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

[Jody Garnett]

I see you spotted my great last minuet timing, seriously is there 
anything you guys want me to talk about ;-) I will draw pretty pictures 
and everything ...
Jody
> and don't forget that the deadline for submitting an abstract is this 
> Saturday!
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> jeff
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> 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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