California Chapter

Chapter Events

On June 11, 2011 Chapter Member Brian Hamlin attended the 3 day FLUXNET and Remote Sensing Open-Workshop held at the David Brower Environmental Center in Berkely, California. During the event Brian was able to distribute the OSGeo LiveDVD to many of the visiting scholars.

On July 11, 2011 Chapter Member Brian Hamlin attended the annual Meeting of the California Invasive Plant Society held at the David Brower Environmental Center in Berkely, California. During the event Brian was able to distribute the OSGeo LiveDVD  and promote the OSGeo to attendees. 

During April 12 to April 18, 2011 chapter members managed an OSGeo booth at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington.

On October 22, 2011 the Chapter held its Annual Meeting in Davis, California. The morning session of the meeting included nine (9) talks. (See the box for more information.) A round table discussion on participation in open source projects was held during the lunch break. The afternoon session features a cartography sprint, code sprint, and attempt and a demonstration of kite photography.

On November 17, 2011 Chapter Member Landon Blake gave a talk entitled “Solving Three Problems Faced By Communities in the California Central Valley” at the UC Berkeley GIS Day Event. 

Member Activities

Chapter Member Ragi Burhum continued to coordinate the San Francisco Geomeetup. (See the box for more information on the Geomeetup events.)

Chapter Member Landon Blake founded the California Central Valley Geospatial Professionals Group. The group held its first meeting on September 30, 2011. Guest speakers at the meeting included Annette Lockhart, GIS Committee Chairman of the California Land Surveyors Association, and Erin Mutch of Solstice GIS.