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User:Robert Newnham

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United Kingdom

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== Mission ==

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

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

== Mailing List ==

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

== Meetings and Events ==

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

=== Upcoming Events ===

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

=== Recent Events ===

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

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

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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

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== People ==

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

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

== See Also ==

[[Useful Links UK]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]

OSGeo UK Meetup May 2008

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| '''What'''
| A local gathering of open source geospatial users or newbies.
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| '''When'''
| Thursday, May 1st, 2008 -- 4:30-7:00 pm
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| '''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.
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| '''Who'''
| '''You?''' <br>Interested in helping present, demo an application or join the event? <br>Add your name to the list below.
|}

== Agenda ==
# OSGeo Introduction - Tyler Mitchell
# Open Source geospatial tools and interoperability research - Suchith Anand, University of Nottingham

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

== Attendees ==
Planning to attend? Please add your name and organisation so meeting planners will know there is interest.
# [[User:JoCook | Jo Cook]]
# [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]]
# [[User:arkygeek | Jason Jorgenson]]
# [[User:andrewlarcombe | Andrew Larcombe]]
# [[User:mikesaunt | Mike Saunt]]
# [[User:Chrisputtick | Chris Puttick]]
# Anthony Beck
# [[User:Archaeology53 | Bill Wilcox]]
# Suchith Anand
# [[User:Jwyg | Jonathan Gray]], [http://www.okfn.org The Open Knowledge Foundation]
# [[User:robn2807 | Rob Newnham]]

== 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

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