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PDX Open Source GIS Unconference

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM (PT)

Portland, OR

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Hosted by the Portland Open Source GIS Users Group, this "unconference" will follow a 2-day traditional GIS conference, GIS In Action(GIA), which will also include some open source tracks--mostly concentrated on Thursday. GIA has a single day rate for those who would only want to attend Thursday.

This Friday/Saturday event will take place at PSU Urban Plaza. Check-in at Room 212.

Day 1

9am - Registration

9:30 - Put sessions in rooms based on votes

10:00 - Sessions start

Track 1 is a semi-structured series of invited talks, and participant-powered talks

Invited talks to include:

  • Tyler Mitchell of OSGEO - keynote
  • David Percy and Darrell Fuhriman - Desktop analytical tools
  • Tim Welch - GeoDjango
  • Webb Sprague - Command  line GIS (PostGIS) 
  • Eli Adam - Raster Processing with gdal
  • and more!

Track 2 will be organized ad hoc un-conference style - bring your ideas!

A few ideas suggested already:

  • Crisis mapping
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Web mapping frameworks
  • Portland open data initiative (civicmaps.org)
  • Creating beautiful maps
  • Spatialite (Spatial extensions for sqlite)
  • Cloud Based GeoData Services
  • Baking Location into Apps
  • Open GeoAPI Roundup
  • Community Summit - How can we bridge gaps in PDX to make good things happen
  • GEO, We Don't Need No Stinking Geo - Oh Wait... We Do...
  • [Insert Zombie Session Here]
  • You get the idea!

Day 2

 10am - Reconvene

  • More participant-powered talks
  • Codesprint/Documentation Sprint

About PDX-OSGIS

PDX-OSGIS is working on becoming a chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGEO). All are welcome- our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:00 PM at OpenSourcery in NW Portland.

Check out our Google group here: http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgis

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PSU Urban Plaza
506 SW Mill Street
Portland, OR 97201

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 9:00 AM - Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 4:00 PM (PT)


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Portland Open Source Geospatial User Group



PDX-OSGIS (re-)formed in February 2009 and is working on becoming a chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGEO). All are welcome- our group ranges from the geo-curious to the überhackers. We meet the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:00 PM at OpenSourcery in NW Portland.