Grazie Cristiano (and thanks, Lauren!) Credo che vada benissimo - e anzi è illuminante sentire come le cose vengono percepite da altri.
note minime - spenderei due parole sui corsi introduttivi del giorno 20 (Ivan ha i dettagli e gli iscritti) - il numero di 75 era più o meno il numero di iscritti all'associazione GFOSS.it prima del meeting...i partecipanti al meeting generale sono stati parecchi di più (chiederei al comitato di dare il numero finale di persone iscritte) - nomi dei consiglieri: non so se siano particolarmente interessanti per una comunità internazionale, mentre citerei il premio GFOSS (che è stata una sopresa ed è una notizia). un saluto andrea, noto pibinko http://pibinko.altervista.org 2008/2/28, Cristiano Giovando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Marco Cerruti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cristiano, Piergiorgio ed io siamo editor su slashgeo per conto di FGI. > > > > Se Cristiano, che dei tre è quello che è stato al meeting, prepara una > > news la mettiamo al volo. > > > Una groupie gfossina ha deciso di scrivere un paio di righe su quello > che abbiam vissuto a Perugia nel bel weekend GFOSS e OSM. Non e' > tecnicissimo, ma una prima base per aggiungere poi i dettagli (tipo > nomi consiglieri, eventi giovedi', questione GPS strade strette, etc). > Modificate a dovere, poi passate a Marco che mette su Slashgeo. > > > C > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Lauren Rizzo <> > Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:40 PM > Subject: Perugia mapping conference article > To: Cristiano Giovando <> > > IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS – GFOSS > > The Ninth Meeting of Italian Users of GRASS (Geographic Resources > Analysis Support System) and GFOSS (Geospatial Free and Open Source > Software) > > 21-22 Feb 2008, Perugia, Italy > > The Italians are setting an excellent example with their > impressive interest in, and dedication to, open source software for > geospatial science. The annual Meeting of Italian Users of GRASS and > GFOSS is a time for communication and collaboration among geospatial > open source enthusiasts in Italy. These approximately 75 mapping > experts come together to present research, network and build > relationships, share new information about open source geospatial > software, and make adjustments to their very organized administration. > > This year, the ninth meeting was held during a sunny > weekend in the ancient city of Perugia, in the region of Umbria. On > Friday, February 21, there were research presentations, a poster > display, and an administrative meeting at the University of Perugia's > Department of Engineering. The presentation topics were diverse and > generated much interest from the attendees. During the administrative > meeting, issues and concerns were discussed, next year's meeting was > planned to be in Sardinia, and Paolo Cavallini was voted the official > president for a new 2-year term. > > On Saturday, February 22, there was a "mapping party" for > OpenStreetMap.org, which involved the use of GPS to log walking tracks > around the city's historic center. Approximately 20 people, including > family members and friends, gathered together on Saturday morning in > Piazza IV Novembre – Perugia's most famous piazza – to team up, plan > routes, and program GPS devices. The groups then dispersed and walked > all around different parts of the city center to collect GPS tracks. > These GPS tracks are meant to be converted into street data that will > be free and available on OpenStreetMap.org. The idea of having > "mapping parties" is to create free and open source data covering > everywhere in the world. On OpenStreetMap.org, you can see the > collaborative efforts of mapping participants by viewing an > interactive world map of newly mapped streets, and with a piece of > open source software, you can download street data. This allows > cartographers and GIS users to create new maps without having to rely > on expensive and copyrighted data. > > Everyone enjoyed their strolls around beautiful Perugia > and much data was collected. The only problem was that there was much > interference with the GPS signal due to Perugia's many narrow streets > surrounded by tall buildings. Later in the afternoon, the mapping > participants met at an office outside the city center to download the > data and format it for use on OpenStreetMap.org. > > Overall, the "mappers" seemed very happy to get together > and share their information and enthusiasm for geospatial open source > technology. The annual meeting is special opportunity for these > technologically apt, democratic-minded mapping experts to relate to > one another and make important advances in geospatial science. > _______________________________________________ Iscriviti all'associazione GFOSS.it: http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/iscrizione [email protected] http://www.faunalia.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gfoss Questa e' una lista di discussione pubblica aperta a tutti. I messaggi di questa lista non rispecchiano necessariamente le posizioni dell'Associazione GFOSS.it.
