Three GIS Conferences

and GIS related conferences outside China, numerous and numerous , there are roughly two types. User conferences and technical branches organized by software vendors or organizations, for example, ESRI Annual international / domestic User Conference, developer Conference, special conferences on various technical applications, educational conferences and academic conferences held by universities or associations, for example, 08 ISPRS , GIScience . First, I would like to introduce a few things, which focus on.

Where2.0:O 'ReillyThe Conference sponsored by the company, attended by grassroots and cutting-edge developers, displays location-related applicationsProgramPlatforms, hardware, etc., claim to lead the trend rather than follow suit. Judging from the topics and comments of the Meeting, the content of the meeting is novel, the technology is cutting-edge, and the atmosphere of the Meeting should be very passionate. Slave2005Now5The next time5Month19-21Day in California.Andrew TurnerYou will make a report :《Hacking with Google, Virtual Earth and Yahoo's Maps API", The topic looks not very new, but it is estimated that it will be more in-depth.

GeoWeb : once a year from 2002 , naturally, the focus is Web and GI (geographic information) and related social, technological, and commercial topics. The paper received at the meeting has a relationship with ISPRS . I do not know how much academic influence I have on. In GeoWeb , WebGIS , > gis3.0 , GeoWeb the annual topic reflects the current problems and trends. 2006 Annual topic " the web of the future ", 2007 year " from mashups to infrastructure ", 2008 " infrastructure: local to global ", 2009 pay attention to " 3D cityscapes ", it is worth mentioning that OGC new standards incorporated last year City GML . The Conference 2009 will be held in Vancouver in the next year, the time is 7 month 27 - 31 days.

foss4g : Free Open Source Software for geospatial , as the name suggests, the focus of this meeting is also known. Started from organizations such as grass and mapserver , when 2006 year osgeo is established, it is organized, several formal meetings were held. 2009 year 10 month 20 - 23 is held in Sydney, the topic is "user-driven", emphasizing the ability of open-source software to provide solutions.

The question was originally called 《GISMeeting(1). Because of the time relationship, the task is no longer left for itself.University of ZurichPia BereuterSort out one copyGISMeeting list, Post inGoogleCalendar, very good. However, it is comprehensive, that is, the focus is not prominent. You can choose what you pay attention.

Category:View comments in GIS