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''Many of the listed talks here are recaps of talks given at [[FOSS4G 2011]]''
  
 
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Revision as of 15:11, 7 October 2011

Logistics

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

Directions

Todo: Link to pdf directions Todo: Link to online directions

Agenda

Morning Talks, Discussions, Tutorials

Exact timing TBD

  • Michele Tobais - QGIS & Inkscape
  • Allan Hollander - GRASS and R
  • Brian Hamlin - PostGIS 2.0
  • Fran Warmerdam - Raster Formats Performance Optimization/Comparison

Many of the listed talks here are recaps of talks given at FOSS4G 2011

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?

Would you like 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%)

(Percentages indicate the percent of survey respondents interested in the topic)

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
  • Brian Hamlin

Sponsors

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

Carpooling

  • Several people will be travelling from the Bay Area and the Sacramento Area. Please post on the California Chapter mailing list if you have space or are looking for space in a carpool.
  • Davis is serviced by the Capital Corridor train service, though with fewer runs on Saturday it's still a reasonable option.