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

[Mikies Runs Baal]

January 16 is last month, Brian??

MJR

On 2/20/2012 1:30 PM, Brian Lavender wrote:
> The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), will be holding a meeting on:
>
>    Monday
>    January 16, 2006
>    6:30pm - 9:00pm
>
> 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.
>