The second MapServer Users Meeting and the first ever North American Open Source GIS Conference was held on June 9th to 11th in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The initial response from the Open Source GIS community is that the conference was a huge success. Conference proceedings and papers are now published on the event website.
According to event organisers, the initial response from the Open Source GIS community is that the conference was a huge success. "It was great to have people from private, government, academia, and communities all together discussing how Open Source GIS applies to their needs."
A fine job has been done putting together loads of material from the conference on the event website. A detailed image gallery is presented along with downloadable DOCs and Power points from virtually every presentation that was made. Topics covered include:
Mapping the Ocean with Open Source
UMN MapServer for Dummies
A Brief Survey of Open Source GIS Software
ArcIMS Emulation with IMSEMU
MapServer in the Pacific Islands
Intro to GRASS GIS
Partnerships between Industry and Communities through Open Source
HxGN Live - The Hexagon Global Network - Learn about surveying, mapping, laser scanning and geospatial solutions from Leica Geosystems. June 3-6, 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada
Join us at GIS for Government 2013 taking place June 24-26, 2013 in the Washington, DC Metro Area to find out everything you need to know about GIS. Click here for more information
To register for the first GCS Geospatial Big Data webinar, visit the new GCS website at www.YourDataSmarter.com. The one-hour free webinar will be broadcast live at 3 pm EDT Wed, June 12, 2013
The second MapServer Users Meeting and the first ever North American Open Source GIS Conference was held on June 9th to 11th in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The initial response from the Open Source GIS community is that the conference was a huge success. Conference proceedings and papers are now published on the event website.
