[vox] Feb 20 LUGOD: "Intro to Neogeography - Armchair map making"

[Brian Lavender]

The meeting is actually today!

February 20, 2012

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 01:30:01PM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote:
> The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), will be holding a meeting on:                                                 
>                                                                                                                        
>   Monday                                                                                                               
>   January 16, 2006                                                                                                     
>   6:30pm - 9:00pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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> Special Location:
> 
> Explorit Nature Center
> 3141 5th Street
> Davis, CA 95616 
> 
> Presentation: 
> 
> Intro to Neogeography - Armchair map making
> 
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
> 
> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
> 
> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
> The 1980 Turing award lecture
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-- 
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture