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

[Andy Graybeal]

Not that it matters, but my brother-in-law works for the state 
government cleaning out old mines and uses proprietary GIS software.  I 
asked him if he was aware of any open source GIS software and he wasn't. 
  Then I had a look at google and there's too much to choose!  This 
sounds like a fun topic!  I hope I can attend.

-Andy


On 04/16/2011 05:33 PM, Steve Roggenkamp wrote:
> COLUG April Meeting will be held at2Checkout.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.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> colug-432 mailing list
> colug-432 at colug.net
> http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/colug-432