[Mapserver-west] Van GIS UG - September 15th Meeting

[Ken Lord]

Hi western mapserver users!
 Thought this list would be a good place to forward the message below, 
regarding the September Vancouver GIS Users Group meeting, The speaker is a 
regular poster to the main MapServer list, he's going to be talking about 
OSS / FOSS stuff as you can see below. 
 This will be my first VGISUG meeting I've attended, perhaps I'll see some 
other of you Vancouver mapserver people in attendance.
 Cheers,
Ken Lord
Vancouver BC
 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dean C. Mikkelsen <dcmikkelsen at shaw.ca>
Date: Aug 17, 2005 5:48 PM
Subject: FW: Van GIS UG - September 15th Meeting
To: "Dean C. Mikkelsen" <dcmikkelsen at shaw.ca>

 Good afternoon.
 I hope today went well.
 This is an FYI and everyone is welcome to come and learn more about Open 
Source software development and how it applies to the GIS marketplace.

Cheers,
Dean
 Dean C. Mikkelsen, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Consultant, Terra ETL Ltd 
Phone: +1 604 929 8630
E-mail: dcmikkelsen at shaw.ca
  -----Original Message-----
*From:* Stewart Nimmo [mailto:snimmo at telus.net] 
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:30 PM
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*Subject:* Van GIS UG - September 15th Meeting

  Hello GISers,
 
 Our first meeting of the 05/06 season is on Thursday September 15th at 5:30 
and will be held in the Dunsmuir Auditorium of the BC Hydro office tower, 
333 Dunsmuir. Everyone is required to sign in after 5:30 at the security 
desk in the main lobby.

 A slight shift in the regularly scheduled meetings, they will be held on 
the *second Thursday* of each month.

 For more information about the Vancouver GIS User Group, please visit our 
website:

 http://www.vancouvergis.org.

 *September's Meeting Topic: ***Open Source GIS - An Introduction & Overview

 The Open Source Software (OSS) phenomenon is not a new one. However, Open
Source has received a lot of attention recently, as it offers a growing
number of interesting possibilities in the field of GIS.
 Free and open source software (FOSS) has been offering choices to software
developers and users for a number of years - via Linux, MySQL, PHP, Apache,
etc.. Over the past few years the open source choices in GIS have been
broader and more capable than ever before. This presentation will focus on
GIS open source software and the two streams of development - Java and
non-Java Based.. It will give an overview of current developments from
technical and management perspectives. Selected packages and their
applications in various projects will be demonstrated and discussed. The
presentation will also answer the question "Can ESRI and Open Source GIS
coexist in the same shop?".
 Specific topics include:
· Open Source GIS Background and Development
· Overview of Open Source GIS Spatial Functionalities
· Live Demonstration - uDig, UMN MapServer, FWTools, ka-Map, QGIS, Prima
GIS
· Planning and Implementation Issues
 
 *Biography*
 Dean C. Mikkelsen, B.Sc., P.Eng., Consultant, Terra ETL Ltd., has consulted
and worked overseas in Africa, Europe and the USA within the Oil & Gas
industry, Mining, and Forestry industries. He is a Surveying Engineer by
trade and has specialized in software, large databases, and geodetic
problems. He was a founding member of the America's Petroleum Survey Group
in Houston. This group specialized in geodetic problems worldwide as it
applied to the E&P industry and was the sister organization to European
Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG).
Mr. Mikkelsen has recently started Terra ETL Ltd., a geomatics and Open
Source development company that specializes in Internet Mapping,
integration with other software and databases, and GIS for Forestry,
Mining, Planning, Tourism, Environmental and Oil & Gas.
 
 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Doug 
Hrynyk doug.hrynyk at pc.gc.ca . We look forward to seeing you there.
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