Many of you are doing interesting geo-related projects. The expertise of this group is so varied, that I thought, perhaps, we should share some of it with the rest of the group.
I am waiting for confirmation from the speakers - and I will keep updating the page once I start getting them. If you think you have an interesting topic to present, shoot me an e-mail. You get up to 15 minutes - and the rules are simple:
1.- It has to be geo-related
2.- You have to show code
So far, we have:
1.- TwitterLinguistics:
Michael D. Healy is a Data Scientist who is leading the TwitterLinguistics project to develop a resource for the understanding of regional American English dialects on Twitter.
He has used SimpleGeo for a GIS solution along with an array of Pythonic tools such as the Natural Language Toolkit, Numpy and beyond. You may end up with more questions than answers, but feedback and help on the TwitterLinguistics project is more than welcome!
2.- 5 Minute PostGIS Database Tuning
Josh Berkus is an international PostgreSQL guru.
3.- AirborneGIS
Part of FAIRGIS (Fire Attack IR+GIS) used by wildfire pilots, AirborneGIS includes symbolized SHP files overlaid on moving map topos in the cockpit, and drawing input is transmitted to the GIS team. This allows Air Attacks to operate at night and over smoke. The Windows based system is now being ported to iOS & Android for ground fire fighters.
Mark Zaller led product development teams for 3Com in the '90s, and was relocated to France as Global Business Development Manager to Hewlett Packard. In 2000 he joined the HP Intel Solution Center to lead business development & product teams. Returning to San Francisco he still contracts to HP & Intel, and donates time to his non-profit AerialFireTech while flying as an Air Attack pilot over wildfires.
4.- Quantum GIS
5.- Statistics with R
See you in April!
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