OSGeo - User contributions [en]

User:Jcrone

2011-07-17T12:13:35Z

Wiki-Jcrone: Blanked the page

User:Jcrone

2009-06-19T18:18:17Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a geography professional working at the EDINA national data centre based at Edinburgh University. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python, QGIS and MapServer as a path to geospatial zen. I still consider ArcGIS as a friend though, despite our relationship being strained at times :).

User:Jcrone

2009-06-19T18:13:46Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a geography professional working at the EDINA national data centre based at Edinburgh University. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen. I still consider ArcGIS as a friend despite our relationship being strained at times :).

User:Jcrone

2009-06-19T18:12:21Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a Geography professional working at the EDINA national data centre based at Edinburgh University. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen. I still consider ArcGIS as a valued friend though sometimes our relationship is strained :).

User:Jcrone

2009-06-19T18:11:54Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a Geography professional working at the EDINA national data centre based at Edinburgh University. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen. I still consider ArcGIS as friend though sometimes our relationship is strained :).

User:Jcrone

2009-06-15T21:45:05Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

User:Jcrone

2009-06-15T21:40:31Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a Geography professional working at the EDINA national data centre based at Edinburgh University. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen.

Scotland

2009-02-20T23:10:38Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)
* ridethecity.com - Bicycle routing for NYC using the osgeo stack + postgis/pgrouting [http://www.ridethecity.com/index.php]
* MapServer powered WMS showing Geological maps of the UK from British Geological Survey [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/geolwms.html]
* OSGeo Scotland case studies [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Scotland/caseStudies]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]
* [[User:DonaldKerr]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

[http://www.directionsmag.com/images/podcasts/090203_don.mp3 Podcast on 'Three Paths to Open Source Geospatial']

Scotland/caseStudies

2009-02-20T23:06:15Z

Wiki-Jcrone: New page: A place to put Scotland specific case studies

A place to put Scotland specific case studies

User:Jcrone

2009-02-12T20:23:35Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a professional geographer / GIS Analyst currently at EDINA where I support users of our online services and develop innovative geospatial datasets. I`m a strong advocate of PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen.

Scotland

2009-01-29T17:46:28Z

Wiki-Jcrone: /* Links to Case Studies */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)
* ridethecity.com - Bicycle routing for NYC using the osgeo stack + postgis/pgrouting [http://www.ridethecity.com/index.php]
* MapServer powered WMS showing Geological maps of the UK from British Geological Survey [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/services/geolwms.html]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

Scotland

2009-01-08T15:46:59Z

Wiki-Jcrone: /* Links to Case Studies */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)
* Tutorial from the Edonica guys on importing OS data into MapServer [http://www.edonica.com/ImportingData/UMNMapServer.html]
* ridethecity.com - Bicycle routing for NYC using the osgeo stack + postgis/pgrouting [http://www.ridethecity.com/index.php]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

Scotland

2008-12-19T12:11:45Z

Wiki-Jcrone: /* Links to Case Studies */

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)
* Tutorial from the Edonica guys on importing OS data into MapServer [http://www.edonica.com/ImportingData/UMNMapServer.html]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

Scotland

2008-12-09T17:27:31Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]
* PostGIS case studies from refractions are always worth a look [http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/casestudies/] one of which is from the UK :)

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

Scotland

2008-12-09T17:23:17Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

== Mission ==

'''The mission of the Scottish Chapter broadly follows the general [[OSGeo Mission]], with emphasis on the following areas: '''

OSGeo-Scotland establishes a focal point for liaison, outreach, and technical interests within Scotland for the promotion, adoption and use of Open Source Geospatial software and aims to contribute to the technical development of such software and to foster the growth of a Scottish pool of technical skills and knowledge i.e. development & consultancy capacities within the regional GI economy.

In addition we would like to work towards the following:

* A fully-featured open access Scottish SDI
* Assisting the UK Chapter someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK

==Rationale==
Legislative and cultural distinctiveness with other parts of the UK mean that the Scottish Chapter acts as a central focus for issues that have special resonance to a devolved Scotland within the wider UK setting. This distinctiveness is manifest in e.g. :

* the devolved Scottish government has it's own GI Strategy and budget for its' implementation and is facing real issues that could mutually benefit from OS geospatial solutions.
* there has historically been significant and active academic, private & public GI communities in Scotland that are well connected with the global GI community.
* Geographically therefore OSGeo Scotland would be better placed to serve the local needs and requirements of Scotland than a UK Chapter- a fact already appreciated by the fostering of regional groupings within the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Logistically too, events and face to face meetings are more inclusive and accessible for a local audience if based in Scotland as travel costs to English/London based events can pose a significant opportunity cost for individuals participation.

==Objectives==
OSGeo Scotland has the following objectives:

*Act as advocate for best of breed Open geospatial Software
*Promote usage via coordination of effort, including technical development efforts
*Illustrate via exemplars and case studies that are pertinent and relevant to a Scottish audience
*Engender and foster a self-help community within Scotland
*Hold regular face to face meetings supplemented by an active mailing list
*Conduct events for the purposes of Networking and Outreach opportunities
*Promote a User to User support and mentoring culture
*Act as a conduit for the dissemination of appropriate Job Opportunities
*To develop and maintain relevant Localised Documentation and Training Data Sets Supporting Regional OSGEO projects and Events

== Links to Case Studies ==

Please add any appropriate links here

* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]
* Not strictly a Case Study, but a useful discussion on the differences between Open Source Business Models in Europe and the US [http://lmaugustin.typepad.com/lma/2008/09/commercial-open-source-in-europe-verses-the-us.html]
* Actuate Annual Open Source Survey 2008 shows open source is entering the business mainstream in both Europe and the US [http://www.actuate.com/company/news/press-releases-resources.asp?ArticleId=13847]

== Publicly Available Geodata ==

In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include

[[Public Geodata for the UK]]

Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK

== Mailing List ==

Discussion list:
* http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/scotland

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Recent Events ===

'''21st November 2008:''' Initial meetup at the University of Edinburgh's [http://www.eeo.ed.ac.uk/seminars/ workshop]series. This meeting was held with the objective of ascertaining the level of interest in establishing an offical local Chapter. Sixteen people attended and provided their contact details with a view to establishing a more active self-help local OSS network.

'''25th November 2008:''' After much waiting the [http://www.gipanel.org.uk/gipanel/location-strategy.html UK's GI Location Strategy ] has been published. Note [http://www.edparsons.com/2008/11/place-matters-the-location-strategy-for-the-uk/ Ed's comment] on this is quite amusing..

----

=== Forthcoming Events ===

'''First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009''' [http://www.geoconnexion.com/geo_news_article/First-Open-Source-GIS-UK-Conference---22-June-2009/4681]

[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/events/2009-01-12/programme.xml Workshop announcement: Business and Sustainability Models Around Free and Open Source Software]

[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/scotland mailing list] so we can be in touch directly.

Create an account using the menu at the very top-right of this page; then simply edit this page to add your details here.

* [[User:6footdestiny]]- You know it makes sense. free the data, free your mind!
* [[User:jreid]]
* [[User:bruce]]
* [[User:stephenbathgate]]
* [[User:j.bruhn]]
* [[User:turwin]]
* [[User:onm]]
* [[User:kate]]
* [[User:jcrone]]

==Local Contact==

'''James S Reid'''
University of Edinburgh

email:'''james'''[dot]'''reid'''@'''ed'''[dot]'''ac'''[dot]'''uk'''

== See Also ==

[http://freegis.org/ Free GIS] - all thats wholesome in the world of FOSS!

[[Useful Links UK]]

[http://protogeo.info/aa/GeowankerPaleoNeo_Nov2008.jpg Neo vs paleo] A tag cloud from (and for) the geowankers...

One for the [http://www.mcwetboy.net/maproom/2008/11/nikon_geotagger.php GPS and DSLR] enthusiast. Personally, I'd prefer a price reduction on panoheads...

== News Items of interest ==

[http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/27/openstreetmap-grows-spawns-ecosystem/ Techcrunch article on OSM growth]

User:Jcrone

2007-10-25T23:40:36Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a professional geographer / GIS Analyst at EDINA where I spend my days supporting users of our online services and developing datasets. I am a strong advocate of postgres, python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen.

United Kingdom

2007-10-23T20:09:13Z

Wiki-Jcrone: /* 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 ===

'''17th March 2007''':
An [[Public Geospatial Data Project|Open Geodata]] session at a one-day event on Open Data covering geodata, civic information and scientific data, organised by the [http://okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation]; See the description at [http://blog.okfn.org/2006/12/14/open-knowledge-10-london-saturday-17th-march-2007/ OKFN - Open Knowledge 1.0] and contact [[User:JoWalsh|Jo]] if you have questions or demos you would like to present.

=== 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]]

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

User:Jcrone

2007-10-23T20:06:10Z

Wiki-Jcrone:

I`m a GIS Analyst at EDINA and a strong advocate of postgres, python and QGIS as a path to geospatial zen.