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Open Source GIS Conference Wrapup

Posted by timothy on from the couldn't-find-it-in-time-to-announce dept.

Wugger writes "The open source GIS community has been around for a long time, but has only been meeting regularly for the past three years. The most recent conference wrapped up on the weekend in Minneapolis. An excellent summary article and blog postings are available from Directions Magazine. Other attendees have also posted blogs and observations. The conference was attended by 300 people this year (up from 200 the previous year) and all the major open source GIS hackers were in attendance. In addition, some proprietary corporate players showed up to check out the scene: Autodesk, ERMapper, and ESRI, the Microsoft of the GIS industry."

2 of 22 comments (clear)

  1. Low Attendance? by ndansmith · · Score: 3, Funny
    The conference was attended by 300 people this year (up from 200 the previous year).

    400 people were registered, but the missing 100 people were not able to locate the convention center thanks to faulty map software.

  2. Harsh by IchBinEinPenguin · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... the Microsoft of the GIS industry

    That's like saying "these guys club baby penguins to death", especially on /.