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

[Dean C. Mikkelsen]

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/> 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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