[colug-432] COLUG April Meeting - Wednesday April 27, 7 PM - Open Source GIS

[Scott Merrill]

And there are the details!

On 4/16/11, Steve Roggenkamp <roggenkamps at acm.org> wrote:
> COLUG April Meeting will be held at 2Checkout.com this month: 1785 O'Brien
> Rd, Columbus OH 43228 on Wednesday April 27 at 7 PM.  April's program will
> be Open Source Geographical Information Systems.
>
>
> We have Google Earth and Google Maps, so why do I need another system (or
> two or three) to make and view maps?  What GIS applications are available as
> open source programs?  What sources of data are there for these systems?
> What else can I do with these programs besides make maps?
>
> I will answer these questions and more.  I plan to speak about GIS systems
> for an hour or so, followed by demos of some of the programs.
>
>
> I have been emailing Scott about this meeting topic.  He secured the venue
> for the evening.  I've been waiting for him to make an announcement, and he
> has probably been waiting for me to make an announcement, so I figured I
> would respond to the earlier email about the April meeting.
>
> Normally we would hold the meeting on the last Saturday of April, but I will
> be out of town that weekend.
>

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