Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Cameron Shorter
Hello, I wuold say that having people in the board living in Oceania could save some trip to other memebers and help in promoting in that continent OSGeo! The same would be for Asia or Africa... I believe that Global fundation needs global representatives! Maxi On Monday, July 30, 2012, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: Cameron, OSGeo is globally active and there are no rules that members have to be located in a specific region in order to become a Member, Charter Member, Director or to be active in any other role. Board, this is a request from a potential new director asking two questions he would like to get answered before he accepts his nomination. [snip] * Lastly, we should have members of the board who are prepared to travel and this is something I won't be able to fulfil due to my family situation. And as I live in Australia, I work the graveyard shift of the rest of the world, which means awkward meeting slots for some. Before I take on a board position, I will need to ask other board members if they are in a position to work around this. In my opinion this is a no brainer. We are a geospatial organization that is globally active. So it must be possible for the board to act in a global way. Our beautiful planet happens to be sort of a ball and while revolving around it's own axis exposes different regions to the sun resulting at different times. The location of a member cannot not be a criteria of exclusion to contribute. Am I wrong here? Having said that - it makes things more difficult. But we did manage with Venka and Ravi and several OSGeo committees also meet around the clock. My appeal to the board is to confirm that physical location cannot be a criteria not to become an OSGeo director - or simply ignore this message which I will take for a silent confirmation. Cheers, Arnulf On 29/07/2012 5:08 PM, Roald de Wit wrote: On 29/07/12 15:00, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: I am pleased to nominate Cameron Shorter to be a member of the OSGeo Board. Followers of this list will no doubt already be familiar with Cameron: active in this foundation since the very beginning, he chaired the 2009 FOSS4G conference, has served on various OSGeo committees, and has worked on the OSGeo-Live project, among many other contributions. He would surely make a great addition to the board team for the next two years. I'd like to second this! Here are my reasons for supporting Cameron's nomination: Cameron has been active in the OSGeo community since its inception. You may remember Cameron as one of the core developers behind Community Mapbuilder, GeoTools and OpenLayers. More recently he chaired the successful FOSS4G 2009 Conference in Sydney and now he is one of the driving forces behind the OSGeo-Live community. He is a founding charter member of OSGeo and his active participation in many of the OSGeo committees and mailing lists (Discuss, Marketing, Education, FOSS4G, Conference, Incubator, Live-Demo and more) shows his ongoing dedication to OSGeo. I have had the pleasure of working for and with him in a both a professional context, as well as being members of the Community Mapbuilder, OpenLayers and OSGeo-Live projects. His commitment to the community and and open standards are exemplary. Cameron's experience, vision and dedication would make him a great addition to the board. Regards, Roald ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Dr. Eng. Massimiliano Cannata Responsabile Area Geomatica Istituto Scienze della Terra Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Via Trevano, c.p. 72 CH-6952 Canobbio-Lugano Tel: +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Hirofumi Hayashi
I second Hayashi nomination, He's really active and has a strong commitment to Open Source. Maxi On Monday, July 30, 2012, Jeff McKenna wrote: Hello OSGeo community, I am very happy to nominate Hirofumi Hayashi[1] for the Board of Directors of OSGeo. Hayashi is a super-active member of the OSGeo-Japan chapter, tirelessly working on planning and promoting FOSS4G events in that region. He is a member of the OSGeo-Japan Board, and anyone who has ever attended a FOSS4G-Japan event has been touched by his efforts, and of course his smile. At the project-level Hayashi is a member of the ZOO Project PSC (often works late at night to maintain its servers), has also committed several enhancements to the OSGeo4W installer, and contributed translation changes in several OSGeo projects. I believe Hayashi will be a great voice from the vibrant Japan chapter. Oh, I must not forget: Hayashi's daughter Natsuki was the now-famous hand model used in the FOSS4G-Japan 2008 mola-mola video! [2] [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Hhayashi [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpHilajQkGM -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Dr. Eng. Massimiliano Cannata Responsabile Area Geomatica Istituto Scienze della Terra Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Via Trevano, c.p. 72 CH-6952 Canobbio-Lugano Tel: +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Hirofumi Hayashi
I second Hayashi-san's nomination. He has been one of the longest key contributors of community building in Japan since 2006. His effort definitely made Japan chapter what it is today. Toru Mori Representative of OSGeo Japan Chapter On 2012/07/31, at 2:46, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: Hello OSGeo community, I am very happy to nominate Hirofumi Hayashi[1] for the Board of Directors of OSGeo. Hayashi is a super-active member of the OSGeo-Japan chapter, tirelessly working on planning and promoting FOSS4G events in that region. He is a member of the OSGeo-Japan Board, and anyone who has ever attended a FOSS4G-Japan event has been touched by his efforts, and of course his smile. At the project-level Hayashi is a member of the ZOO Project PSC (often works late at night to maintain its servers), has also committed several enhancements to the OSGeo4W installer, and contributed translation changes in several OSGeo projects. I believe Hayashi will be a great voice from the vibrant Japan chapter. Oh, I must not forget: Hayashi's daughter Natsuki was the now-famous hand model used in the FOSS4G-Japan 2008 mola-mola video! [2] [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Hhayashi [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpHilajQkGM -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project
I think this is a fantastic project. Hope Marco will be able to attract others to this. Of course, a repository will be necessary sooner or later. Best of luck Marco. Duarte De: G. Allegri [mailto:gioha...@gmail.com] Enviada: segunda-feira, 30 de Julho de 2012 21:41 Para: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Assunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapIgniter Project Marco answered offlist. We have talked about the usefulnes of having a public SCM and a ticketing system. He's almost convinced :D Let's see if this project will attract a team to work on it. Good luck! giovanni 2012/7/30 G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.commailto:gioha...@gmail.com I've forgot to ask an important thing: are you going to make a public SCM repository? It would very important to include the community in testing, giving feedback and, eventually, future development of the project. giovanni 2012/7/30 G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.commailto:gioha...@gmail.com Hi Marco, thanks for sharing your project. I was waiting for the announce :) I'm going to download it right now and give it a look. Having work with Kohana I'm glad to see a project with CI. I will give you my feedback as soon as I setup a demo project. I'm going out for holidays this week, so I don't think I will test it before half august. cheers, giovanni ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
Hi Folks, Hi Guys, I agree totally with everything that has been said. I don't have a problem with using multiple applications to conduct my GIS work. I do all the time. I suppose the issue is what the purpose of the Atlas will be. To promote fosGIS or promote Open Source. I was under the impression it was the former and so I suggested not using Inkscape. I presumed, the Atlas would illustrate what most mere mortals could do with fosGIS rather than show what some creative genius can achieve. If however the task is to create beautiful maps using whatever open source package comes to hand then by all means incorporate Inkscape manipulated images -- it seems to be the preferred tool for manipulating maps generated by a whole raft of fosGIS packages. -- Cheers Simon I view this exercise as a Howto on creating great maps with open source geospatial software. As part of the effort, I would assume that there would be text included that walked one through the map creation process, including steps where tools such as Inkscape were used to enhance the visual impact. To me, telling how it was done with open source geospatial tools is as important as that it was done with open source geospatial tools. Doug Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov - The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On 07/31/2012 12:57 PM, doug_newc...@fws.gov wrote: Hi Folks, Hi Guys, I agree totally with everything that has been said. I don't have a problem with using multiple applications to conduct my GIS work. I do all the time. I suppose the issue is what the purpose of the Atlas will be. To promote fosGIS or promote Open Source. I was under the impression it was the former and so I suggested not using Inkscape. I presumed, the Atlas would illustrate what most mere mortals could do with fosGIS rather than show what some creative genius can achieve. If however the task is to create beautiful maps using whatever open source package comes to hand then by all means incorporate Inkscape manipulated images -- it seems to be the preferred tool for manipulating maps generated by a whole raft of fosGIS packages. -- Cheers Simon I view this exercise as a Howto on creating great maps with open source geospatial software. As part of the effort, I would assume that there would be text included that walked one through the map creation process, including steps where tools such as Inkscape were used to enhance the visual impact. To me, telling how it was done with open source geospatial tools is as important as that it was done with open source geospatial tools. ... and the resulting breadcrumb track of processing steps and software used to process the data will be metadata that is worth it's name. Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Doug Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov - The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of the Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Third Open Source GIS Summer School course materials now available
We are happy to inform that all lecture and tutorial materials of the Third Open Source Opportunities in GIS Summer School at Girona are now made available online for the benefit of the wider community. Details at http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2012/ Please feel free to share this resource with your colleagues and students. Special thanks to SIGTE, University of Girona who organised this and all staff who contributed for this and the students who participated in the summer school and making this initiative a great success. Best wishes, Suchith Dr Suchith Anand Nottingham Geospatial Institute Nottingham Geospatial Building University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU Tel: (0)115 82 32750 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/ http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/ Leading Open Geospatial Science through ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research for bridging the digital divide This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Confused as to how ODbL (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/) is relevant here. Unless, you mean the Old Dominion Baseball League (http://www.acronymfinder.com/Old-Dominion-Baseball-League-(Virginia)-(ODBL).html) -- Puneet Kishor ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
To me, telling how it was done with open source geospatial tools is as important as that it was done with open source geospatial tools. I agree with Doug and others on this point. Those ESRI map books are 'pretty', but (much like the software) have little or no transparency in that they don't include any details about the cartographic techniques, design principles, or data processing rationales used. They do not serve any educational purpose for the software users, other than to show that it is possible to produce such a product - without providing any hints as to how. An OSGEO map book definitely should help educate. This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell julia.harr...@gmail.com wrote: This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice I'd like to exterminate! :) Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and there being more professional carto types using commercial software. Barry -- blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/ web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings web: http://www.rowlingson.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/geospacedman pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
I did not suggest that *all* the maps would not be as 'pretty'. I said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still be superior products if they included information on how they were created and the design principles used, etc. I think we are all aware that it is (for the moment) still a bit more of a challenge to get really beautiful cartographic output from some (but not all) open source GIS software products. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell julia.harr...@gmail.com wrote: This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice I'd like to exterminate! :) Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and there being more professional carto types using commercial software. Barry -- blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/ web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings web: http://www.rowlingson.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/geospacedman pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
Yes, and those carto types have workflows that are geared towards how ESRI spits out ai/vector graphics. From my experience, it's much easier to get open source GIS involved through map/database server work or data processing/analysis rather then cartography. I end up doing much of the cartography myself, which I'm sure is NOT suitable for any type of atlas! I agree with what people are saying about adding the metadata, processing steps, etc... making this product better than the ESRI Map Books. Only if you can get enough contributions and it makes sense though. In many cases, for very nice looking maps, the person doing the GIS work may not be the same as the one doing the carto work. And sometimes those processing steps are too complicated or convoluted to write down neatly. It might be obvious but the more you require/add to the atlas, the more effort required by the contributors. - John *** John Callahan, Research Scientist Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu * On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell julia.harr...@gmail.com wrote: This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice I'd like to exterminate! :) Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and there being more professional carto types using commercial software. Barry -- blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/ web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings web: http://www.rowlingson.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/geospacedman pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
And sometimes those processing steps are too complicated or convoluted to write down neatly. It might be but the more you require/add to the atlas, the more effort required by the contributors. very true. maybe all the gory technical detail does not all have to be included in the book itself. a short write up that includes a url pointing to a more detailed how-to wiki page, or possibly even a screen capture video might work just as well ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On 07/31/2012 02:48 PM, julia harrell wrote: I did not suggest that *all* the maps would not be as 'pretty'. I said that even if *some* of them weren't as pretty, that they'd still be superior products if they included information on how they were created and the design principles used, etc. I think we are all aware that it is (for the moment) still a bit more of a challenge to get really beautiful cartographic output from some (but not all) open source GIS software products. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Barry Rowlingson b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, julia harrell julia.harr...@gmail.com wrote: This would make it a superior product - even if some of the maps aren't quite as 'pretty' as those in the ESRI map book :) Why wouldn't they be as pretty? You're exhibiting the very prejudice I'd like to exterminate! :) Actually it's probably an effect caused by weight-of-numbers and there being more professional carto types using commercial software. ...it's proprietary software. The term commercial software is misleading. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Commercial_Software Thanks for your patience with me... Arnulf Barry -- blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/ web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings web: http://www.rowlingson.com/ twitter: http://twitter.com/geospacedman pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On 07/31/2012 02:14 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Confused as to how ODbL (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/) is relevant here. Unless, you mean the Old Dominion Baseball League (http://www.acronymfinder.com/Old-Dominion-Baseball-League-(Virginia)-(ODBL).html) http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/ [BOF] 4.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You Publicly Use a Derivative Database or a Produced Work from a Derivative Database, You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work a copy in a machine readable form of: a. The entire Derivative Database; or b. A file containing all of the alterations made to the Database or the method of making the alterations to the Database (such as an algorithm), including any additional Contents, that make up all the differences between the Database and the Derivative Database. [EOF] So whenever you create a derivative database you can simply add the breadcrumb track of how you did it and Voila, the license conditions have been met, happy. In my mind one of the greatest sections in OdbL (an admittedly narrowly metadata focused mind). Cheers, Arnulf -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geodata] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: On 07/31/2012 02:14 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote: On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: Btw: OdbL will be a great enabler for this because it requires to maintain this breadcrumb track when publishing the results. Confused as to how ODbL (http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/) is relevant here. Unless, you mean the Old Dominion Baseball League (http://www.acronymfinder.com/Old-Dominion-Baseball-League-(Virginia)-(ODBL).html) http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/ [BOF] 4.6 Access to Derivative Databases. If You Publicly Use a Derivative Database or a Produced Work from a Derivative Database, You must also offer to recipients of the Derivative Database or Produced Work a copy in a machine readable form of: a. The entire Derivative Database; or b. A file containing all of the alterations made to the Database or the method of making the alterations to the Database (such as an algorithm), including any additional Contents, that make up all the differences between the Database and the Derivative Database. [EOF] So whenever you create a derivative database you can simply add the breadcrumb track of how you did it and Voila, the license conditions have been met, happy. In my mind one of the greatest sections in OdbL (an admittedly narrowly metadata focused mind). Perhaps, but not all datasets have licenses, may be in the public domain, may have waived their rights allowing derivation without attribution, etc., etc. Let's not get bogged down right away in licensing issues (I shouldn't say trust me, but I will, as a friend, not a lawyer -- IANAL) else we won't get anywhere, but there are many, many different legal statuses under which a dataset may be made available. (sitting in a meeting in Wash DC discussing this very issue since yesterday morning). -- Puneet Kishor ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for presentation suggestions - NC GIS Conference (Feb 2013)
The Program Committee of the 2013 NC GIS Conference is soliciting suggestions for presentations for the conference, which will be held February 7-8, 2013 in beautiful Raleigh, NC. The conference theme this year is The Power of Place. As a member of the Program Committee, I am trying to make sure that the many facets of Open Source GIS are very well-represented and I know plenty of you are working on great projects that we'd love to expose our audience to. The audience is predominantly city county government, but also state, federal, military, non-profit, academic and increasingly, private sector. Please submit your topic idea or title, a short (few sentences) description, and relevant contact information using this short online survey form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SRKCGQG You can suggest yourself or someone else as the presenter. The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 17. Multiple submissions are welcome. Also, if you know any K-12 teachers who are using Open Source GIS in the classroom (preferably NC, but elsewhere is also fine, if they can travel), please provide a contact. Please note: The NC GIS Conf is an 'all volunteer' conference that is organized, staffed, and executed by various members of the NC GIS Community and unfortunately there isn't much of a budget :( We do waive conference registration fees for all presenters, but that's generally about all we can do in the way of financial assistance for speakers. Presentation topic areas include, but are not limited to: * Data: Open, Census, Orthophotography, LiDAR, Best Practices, Sharing and Collaboration, etc. * Applications: Transportation, Public Safety, Planning, Environment, Property Mapping, and others. * Technology: Development Platforms, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Spatial Business Intelligence, Web Services, etc. * GIS in the Enterprise: Management Best Practices, Technology Trends, System Integration, Professional Development, Legal and Policy Issues, and more. etc. Your submission will be forwarded to the Program Committee for consideration and, if appropriate, you will be contacted by a committee member for more information. This is NOT a formal Call for Abstracts so a response may not be forthcoming to each submission. The 2013 NC GIS Conference website is here: http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/ncgis2013/Home.aspx ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
