An Overview of Open Source GIS Software - Full-Day Workshop
Monday, October 7, 2024 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Instructors: Matthew Yurman, PMP, Principal, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GASara Yurman, GISP, Director of Information Services, Spatial Focus, Inc., Decatur, GAFree 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 one half-day workshop is included with full conference registration. The cost to add a second half-day workshop is $100 member/$125 nonmember.
