[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 610, Issue 1

[Lee Fickenscher]

I work for a civil engineering firm in Chapel Hill so I'd be *very*
interested in such a presentation.I've looked at GRASS before, but never
quite figured out where to get the data from to run on it.
-Lee

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:49 AM, <Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov> wrote:

> Jim,
>      My presentation is on working with the ~800 GB of multiple return
> lidar data from the NC Floodplain mapping program and using GRASS to try to
> derive a statewide forest canopy height dataset.  I'd be willing to make
> the same presentation to trilug.
>
>      There is a lot of open source GIS activity going on around the state.
> If triluggers are interested in open source GIS in general and some of the
> ongoing activities, I'm sure that a more general presentation could be
> arranged.
>
> Doug
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 09:05 -0500, Doug_Newcomb at fws.gov wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> >       This year the NC GIS conference is in Raleigh, Feb. 19 and 20 (
> > Thursday and Friday)   -
> >
>
> http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/Default.aspx?alias=www.cgia.state.nc.us/ncgis2009
>
> >  .
> > Conference Program -
> >
>
> http://www.cgia.state.nc.us/Portals/ncgis2009/documents/Web%20Program%2020081215.pdf
>
> >
> >
> >       I know of at least 4 open source-related presentations ( including
> > mine) and as conferences go, the price is pretty cheap ( $110 until
> January
> > 29, $150 after, Students with ID $25 ) .  Admission includes a box lunch
> on
> > Thursday and sit down lunch on Friday.
> >
> >       There is also going to be a meeting of Open Source GIS users on
> > Thursday evening, Feb 19th.    Contact me offline for more info.
>
> >I'm very interested in attending, but I'm not sure I can afford the
> >conference fee this year.  Regardless, I would like to meet FOSS GIS
> >users and hear what people are working on.  It's a lot cheaper than a
> >ticket to Cape Town!
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >James Dasher
> >landrevision.com
>
>
>
>
> Doug Newcomb
> USFWS
> Raleigh, NC
> 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newcomb at fws.gov
>
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>
> The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the
> official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of Interior.
> Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats.
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