Hi,
You could try things like botanical gardens or a zoo. They have a huge
need for GIS but don't really know it! Most will have some type of
software but you could use Qgis in that type of setting to show them it's
use.
In my opinion, it is more important to have a cool workplace and learn about
GIS what ever the software is. The more you learn about data
manipulation, the better you will be. Your Qgis experience
will never be lost. You can also ask all your teachers to accept work
done on open source software. That should be easy to do. I did that at
McGill university and I find that as a result, teacher are asking more and more
about what I can do. Also, working about other software will show
different ways of dealing with the same problem. That is always a plus.
Forcing open source is hard in a commercial setting mostly because the clients
have there software requirements. But once you are in, you can slowly
infiltrate the system and get them slowly but surely. In our office,
(archaeologist) we had one computer equipped with AutoCAD and
MapInfo. Now, we still have that computer running but we now have more
then 10 stations equiped with Qgis and other open source software so everyone
that need to deal with space now can. As a result, we produce better
sciences.
Good luck finding an internship. I hope you find something using open
source but if not, get something that rocks!
Nicolas
On Apr 2, 2016 4:41 PM, "Brent Wood-2 [via OSGeo.org]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Michael, You could do a lot worse than trying BostonGIS:
http://www.bostongis.com/ Brent Wood (QGIS User New Zealand :-) From:
Michael Callahan < [hidden email] > To: [hidden email] Sent: Sunday,
April 3, 2016 4:34 AM Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New
England, US I'm in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, US where we are very behind
on use of Open Source Software. I'm looking for other users of QGIS, and
the towns and non-profits I've spoken to around here are entrenched with
proprietary software. I'm pursuing a certificate in GIS. I switched to
Linux over a decade ago (mostly Ubuntu now). I'm looking to do an optional,
unpaid internship to pick up experience, and I'm having trouble finding any
company or government body here that uses QGIS or even knows what it or FOSS or
Linux is. I've tried contacting a few of the speakers that will be at the
inaugural users meeting in DC. (That is something I just cannot get to.) The
College has tried reaching out to a few groups too, without success. I'm
open to suggestions, but would much rather use my learning QGIS than
proprietary software, which I think is a step backwards. While class refuses to
do anything but ESRI, I've been using my off-time to learn QGIS from the
online videos that the community has produced. With gratitude to the community
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