Philippines/philgeos2012

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Overview

"PhilGEOS 2012 is the 1st symposium on Geomatics in the Philippines. It is envisioned to be a major gathering of educators, researchers and the industry in the field of Geomatics from different parts of the country."

Where: University of the Philippines – Diliman

When: November 23-24, 2012

OSGeo-PH and the PhilGEOS Organizing team will host a series of pre-conference workshop showcasing free and open source technologies. Likewise, an exhibit booth will be installed during the event for OSGeo and OpenStreetMap.

FOSS4G Workshop Topics

Initial list only, subject to change in the coming weeks.

The FOSS4G track will be on November 22, 2012.

Title Lead Facilitator Venue Description
Google Maps API Wayne Manuel Introduction to using the Google Maps API to build interactive webmaps.
Using Openlayers and/or Leaflet Eugene Alvin Villar Introduction to using Leaflet and/or OpenLayers to build interactive webmaps.


Introduction to Editing OpenStreetMap Rally de Leon A beginners guide to editing OpenStreetMap.
Advance Cartography with Quantum GIS Maning Sambale

Quantum GIS (http://www.qgis.org) is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on several operating systems (Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android). QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License. This workshop is a technical demonstration and hands-on tutorial in the use of QGIS using the advance cartographic styling features of the application.

GeoNode Marx Tupas
more topics here

Exhibition booth

The exhibition will be from November 23-24. We will share the booth with the OpenStreetMap Philippines Chapter.

Exhibition Checklist

  • Retractable banner (non-woven print and banner stand)
  • Portable Literature Stand
  • Table skirt
  • Overview Poster
  • Consumables (live-dvd, brochure)
  • A computer running Live DVD running

Booth staff

  • Maning
  • RK