Medlemsmøte 2005-05-12: The Democratization of Cartography

Norsk Unix System Brukers Forening (NUUG) inviterer til medlemsmøte i NUUG Oslo. Alle medlemmer og ikke-medlemmer er velkomne. Arrangementet er gratis. Etter foredraget (fra ca. 20:30) blir det sosialt samvær.

Tid:

Torsdag 12. mai 2005 kl. 18:30

Sted:

Høgskolen i Oslo, HiO, - Vika, Cort Adelersgt. 30.

Denne gangen er temaet "The Democratization of Cartography":

Until recently, geographic maps were a read-only medium, and cartography was the sole province of highly trained experts, due to the complexities of the task and the huge amounts of data typically involves. Today, thanks to Moore's Law, maps have become read/write, and mapmaking has become an activity that anyone can engage in, using commodity desktop hardware. However, digital cartography software has yet to catch up to the means of the hardware it runs on. Schuyler Erle will speak for as long as possible about global positioning, cartography, geospatial analysis using Free Software, both on the desktop and on the web, reviewing the state of the art, and looking ahead to where Free GIS software needs to go. He will also address the crucial issue of geospatial data access, covering the available sources of free data, with a bit of discussion about what can be done when the data you want *isn't* free.

Schuyler Erle is a hacker, cartographer, and activist bent on making the world a better place through Free Software, or else. He and his wife Jo Walsh crusade for truth, justice, and open geospatial data from their secret hideout in London. With their co-author Rich Gibson, they have written a book for O'Reilly entitled "Mapping Hacks", due to be published next month.

Foredraget ble tatt opp på video og er tilgjengelig i følgende utgaver:

Video:	Ogg Theora (194M) MPEG1 (186M) H.264 ([an error occurred while processing this directive]) Quicktime for iPod (254M)
Lyd:	Ogg Vorbis ( 31M) MP3 ( 32M)

Inngangen til skolen er 15 meter fra trikkeholdeplassen Vikatorvet. Skolen har egen parkeringsplass mellom skolen og Ruseløkka skole, men det er svært begrenset plass på denne.

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