California
Introduction
Mission
Objectives
- Work on something not related to ESRI GIS :] (See the section entitiled "Proposed Chapter Goals For 2008").
Proposed Chapter Goals For 2008
Programming
- Simple cross-platform and open source metadata editor similar to Metavist or Corpsmet.
- Python Extension Scripts for Inkscape that enable cartographic/technical drawing.
Non-Programming
- Catalog of Public GIS Data Sources For California
- Set up OSGeo liason/ambassador with California Land Surveyors Asssociation.
- Prepare documentation on cartographic map production using open source tools like the GIMP, Scribus, and Inkscape.
Events
Future
- AAG 2009
- CGS 2009 - Always in California, small cheap, outreach to grade schools and non-profits.
- CalGIS 2009
- California Central Valley Chapter Incubation Meeting - We need to fix a date and place.
- AGU 2009 - It's always in California
Proposed
Past
- GIS Day 2008 - UC Berkeley GIF Lab, US EPA Region IX
- OSBootCamp OSBootCamp 2008 - Open Source day at UC Berkeley
- CGS 2008 - Booth at the Calfornia Geographical Society meeting in Chico.
- 4H Workshop - Bill will be running a workshop at UC Davis for 4H high schoolers on GPS/GIS
- AGU 2008 - Open Source Session at American Geophysical Union; San Francisco, CA
Membership
Cwhitney (Chris Whitney) - UC San Diego / NASA ISS EarthKAM
User:SunburnedSurveyor (Landon Blake) [A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor]
User:Hollander (Allan Hollander)
cgs_bob (Bob Moskovitz)
Wildintellect (Alex Mandel) - UC Davis
Matt Hancher - NASA Ames Research Center - interested in Bay Area local activities
bwoodall (Bill Woodall) San Diego
Stacey Ellis - UC Davis
Michele Tobias - UC Davis
Mtreichler (Mike Treichler) - UC Davis
darkblue_b (Brian Hamlin) Berkeley
j03lar50n Joe Larson
Community
Mailing List Info Page (You subscribe to the mailing list at this page.)
California GIS Links
The California Spatial Information Library
The California Geospatial Information Office