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		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sabb&amp;diff=122103</id>
		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-16T14:06:12Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;= Saber Razmjooei =&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have been a long time OSS GIS user. His first introduction was to GRASS GIS in 2005. I became an active member of QGIS user groups and presented during several local FOSS4G and QGIS events. I have been running workshops, presentations and also participated in many events to push for adoption of FOSS4G, specifically QGIS, in UK.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My participation in OSGeo community:&lt;br /&gt;
*  OSGeo:UK member&lt;br /&gt;
* Contribution to FOSS4G: https://github.com/saberraz&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
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		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sabb&amp;diff=122102</id>
		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-16T13:56:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Saber has been a long time OSS GIS user. His first introduction was to GRASS GIS in 2005. He became an active member of QGIS user groups and presented during several local FOSS4G and QGIS events. I have been running workshops, presentations and also participated in many events to push for adoption of FOSS4G, specifically QGIS, in UK.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My participation in OSGeo community:&lt;br /&gt;
*  OSGeo:UK member&lt;br /&gt;
* Contribution to FOSS4G: https://github.com/saberraz&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
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		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sabb&amp;diff=122101</id>
		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-16T13:55:18Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Saber has been a long time OSS GIS user. His first introduction was to GRASS GIS in 2005. He became an active member of QGIS user groups and presented during several local FOSS4G and QGIS events. I have been at the front of push for adoption of FOSS4G, specifically QGIS, in UK.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My participation in OSGeo community:&lt;br /&gt;
*  OSGeo:UK member&lt;br /&gt;
* Contribution to FOSS4G: https://github.com/saberraz&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sabb&amp;diff=122100</id>
		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-16T13:54:44Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Saber has been a long time OSS GIS user. His first introduction was to GRASS GIS in 2005. He became an active member of QGIS user groups and presented during several local FOSS4G and QGIS events. I have been at the front of push for adoption of FOSS4G, specifically QGIS, in UK.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My participation in OSGeo community:&lt;br /&gt;
- OSGeo:UK member&lt;br /&gt;
- Contribution to FOSS4G: https://github.com/saberraz&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sabb&amp;diff=122073</id>
		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2019-10-15T10:58:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: Updated the profile&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Saber has been a long time OSS GIS user. His first introduction was to GRASS GIS in 2005. He became an active member of QGIS user groups and presented during several local FOSS4G and QGIS events.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
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		<title>User:Sabb</title>
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		<updated>2015-03-03T11:07:36Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: Created page with &amp;quot;QGIS rocks!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;QGIS rocks!&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom&amp;diff=82441</id>
		<title>United Kingdom</title>
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		<updated>2015-03-03T11:06:27Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== Mission ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The UK local chapter of OSGeo wishes to establish a focal point for developers and users of open source geospatial software within the UK, for networking and advice, and to raise the profile of open source geospatial development within the UK. It wishes to promote open source geospatial software as a viable choice for all types of user. While it has been suggested that a separate local chapter could better serve the particular geographic and logistical requirements of Scotland, the UK chapter wishes to include all regions and countries within the UK and Ireland. If there is significant interest in forming geographically separate chapters, then the UK chapter will promote these sister organisations, assist with formation and growth, and collaborate in the holding of international events.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Objectives'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK, and provide networking opportunities for developers and users&lt;br /&gt;
*To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools, and collate business studies of successful transitions&lt;br /&gt;
*To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK by collating links to sources of legitimate free data&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In addition we would like to work towards the following:&lt;br /&gt;
*A fully-featured open access UK SDI&lt;br /&gt;
*Someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Official representative'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ian Edwards, Met Office&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Links to Case Studies ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any appropriate links here&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* The British Transport Police are embracing an open source geospatial business model [http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/open-source_ukv6i5.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Publicly Available Geodata ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Public Geodata for the UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK. The [[Open Knowledge Foundation]] maintains CKAN and is interested in putting more [[Location in CKAN]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Open Source Tools for Ordnance Survey's products ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/os_tools_for_os OS Tools]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Mailing List ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Meetings and Events ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A Google calendar will be created collecting UK geospatial events.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Past Events ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11th March 2009''' The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Technical Special Interest Group are organising an open source event to be held at the British Antarctic Survey HQ in Cambridge. I assume you have to be a member of the AGI to go, but will ask.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd June 2009''' [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ Open Source GIS conference]. The local chapter are co-organising this event in conjunction with the University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, which is a great chance to find out what's really happening in open source GIS in the UK. See the website for details and get in touch if you want to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd January 2009''' [http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=osgeo British Computing Society Geospatial Specialist Group]. Jo talked about OSGeo, and about open source GIS in the UK at the BCS headquarters in London. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''29th September - 3rd October 2008:''' [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g/2008 FOSS4G 2008]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''24-25th September 2008:''' [http://www.agi.org.uk/ AGI Geocommunity 08]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''16-17th June 2008:''' Meetup during the University of Nottingham's [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/ Geowebservices workshop]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8th-10th December 2006''': &lt;br /&gt;
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project meetup and &amp;quot;hackfest&amp;quot; in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''&lt;br /&gt;
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]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== People ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoCook| Jo Cook]] - woohoo!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Leifuss]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoWalsh]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:andyt]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Davidjlock]] &lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Graeme]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SteveW]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SimonAbele]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Borntopedal]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Jcrone]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:AntBeck]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Robert Newnham]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Suchith Anand&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Bill Wilcox]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JonathanGray]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Amarti]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Dan Olner|Dan Olner]]: [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/ Department at Leeds]; [http://www.coveredinbees.org blog]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Barryrowlingson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:doublebyte]]: [http://casa.ucl.ac.uk/JoanaMargarida/ hi there]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Hurston|David Staveley]] - Archaeological geophysicist, and just starting to get into GIS&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Walkermatt|Matt Walker]] - [http://www.astuntechnology.com Astun Technology]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:giuliop|Giulio Pagan]] - [MapGuide Open Source and FDO specialists at Autodesk Consulting]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]] - [http://www.isharemaps.com Astun Technology Ltd]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:sabb|Saber Razmjooei]] - [http://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk Lutra Consulting]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:chris.little|Chris Little]] - [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ OGC Chair Met-Ocean DWG], [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ Met Office] &amp;amp; [http://www.wmo.int/ WMO]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:tanoshimi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:antonys|Antony Scott]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Ajczapiewski|Andrzej Czapiewski]] - also new to this, but signed up!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See Also ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Useful Links UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:United Kingdom]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Local Chapter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Os_tools_for_os&amp;diff=55802</id>
		<title>Os tools for os</title>
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		<updated>2011-06-27T21:02:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page is intended as a central location for ideas feeding into creating open source tools for interacting with Ordnance Survey data / products. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Astun Technology and Faunalia are working on a set of tools to convert Ordnance Survey's GML based data sets to PostGIS or Shapefile. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== osmmloader  ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== QGIS Plugins  ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Feel free to add possible features here for a QGIS plugin to allow users to easily interact with OS products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Importing OpenData&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A nice typical process for users to follow to download OpenData would be:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#Select the required data from the OS OpenData download page, enter details and wait for email&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#Paste contents of email into QGIS plugin&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#Plugin downloads all nessisary files mentioned in email and processes them&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The data processing would generally consist of unzipping the data into a data type specific subfolder of the users's &amp;quot;OS Data Library&amp;quot; and then doing some data specific pre-processing.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Data specific pre-processing&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The following tasks would be carried out on various different data types during the import process&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Raster data&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Create new or update existing .VRT layer of the raster tiles (VRTs are virtual raster layers that make multiple tiles look like one big tile)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Create new or update existing vector coverage layer (the vector coverage layer could be a square for each downloaded tile with an action set to open the given tile when a user clicks on it)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Image pyramids?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== PostGIS Support&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Would be nice:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Plugin sets up a PostGIS database easily without much user intervention&lt;br /&gt;
*Plugin imports data (probably in chunks) into the database, taking care not to make duplicate features&lt;br /&gt;
*Plugin handles change only updates&lt;br /&gt;
*Plugin handles spatial index creation and database maintenance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== General ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Plugin keeps track of the last time each dataset was updated and possible lets the user know when updates are available&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ability to &amp;quot;backup&amp;quot; the library and settings, allowing the dataset to easily be transferred to another machine&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Other ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*A gazateer plugin to be able to easily type in a place name to get QGIS to zoom to that location&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Os_tools_for_os&amp;diff=55801</id>
		<title>Os tools for os</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Os_tools_for_os&amp;diff=55801"/>
		<updated>2011-06-27T19:56:19Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;This page is intended as a central location for ideas feeding into creating open source tools for interacting with Ordnance Survey data / products. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Astun Technology and Faunalia are working on a set of tools to convert Ordnance Survey's GML based data sets to PostGIS or Shapefile. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== osmmloader  ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== QGIS Plugins  ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Feel free to add possible features here for a QGIS plugin to allow users to easily interact with OS products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Ideas for features&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Ability for users to paste emails from OpenData ordering site into QGIS and have QGIS download and store the data in a sensible manner &lt;br /&gt;
*Feature to generate &amp;quot;extents&amp;quot; for each dataset to quickly determine what data coverage the user currently has &lt;br /&gt;
*Easily convert compressed GML into shapefile or PostGIS&lt;br /&gt;
*Manage a local PostGIS database of mastermap data&lt;br /&gt;
*Handle updates of OS data (OpenData and other)&lt;br /&gt;
*A gazateer plugin to be able to easily type in a place name to get QGIS to zoom to that location&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Os_tools_for_os&amp;diff=55800</id>
		<title>Os tools for os</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=Os_tools_for_os&amp;diff=55800"/>
		<updated>2011-06-27T19:29:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: Created page with &amp;quot;Astun Technology and Faunalia are working on a set of tools to convert Ordnance Survey's data to PostGIS or Shapefile.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Astun Technology and Faunalia are working on a set of tools to convert Ordnance Survey's data to PostGIS or Shapefile.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.osgeo.org/w/index.php?title=United_Kingdom&amp;diff=55799</id>
		<title>United Kingdom</title>
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		<updated>2011-06-27T19:27:46Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Wiki-Sabb: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== Mission ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The UK local chapter of OSGeo wishes to establish a focal point for developers and users of open source geospatial software within the UK, for networking and advice, and to raise the profile of open source geospatial development within the UK. It wishes to promote open source geospatial software as a viable choice for all types of user. While it has been suggested that a separate local chapter could better serve the particular geographic and logistical requirements of Scotland, the UK chapter wishes to include all regions and countries within the UK and Ireland. If there is significant interest in forming geographically separate chapters, then the UK chapter will promote these sister organisations, assist with formation and growth, and collaborate in the holding of international events.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Objectives'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK, and provide networking opportunities for developers and users&lt;br /&gt;
*To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools, and collate business studies of successful transitions&lt;br /&gt;
*To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK by collating links to sources of legitimate free data&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In addition we would like to work towards the following:&lt;br /&gt;
*A fully-featured open access UK SDI&lt;br /&gt;
*Someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Official representative'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:JoCook|Joanne Cook]]&lt;br /&gt;
Senior IT Support and Development Officer&lt;br /&gt;
Oxford Archaeology&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Links to Case Studies ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any appropriate links here&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* The British Transport Police are embracing an open source geospatial business model [http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/open-source_ukv6i5.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Publicly Available Geodata ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Public Geodata for the UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK. The [[Open Knowledge Foundation]] maintains CKAN and is interested in putting more [[Location in CKAN]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Open Source Tools for Ordnance Survey's products ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/os_tools_for_os OS Tools]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Mailing List ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Meetings and Events ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Upcoming Events ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11th March 2009''' The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Technical Special Interest Group are organising an open source event to be held at the British Antarctic Survey HQ in Cambridge. I assume you have to be a member of the AGI to go, but will ask.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd June 2009''' [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ Open Source GIS conference]. The local chapter are co-organising this event in conjunction with the University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, which is a great chance to find out what's really happening in open source GIS in the UK. See the website for details and get in touch if you want to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Recent Events ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd January 2009''' [http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=osgeo British Computing Society Geospatial Specialist Group]. Jo talked about OSGeo, and about open source GIS in the UK at the BCS headquarters in London. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''29th September - 3rd October 2008:''' [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g/2008 FOSS4G 2008]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''24-25th September 2008:''' [http://www.agi.org.uk/ AGI Geocommunity 08]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''16-17th June 2008:''' Meetup during the University of Nottingham's [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/ Geowebservices workshop]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8th-10th December 2006''': &lt;br /&gt;
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project meetup and &amp;quot;hackfest&amp;quot; in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''&lt;br /&gt;
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]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== People ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoCook| Jo Cook]] - woohoo!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Leifuss]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoWalsh]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:andyt]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Davidjlock]] &lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Graeme]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SteveW]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SimonAbele]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Borntopedal]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Jcrone]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:AntBeck]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Robert Newnham]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Suchith Anand&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Bill Wilcox]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JonathanGray]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Amarti]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Dan Olner|Dan Olner]]: [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/ Department at Leeds]; [http://www.coveredinbees.org blog]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Barryrowlingson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:doublebyte]]: [http://casa.ucl.ac.uk/JoanaMargarida/ hi there]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Hurston|David Staveley]] - Archaeological geophysicist, and just starting to get into GIS&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Walkermatt|Matt Walker]] - [http://www.dottedeyes.com Dotted Eyes Ltd.]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:giuliop|Giulio Pagan]] - [MapGuide Open Source and FDO specialists at Autodesk Consulting]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]] - [http://www.isharemaps.com Astun Technology Ltd]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:sabb|Saber Razmjooei]] - [http://www.faunalia.co.uk Faunalia]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See Also ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Useful Links UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:United Kingdom]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Local Chapter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;== Mission ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The UK local chapter of OSGeo wishes to establish a focal point for developers and users of open source geospatial software within the UK, for networking and advice, and to raise the profile of open source geospatial development within the UK. It wishes to promote open source geospatial software as a viable choice for all types of user. While it has been suggested that a separate local chapter could better serve the particular geographic and logistical requirements of Scotland, the UK chapter wishes to include all regions and countries within the UK and Ireland. If there is significant interest in forming geographically separate chapters, then the UK chapter will promote these sister organisations, assist with formation and growth, and collaborate in the holding of international events.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Objectives'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*To provide a forum for discussion and promotion of Open Source Geospatial Software in the UK, and provide networking opportunities for developers and users&lt;br /&gt;
*To help more UK organisations discover the opportunity of open source geospatial tools, and collate business studies of successful transitions&lt;br /&gt;
*To raise awareness of the benefits of public access to geodata in the UK by collating links to sources of legitimate free data&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In addition we would like to work towards the following:&lt;br /&gt;
*A fully-featured open access UK SDI&lt;br /&gt;
*Someday hosting the FOSS4G conference in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Official representative'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:JoCook|Joanne Cook]]&lt;br /&gt;
Senior IT Support and Development Officer&lt;br /&gt;
Oxford Archaeology&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If the majority of chapter members wish, the post of official representative will be elected on a periodic basis.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Links to Case Studies ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please add any appropriate links here&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* City of Munich move to a completely open source software solution [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Free_softw.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
* Interview with CIO of Oxford Archaeology on the move towards open source [http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1315258,00.html]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* 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]&lt;br /&gt;
* The British Transport Police are embracing an open source geospatial business model [http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/open-source_ukv6i5.pdf (pdf)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Publicly Available Geodata ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In progress- please contact the mailing list if you have any legitimate free sources of geospatial data that you would like to include&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Public Geodata for the UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also check the [http://ckan.net/tag/read/geodata CKAN pages] for geodata sources- mainly global but some UK. The [[Open Knowledge Foundation]] maintains CKAN and is interested in putting more [[Location in CKAN]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Mailing List ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/uk&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Meetings and Events ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Upcoming Events ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''11th March 2009''' The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Technical Special Interest Group are organising an open source event to be held at the British Antarctic Survey HQ in Cambridge. I assume you have to be a member of the AGI to go, but will ask.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd June 2009''' [http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/ Open Source GIS conference]. The local chapter are co-organising this event in conjunction with the University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences, which is a great chance to find out what's really happening in open source GIS in the UK. See the website for details and get in touch if you want to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Recent Events ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''22nd January 2009''' [http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/?q=osgeo British Computing Society Geospatial Specialist Group]. Jo talked about OSGeo, and about open source GIS in the UK at the BCS headquarters in London. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''29th September - 3rd October 2008:''' [http://conference.osgeo.org/foss4g/2008 FOSS4G 2008]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''24-25th September 2008:''' [http://www.agi.org.uk/ AGI Geocommunity 08]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''16-17th June 2008:''' Meetup during the University of Nottingham's [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/geowebservices/ Geowebservices workshop]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''1st May 2008:''' UK OSGEO meetup after 1Spatial Conference at Radisson Hotel, Stansted. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''8th-10th December 2006''': &lt;br /&gt;
The UK-originated [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] Open Source spatial wiki project meetup and &amp;quot;hackfest&amp;quot; in Oxford - http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordMeetup2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''&lt;br /&gt;
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]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] also have regular UK mapping parties in different cities&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== People ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Chrisputtick]]- Yes, definitely worth doing&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoCook| Jo Cook]] - woohoo!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Leifuss]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Stuarteve]] - +1&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JoWalsh]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:andyt]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Davidjlock]] &lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Simon]] - Excellent! All for this!!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Graeme]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SteveW]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User::andrewlarcombe]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Gagravarr]] - involved in OpenGuides and OpenStreetMap in the UK&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mdgreaney]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Mander]] - New to all this, but it sounds interesting and I'd like to be involved.&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:rollo]] - sign me up!&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:SimonAbele]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Borntopedal]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Jcrone]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:AntBeck]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Robert Newnham]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Suchith Anand&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Bill Wilcox]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:JonathanGray]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Amarti]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Dan Olner|Dan Olner]]: [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/ Department at Leeds]; [http://www.coveredinbees.org blog]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Barryrowlingson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:doublebyte]]: [http://casa.ucl.ac.uk/JoanaMargarida/ hi there]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Hurston|David Staveley]] - Archaeological geophysicist, and just starting to get into GIS&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Walkermatt|Matt Walker]] - [http://www.dottedeyes.com Dotted Eyes Ltd.]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:giuliop|Giulio Pagan]] - [MapGuide Open Source and FDO specialists at Autodesk Consulting]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:mikesaunt|Mike Saunt]] - [http://www.isharemaps.com Astun Technology Ltd]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:sabb|Saber Razmjooei]] - [http://www.faunalia.co.uk Faunalia]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== See Also ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Useful Links UK]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:United Kingdom]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Local Chapter]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Wiki-Sabb</name></author>
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