Hi Carson,
Thanks for the question re how OSGeo-Live should be used within a
training setting.
This is a question we have received a few times now, and I'm interested
to hear thoughts from others who have used, or wish to use OSGeoLive in
an educational setting.
What is are the key use cases we are aiming to address regarding use of
OSGeo-Live in an educational setting, and in particular, what needs are
required from an educator's perspective?
Is a VM suitable?
What datasets are required?
Is a standard OSGeo-Live distribution sufficient, or do trainers need to
download and install specific things for their course?
On 19/06/2014 9:36 am, Carson Farmer wrote:
Hi Cameron, we aren't using it (right now), but it *has* been
discussed. Students will have access to their own virtual machine
during the course, so using the OSGeo-Live image is an option. Part of
the course involves installing some of the required apps, so we
weren't sure if we wanted to go with the pre-installed stuff on
OSGeo-Live... having said that, I guess we could work with a modified
version. Any thoughts on this? Additionally, we will be *telling*
students about OSGeo-Live, and they will leave with that as a resource.
Cheers,
Carson
On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shor...@gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Suchith,
Will this course make use of OSGeo-Live? If so I'd be keen to add
the details to our history page:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
Keeping track of how OSGeo-Live is used provides the motivation
and business justifications people and organisations use to
justify contributing to OSGeo-Live.
I'd also like to hear from any others making use of OSGeo-Live
such that we can add your use to this page.
On 18/06/2014 10:57 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:
*From:*carsten.kess...@gmail.com
<mailto:carsten.kess...@gmail.com>
[mailto:carsten.kess...@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Carsten Kessler
*Sent:* 18 June 2014 13:45
*To:* ucgis-all
*Subject:* Free and Open Source GIS course – Aug 4–8 @ Hunter
College, NYC
Dear all,
we will be offering a five day professional training course on
FOSS GIS at Hunter college, NYC, the first week of August:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/gis
Feel free to forward the course description below to potential
participants.
Best,
Carsten Kessler
*FREE AND OPEN SOURCE GIS*
*August 4 to August 8, 2014, 9 AM to 5 PM*
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*. 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 Friday. The course will combine lectures with hands-on
sessions where participants will work with
different free and open source GIS packages. Since we expect
participants from many different organizations in the tri-state
area, this training course also presents an excellent networking
opportunity.
The course is designed for experienced GIS users who want to
broaden their skill set with expertise in the ever-growing world
of free and open source GIS. Participants are expected to have a
technical background and an interest in developing comprehensive
workflows using multiple software components. While we do not
require any programming experience, we will be working on the
command line and developing some small scripts. Participants
should be eager to master these valuable skills.
_Instructors_
Carson Farmer and Carsten Kessler are Associate Directors of
the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information
(CARSI Lab) and Assistant Professors for Geographic
Information Science in the Department of Geography at Hunter
College ‐ CUNY.
Carson <http://carsonfarmer.com/> has been working
with open source GIS projects, including as core developer for
QGIS, since 2007. His research interests revolve around movements
and flows of individuals, information, and commodities within
urban environments, and the development and implementation of
novel spatial analysis methods and software aimed at
characterizing these flows.
Carsten <http://carsten.io/> has extensive experience in projects
around open data and the exchange of geographic information, both
in international research projects and as a consultant. His
research interests are in the areas of information integration,
volunteered geographic information, emergency management, and
collaborative and participatoryGIS.
Both instructors will be present for the duration of the course
to support the participants in the hands-on exercises.
_Location, registration and fees_
The course will be held at the Department of Geography's
computer lab in the Hunter North building at Lexington and
68th Street, Manhattan. Registration fee for this course is
$1800 and includes access to computers and server space to
run the exercises.
For more detailed information or to register, visit
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ce/gisor contact the Hunter Continuing
Education office at 212-650-3850 <tel:212-650-3850> or
c...@hunter.cuny.edu <mailto:c...@hunter.cuny.edu> .
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Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information
Department of Geography
Hunter College – CUNY
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New York, NY-10065
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