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 - Lompoc/Santa Barbara, Cal Poly-SLO Alumni
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