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* We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]]. | * We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the [[Board_Meeting_2012-08-09 | August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting]]. See the [[PDX_OSGEO_OSGEO_Local_Chapter_Recognition | previous notes on this topic]]. | ||
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* Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] | * Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's [http://www.nacis.org/index.cfm NACIS 2012] | ||
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* Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition] | * Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JlmI9S6ZHYtW2pEwe4VtVYw1rehxbqdgkutoWbKjAw4/edit Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition] |
Revision as of 11:46, 29 September 2012
Welcome to the Portland, OR Chapter of OSGEO - serving Oregon and SW Washington!
News
- We now meet on the 3th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:30 PM at various locations.
- We were approved as an official OSGeo chapter at the August, 2012 OSGeo board meeting. See the previous notes on this topic.
Meetings
The next meeting is scheduled for October 17, 2012.
Events
Upcoming Events
PDX-OSGeo members are encouraged to participate.
2012
- Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 (Sun-Thu) URISA GIS-Pro 2012
- Oct. 12-14 (Fri-Sun) WhereCampPDX 5
- Oct. 13-14 (Sat-Sun) OpenStreetMap's State of the Map USA 2012
- Oct. 17-19 (Wed-Fri) North American Cartographic Information Society's NACIS 2012
Past Events we participated in
- Presentation for PLSO/ORURISA GIS in Action Conference 2012 - Open Source Smackdown - Web Mapping Clients Edition
- Details on 2011 Open Source GIS unconference
About the PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter
Introduction
PDX-OSGeo is a Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGeo has a catchment area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.
History
PDX-OSGeo has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA Special Interest Group (SIG). Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and GIS In Action. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, CUGOS. In August, 2012, we became an official OSGeo local chapter.
Annual Reports
Mission
The PDX-OSGeo Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.
Objectives
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
- Presentations (Application and Technical)
- Chapter business
- Social gathering
Regional Events:
- Open Source GIS unconference
- Conference participation
Communication:
- Mailing List
- Wiki Development
- Monthly meetings
Legal Status:
- No real independent legal structure.
- No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
- Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
- There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.
Getting Involved
The PDX-OSGeo Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.
Mailing List
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). We have two main lists:
- For general discussion and announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
- For planning upcoming meetings (open to all participants): http://lists.pdxosgeo.org/sympa/info/planners
IRC
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.
Membership
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member. List yourself on the PDX-OSGEO Member Page and you're in!
Leadership
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is Percy. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.
Wiki
How To Write WIKI
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
Recommended Further Reading
The following websites were mentioned as further reading at the Unconference:
- GIS Stack Exchange for any GIS question for any software
- Slash Geo
- Planet OSGeo
Event Set Up
Event set up notes.
Resources
SPRING GIS
SPRING is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)...
- This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
- Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.
- File:0 0 Using SPRING.odt
- File:0 1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt
- File:1 1 Using Spring for the first time.odt
- File:1 1 1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt
- File:1 1 2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt
- File:1 1 3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt
- File:1 1 4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt
- File:1 1 10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt
- File:1 1 13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt
- File:1 1 14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt
- File:1 2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt
- File:1 2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt
- File:1 3 Manipulating a Project.odt
- File:1 4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt
- File:1 5 Defining the Data Model.odt
- File:2 3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt
- File:2 4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt
- File:2 6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt
- File:AllChaptersEnglish.odt
- File:SPRINGManual032106p1.odt
- File:SPRINGManual032106p2.odt
- File:SPRINGManual032106p3.odt
- File:SPRINGManual032106p4.odt
- File:SPRINGManual032106p5.odt
USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL
An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.
File:SSURGO to PostgreSQL.odt|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL
The top seven alternatives to the Google Maps API
Wm Leler of the PDX-OSGeo presented this topic and Net Magazine requested that he write it up at http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-seven-alternatives-google-maps-api Article date: 2012-06-18.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.