North Carolina

GRASS GIS Meetup – Raleigh NC November 5th 2016

Interested in using GRASS GIS as a geospatial processing backend? Or for reproducible research with Python? Or as a surprisingly powerful desktop GIS? Then come to the November GRASS GIS Raleigh meetup which will be specifically focused on getting newcomers started with anything ranging from using GRASS GIS to programing and contributing. The meetup is planned for Saturday, November 5. Meet in 4502 Fishbowl at the Hunt library at NC State Centennial Campus at 2 PM. Map here. Join any time during the afternoon; we will be there at least till 6 PM, but there is an option to stay longer.

Contact Vashek if interested in attending, or if you have any questions:
wenzeslaus@gmail.com

More information: https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Raleigh_meetups_2016

GRASS GIS Raleigh Meetup – October 2016

From the email bag:

Do you want to learn GRASS GIS? Do you want to use Python for geospatial processing? Or perhaps even share your workflow with others as a GRASS GIS addon module? Come to the next GRASS GIS Raleigh meetup which is planned for Saturday, October 1.

We will meet at the Hunt library at NC State Centennial Campus at 1:30 PM. You are welcome to join any time during the afternoon. See details at

https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Raleigh_meetups_2016

Classes at UNC in October 2016 on QGIS and GRASS

From the email bag …and no this isn’t anything I’m doing but I support anyone doing this in the area.

Greetings, all!

Also, at UNC in Chapel Hill there will be a one week short course on Open Source (QGIS and GRASS) GIS that is open to the public. Two, 2-hour classes on QGIS and one 2-hour class on GRASS, running Oct. 24, 26, and 28:

http://www.irss.unc.edu/odum/contentSubpage.jsp?nodeid=21

Introduction to the QGIS Open Source Software: Part 1

Scott Madry
This will be the first of two, 2-hour hands-on workshops using the QGIS open source GIS package. This first workshop will begin with an overall introduction to the “OSGEO Stack” of open source GIS tools, including QGIS, GRASS, R and other tools. Then we will explore the QGIS software, which can run on Windows, Mac or Linux environments, runs in over 40 languages, and includes vector, raster, georegistration, and other capabilities, all using ESRI shapefiles as the basic vector data structure and Geotiffs as the basic raster data structure. The first workshop will be a general introduction to the QGIS user interface and will explore the various elementary functions, loading vector and raster data, etc. Additional tutorials and data will be made available to the participants so you can continue to work on your own. Feel free to bring your own laptop so you can download the software, tutorials, and data, or use a computer in the lab.

There is no fee for this course.

No registration required. UNC students, faculty, and staff will need to show their UNC OneCard.

Davis 247
Date: October 24, 2016

TImes: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Introduction to the QGIS Open Source Software: Part 2

Scott Madry
The second class will continue the introduction to the QGIS software. We will explore various plugins, including live linking OpenStreetMaps and Bing maps and images, creating cartographic maps using the composer cartographic interface, working with vector attribute tables, and downloading and working with raster satellite imagery. Web resources will be explored. Additional tutorials and data will be made available to the participants so you can continue to work on your own. Feel free to bring your own laptop so you can download the software, tutorials, and data, or use a computer in the lab.A

There is no fee for this course.

No registration required. UNC students, faculty, and staff will need to show their UNC OneCard.

Davis 247
Date: October 26, 2016

Times: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Introduction to the GRASS Open Source GIS and image processing software

Scott Madry
This third 2-hour workshop will cover the GRASS GIS package, which is included in the QGIS download and can be used either as a set of integrated tools in the QGIS environment, or run as the stand-alone GRASS package. GRASS is the original open source GIS package, and is a very powerful and integrated GIS, image processing, spatial analysis, visualization and modeling environment. The first hour of the workshop will use GRASS within the QGIS environment, where data can be used as GRASS files in the same environment as QGIS shapefiles, and can be converted easily between the two. The current QGIS software can now call all of the GRASS functions (over 400) remotely and does raster and vector data format conversion on the fly. In the second hour we will use GRASS in its stand-alone configuration. Additional tutorials and data will be made available to the participants so you can continue to work on your own. Feel free to bring your own laptop so you can download the software, tutorials, and data, or use a computer in the lab.

There is no fee for this course.

No registration required. UNC students, faculty, and staff will need to show their UNC OneCard.

Davis 247
Date: October 28, 2016

Times: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Intro to GRASS – Raleigh NC – Sept 8 2016

From the Email Bag:

For those from Raleigh area:

Intro to GRASS GIS

Geospatial Studio this Thursday at NC State University

September 8, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Take your first steps in GRASS GIS by attending the Geospatial Studio and learning how to use this free (as in freedom) software at this free (as in free beer) event. After the introduction, there will be time to try your own data in GRASS GIS. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops. Please arrive a few minutes early if GRASS GIS is not already installed on your computer.

https://cnr.ncsu.edu/geospatial/event/geospatial-studio-intro-to-grass-gis/

https://twitter.com/NCSUgeospatial/status/773156753768902656

Open Geospatial Science and Application Webinar

From the Email Bag:

You are invited to join the next “Open Geospatial Science & Applications” webinar series on Aug 31st, 2016. We thank Dr. Rafael Moreno and colleagues at the FOSS4G lab, University of Colorado, Denver who are organising the webinars for us. The webinars will be in English and open and free to all on first come register basis. These webinars are also run jointly with UCGIS and ASPRS. Details below
Tangible Landscape: open source environment for geospatial learning, science, and community engagement

August 31, 2016 (Wednesday) at 6 PM (GMT)

Presented by Helena Mitasova, Anna Petrasova, Brendan Harmon, Vaclav Petras, Payam Tabrizian
Ross Meentemeyer Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University, USA

In this webinar we introduce Tangible Landscape – a new type of modeling environment for interacting with geospatial data, analyses and simulations using maleable 3D physical models. We will describe the concept, show various options for hardware set-ups in a laboratory or at outreach events,and discuss technologies for creating 3D landscape models. The system is powered by open source GRASS GIS and it is designed as a platform for developing new applications. We will illustrate its capabilities using case studies in which we have explored how dune breaches affect the extent of coastal flooding,the impact of different building configurations on cast shadows and solar energy potential,and the effectiveness of various landscape designs for controlling runoff and erosion.We will present different types of interaction including molding polymeric sand, placing markers,and drawing with laser pointer. We will demonstrate how these tangible interactions can be used for collaborative decision making or engaging geogames. The most recent (and exciting) development includes coupling tangible landscape with an immersive virtual environment, which allows users to virtually step into the modeled landscape. We will show Tangible Landscape in various settings such as outreach events and conferences engaging diverse audiences such as children, scientists, and software developers.We will conclude by introducing the Tangible Landscape on-line community and inviting everyone to join and share their own ideas about hardware set-ups, new applications, software development and modes of interaction.

Details at https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/tangible-landscape.html

More details and how to connect will be updated at http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/