[colug-432] Open Source GIS [4/22/2010]

[Eric Floehr]

All,

Just wanted to pass along this meeting of the OSU Opensource club,
where they will be talking about open source GIS.

Best Regards,
Eric



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alek Rollyson <rollyson.3 at osu.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Subject: [opensource-announce] Open Source GIS [4/22/2010]
To: OpensourceAnnounce <opensource-announce at cse.ohio-state.edu>


Just a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday April 22nd at 7PM in Dreese
Labs 305, Jesse Amundsen, a student in the Physics and Geology
department at Northern Kentucky University, will discuss the current
state of open source geographic information systems (GIS). This will
include a brief introduction to the components, functions, and uses of
a GIS followed by an exploration of current open source offerings and
how they compare to the current proprietary powerhouse that is ESRI's
ArcGIS. Some open source software projects such as GRASS, GDAL,
libLAS, and the adoption of spatial database extensions will be
covered in more depth. A research project that is using exclusively
open source software to delineate landslides in the Cincinnati
metropolitan area will be presented. The talk will conclude with a
demonstration of how to access public LiDAR and aerial imagery data
for the state of Ohio and how to load it into an open source GIS.

Hope to see you all there!

http://opensource.osu.edu

----
Alek Rollyson

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