Hi Cameron, The french translation will be available this week at this wiki page : http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annonces_foss4g_fr#Fr
Regards, Y. Le dimanche 01 mars 2009, Cameron Shorter a écrit : > Hi, > We would like to add a local language message for our key FOSS4G selling > page, which will be copied onto our web page, and locally targeted media > releases. > > Please let us know if you can help (ideally within the upcoming week). > We are looking for one page of translation, which is to be copied into > subversion here: > https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/2009/documents/propaganda/What%20is%20FO >SS4G%20en.doc > > I've copied the text below as well: > > > FOSS4G 2009 More than an international Geospatial Open Source > Conference > > The conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) > will be held from 20-23 October, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. > _http://2009.foss4g.org <http://2009.foss4g.org/>_ > > Growing out of regional Open Source community meetings, the FOSS4G > conference has been reborn in recent years as a meeting place for > international geospatial experts to gather and discuss the problems and > opportunities of the day. With themes ranging from the integration of > Open Source with Proprietary systems to the building of Spatial Data > Infrastructures and application of Open Geospatial Standards, the > conference offers a unique opportunity to tap into the wealth of > knowledge and experience available among the Open Source developers, > sponsors and geospatial professionals of all persuasions. > > > Highlights from FOSS4G 2009 include: > > *The Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP)*: FOSS4G will launch the > OGC's Climate Change Integration Plugfest (CCIP), which demonstrates > standards based interoperability between Open Source and Proprietary > geospatial applications. It consists of servers with multiple virtual > machines, each installed with geospatial applications offering standards > based web services. There will be many opportunities to review SDI > components, and talk directly to vendors and implementers about the > effectiveness of different approaches and components. > > _http://external.opengis.org/twiki_public/bin/view/ClimateChallenge2009/Web >Home_ > > > > *FOSS4G Live DVD*: Live DVDs, based on the Xubuntu operating system and > including Geospatial Open Source Software, will be given to all > delegates. Users can boot a Live DVD on their computer and trial the > software without installing or affecting the existing system. > > _http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_ > > > *Installfest*: The informal Installfest pre-dinner slot will give > delegates the opportunity to meet in a common area and install a wide > variety of FOSS software on their laptops, EEPC or any other system they > care to bring in. Community members will be on hand to assist with any > troubles and provide help and insight into the software. > > > *Workshops and Tutorials*: Workshops and Tutorials allow presenters to > lead attendees through applications, integration solutions, or other > topics in an interactive environment. > > > *Presentations*: The meat of the conference is its presentations. > Drawing on a huge community of local, regional and international experts > we will discuss some of the most current and poignant topics in the > industry today. Expect to hear honest presentations discussing > weaknesses as well as strengths, like the famous Web Map Server > performance shootout. > > > *Birds of a Feather*: Rooms have been set aside for semi-organised > meetings between like minded groups. Some prominent community > initiatives started in prior FOSS4G Birds of a Feather sessions. > > > *Code Sprint*: The weekend after FOSS4G is reserved for the Hackers' > Code Sprint. Hackers will be locked in a basement with lots of > bandwidth, pizzas and coke. (Well, maybe something better than that, but > we don't want to spoil the mystical hacker image). -- Yves Jacolin ------------- "Donner la liberté aux individus ne suffit pas, il faut aussi leur donner du pouvoir, de la puissance d'agir." M Gauchet "Give freedom to people is not enough, we also have to give them the power to use this freedom, to act". M Gauchet ------------- http://yjacolin.gloobe.org http://softlibre.gloobe.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
