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Live GIS Disc Press Release 42

2013-08-26T02:32:51Z

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=Final OSGeo-Live testing sprint this weekend - call to action=
23 August 2013

3 days left before we send OSGeo-Live to the printers, and then onto every delegate at FOSS4G!
So this weekend please consider joining our testing-sprint to verify everything works. (The many testers in our last sprint made a big difference to quality of our 50+ applications)

# Sign up at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_42#Participants
# Download ISO from: http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/7.0/osgeo-live-mini-7.0rc2-i386.iso
# Chat about your progress with us at: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive
# Update your testing status at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=13

We aim to have each application tested by both someone familiar with it, and someone less familiar.

== Participants ==
# Angelos Tzotsos, gcpp.kalxas gmail.com
# Cameron Shorter, cameron . shorter AT gmail . com
# Hamish, hamish_b yahoo.com
# Brian Hamlin, maplabs light42.com
# Alex Mandel, tech wildintellect.com
# Erika Pillu, erika.pillu gmx.fr
# Johan Van de Wauw, johan . vandewauw gmail.com

[[Category: Live-demo]]

Live GIS Disc Press Release 42

2013-08-25T17:57:52Z

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Live GIS Disc Press Release 42

2013-08-25T17:53:26Z

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PDX OSGEO Local Chapter Recognition

2011-10-26T02:20:16Z

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* Name (once we decide, I'll start the page on the OSGeo wiki):
** ''PDX-OSGEO''
* Region of group.
** ''Match OR-URISA (Oregon and SW Washington). Cugos gave us Oregon so we are clear of overlap (some rounding needed).''
* "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives indicating
the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linguistic extent for
instance).
** ''>With thanks and apologies to CUGOS (http://cugos.org/), here is a rough initial draft.
The OSGeo PDX-OSGEO Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly by new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.''
* “OSGeo Chapter” should propose an official representative to liaise
with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the representative
will be an officer of OSGeo.
** ''<s>Percy</s> switched to Eli''
* List of initial members.
** ''Opt-in. Darrell will use google form to have people sign up. We thought opt in was less evil than opt out.''
* Email list, website, wiki, etc.
** ''For now stay with google groups for email''
** ''Darrell registered pdxosgeo.org''
** ''Here is the wiki''
** ''We considered switching to OSGEO mailman infrastructure, however, think that we may lose email list members.''
* Send announcement email to OSGeo-Discuss list
** ''The local Open Source GIS group that meets in Portland is turning 4 years old. We are finally officially becoming an OSGeo Local Chapter after being an unofficial chapter for years. We are a geographically based chapter welcoming members from all of Oregon and small parts of Southwestern Washington. We meet once a month in Portland (usually not November or December) on the 4th Wednesday of every month. Once a year we put on an unconference (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PDX-OSGEO#2011_Unconference) We often coordinate with CUGOS, http://cugos.org/, the local chapter to the the North. We are also also recognized as an ORURISA Special Interest Group (http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS). Check us out on the wiki, http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PDX-OSGEO or join our email list http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis''
* Ask OSGeo Board of Director for official recognition as a local chapter

PDX-OSGEO

2011-10-14T03:57:41Z

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'''Welcome to the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter!'''

== News ==
* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

* Progress on [[OSGeo Local Chapter recognition]]

== Meeting presentations or topics ==
''posting here to make it easier to work on planning, move if desired''

'''2011'''
<ul>
<li>August 24: Ecotrust eCatch and bioregion discovery</li>
<li>September 28: Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/683 OSBridge 2011 session]</li>
<li>October 26: Lev Tyspin from [http://thinkshout.com/ ThinkShout] is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done</li>
<li>November: No meeting due to holidays</li>
<li>December: No meeting due to holidays</li>
</ul>

'''2012'''
<ul>
<li>January 25: TBD</li>
</ul>

== About the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter ==

=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGEO is a proposed Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGEO has a cachement area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGEO has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS].

=== Mission ===
The OSGeo PDX-OSGEO Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== Meetings ===
We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:00 PM at OpenSourcery in NW Portland. No need to RSVP, all are welcome- our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. [Please arrive no more than 10 minutes early, as the developers at OpenSourcery are working up until the meeting time.] If our meetings are canceled or changed we will post this in Discussions, so please check there for the most recent information and activity.

'''I was hoping to get an OpenLayers map of where we meet, but haven't figured out how without creating a false user at that location. Here is me as a stand in.'''

{{#umSetParam: -122.688206|45.529986|Portland, Oregon|OpenSourcery|Meeting Location}}
{{#umUserMap: EliL|300px|300px|6|4|y}}

[http://www.opensourcery.com/ OpenSourcery]
1636 NW Lovejoy St.
Portland, OR 97209

* [[PDX-OSGEO_Agendas | Agendas]]
* [[PDX-OSGEO_Minutes | Minutes]]

=== Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

== 2011 Unconference ==
The annual Open Source GIS Unconference was coordinated in conjunction with [http://calagator.org/events/1250459867 GIS In Action]. There was an Open Source GIS Smackdown on Tuesday at 10:30am right after the Keynote. In addition to the Unconference, there was additional presentations on Open Source applications through GIS in Action that were well worth checking out.

===== 2011 GIS in Action Notes =====
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 10:30-12:00: [[GIS Smackdown]]
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 3:30-5:00: [[Scripting and Beyond]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 1:30-3:00: [[ESRI and Open Source]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 3:15-3:24: [[Update on Japan Crisis Mapping]]

===== Unconference Sessions =====

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Time !! Room 328 !! Room 338
|-
| 10:00am-11:00am || [[Civic apps, OSM and State / Authoritative data]] || [[2011_Unconference_Routing_Session | Routing in Open Source]] ||
|-
| 11:00am-noon || [[Crisis Mapping: RDTN.org]] || Can Open Source Replace ESRI? ||
|-
| 1:30pm-2:30pm || [[State of OR Services and Standards]] || [[QGIS Python Extensions]] ||
|-
| 2:30pm-3:30pm || [[Open Street Maps HowTo]] || Getting started with 'R' ||
|-
| 3:30pm-4:30pm || Building Minecraft Maps with USGS Data || [[Integrating OpenLayers with GeoExt]] ||
|}

======= (preliminary) unconference lessons learned =========

Some discussion that Fri/Sat is a better day then Thur because more people can attend that are otherwise at work. Worth discussion before next year.

Two rooms was fine for venue was fine

Refreshments were sufficient. Lets see if we can get GIA to donate leftovers again.

Timing was OK once it started; but start time and planning should be tightened up some. Everyone that was going to be there at 9:00 was!

Where are all the notes that people took - please send to the listserv pdxosgis group or plug in here.

Hackathon-Crisis Map session at backspace on Friday averaged between 6-7 people. Lots of education about OSM and Tools. Would have liked to see more people there - maybe same day as main event - could be a 1/2 day tract on un-conference day. It was good to have something to focus on too.

====April 1, 2011 April Fools' Hackathon====
The Hackathon is OPEN. We're meeting at [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&nord=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=backspace&fb=1&gl=us&hq=backspace&hnear=Portland,+OR&cid=0,0,8416363487660196607&ei=2uKUTZmxHIr0tgPO8uHIBQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQnwIwAQ Backspace] from 11am-2p. Submit your ideaz here.

* [[Crisis Camp Japan]]
* Documenting and How To's
* For people who don't want to do Hackathon activities, they could help with mapping the (Japan) crisis area for OpenStreetMap. See also, [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami OSM wiki]
* I've got a fairly complete open source GIS stack built as an openSUSE Linux appliance. It consists of R plus the R "Spatial" task view plus all of its dependencies (Proj4, Grass, GDAL, PostGIS) plus QGIS. But not all of us run openSUSE Linux - yet ;-). I'd like to see this stack ported to Windows and MacOS X. I can do Ubuntu and Fedora ports myself if anyone's interested, and I can help with the Windows port. The scripts are on Github at [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts] and [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts/Spatial] if anyone wants to get a head start on this.

==== Volunteers ====

Thanks to all of you who presented, helped organized, or took a shift at the PDX-OSGeo booth at the events!

==== Social Media - Following the Unconference ====
* Twitter aggregators - suggested tags: #GIA, #pdxosgeo
* Foursquare
* Geoloqi - Log in with your Twitter ID or sign up: [http://geoloqi.com/ Geoloqi site]

Google Group
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

==== Recommended Further Reading ====
The following websites were mentioned as further reading at the Unconference:
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

==== Event Set Up ====
[[Event set up]] notes.

[[Category:Events]]

== Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===

<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">SPRING</a> is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">...</a>

*This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
*Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.

#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 0 Using SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 Using Spring for the first time.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 3 Manipulating a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 5 Defining the Data Model.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="AllChaptersEnglish.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p1.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p2.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p3.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p4.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p5.odt" alt="" />

<br>

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===

An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

2011-10-14T03:57:24Z

Wiki-Reidi: /* USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL */

'''Welcome to the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter!'''

== News ==
* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

* Progress on [[OSGeo Local Chapter recognition]]

== Meeting presentations or topics ==
''posting here to make it easier to work on planning, move if desired''

'''2011'''
<ul>
<li>August 24: Ecotrust eCatch and bioregion discovery</li>
<li>September 28: Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/683 OSBridge 2011 session]</li>
<li>October 26: Lev Tyspin from [http://thinkshout.com/ ThinkShout] is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done</li>
<li>November: No meeting due to holidays</li>
<li>December: No meeting due to holidays</li>
</ul>

'''2012'''
<ul>
<li>January 25: TBD</li>
</ul>

== About the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter ==

=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGEO is a proposed Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGEO has a cachement area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGEO has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS].

=== Mission ===
The OSGeo PDX-OSGEO Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== Meetings ===
We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:00 PM at OpenSourcery in NW Portland. No need to RSVP, all are welcome- our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. [Please arrive no more than 10 minutes early, as the developers at OpenSourcery are working up until the meeting time.] If our meetings are canceled or changed we will post this in Discussions, so please check there for the most recent information and activity.

'''I was hoping to get an OpenLayers map of where we meet, but haven't figured out how without creating a false user at that location. Here is me as a stand in.'''

{{#umSetParam: -122.688206|45.529986|Portland, Oregon|OpenSourcery|Meeting Location}}
{{#umUserMap: EliL|300px|300px|6|4|y}}

[http://www.opensourcery.com/ OpenSourcery]
1636 NW Lovejoy St.
Portland, OR 97209

* [[PDX-OSGEO_Agendas | Agendas]]
* [[PDX-OSGEO_Minutes | Minutes]]

=== Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

== 2011 Unconference ==
The annual Open Source GIS Unconference was coordinated in conjunction with [http://calagator.org/events/1250459867 GIS In Action]. There was an Open Source GIS Smackdown on Tuesday at 10:30am right after the Keynote. In addition to the Unconference, there was additional presentations on Open Source applications through GIS in Action that were well worth checking out.

===== 2011 GIS in Action Notes =====
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 10:30-12:00: [[GIS Smackdown]]
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 3:30-5:00: [[Scripting and Beyond]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 1:30-3:00: [[ESRI and Open Source]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 3:15-3:24: [[Update on Japan Crisis Mapping]]

===== Unconference Sessions =====

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Time !! Room 328 !! Room 338
|-
| 10:00am-11:00am || [[Civic apps, OSM and State / Authoritative data]] || [[2011_Unconference_Routing_Session | Routing in Open Source]] ||
|-
| 11:00am-noon || [[Crisis Mapping: RDTN.org]] || Can Open Source Replace ESRI? ||
|-
| 1:30pm-2:30pm || [[State of OR Services and Standards]] || [[QGIS Python Extensions]] ||
|-
| 2:30pm-3:30pm || [[Open Street Maps HowTo]] || Getting started with 'R' ||
|-
| 3:30pm-4:30pm || Building Minecraft Maps with USGS Data || [[Integrating OpenLayers with GeoExt]] ||
|}

======= (preliminary) unconference lessons learned =========

Some discussion that Fri/Sat is a better day then Thur because more people can attend that are otherwise at work. Worth discussion before next year.

Two rooms was fine for venue was fine

Refreshments were sufficient. Lets see if we can get GIA to donate leftovers again.

Timing was OK once it started; but start time and planning should be tightened up some. Everyone that was going to be there at 9:00 was!

Where are all the notes that people took - please send to the listserv pdxosgis group or plug in here.

Hackathon-Crisis Map session at backspace on Friday averaged between 6-7 people. Lots of education about OSM and Tools. Would have liked to see more people there - maybe same day as main event - could be a 1/2 day tract on un-conference day. It was good to have something to focus on too.

====April 1, 2011 April Fools' Hackathon====
The Hackathon is OPEN. We're meeting at [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&nord=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=backspace&fb=1&gl=us&hq=backspace&hnear=Portland,+OR&cid=0,0,8416363487660196607&ei=2uKUTZmxHIr0tgPO8uHIBQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQnwIwAQ Backspace] from 11am-2p. Submit your ideaz here.

* [[Crisis Camp Japan]]
* Documenting and How To's
* For people who don't want to do Hackathon activities, they could help with mapping the (Japan) crisis area for OpenStreetMap. See also, [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami OSM wiki]
* I've got a fairly complete open source GIS stack built as an openSUSE Linux appliance. It consists of R plus the R "Spatial" task view plus all of its dependencies (Proj4, Grass, GDAL, PostGIS) plus QGIS. But not all of us run openSUSE Linux - yet ;-). I'd like to see this stack ported to Windows and MacOS X. I can do Ubuntu and Fedora ports myself if anyone's interested, and I can help with the Windows port. The scripts are on Github at [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts] and [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts/Spatial] if anyone wants to get a head start on this.

==== Volunteers ====

Thanks to all of you who presented, helped organized, or took a shift at the PDX-OSGeo booth at the events!

==== Social Media - Following the Unconference ====
* Twitter aggregators - suggested tags: #GIA, #pdxosgeo
* Foursquare
* Geoloqi - Log in with your Twitter ID or sign up: [http://geoloqi.com/ Geoloqi site]

Google Group
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

==== Recommended Further Reading ====
The following websites were mentioned as further reading at the Unconference:
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

==== Event Set Up ====
[[Event set up]] notes.

[[Category:Events]]

== Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===

<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">SPRING</a> is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">...</a>

*This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
*Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.

#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 0 Using SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 Using Spring for the first time.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 3 Manipulating a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 5 Defining the Data Model.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="AllChaptersEnglish.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p1.odt" alt="" />
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=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===

An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

PDX-OSGEO

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'''Welcome to the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter!'''

== News ==
* Details on '''[[PDX-OSGEO#Unconference_March_31st_and_April_1st.2C_2011 | 2011 Open Source GIS unconference]]'''

* Progress on [[OSGeo Local Chapter recognition]]

== Meeting presentations or topics ==
''posting here to make it easier to work on planning, move if desired''

'''2011'''
<ul>
<li>August 24: Ecotrust eCatch and bioregion discovery</li>
<li>September 28: Jonathan Karon (fightingmonk) is coming to present his [http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/683 OSBridge 2011 session]</li>
<li>October 26: Lev Tyspin from [http://thinkshout.com/ ThinkShout] is coming to talk about some Drupal mapping work they've done</li>
<li>November: No meeting due to holidays</li>
<li>December: No meeting due to holidays</li>
</ul>

'''2012'''
<ul>
<li>January 25: TBD</li>
</ul>

== About the PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter ==

=== Introduction ===
PDX-OSGEO is a proposed Local Chapter of OSGeo. PDX-OSGEO has a cachement area equal to the PDX airport, Oregon and SW Washington (Vancouver, WA / Clark County, WA). Monthly meetings are held in Portland.

=== History ===
PDX-OSGEO has been around and meeting in one form or another since before February 2009 under various names. Since September 2010, we have been recognized as an Oregon-URISA [http://orurisa.org/PDXOSGIS Special Interest Group (SIG)]. Since 2010, the local chapter has coordinated an open source unconference with ORURISA and [http://orurisa.org/GIS_In_Action GIS In Action]. There are also deep roots with our sister OSGeo Local Chapter, [http://cugos.org CUGOS].

=== Mission ===
The OSGeo PDX-OSGEO Chapter strives to promote the local use of Open Source Geospatial software, particularly new users in the Oregon/SW Washington area. The group hosts monthly meetings providing presentation, discussion, and educational opportunities and focuses on materializing an annual Open Source GIS unconference.

=== Objectives ===
Monthly Meetings, usually totaling 10/year:
* Presentations (Application and Technical)
* Chapter business
* Social gathering

Regional Events:
* Open Source GIS unconference
* Conference participation

Communication:
* Mailing List
* Wiki Development
* Monthly meetings

Legal Status:
* No real independent legal structure.
* No real capacity to independently hold funds in other than ad hoc informal manner.
* Affiliations with OSGeo and ORURISA help us with some of the tasks that require legal recognition as an independent entity.
* There are currently no plans to seek any independent legal structure in the future.

== Getting Involved ==
The PDX-OSGEO Local Chapter is a flexible organization, join us and help steer.

=== Mailing List ===
Please join our mailing list to make sure that you know what's going on. Sign up and participate (or just lurk for a while). You do need to answer the questions (what is your favorite map and something else I think) to the extent needed to demonstrate that you are a person and have the minimal amount of GEO knowledge to not be a random spammer.
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

=== IRC ===
We can be found on irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo-pdx when there is something to discuss.

=== Membership ===
Anyone who wants to help support our mission is free to become a member.
'''List yourself on the [[PDX_Member | PDX-OSGEO Member Page]] and you're in!'''

=== Leadership ===
To the extent that we think that we need leadership, it is [[User:Percyd | Percy]]. Mostly we expect everyone to step up and help on most tasks resulting in a light load for all.

=== Meetings ===
We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:00 PM at OpenSourcery in NW Portland. No need to RSVP, all are welcome- our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. [Please arrive no more than 10 minutes early, as the developers at OpenSourcery are working up until the meeting time.] If our meetings are canceled or changed we will post this in Discussions, so please check there for the most recent information and activity.

'''I was hoping to get an OpenLayers map of where we meet, but haven't figured out how without creating a false user at that location. Here is me as a stand in.'''

{{#umSetParam: -122.688206|45.529986|Portland, Oregon|OpenSourcery|Meeting Location}}
{{#umUserMap: EliL|300px|300px|6|4|y}}

[http://www.opensourcery.com/ OpenSourcery]
1636 NW Lovejoy St.
Portland, OR 97209

* [[PDX-OSGEO_Agendas | Agendas]]
* [[PDX-OSGEO_Minutes | Minutes]]

=== Wiki ===
==== How To Write WIKI ====
Check out WikiPedia, where else. This is a great resource for many wiki writing tips
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing#Organizing_your_writing How to Write Wiki]

== 2011 Unconference ==
The annual Open Source GIS Unconference was coordinated in conjunction with [http://calagator.org/events/1250459867 GIS In Action]. There was an Open Source GIS Smackdown on Tuesday at 10:30am right after the Keynote. In addition to the Unconference, there was additional presentations on Open Source applications through GIS in Action that were well worth checking out.

===== 2011 GIS in Action Notes =====
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 10:30-12:00: [[GIS Smackdown]]
* GIS in Action, Tuesday March 29, 2011, 3:30-5:00: [[Scripting and Beyond]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 1:30-3:00: [[ESRI and Open Source]]
* GIS in Action, Wednesday March 30, 2011, 3:15-3:24: [[Update on Japan Crisis Mapping]]

===== Unconference Sessions =====

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Time !! Room 328 !! Room 338
|-
| 10:00am-11:00am || [[Civic apps, OSM and State / Authoritative data]] || [[2011_Unconference_Routing_Session | Routing in Open Source]] ||
|-
| 11:00am-noon || [[Crisis Mapping: RDTN.org]] || Can Open Source Replace ESRI? ||
|-
| 1:30pm-2:30pm || [[State of OR Services and Standards]] || [[QGIS Python Extensions]] ||
|-
| 2:30pm-3:30pm || [[Open Street Maps HowTo]] || Getting started with 'R' ||
|-
| 3:30pm-4:30pm || Building Minecraft Maps with USGS Data || [[Integrating OpenLayers with GeoExt]] ||
|}

======= (preliminary) unconference lessons learned =========

Some discussion that Fri/Sat is a better day then Thur because more people can attend that are otherwise at work. Worth discussion before next year.

Two rooms was fine for venue was fine

Refreshments were sufficient. Lets see if we can get GIA to donate leftovers again.

Timing was OK once it started; but start time and planning should be tightened up some. Everyone that was going to be there at 9:00 was!

Where are all the notes that people took - please send to the listserv pdxosgis group or plug in here.

Hackathon-Crisis Map session at backspace on Friday averaged between 6-7 people. Lots of education about OSM and Tools. Would have liked to see more people there - maybe same day as main event - could be a 1/2 day tract on un-conference day. It was good to have something to focus on too.

====April 1, 2011 April Fools' Hackathon====
The Hackathon is OPEN. We're meeting at [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&nord=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=backspace&fb=1&gl=us&hq=backspace&hnear=Portland,+OR&cid=0,0,8416363487660196607&ei=2uKUTZmxHIr0tgPO8uHIBQ&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQnwIwAQ Backspace] from 11am-2p. Submit your ideaz here.

* [[Crisis Camp Japan]]
* Documenting and How To's
* For people who don't want to do Hackathon activities, they could help with mapping the (Japan) crisis area for OpenStreetMap. See also, [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami OSM wiki]
* I've got a fairly complete open source GIS stack built as an openSUSE Linux appliance. It consists of R plus the R "Spatial" task view plus all of its dependencies (Proj4, Grass, GDAL, PostGIS) plus QGIS. But not all of us run openSUSE Linux - yet ;-). I'd like to see this stack ported to Windows and MacOS X. I can do Ubuntu and Fedora ports myself if anyone's interested, and I can help with the Windows port. The scripts are on Github at [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts] and [https://github.com/znmeb/Data-Journalism-Developer-Studio/tree/master/Desktop/Install-Scripts/Spatial] if anyone wants to get a head start on this.

==== Volunteers ====

Thanks to all of you who presented, helped organized, or took a shift at the PDX-OSGeo booth at the events!

==== Social Media - Following the Unconference ====
* Twitter aggregators - suggested tags: #GIA, #pdxosgeo
* Foursquare
* Geoloqi - Log in with your Twitter ID or sign up: [http://geoloqi.com/ Geoloqi site]

Google Group
[http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis google email group]

==== Recommended Further Reading ====
The following websites were mentioned as further reading at the Unconference:
* [http://gis.stackexchange.com/ GIS Stack Exchange] for any GIS question for any software
* [http://slashgeo.org/ Slash Geo]
* [http://planet.osgeo.org/ Planet OSGeo]

==== Event Set Up ====
[[Event set up]] notes.

[[Category:Events]]

== Resources ==
=== SPRING GIS ===

<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">SPRING</a> is a state-of-the-art GIS and remote sensing image processing system with an object-oriented data model which provides for the integration of raster and vector data representations in a single environment. SPRING is a product of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE/DPI (Image Processing Division)<a href="http://www.dpi.inpe.br/spring/english/index.html">...</a>

*This documentation was translated and written by USFWS. At one point it was downloadable from the internet although I can't find it now.
*Some seems excellent. Some still has areas that could use polish. It is listed as a draft.

#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 0 Using SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="0 1 Main Steps to operate the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 Using Spring for the first time.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 1 How to Begin Step 1 Activating a databank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 2 How to Begin Step 2 Activing a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 3 How to Begin Step 3 Visualizing an Image.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 4 How to Begin Step 4 Enhancing a Colored Composition.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 10 How to Begin Step 6 Visualizing other Categories.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 13 How to Begin Step 7 Visualize Cadastral Data.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 1 14 How to Begin Step 8 Closing SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 (part2) Manipulating the Data Bank.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 2 Manipulating Data Bank in SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 3 Manipulating a Project.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 4 Manipulating a InfoLayer.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="1 5 Defining the Data Model.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 3 Conceptual model of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 4 basic cartographic concept for the use of SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="2 6 Vectorial data manipulation in the SPRING.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="AllChaptersEnglish.odt" alt="" />
#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p1.odt" alt="" />
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#<img src="ef=" _fck_mw_filename="SPRINGManual032106p5.odt" alt="" />

<br>

=== USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL ===

An example of how to get SURGO soils data into a PostgreSQL database on a GNU/Linux-based OS.

*[[[[File:SSURGO_to_PostgreSQL.odt]]|USDA - NRCS SSURGO Soil Database Migration to PostgreSQL]]

== Acknowledgments ==
Thanks to various OSGeo local chapters and other wiki contributors whose work we borrowed and particularly CUGOS.

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

File:SSURGO to PostgreSQL.odt

2011-10-14T03:43:05Z

Wiki-Reidi: A method to import USDA-NRCS SSURGO soils data into PostgreSQL on a GNU/Linux OS.

A method to import USDA-NRCS SSURGO soils data into PostgreSQL on a GNU/Linux OS.

File:SPRINGManual032106p4.odt

2011-03-28T23:04:04Z

Wiki-Reidi: uploaded a new version of "File:SPRINGManual032106p4.odt": Includes all graphics.

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