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OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008

2008-03-19T07:25:24Z

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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 ==
... 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]]

== 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]]

Past Mapping Software and Methodologies

2006-09-29T08:01:39Z

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Not sure, but think there was a presentation at FOSS4G 2006 regarding mapping in time - might be from a slighty different perspective in terms of timeline but getting someone elses thoughts woulnd't hurt...

United Kingdom

2006-09-22T07:45:56Z

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'''The beginnings of a manifesto (edit as you see fit):'''
* To provide a UK-specific focus for the OSGEO and to arrange UK meetings
* To help UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To work towards 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 provide a focus for lobbying for public access to UK Geodata
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for the UK organising the FOSS4G conference

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'''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/
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[[Useful Links UK]]

Sign up here to show interest!

[[User:Chrisputtick]]

Yes, definitely worth doing

[[User:JoCook]]

woohoo!
[[User:Leifuss]]

[[User:Stuarteve]]

+1

[[User:JoWalsh]]

[[User:andyt]]

[[User:Davidjlock]]

Excellent! All for this!! - [[User:Simon]]

uh huh [[User:Graeme]]

Archaeology

2006-09-22T07:42:43Z

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A special interest group for archaeology would help develop both archaeology's use of open source GIS and develop archaeology's use of GIS. The latter would be helped by using open source tools that could be adapted to deal with the special requirements of archaeology GIS, in stark contrast to the proprietary tools commonly used.

===Interesting links===
* http://www.iosa.it
** http://list.iosa.it International Mailing List
* http://www.arc-team.com Creators of the first GNU/Linux distribution for archaeology
* http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/asiaa
* http://www.bajr.org/bajrresources/Software.asp
* http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk
* http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

===Archaelogy-Focussed GIS Blogs===
* http://www.gisarch.com/
* http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/blog/
* http://www.pastthinking.com/
* http://archaeogeek.wordpress.com/

===Open Source Persuaders===
* http://digifreedom.net/

'''Sign up here!'''
* [[user:chrisputtick]]
* [[User:Steko|Steko]]
* [[user:Leifuss]]
* [[user:JoCook]]
* [[user:Davidjlock]]
* [[user:Stuarteve]]
* [[user:mharris]]

Useful Links UK

2006-09-22T07:42:31Z

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===Open Source Persuaders===
* http://digifreedom.net/ - website for personal reasons to go open source

===General OpenGIS sites===

United Kingdom

2006-09-22T07:37:48Z

Wiki-Chrisputtick:

'''The beginnings of a manifesto (edit as you see fit):'''
* To provide a UK-specific focus for the OSGEO and to arrange UK meetings
* To help UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools
* To work towards 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 provide a focus for lobbying for public access to UK Geodata
* To, maybe, one day, act as focal point for the UK organising the FOSS4G conference

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[[Useful Links UK]]

Sign up here to show interest!

[[User:Chrisputtick]]

Yes, definitely worth doing

[[User:JoCook]]

woohoo!
[[User:Leifuss]]

[[User:Stuarteve]]

+1

[[User:JoWalsh]]

[[User:andyt]]

[[User:Davidjlock]]

Excellent! All for this!! - [[User:Simon]]

uh huh [[User:Graeme]]

Archaeology

2006-09-22T07:36:34Z

Wiki-Chrisputtick:

A special interest group for archaeology would help develop both archaeology's use of open source GIS and develop archaeology's use of GIS. The latter would be helped by using open source tools that could be adapted to deal with the special requirements of archaeology GIS, in stark contrast to the proprietary tools commonly used.

===Interesting links===
* http://www.iosa.it
** http://list.iosa.it International Mailing List
* http://www.arc-team.com Creators of the first GNU/Linux distribution for archaeology
* http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/asiaa
* http://www.bajr.org/bajrresources/Software.asp
* http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk
* http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

===Archaelogy-Focussed GIS Blogs===
* http://www.gisarch.com/
* http://www.alexandriaarchive.org/blog/
* http://www.pastthinking.com/
* http://archaeogeek.wordpress.com/

===Open Source Persuaders===
* http://digifreedom.net/node/73

'''Sign up here!'''
* [[user:chrisputtick]]
* [[User:Steko|Steko]]
* [[user:Leifuss]]
* [[user:JoCook]]
* [[user:Davidjlock]]
* [[user:Stuarteve]]
* [[user:mharris]]

UK SDI

2006-09-20T11:02:43Z

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Develop a model for a high powered and capable UK wide SDI, providing OGC-compliant services such as WFS/WMS etc. for use by anybody who needs spatial data.

More to follow...

United Kingdom

2006-09-20T10:52:52Z

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United Kingdom

2006-09-20T10:11:38Z

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Archaeology

2006-09-13T13:54:44Z

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Interest Groups

2006-09-13T13:51:21Z

Wiki-Chrisputtick: /* Proposed Interest Groups */

''This page documents the current dicsussion and has not yet been approved as official OSGeo policy!''

Interest Groups are less formal than [[Local Chapters]] and function as coordination and discussion area for like minded people who want to work on common projects with a local focus.

=== How to start an Interest Group ===
Interest Groups should first start their own Wiki page, link it from this page and add a member list. After some time when there is a substantial list of interested people they can officially request for a mailing list under the OSGeo domain. (Until then WebCom/board must have worked out how to name them to keep things manageable).

=== Guidelines ===
* Typically an interest group would focus on a region, content or infrastructure.
* An interest group should not overlap or replicate other existing OSGeo projects if at all possible. Therefore, a thorough search/review of existing projects is necessary and open invitations made through the OSGeo discussion list.
* The OSGeo does not want to highjack, take over or interfere with any groups that already function well. The focus is on cooperation and collaboration.

== Proposed Interest Groups ==
* (add your proposal here)
* [[Catala]]
* [[Archaeology]]
=== See also ===
* [[Local Chapters]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]

United Kingdom

2006-09-13T13:49:22Z

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United Kingdom

2006-09-13T13:47:30Z

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Local Chapters

2006-09-13T13:46:26Z

Wiki-Chrisputtick: /* Local Chapter Initiatives */

''This page lists all sites and acitivities regarding OSGeo in other languages and with regional focus. Please check the [[Local Chapter Guidelines]] to find out how to become an official OSGeo Local Chapter.''

== Local Chapter Initiatives ==
Local Chapters are operated in their corresponding native language. At least one representative of the local chapter must be member of the OSGeo Foundation and should produce a monthly report in English language to the OSGeo board highlighting progress and potential difficulties. Please also subscribe to the [[International Outreach]] mailing list.

* [[Africa]]
* [[Brasil]]: Just trying to get the users moving, maybe later we could create a proper entity to act as an OSGeo embassy.
* [[Deutsch]]
* [[Indonesia]]
* [[Italiano]]
* [[Japan]](OSGeo日本支部)
* [[Polski]]
* [[China]](OSGeo中国)
* [[India]]
* [[Thailand]]
* Canada: [[Ottawa Chapter]]
* [[United Kingdom]]

=== See also ===
* [[Local Chapter Guidelines]]
* [[Proposed Membership Rules]]
* [[Interest Groups]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]
* [[One Organizational Model]]
* [[International Outreach]]

User:Chrisputtick

2006-09-13T13:35:43Z

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IT guy from Oxford Archaeology, an archaeological and heritage practice that makes ever greater use of GIS. I'm neither an archaeologist nor a GIS person, but open standards and open source (and Open Archaeology!) are key to future progression.

For more about where I'm at, see the Open Archaeology pages on the company webpage at http://thehumanjourney.net>.

User:Chrisputtick

2006-09-13T13:35:12Z

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