Namasthe, Well, I have been going through the mailing list conversations over quite some time, but being an oceanographer, was not able to contribute much.
But today evening's meet had an interesting point, of GIS, which offered myself and colleagues to interact with the group. As Mr. jaisen has already pointed out, GIS or the subject geoinformatics have wide potential to benefit society. However, the proprietary softwares cost is a major hurdle, and without basic investment in software, it is impossible to do the work. That is where free/open source resources, both manware and software assumes importance. Being benefited by an intro of the subject, we believe, sooner we may be able to discuss the technical aspects of geoinformatics. .free/open source status as of present, and where the community needs support..and also where ilug-k can offer.. In the total work flow of remote sensing and GIS, there are softwares like OSSIM.. We hope, ilug-k will offer more talks and interaction on aspects on simlar subjects where free/open souce can helps more. Thanks for the motivation for migation to more intellectual freedom..! regards, smart, manu & sreejith. On 9/24/08, Sameer Mohamed Thahir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Warm Greetings To The FOSS Community, > > We are holding our regular meeting for September on Sunday, 28th > September 2008. > The Details are as follows > > Date : 28/9/2008, Sunday > Time : 2pm - 5:30pm > Venue : > Internet Club > IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg, > Broadway Enclave > Broadway, > Kochi-682031 > i.e. > Behind Allappat Super Shoppe, > On top of SBT Treasury wing, > > A Map showing the venue is available at : > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/content/view/31/ > > Feel Free to call the numbers below > for any further information > Tel:+91 9995717112 ( Coordinator ) > Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue ) > Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue ) > > > > Introduction to Free Software, Open Source and the GNU Movement. > > We start of with our regular discussion on Free Software and related topics. > This is important for new users. > > > > Technical Presentation 1: " Geo Visualization and Resource planning with > Swathanthra Software " by Jaisen > > Geographical Information Systems is a field that has been least explored > in spite of it being very challenging and providing lot of opportunities. > > Geo Visualization using Swathanthra Software is a little known fact to > many. In fact > the importance of Free Software in this field has been underestimated. > > At the meeting we will see an introduction to the concept of > GeoVisualization and the field > of GIS at a very simple level. We then take a look at its importance in > our present society. > > The emphasis would be laid on why Swathanthra Software is important for > this purpose > and how it has been utilized in the best possible manner. > > Jaisen will explain everything with respect to his project > (http://cheruvannur.web4all.in/) > which will serve as the practical example of using Free Software in an > effective and > productive manner. > > The presentation has been planned for people who know nothing about the > field, as well > people who are looking for options as a career path. > > A break up of the session : > - What is Geo visualization and resource planning. > - What is the need for it in our society ? > - Importance of Free Software ? > - Government policies for resource planning and Swathanthra software > - Implementation with Swathanthra Software ? > - Future requirements for Swathanthra software in resource planning ? > - GIS as a career path > - How to get started with learning of Geo visualization using Free > software ? > > > > > Technical Presentation 2 : " File Managers " by Sreenadh > > For those who feel the Main presentation is too much above the head, > we have another presentation on something very interesting. File > Managers are > undoubtedly the application we use most in our day to day activities. > But we have seldom tried to understand the functionality and made > effective and productive use of it. > Well the presentation can help us for that, Heres what you can expect : > > What is a file manager? > Classes: Spatial, Navigational etc > > Nautilus: > How to effectively use nautilus? > Customizing ? > Add functionalities ? > Tweaking . > > Konqueror: > Features > Customization > What are "kio slaves"? > Konqueror as a universal viewer .. > Accessing man and info using Konqueror ? > Troubleshooting Konqueror > Whats new with latest version? > > > > We will have our Q&A Session after the Technical Presentation. > > We have very good presentations aligned for everyone this month. > > Hence we look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting!!! > > Hoping to meet you all on Sunday > > Thank You > > Regards > Sameer Mohamed Thahir > Co-ordinator (Indian Linux Users Group - Cochin / Kochi > Chapter(ILUG-Cochin)) > sameer dot thahir at gmail dot com > > Website : www.ilug-cochin.org > IRC : #ilugkochi on irc.freenode.net > ML : mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > -- What you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic in it! 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