[Gfoss] Articolo per SlashGeo sul meeting?

[Marco Cerruti]

Esatto, condivido quando scrive Andrea: il resoconto di un occhio
ester(n)o è perfetto per un articolo su slashgeo, avrei gradito meno
un articolo in cui gli italiani parlano degli italiani, che su un
geoblog di respiro internazionale non sarebbe stato il massimo.

Attendo le modifiche per la pubblicazione (intanto cerco di ricordarmi
come si posta su slashgeo).


M




2008/2/28, 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:
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Marco Cerruti 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.
> >
>


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Marco Cerruti
www.marcocerruti.it
www.freegis-italia.org