[OSGeo-Discuss] Date change Bolsena Hacking event

2009-02-27 Thread Jeroen Ticheler
Hi All, I have had to change the dates of the OSGeo Bolsena Hacking event. It will be two weeks later than originally planned (that is the week after the GSDI conference in The Netherlands!). The new dates are 21-27 June 2009 Details can be found at

[OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread maning sambale
Hi, I just want to share my experience teaching grass and qgis using the osgeo FOSS4G 2008 livedvd. I was invited by a non-profit organization to provide an overview of using FOSS Geo tools. The organization provides mapping services to Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines through

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread Helena Mitasova
Maning, I very much agree with what you have to say, especially about introducing students to CLI. I teach a semester long course on geospatial modeling and analysis with assignments in GRASS and ArcGIS and eventually the students find out that they can run the assignments and project in minutes

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread maning sambale
Helena, I will try out the barebones dataset. And try to prepare some data sets I can add. maning On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Helena Mitasova hmit...@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: Maning, I very much agree with what you have to say, especially about introducing students to CLI. I teach a