~~North Carolina GIS~~ rhymes with Lasagna

Last year I really enjoyed attending and presenting at North Carolina GIS in Raleigh. As many of you know, Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial North America (FOSS4GNA, alleged by some to rhyme with “lasagna”) will be in Raleigh this year, in a short few weeks. I highly encourage you to go. First of all, it’s FOSS4GNA, so lots of free and open source geospatial … Continue reading ~~North Carolina GIS~~ rhymes with Lasagna

G. I. O.: A Real American Hero (FOSS4G-NA)

Whew! What a conference! All the classic FOSS4G stuff was there, from why the breaks in version for PostGIS (serialization + more…) = 2.0 rather than 1.6, to “here are the new combinations of existing technology stacks”, to the “tribes” of Open Source GIS. I will confess: when I went to FOSS4G 2011 in Denver, I was a little terrified to actually meet and interact … Continue reading G. I. O.: A Real American Hero (FOSS4G-NA)