[Gfoss] Articolo per SlashGeo sul meeting?

[andrea giacomelli]

Grazie Cristiano (and thanks, Lauren!)

Credo che vada benissimo - e anzi è illuminante sentire come le cose
vengono percepite da altri.

note minime

- spenderei due parole sui corsi introduttivi del giorno 20 (Ivan ha i
dettagli e gli iscritti)
- il numero di 75 era più o meno il numero di iscritti
all'associazione GFOSS.it prima del meeting...i partecipanti al
meeting generale sono stati parecchi di più (chiederei al comitato di
dare il numero finale di persone iscritte)
- nomi dei consiglieri: non so se siano particolarmente interessanti
per una comunità internazionale, mentre citerei il premio GFOSS (che è
stata una sopresa ed è una notizia).

un saluto

andrea, noto pibinko
http://pibinko.altervista.org



2008/2/28, Cristiano Giovando <giovand at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Marco Cerruti <cerruti.marco at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Cristiano, Piergiorgio ed io siamo editor su slashgeo per conto di FGI.
>  >
>  >  Se Cristiano, che dei tre è quello che è stato al meeting, prepara una
>  >  news la mettiamo al volo.
>
>
> Una groupie gfossina ha deciso di scrivere un paio di righe su quello
>  che abbiam vissuto a Perugia nel bel weekend GFOSS e OSM. Non e'
>  tecnicissimo, ma una prima base per aggiungere poi i dettagli (tipo
>  nomi consiglieri, eventi giovedi', questione GPS strade strette, etc).
>  Modificate a dovere, poi passate a Marco che mette su Slashgeo.
>
>
>  C
>
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  From: Lauren Rizzo <>
>  Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:40 PM
>  Subject: Perugia mapping conference article
>  To: Cristiano Giovando <>
>
>  IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS – GFOSS
>
>  The Ninth Meeting of Italian Users of GRASS (Geographic Resources
>  Analysis Support System) and GFOSS (Geospatial Free and Open Source
>  Software)
>
>  21-22 Feb 2008, Perugia, Italy
>
>            The Italians are setting an excellent example with their
>  impressive interest in, and dedication to, open source software for
>  geospatial science.  The annual Meeting of Italian Users of GRASS and
>  GFOSS is a time for communication and collaboration among geospatial
>  open source enthusiasts in Italy.  These approximately 75 mapping
>  experts come together to present research, network and build
>  relationships, share new information about open source geospatial
>  software, and make adjustments to their very organized administration.
>
>            This year, the ninth meeting was held during a sunny
>  weekend in the ancient city of Perugia, in the region of Umbria.  On
>  Friday, February 21, there were research presentations, a poster
>  display, and an administrative meeting at the University of Perugia's
>  Department of Engineering.  The presentation topics were diverse and
>  generated much interest from the attendees.  During the administrative
>  meeting, issues and concerns were discussed, next year's meeting was
>  planned to be in Sardinia, and Paolo Cavallini was voted the official
>  president for a new 2-year term.
>
>  On Saturday, February 22, there was a "mapping party" for
>  OpenStreetMap.org, which involved the use of GPS to log walking tracks
>  around the city's historic center.  Approximately 20 people, including
>  family members and friends, gathered together on Saturday morning in
>  Piazza IV Novembre – Perugia's most famous piazza – to team up, plan
>  routes, and program GPS devices.  The groups then dispersed and walked
>  all around different parts of the city center to collect GPS tracks.
>  These GPS tracks are meant to be converted into street data that will
>  be free and available on OpenStreetMap.org.  The idea of having
>  "mapping parties" is to create free and open source data covering
>  everywhere in the world.  On OpenStreetMap.org, you can see the
>  collaborative efforts of mapping participants by viewing an
>  interactive world map of newly mapped streets, and with a piece of
>  open source software, you can download street data.  This allows
>  cartographers and GIS users to create new maps without having to rely
>  on expensive and copyrighted data.
>
>            Everyone enjoyed their strolls around beautiful Perugia
>  and much data was collected.  The only problem was that there was much
>  interference with the GPS signal due to Perugia's many narrow streets
>  surrounded by tall buildings.  Later in the afternoon, the mapping
>  participants met at an office outside the city center to download the
>  data and format it for use on OpenStreetMap.org.
>
>            Overall, the "mappers" seemed very happy to get together
>  and share their information and enthusiasm for geospatial open source
>  technology.  The annual meeting is special opportunity for these
>  technologically apt, democratic-minded mapping experts to relate to
>  one another and make important advances in geospatial science.
>