[udig-devel] FOSS4G Presentations (and who is going anyways)...

[Jeff McKenna]

and don't forget that the deadline for submitting an abstract is this 
Saturday!

jeff



Jody Garnett wrote:
> Hi everyone, I am planning on attending the FOSS4G conference this year 
> and would like to give a couple presentations on GeoTools (my 
> understanding is presentations are around 30 min long with questions).
> 
> GeoTools a Practitioner's Approach
> -------------------------------------
> This presentation will run through the GeoTools library, covering what 
> this powerful GIS toolkit
> can offer your next Geospatial project. An overview of the library will 
> be provided, with a discussion
> of the available services. We will also cover the supported plug-ins, 
> and extensions
> that make GeoTools useful in day to day operation.
> 
> GeoTools Next
> ----------------
> The GeoTools community is active and is chasing down many of the 
> problems that trouble today's
> Geospatial application developers. Topics covered will range from 
> documentation and QA,
> to the recent work on coverages and revised feature model. The approach 
> used for handling of rich
> content such as metadata and GML3 will also be discussed. This talk will 
> address several weakness
> in the GeoTools library and what is being done to address them.
> 
> And depending on interest....
> 
> uDig as a GIS Platform
> ------------------------
> The User-friendly desktop Internet GIS application is a wonderful way to 
> start exploring both
> your own data and the use of open standards in your organization. Did 
> you know it also serves
> as a powerful platform for the generation of new applications? This talk 
> will provide an overview of
> the uDig GIS Platform, and conclude with a series of case studies from 
> around the world.
> 
> Of course I am excited about all the fun stuff happening in GeoServer as 
> well ... but we will
> see what Justin comes up with.
> 
> Jody
> 

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Jeff McKenna
DM Solutions Group Inc.
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