FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 - Bovey Tracy (Dartmoor National Park Offices)
Local Venue Chairs: Dave Barter & Matt Travis
Sponsors
We are very grateful for the support of Nautoguide for sponsoring FOSS4G:UK Local at this event.
Programme
The schedule for Thurs 17th Nov 2022 is below - for the full programme for all venues, with details of speakers and talk descriptions, see here.
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Arrivals and coffee | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Nick Bearman | Opening and welcome |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Anita Graser (online) | Shaping Open Spatial Data Science |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tim Sutton (online) | 20 Years of QGIS: Successes and Failures of a Global Phenomenon |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Sam Lavender | Using open-source code and data to ask questions about the environment |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Dave Partridge | Helping to develop an urban tree planting strategy using QGIS |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Matt Travis | Automating data downloads from the new OS National Geographic Database (NDG) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Tom Thomson | Georeferencing non-standardised and very old map/plans via QGIS and other tools. |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Dave Barter | My Geospatial Toolkit - What’s in your FOSS Box? |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | tbc | tbc |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Regina Obe (online) | PostGIS Vision: Past, Present, and Future |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Nick Bearman | Wrap up |
| 16:45 onwards | local arrangements |
Registration
The event is free to attend but we strongly encourage attendees (and/or their employers) to make a donation of £20 (more if you can afford or less if you can’t) - see here for details.
Location & Travel
Dartmoor National Park
Parke
Haytor Road
Bovey Tracey
Devon
TQ13 9JQ
We encourage everyone to travel by public transport/car share/under their own steam if possible.