Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GRASS not in demand, says PennState

2010-10-30 Thread Markus Neteler
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Michael P. Gerlek m...@lizardtech.com wrote:
 Directions Magazine just published a QA about the state of geospatial jobs 
 and occupations with some folks from Penn State in which this question 
 appeared:

 Are you seeing positions requiring knowledge of open source software such as 
 GRASS?

 Two of the panelists answered.  One said

 More generally, the ability to create custom software solutions - whether 
 proprietary or open source or a combination of the two - is in high demand.

 which is a good, healthy response.  But the other said

 Not seeing positions posted with GRASS.

 which is disappointing of course, but probably not surprising.  Would have 
 been interesting to see if any other open source keywords (qgis? mapserver? 
 Osm?) ever got any hits with them.

Maybe they should subscribe to OSGeo-Jobs :)
There are such job postings.

Markus
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoDataCamp 2010 in Greece

2010-10-30 Thread Angelos Tzotsos

 Hi Cameron,

The Greek translation team of the OSGeo-Live DVD will be there :)
If Spiros wishes, we can present it to the participants.
Unfortunately, though the translation is not finished yet.

Best regards,

Angelos Tzotsos.
PhD Candidate
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens

On 10/29/2010 09:48 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

Hello Spiros,
This sounds like a great event.
Would you like to present delegates with the OSGeo-Live DVD [1], which 
contains 42 of the best geospatial applications, pre configured and 
ready for testing.


They cost ~ $4 to $5 per person to print.

There is also a 25 minute presentation, with transcript, covering all 
the applications on the DVD, which you may wish to make use of [2], 
and video [3].


[1] http://live.osgeo.org
[2] 
https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/en/presentations/OSGeoLive4_0Taster/
[3] 
http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/09/osgeolive-40-lightening-overview.html


On 29/10/10 23:31, Spiros Athanasiou wrote:


Dear all,

The first data camp for geodata in Greece is organized as a two day 
event (1920/11) in the premises of NTUA, Athens, Greece. The goal of 
the event is simple: develop apps/services based on open geodata, 
discuss issues regarding open geodata in Greece, train volunteers in 
open geodata, and educate on open source GIS projects.


The participation is open to anyone, and we are open to all possible 
contributions and ideas. There is no official schedule either! Since 
the event is held in parallel with a workshop regarding the Greek 
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, members of GeoDataCamp will 
have the opportunity to present their work and ideas to 
representatives from the public and private sector.


GeoDataCamp 2010 is organized by geodata.gov.gr, the Hellenic Mapping 
and Cadastral Organization (www.okxe.gr), and is supported by the 
Prime Minister's Office for eGov (www.opengov.gr), the Ministry for 
Environment, Energy and Climate Change (www.ypeka.gr), and the Greek 
Free / Open Source Software Society (www.ellak.gr).


For more info (in Greek), please check http://tinyurl.com/32fqh42.

For non-Greek speakers, or for anyone that would like to attend, but 
cannot be in Athens at the time of the event, please send us your 
ideas or presentations at i...@geodata.gov.gr.



On behalf of geodata.gov.gr,

Spiros Athanasiou
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GRASS not in demand, says PennState

2010-10-30 Thread Ian Turton
Just to clarify it wasn't the Penn State speakers who said this but
the industry guy.

Ian
(Really PSU does like open source, it's not just me :-)

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