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GeoForAll UrbanScience CityAnalytics

2015-02-25T08:02:47Z

Wiki-AntArch:

'''Welcome to "Geo for All" Urban Science and City Analytics Thematic'''

Chairs: Chris Pettit (Australia) and Patrick Hogan (USA)

The mail list will be geoforall-urbanscience@lists.osgeo.org

With the "Geo for All" Urban Science and City Analytics thematic group established, the chairs of this are now the contact points for any new initiatives, ideas in this theme and the mailing list becomes the first point of contact for the new members and all members can use the list for collaborating on building subject specific collaborations.

This way we can make sure it is scalable and meets local/region requirements/needs.All ideas welcome.

----

'''Who in our network is doing what related to this theme?'''
* your name here
** summary of what you are doing

* Ant Beck, University of Nottingham Research Fellow
** Currently transitioning into CityAnalytics looking at city wide entropy based energy management simulations. Have aspirations for an open, big data environment.

* Phillip Davis, GeoAcademy
** The GeoAcademy is using QGIS 2.8 to provide Massively Open Online Courses through the Canvas Network to students around the globe for free. We currently enroll 4,000 students in our March 2015 cohort.

* Patrick Hogan, NASA World Wind Project Manager
** Building open source virtual globe technology meant to stimulate innovative solutions managing geospatial data, whether open or proprietary.

----

These are the 'CitySmart' app categories, feel free to expand (use-cases next):
We owe all of this 'first cut' to Brandt Melick, Information Technology Department Director, City of Springfield Oregon USA
http://www.nsdinow.org

# elevation data
# place names
# buildings
# utilities
# parks
# wetlands
# creeks
# streams
# rivers
# habitats for native and invasive species
# rights of way
# street systems
# storm drainage
# water distribution systems
# power distribution systems
# waste water systems
# parcel information
# building permits
# construction zones, etc.

* Data sharing – Municipalities need to be able to share information with site developers, site constraint specialists (environmental scientists, planners and engineers), utility service providers and regulators. The following information is requested on a regular basis for a wide variety of location based solutions, namely (ESRI products, Autodesk products and standard office products such as excel, access, etc.). These data sets most often include, in order of importance:
** Imagery (3-inch pixel is preferred, 1 foot pixel is less preferred, 1 meter is getting much less preferred)
** Cadastral Information (parcel polygons, Rights of Way (ROW), property ownership, assessment and taxation information and property class)
** Address Information (house number, street name, City, zip, site location (coordinates) and zoning information)
** Jurisdictional boundaries (incorporated areas, city limits, county boundaries, etc.), urban growth boundaries, public safety response areas
** Elevation Information (DEM’s (raster), DTM’s (vector), contours and spot elevation points, as well as mass points and break lines)
** Waterways and protected areas (wetlands, fish-bearing streams, endangered species habitat, well-head protection zones, etc.)
** Facilities a.k.a. utilities (waste-water, storm-water, transportation systems, power, drinking water, etc. who owns the facility, who maintains the facility, etc.)
** Structures a.k.a. facilities (bridges, building foot prints, complexes, monuments, etc.)
** Documents (reference material, procedures, regulations, metadata, etc.)
** Lidar everyone wants yet few understand how to put it to good use (we are spoiled with 8 points per meter, 4-2 points per meter is still of good value)

* Biggest challenges: data simplification, data currency, projection (datum) conversion, unit conversion (metric to standard), storage, firewalls, metadata, and then use once received . . . expertise with highly complex ever changing location based tools typically results in the need for some hand holding, then after being used, how to keep it current . . . (interoperable and open web services)

* Site review – Municipalities need to evaluate the impact of proposed development activity on the existing build and natural environment, which typically includes estimating how much cut and fill is being proposed, how proposed land alteration impacts surface drainage, how proposed structures will to connect to city services (waste-water, storm-water, drinking-water, power, etc.), how steep the roads will be (slope for fire trucks), how close to wetlands and other protected waters of the state. These data sets most often include, in order of importance:
** Imagery
** Cadastral
** Elevation
** Facilities (structures and utilities)
** Waterways . . .

----

'''Technologies in our network that are available for addressing these needs'''
* NASA World Wind (Java, iOS and Android, Web version on its way), http://goworldwind.org/
* GeoMoose
* QGIS

----

'''Key research questions'''

----

'''Other ideas for a network grant proposal'''
* Universities and university management are like small towns. Perhaps an educational connection here is to have multiple universities work together on building platforms for managing university infrastructure? -- Charlie Schweik

GeoForAll UrbanScience CityAnalytics

2015-02-25T08:00:13Z

Wiki-AntArch:

'''Welcome to "Geo for All" Urban Science and City Analytics Thematic'''

Chairs: Chris Pettit (Australia) and Patrick Hogan (USA)

The mail list will be geoforall-urbanscience@lists.osgeo.org

With the "Geo for All" Urban Science and City Analytics thematic group established, the chairs of this are now the contact points for any new initiatives, ideas in this theme and the mailing list becomes the first point of contact for the new members and all members can use the list for collaborating on building subject specific collaborations.

This way we can make sure it is scalable and meets local/region requirements/needs.All ideas welcome.

----

'''Who in our network is doing what related to this theme?'''
* your name here
** summary of what you are doing

* Ant Beck, University of Nottingham Research Fellow
** Currently transitioning into CityAnalytics looking at city wide entropy based energy management simulations. Have aspirations for an open, big data environment.

* Phillip Davis, GeoAcademy
** The GeoAcademy is using QGIS 2.8 to provide Massively Open Online Courses through the Canvas Network to students around the globe for free. We currently enroll 4,000 students in our March 2015 cohort.

* Patrick Hogan, NASA World Wind Project Manager
** Building open source virtual globe technology meant to stimulate innovative solutions managing geospatial data, whether open or proprietary.

----

These are the 'CitySmart' app categories, feel free to expand (use-cases next):
We owe all of this 'first cut' to Brandt Melick, Information Technology Department Director, City of Springfield Oregon USA
http://www.nsdinow.org

1. elevation data
2. place names
3. buildings
4. utilities
5. parks
6. wetlands
7. creeks
8. streams
9. rivers
10. habitats for native and invasive species
11. rights of way
12. street systems
13. storm drainage
14. water distribution systems
15. power distribution systems
16. waste water systems
17. parcel information
18. building permits
19. construction zones, etc.

* Data sharing – Municipalities need to be able to share information with site developers, site constraint specialists (environmental scientists, planners and engineers), utility service providers and regulators. The following information is requested on a regular basis for a wide variety of location based solutions, namely (ESRI products, Autodesk products and standard office products such as excel, access, etc.). These data sets most often include, in order of importance:
** Imagery (3-inch pixel is preferred, 1 foot pixel is less preferred, 1 meter is getting much less preferred)
** Cadastral Information (parcel polygons, Rights of Way (ROW), property ownership, assessment and taxation information and property class)
** Address Information (house number, street name, City, zip, site location (coordinates) and zoning information)
** Jurisdictional boundaries (incorporated areas, city limits, county boundaries, etc.), urban growth boundaries, public safety response areas
** Elevation Information (DEM’s (raster), DTM’s (vector), contours and spot elevation points, as well as mass points and break lines)
** Waterways and protected areas (wetlands, fish-bearing streams, endangered species habitat, well-head protection zones, etc.)
** Facilities a.k.a. utilities (waste-water, storm-water, transportation systems, power, drinking water, etc. who owns the facility, who maintains the facility, etc.)
** Structures a.k.a. facilities (bridges, building foot prints, complexes, monuments, etc.)
** Documents (reference material, procedures, regulations, metadata, etc.)
** Lidar everyone wants yet few understand how to put it to good use (we are spoiled with 8 points per meter, 4-2 points per meter is still of good value)

* Biggest challenges: data simplification, data currency, projection (datum) conversion, unit conversion (metric to standard), storage, firewalls, metadata, and then use once received . . . expertise with highly complex ever changing location based tools typically results in the need for some hand holding, then after being used, how to keep it current . . . (interoperable and open web services)

* Site review – Municipalities need to evaluate the impact of proposed development activity on the existing build and natural environment, which typically includes estimating how much cut and fill is being proposed, how proposed land alteration impacts surface drainage, how proposed structures will to connect to city services (waste-water, storm-water, drinking-water, power, etc.), how steep the roads will be (slope for fire trucks), how close to wetlands and other protected waters of the state. These data sets most often include, in order of importance:
** Imagery
** Cadastral
** Elevation
** Facilities (structures and utilities)
** Waterways . . .

----

'''Technologies in our network that are available for addressing these needs'''
* NASA World Wind (Java, iOS and Android, Web version on its way), http://goworldwind.org/
* GeoMoose
* QGIS

----

'''Key research questions'''

----

'''Other ideas for a network grant proposal'''
* Universities and university management are like small towns. Perhaps an educational connection here is to have multiple universities work together on building platforms for managing university infrastructure? -- Charlie Schweik

OSGeo UK Meetup June 2008

2008-05-15T15:45:20Z

Wiki-AntArch:

=Call from Jo Cook for UK OSGeo presence at the GeoWeb services seminar in Nottingham =

The University of Nottingham is having a workshop on Geoweb services on 16-17th June 2008: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/. It's free to attend, but places are limited so you need to register if interested. We are very keen on having a UK OSGeo presence at this event, and have been kindly offered an hour's slot during the workshop to get together, following on from our first meet-up in Stansted on 1st May.

So, I would like to throw this open to people and ask if anyone would like to come along- we will need to let the University know roughly how many people are likely to be there. I would be interested in any ideas about promoting OSGeo, and an informal time-table for the discussion slot. All ideas are welcome, either here or on the wiki page http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom.

== Attendees ==
Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest.
# Anthony Beck

OSGeo UK Meetup June 2008

2008-05-15T15:37:34Z

Wiki-AntArch: New page: == Attendees == Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest. # Anthony Beck

== Attendees ==
Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest.
# Anthony Beck

United Kingdom

2008-05-15T15:35:26Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* Meetings and Events */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the UK Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis o n the following areas: (please add and edit as you see fit):'''

* To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK
* To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To support the development of a fully featured [[UK SDI]]
* To provide a starting point for people from the UK who are new to the Open Source Geospatial movement
* To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK
* To work with OGC members in the UK to promote the implementation and development of open standards for geodata exchange
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for a UK-hosted and organised FOSS4G conference

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
* <s>http://lists.openarchaeology.net/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-uk</s>

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''16-17th June 2008:''' Meetup during the University of Nottingham's [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/ Geowebservices workshop]. We are looking for people to help promote OSGeo at the event- check out the mailing list for details. See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_June_2008 here] for further details and discussion.

=== Recent Events ===

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. This is your chance to decide what a UK local chapter should do! See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_May_2008 here] to sign up.

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project is having a pub meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006
: There will be a few OpenStreetMap people at this event too (there's a fair degree of overlap). Crash space is available, and nice pubs will be visited!

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

----
'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/
----

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[User:AntBeck]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

User:AntBeck

2008-05-06T10:10:26Z

Wiki-AntArch:

Researching into semantic and schematic geospatial interoperability.

Also enjoy:

*Remote sensing applications
*Archaeological Informatics
*Mobile GIS
*Recording Systems (classification, ontology......not just doing what's always been done :-)
*Allowing data and knowledge to bridge the gap between theory and practice

User:AntBeck

2008-05-06T10:08:58Z

Wiki-AntArch: New page: Researching into semantic and schematic geospatial interoperability. Also enjoy: *Remote sensing applications *Archaeological Informatics *Mobile GIS *Recording Systems (classification,...

United Kingdom

2008-05-06T10:07:13Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* People */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the UK Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis o n the following areas: (please add and edit as you see fit):'''

* To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK
* To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To support the development of a fully featured [[UK SDI]]
* To provide a starting point for people from the UK who are new to the Open Source Geospatial movement
* To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK
* To work with OGC members in the UK to promote the implementation and development of open standards for geodata exchange
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for a UK-hosted and organised FOSS4G conference

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
* <s>http://lists.openarchaeology.net/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-uk</s>

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. This is your chance to decide what a UK local chapter should do! See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_May_2008 here] to sign up.

=== Recent Events ===

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project is having a pub meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006
: There will be a few OpenStreetMap people at this event too (there's a fair degree of overlap). Crash space is available, and nice pubs will be visited!

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

----
'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/
----

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[User:AntBeck]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

United Kingdom

2008-05-06T10:06:26Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* People */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the UK Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis o n the following areas: (please add and edit as you see fit):'''

* To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK
* To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To support the development of a fully featured [[UK SDI]]
* To provide a starting point for people from the UK who are new to the Open Source Geospatial movement
* To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK
* To work with OGC members in the UK to promote the implementation and development of open standards for geodata exchange
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for a UK-hosted and organised FOSS4G conference

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
* <s>http://lists.openarchaeology.net/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-uk</s>

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. This is your chance to decide what a UK local chapter should do! See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_May_2008 here] to sign up.

=== Recent Events ===

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project is having a pub meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006
: There will be a few OpenStreetMap people at this event too (there's a fair degree of overlap). Crash space is available, and nice pubs will be visited!

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

----
'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/
----

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[AntBeck]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

United Kingdom

2008-05-06T10:05:53Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* People */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the UK Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis o n the following areas: (please add and edit as you see fit):'''

* To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK
* To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To support the development of a fully featured [[UK SDI]]
* To provide a starting point for people from the UK who are new to the Open Source Geospatial movement
* To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK
* To work with OGC members in the UK to promote the implementation and development of open standards for geodata exchange
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for a UK-hosted and organised FOSS4G conference

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
* <s>http://lists.openarchaeology.net/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-uk</s>

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. This is your chance to decide what a UK local chapter should do! See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_May_2008 here] to sign up.

=== Recent Events ===

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project is having a pub meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006
: There will be a few OpenStreetMap people at this event too (there's a fair degree of overlap). Crash space is available, and nice pubs will be visited!

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

----
'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/
----

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[User:AntBeck]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

United Kingdom

2008-05-06T10:05:26Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* People */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the UK Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis o n the following areas: (please add and edit as you see fit):'''

* To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK
* To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To support the development of a fully featured [[UK SDI]]
* To provide a starting point for people from the UK who are new to the Open Source Geospatial movement
* To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK
* To work with OGC members in the UK to promote the implementation and development of open standards for geodata exchange
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for a UK-hosted and organised FOSS4G conference

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk
* <s>http://lists.openarchaeology.net/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-uk</s>

== Meetings and Events ==

One really useful role of a UK OSGeo chapter would be as a focal point for organising meetings - evening presentation sessions or short seminars with Q and A afterwards.

=== Upcoming Events ===

'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. This is your chance to decide what a UK local chapter should do! See the wiki page [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_UK_Meetup_May_2008 here] to sign up.

=== Recent Events ===

'''8th-10th December 2006''':
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project is having a pub meetup and "hackfest" in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006
: There will be a few OpenStreetMap people at this event too (there's a fair degree of overlap). Crash space is available, and nice pubs will be visited!

'''
Tuesday September, 26th 2006''': Steve Coast of OpenStreetmap fame gave a talk to the BCS entitled Geospatial Open Source Activity. Details at [http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3 http://geospatial.bcs.org/site/index.php?s=future-events#3]

[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities

----
'''Don't forget to sign the Inspire petition -and tell your friends too - you don't have to use geo-data to believe that publically funded work should be public property! http://petition.publicgeodata.org/
----

== People ==

Sign up here to show interest! Also join the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing
* [[User:JoCook]] - woohoo!
* [[User:Leifuss]]
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1
* [[User:JoWalsh]]
* [[User:andyt]]
* [[User:Davidjlock]]
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!
* [[User:Graeme]]
* [[User:SteveW]]
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!
* [[User:SimonAbele]]
* [[User:Borntopedal]]
* [[User:Jcrone]]
* [[User:AntArch]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008

2008-03-31T11:48:04Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* Attendees */

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|-
| '''What'''
| A local gathering of open source geospatial users or newbies.
|-
| '''When'''
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 -- 4:30-7:00 pm
|-
| '''Where'''
| London Stansted Airport, Radisson SAS Hotel ([http://www.radissonsas.com/cs/BlobServer?blobcol=urlfile&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=Document&blobwhere=1165588388506 map])
|-
| '''Why'''
| Meeting room donated by OSGeo Sponsor, [http://www.1spatial.com 1Spatial], during their annual conference. Holds up to 50 people.
|-
| '''Who'''
| '''You?''' <br>Interested in helping present, demo an application or join the event? <br>Add your name to the list below.
|}

== Agenda ==
# OSGeo Introduction - Tyler Mitchell
# Open Source geospatial research at CGS, University of Nottingham - Suchith Anand

== Volunteers ==
Want to help organise the event? Add your name here so you can follow the development of this page:
# '''Moderator:''' ''Jo Cook'', Oxford Archaeology, helping organise the event, more helpers are welcome!
# ''Tyler Mitchell'', I will be attending the 1Spatial event and hoping to meet more local OSGeo people. I'll gladly provide an OSGeo overview talk and answer more general questions during discussion. (I'm also interested in any suggestions for other companies or organisations in the UK who might want to meet outside of this meeting time, one-on-one.)
# ''Jason Jorgenson'' --> Willing to do whatever I can to help organize the event!
# ''Chris Puttick'' Whatever is needed that I can fit in to my day...
# ''Suchith Anand'' [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm]- Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham - Willing to help with organising and promotion of the event

== Attendees ==
Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest.
# [[User:JoCook | Jo Cook]]
# [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
# [[User:arkygeek | Jason Jorgenson]]
# [[User:andrewlarcombe | Andrew Larcombe]]
# [[User:mikesaunt | Mike Saunt]]
# [[User:Chrisputtick | Chris Puttick]]
# Anthony Beck
# [[User:Archaeology53 | Bill Wilcox]]
# Suchith Anand
# [[User:Jwyg | Jonathan Gray]], [http://www.okfn.org The Open Knowledge Foundation]

== Accommodations ==
Nearby accommodations for those wanting to stay overnight.
* One site listing nearby options: http://stansted.airporthotelguide.com/airporthotels.html
* Add other references if appropriate

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]

OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008

2008-03-19T10:11:04Z

Wiki-AntArch: /* Attendees */

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" cellspacing="1" border="1" cellpadding="3"
|-
| '''What'''
| A local gathering of open source geospatial users or newbies.
|-
| '''When'''
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 -- 4:30-7:00 pm
|-
| '''Where'''
| London Stansted Airport, Radisson SAS Hotel ([http://www.radissonsas.com/cs/BlobServer?blobcol=urlfile&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=Document&blobwhere=1165588388506 map])
|-
| '''Why'''
| Meeting room donated by OSGeo Sponsor, [http://www.1spatial.com 1Spatial], during their annual conference. Holds up to 50 people.
|-
| '''Who'''
| '''You?''' <br>Interested in helping present, demo an application or join the event? <br>Add your name to the list below.
|}

== Agenda ==
... to be developed

== Volunteers ==
Want to help organise the event? Add your name here so you can follow the development of this page:
# '''Moderator:''' ''Jo Cook'', Oxford Archaeology, helping organise the event, more helpers are welcome!
# ''Tyler Mitchell'', I will be attending the 1Spatial event and hoping to meet more local OSGeo people. I'll gladly provide an OSGeo overview talk and answer more general questions during discussion. (I'm also interested in any suggestions for other companies or organisations in the UK who might want to meet outside of this meeting time, one-on-one.)
# ''Jason Jorgenson'' --> Willing to do whatever I can to help organize the event!
# ''Chris Puttick'' Whatever is needed that I can fit in to my day...

== Attendees ==
Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest.
# [[User:JoCook | Jo Cook]]
# [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
# [[User:arkygeek | Jason Jorgenson]]
# [[User:andrewlarcombe | Andrew Larcombe]]
# [[User:mikesaunt | Mike Saunt]]
# [[User:Chrisputtick | Chris Puttick]]
# [[User:AntArch | Anthony Beck]] - depending on if I attend the 1Spatial gig or not

== Accommodations ==
Nearby accommodations for those wanting to stay overnight.
* One site listing nearby options: http://stansted.airporthotelguide.com/airporthotels.html
* Add other references if appropriate

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category:Local Chapters]]

User talk:AntArch

2007-05-24T14:34:12Z

Wiki-AntArch:

Hi I'm Ant. Currently a research fellow at Leeds University dealing with Utility Data integration. We'll be applying a range of Open Source software in this project.
In my previous life I was an archaeologists and developed the Perry Oaks digital recording system. I'm particualrly interested in recording systems, integrated analysis, GIS, field recording (spatial and attribute) and remote sensing.