite, etc. Our first meeting was an Introduction GIS and OSGeo by Ragi together with a presentation by Josh Livni from Google. The presentations usually heavily promote OSGeo. Brian has started to give away OSGeo Live DVDs as a prize to the correct answers to his Trivia Section of the GeoMeetup where he asks questions about the presentations - very amusing and highly effective!
- Wrote and committed ArcObjects driver to GDAL
- Wrote and committed FileGDB driver to GDAL
- Brian and I have been working with local companies to create and solve complex practical problems for CA on top of Open Source GIS stacks in the CA government (like Caltrans).
Events
- Southern California Linux Expo - SCALE (Los Angeles): Building your own Google Maps using a complete Open Source and Open Data stack
- PGWest 2010 (San Francisco): How to Build Your Own Mapping Website Using an Open Source Geo Stack
Alex Mandel
- Continued to host and run builds of OSGeo Live (Versions 3 & 4)
- California Geographical Society - Presentation on OSGeo Live
- Helped convert and teach a GIS VBA university programming course to Python, expanding the coverage to ArcPy,GDAL/OGR, and QGIS Plugins
- Taught a 2 hour workshop on QGIS using OSGeo Live for a Forest Service International Seminar on Climate Change