FYI, Just an observation.
On the talk-ca mailing list, where i have attended and creating osm - 'mapping parties', i have noticed where the difference is from an osgeo 'informal meeting' The OSGeo Community (all things geo-related) is a much more professional group. The group members tend to be professional gis people (in their day jobs). Where-as, for OSM, there is a tendency (or at least in the begining) for it to be 'weekend hobbiests, and geocaching, and maaping inthusiasts' So there is a contrast, which is known, but perhaps not apparent, especially when writing notes to each mailing list. Just an observation. If OpenStreetMap Canada wants to become osgeo-canada .... this is where the data licence conflicts. I can freely talk about 'commonmap and open map features, and alternate api's at a osgeo-canada meetup, but that discussion is 'shunned' on the osm-ca mailing list and meetups. Just an observation, cheers, sam On 2/1/11, Timothy Astle <timothy.as...@caris.com> wrote: > Great to hear from you Jarrett! > > To start off with, I'm not a GRASS user, so I can't help you there. I'm > sure that the GRASS mailing lists are the way to go for detailed > discussions. http://grass.fbk.eu/community/support.php > > You'll have to come out to our next meeting. The meetings are informal > social events to discuss all things GIS and of course, the free and open > source software available. It's a great way to network, learn and share > ideas. > > Definitely get the word out on this group to your peers. The more > people that are involved, the better it is for all of us. > > Best wishes! > > > Tim > > On 31/01/2011 6:51 PM, Jarrett Totton wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I just figured I would introduce myself. My name is Jarrett Totton and >> I am a student at NBCC Moncton taking the GIS Diploma program. I am >> quite familiar with ESRI software, but when I came across GRASS it >> piqued my interest being a powerful GIS analysis engine without the >> powerful price-tag. I am not a programmer, my background is in >> forestry, but I want to master the use of GRASS (I am still in the >> learning phases, I know how to run it but am just learning where >> everything is) and learn how to develop my own modules in >> python(someday). I am quite interested in how people in the industry >> are using GRASS and other open source geospatial software and for what >> they are using it for. Also as a student I am interested in making >> myself as employable as possible for when I graduate and feel that >> GRASS and other free software will help with this. >> >> But enough about me. I also read in some of your previous emails that >> you as a group were seeking more involvement from schools and the >> like. I am sue if someone was interested they would be more than >> welcome to come to my school and introduce the organisation, and I >> could help arrange this. >> >> I would be very interested in sitting in on a meeting of the Atlantic >> Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and would also like >> learning more about OSM and how I can contribute and how the data from >> OSM can be used in other projects and in what formats it can be used >> in. >> >> To end my short introduction of myself I would like to make a call for >> ideas for a project I have to do for school. 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