2012.02.20 Meeting Notes

Location

Project Reports

• Installfests — Alex says we might have one next month.
• Hands-On Demo — Nothing scheduled.

Other Business

• News — No news.
• Becoming a UC Davis "Campus Affiliate Group" — Alex suggested that we do it. He said it is $35 a year.
• Davis Community Network (DCN) Resource Allocation Committee) — No news.
• Financial Report —
  • $2.00 in donations were collected.

  Presentation

  Intro to Neogeography - Armchair map making
  Presented by
  Alex Mandel
  PhD Student, Geography Graduate Group, UC Davis
  http://geography.ucdavis.edu
  Chair, Systems Administration Committee, Open Source Geospatial Foundation
  http://www.osgeo.org

  Want a map of somewhere you're going, a visualization of somewhere you've been, or just a interesting mashup of geographic data over the web; with a dash of GPS/smartphone points and maybe a few geotagged photos? If everyone knows the basics of spatial data formats, concepts, data sources, and software tools they too can be neogeographers making and sharing maps, from their perspective and from the comfort of their living room, with the rest of the world.

  This talk will give you the knowledge necessary to make your own maps with open source software, free data, and some general cartography tips.

  Attendance

  • Brian Lavender
  • Andrew Roach
  • Eric Rasmussen
  • Alex Mandel

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