[Muug] MUUG Meeting, Sept 11,
7:30pm -- Open Source Geospatial Software
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Tue Aug 28 16:49:47 CDT 2007
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting on Tuesday, September 11. The meeting topic for this month is
as follows:
A Survey of Open Source Geospatial Software
This presentation will briefly describe what open source software
is and how it is licensed along with some examples of widely used
open-source software. What to look for as a user of open-source
software will also be presented. Then the field of open-source
geospatial software will be described from the organization
coordinating the development to the types of open source geospatial
software such as map servers, database management systems and
mapping clients. If time permits then the presentation will conclude
with demonstrations of some open-source geospatial software.
Bob Bruce, P.Eng., Geomatics Support Engineer, Lands and Mapping
Branch of Manitoba Conservation, will be our speaker for this
presentation. Bob specializes in software applications for
Geomatics, in particular Property Mapping Applications. Bob is a
registered Professional Engineer in Manitoba, and a member of the
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba
(APEGM) Professional Development Committee. Bob also does web-based
PHP programming and database design in his spare time. Recently he
has developed a mapping interface for the Murals of Winnipeg
website, where Winnipeg's murals can be viewed using a map
interface.
The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
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Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave.
(between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to
sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you
(in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm,
so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may
not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not
be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required
to show photo ID at the security desk.
Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice
Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also
available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle
parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located
behind the building on Webb Place.
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For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their
Web server:
http://www.muug.mb.ca/
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Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil at muug.mb.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/
PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161
Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609
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