1. Google Summer of Code 2014

   Thu 08 May 2014

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   The decisions for Google Summer of Code 2014 have been made, and I’ll be mentoring Rahul Raja from India. He will be working on the enviroCar app UX design. Right next door, Carsten Keßler (who has already posted an annoucement) will be mentoring Tao Lin from China, who will be working on the Linked Data service provided by enviroCar.

   We are both looking forward to working with the students and with the folks at 52°North, who are also mentoring 3 more students in other projects:

   • Sensor Data Access for Rasdaman, Simona Badoiu (Romania)
   • Using the ILWIS framework for ...

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2. Free and Open Source Masterclass, Aug 2014

   Wed 30 April 2014

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   FREE AND OPEN SOURCE GIS – August 4th to 8th, 2014

   The Department of Geography at Hunter College of the City University of New York and Hunter Continuing Education are offering a five day professional course in Free and Open Source GIS from August 4th to 8th, 2014. This five day course will span the entire range of GIS data capture, management, analysis, and visualization of geographic information using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). These different elements of the GIS workflow will be discussed over the first four days and will then be applied in a final project completed on ...

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3. Two Guest Speakers

   Mon 28 April 2014

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   Please join us Wednesday, April 30th from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Hunter College Geography Conference Room (Hunter North 1004) for a talk by guest speakers JD Godchaux and Lela Prashad, and Robert Buchanan, who will be talking about Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications.

   If you can’t make it in person, there will also be a live feed available here (the feed will also be recorded, so you can view it at a later date as well).

   Announcement: We are excited to announce that the department will be hosting the second Free and Open Source for ...

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4. Python Resources for QGIS Users

   Tue 18 March 2014

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   There’s a discussion thread on the QGIS LinkedIn Group page about Python tutorials and resources. There were a few good suggestions, so I thought I’d share these with others. It starts with a very common question from a GIS (or any software that supports scripting) user:

   I’m a real ‘end-user’ of qgis and I want to improve my skills a little… I’ve found many python tutorials online but I don’t know which are any good. Can anyone point me to some good resources?

   The responses were useful, but not exhaustive:

   • The PyQGIS Programmer’s Guide ...

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5. Submission deadline extended!

   Sun 16 March 2014

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   Due to popular demand, the deadline for submitting talks, tutorials and posters has been extended to April 1, 2014 - no ‘foolin!’. We encourage submissions related to general scientific computing with Python, one of the two special themes for this year, or the domain-specific mini-symposia held during the conference. Take a look at a few talks from previous years, our guidelines for this year, and we look forward to reviewing submissions!

   Submit your abstracts today!

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6. ESRI and Open Source

   Wed 12 March 2014

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   Here’s a blog post from ESRI about ESRI’s transition to open source, open development, and social coding.* It features GitHub pretty prominently, which continues to be an awesome resource for collaborative work — and not just for code. My colleagues and I have started using it for planning meetings and workshops, developing research papers, maintaining websites (this site is hosted on GitHub), and yes, even open source software projects. ESRI obviously also thinks GitHub is a useful resource, and their keynote for the ESRI DevSummit is GitHub CEO and Co-Founder Chris Wanstrath!

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7. SciPy 2014 Geospatial Data in Science

   Thu 06 March 2014

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   I have recently been asked to help out with the Geospatial Data in Science track for SciPy 2014 in Austin, Texas this coming July. The conference is being held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas from July 6th to 12th 2014. It promises to be an awesome gathering of scientific Python users, developers, and organizations. You can checkout the conference announcement on the SciPy 2014 website, where you can register to submit a proposal and/or abstract, and generally find out all about the SciPy community and conference.

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8. First GTECH Experiment Recording

   Wed 05 March 2014

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   In case you missed Eric Brelsford’s talk last Wednesday on Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications, I’ve embedded the recording below for your viewing pleasure (Eric’s slides are also available). This is the first in a series of talks organized within the department of Geography at Hunter College, CUNY around GIS and Technology (we’re calling them GTECH Experiments). Each talk is organized by a student (thanks go to Mara Gittleman this time), and features a member of the wider geo-technology community. Check out the video below:

   Stay tuned for news and events around GTECH Experiments in the future!

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