A Practical Introduction to Open Source GIS
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PMInstructors:Sara Yurman, GISP, Principal, Spatial Focus LLC, Avondale Estates, GATim Poe, GISP, Enterprise GIS Technical Manager, Byers Engineering , Atlanta, GA Free and open source software (FOSS) has been offering choices to computer users for a number of years. This workshop offers a quick dip into open source, focusing on the use of a common suite of GIS open source software. Both technical and management discussions of open source development will be accompanied by a series of exercises that start with freshly installed software and progresses through creating a spatial database for use by a work group, along with examples of data analysis and web publication.
Participants are invited to bring their own laptops and follow along with the step-by-step instructions. The workshop ends with an overview of a wide variety of open source software packages that can extend the capabilities explored in the exercises.
Exercises include:- Using QGIS
- Using PostgreSQL/PostGIS
- Reading from web services
- Publishing data as web services
- Creating a web map in GeoServer
Intended Audience: Anyone interested in free and open source geographic information system software. The workshop will suit both managerial and technical needs and it does not require any prerequisites.
Cost: One full-day or half-day workshop is included with full conference registration; $195 if only attending a workshop
