FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 - Keyworth (British Geological Survey)
Local Venue Chairs: John Stevenson & Chris Williams
Sponsors
We are very grateful to the British Geological Survey for supporting FOSS4G:UK Local at this event.
Programme
The meeting is on Thursday 17 November 2022.
The event will be held in MR 1+2, beside the canteen. National keynotes will be streamed to watch together and the start and end of the day. There will be local presentations and sessions between 11:00 and 16:00.
There will be Unconference sessions between 14:30 and 16:00. Delegates will suggest topics for discussion on the day and vote on which will run. MR 1 and 2 will be partitioned to allow two streams to run in parallel.
The 3D Visualisation Suite will be available all day for collective viewing of streamed sessions from other venues on the big screen. See the this spreadsheet for schedules of presentations at other sites.
National keynotes
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Local organisers | Local welcome and overview / coffee and networking |
| 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 |
Local sessions
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 - 11:30 | - | Coffee and networking |
| 11:30 - 11:40 | Alex Donald | Open-source geospatial software for small teams |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Rachel Heaven | Prez: A Content-by-profile Linked Data presentation tool for spatial data |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Edward Lewis | BGS & OGC APIs |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Daniel Warren | An example implementation of Leaflet – a lightweight interactive mapping tool |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | - | Break |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Sophie Taylor | Filling gaps in Lidar data with a coarser DTM using open source python libraries |
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Dr Kathryn Leeming | R for geospatial analysis |
| 12:40 - 12:50 | Dr Matthew Haines | The use of FOSS4G in a capability study of a digital twin of UK soils |
| 12:50 - 13:00 | Nikki Smith | Open source for BGS international work |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | - | Lunch and networking |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Dr John A Stevenson | Discussion session: Increasing open source adoption at the British Geological Survey |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | All | Field data capture / Unconference |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | All | BGS open data in QGIS (demo) / Unconference |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | All | Unconference / Unconference |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | - | Coffee and networking |
National keynotes
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Regina Obe (online) | PostGIS Vision: Past, Present, and Future |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Nick Bearman | Wrap up |
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
The British Geological Survey (BGS) headquarters are located in Keyworth, southeast of Nottingham, in the Midlands of England.
Address
British Geological Survey
Nicker Hill
Keyworth
Nottinghamshire
NG12 5GG
Getting there
Public transport:
- Bus: Trent Barton buses run “the keyworth” service from Nottingham town centre to Keyworth every 15 minutes.
- Train: The nearest railway stations are Nottingham, Loughborough and East Midlands Parkway. There is a taxi rank at each, and “the keyworth” bus passes Nottingham railway station.
Bike:
There is bike parking next to reception.
Car:
The preferred postcode for satellite navigation is NG12 5GD. See Google maps directions. There is visitor parking on site. You will need to record your car registration number on arrival.
Code of Conduct
Participants at FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 are expected to act respectfully toward others in accordance with the FOSS4GUK Online Code of Conduct. Short version: everyone is welcome, make everyone welcome, be nice.
Questions
Any questions, please contact John Stevenson and Chris Williams or email osgeouk@gmail.com.