QGIS US Users group and Mailing list

Feb 3, 2014 | GIS, Open Source GIS, QGIS

Sometime in the last two weeks the formation of a US QGIS Chapter/Users group started. There is rumored to be a meeting sometime around OSM’s State of the Map: 

US Email list: 
http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/qgis-us-user

Of course there always have been email lists - just none that are US specific: 
http://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/support.html

So anyway - watch for more info. Sign up. Join in supporting what I think is one of the more fun and useful sides of GIS in 2014 - Open Source with a vibrant community.

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