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FOSS4GNA 2018 – May 14-16 2018

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FOSS4GNA is happening May 14-16 2018 in St Louis Missouri. Speaking of – I’ve only accidentally driven in to Missouri once so this should be fun.

They also put out the call for Papers and I won’t bore you with a rehash of what papers they are looking for – I will only bore you with the dates:

  • October 13, 2017: Submissions open
  • January 15, 2018: Workshop submission deadline
  • January 16 – 22, 2018: Community review for workshops
  • January 26, 2018: Workshops announced
  • February 8, 2018: Talk submission deadline
  • February 9 – 20, 2018: Community review for talks
  • February 28, 2018: Talks announced

Why the dates? Because that’s the one thing I’ll forget but I’ll see this post until I make about 6 more and it will force me to submit something.

If you haven’t been to one of these things I’ll make my case here – you need to go.

  1. It’s not a sales conference. You get a chance to talk to people – not talked at by people. demos tend to go horribly wrong which is awesome. Developers are also users so they have to eat what they make.
  2. You get a chance to talk to the developers and users about anything. It’s not one ecosystem of products. It’s everything from LIDAR to Desktop GIS to Server side things.
  3. Even if you are an ESRI only shop – there is something here for you. I will even hazard a bet you’ll walk away going “I think we could use <insert idea here>……” and you might change your life.
  4. You aren’t a customer – your part of a community.
  5. It’s a nice change of pace. Interactions are pleasant. People are fun. A good time is had by all.

So show up. Toss this into your budget and go – you’ll learn something I swear.

OSGEO Live 11.0 Released

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I’m a little late to the game as this was released right before FOSS4G 2017. If you have a Open Source GIS itch to scratch – here is your chance without installing any software.

From: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_79

You can test drive geoserver, qgis, gvsig grass, open layers, qgis, cesium, geomoose, geonode, mapserver etc……..

Download

Download the OSGeo-Live 11.0 image at http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

Release Highlights

This release has been a major reboot, with a refocus on leading applications and emphasis on quality over quantity. Less mature parts of the projects have been dropped with a targeted focus placed on upgrading and improving documentation.

Dropped
  • Windows-only applications/installers
  • Overviews of OGC Standards
  • Some applications that did not meet our review criteria
  • We now only support a 64 bit distribution (32 bit is built but not officially supported)
Added
  • Support for isohybrid ISO images with UEFI

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-Live is a Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. OSGeo-Live is pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be trialled without installing anything.

It includes:

  • Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and pre-configured
  • Free world maps and sample datasets
  • Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application
  • Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker’s script
  • Translations to multiple languages

Homepage: http://live.osgeo.org

Download details: http://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html

 

One Day FOSS4G Meeting in Knoxville – May 19th 2017

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Did I mention it was free? I just wanted to post an update here to let people know this is happening.

This meeting is growing organically – which is how it should be. We have people preparing to come from Alabama, Florida, and Georgia to meet and give talks. Right now we’re at something like 6 or 7 talks. This is one day only. I’m hoping we get enough momentum to do this again – so far so good.

Website: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Knoxfoss4g20170519

So far we have talks on LIDAR from 2 different people. Also talks on QGIS. Talks on Leaflet. It’s going to be fun and informative. I’m planning on running QGIS 3 for the group to show the upcoming changes. We’ve got one person going over the OSGEO Live Distro.

We are digging for sponsors and as of right now we have about $350 collected for the effort.

Sponsors so far:

  • Location Tech
  • North River Geographic Systems, Inc.
  • University of Tennessee Department of Geography
  • UT County Technical Assistance Service

Anyway – get a ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foss4g-in-tennessee-tickets-32330056068

Email me if you want to give a talk. It’s going to be fun and did I mention free? Because it’s free.

FOSS4G Meeting in Knoxville TN May 19th 2017

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It’s actually happening.

Updates will happen here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Knoxfoss4g20170519

The Plan

With the Raleigh FOSS4GNA Meeting there’s been an “uptick” on people talking about FOSS4G around the area. It goes something like this:

  • “What’s the free stuff you’ve been talking about.”
  • “Does that freeware actually work?”
  • “I dunno man – like – we ain’t got time to use the free stuff. It looks good. But we’re solid <software vendor here>”.

The discussion of “Could we do something FOSS4Gish at ETSU?” started the discussion. Then there was more talking. Right before the holidays it got a bit noisier. I had the chance to talk to the good people at UTK and we’ve got a donated facility. Today’s phone call solidified the plan enough for me to announce it.

Location:
Plant Biotech Building
UT Ag Campus
2505 EJ Chapman Dr
Knoxville, TN 37996

Date: May 19th 2017

What do I want? Besides a free pony and a kitten?

  • If you have something that you’re working on with FOSS4G software or a mixed environment of FOSS4G and Commercial – come present!
  • If you’re curious on how this all works ? Come to the meeting.
  • If you want to talk about new software coming out or how the FOSS4G Community works – Come on.
  • You want to meet people using FOSS4G software – Now is your chance.

What are we probably going to need?

  • Sponsors. We have three so far. It’s not a grand amount either – just something to help defray the cost. We’ll yell your name in front of everyone.

Anyway – more news as it comes available. We aren’t ready for people to register yet. We aren’t ready for people to submit presentations currently – but we will be soon.

I want people there and talking. If nothing more show up and make a friend or three. Who knows – this might be the start of something awesome.

QGIS 2.14.8 LTR is out

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After going on a rant a few blog posts ago on not updating your software –  I thought I would make the announcement: 2.14.8 is out.

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2.14 is a Long Term Release. For those of you in a corporate or education setting and you want something that sticks around for a year – 2.14 is the version you want. It will be good until February of 2017.

A lot of people install it and then sit at that installed version – the developers are releasing updates. There have been 7 updates and this now makes 8. So please install the update – treat it like you would any update from a commercial software vendor.

Update your 2.14 release here! 

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