California Chapter 2011 Annual Meeting

Logistics

• Saturday October 22, 2011
• 9am - 5pm
• 132 Hunt Hall
• UC Davis, California

Directions

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• Open Mapquest Map

Agenda

Morning Talks, Discussions, Tutorials

Exact timing TBD

• Michele Tobais - QGIS & Inkscape
• Allan Hollander - GRASS and R
• Brian Hamlin - PostGIS 2.0

Tentative:

• Robert Hijmans - Something using R?
• Alex Mandel - QGIS, Geodjango, Spatiliate or another popular topic...
• Nate Roth - Postgis and Python
• Bob Moskovitz - QGIS Plugin Case Study - Geological Surveys
• Landon Blake - Open Jump? OSGeo Journal?

Want to give a 5 minute or 20 minute talk, we're looking for additional speakers on the following topics, email Landon to be added

• Desktop GIS (83%)
• Databases (75%)
• Web Technologies (75%)
• Participation in Open Source (67%)
• Cartography (67%)
• Data Types (58%)

Lunch

• TBD

Afternoon Activities

Indoor

• Cartography Sprint
• Learn to Bug Hunt
• Code Sprint
• Chapter Event Planning
• Public Geo Data Award Planning

Outdoor

• Kite Photography Demo
• Mapping Party & GPS/Smartphone Games

Evening Social Downtown Davis

• Location TBD

Planned Attendance List

To RSVP please email Landon and Alex, or add your name to the list.

• Michele Tobias
• Allan Hollander
• David Bianco
• Dave Waetjen
• Sid Feygin
• Landon Blake
• Alex Mandel
• Nate Roth
• Robert Hijmans
• Joe Larson
• Bob Moskovitz

Sponsors

• Department of Environmental Design, Landscape Architecture Program, University of California, Davis
• Geography Graduate Group, University of California, Davis
• Information Center for the Environment, University of California, Davis

Contact Landon if you would like to help sponsor the meeting.

Carpooling

Several