Conference Overview
International Open Source GIS Conference
Get involved in GIS Open Source, Open Data and Open Xchange
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Velp, The Netherlands
25-28 June 2012
From Monday, June 25 until Thursday, 28 June 2012 the 3rd international MapWindow Open Source GIS conference will be held at VanHall-Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Velp, The Netherlands.
This conference is organized by the MapWindow GIS, DotSpatial, SharpMap and OSGeo.nl communities in partnership with Alumni association VVA-Larenstein.
The purpose of the 4-day conference is to highlight significant aspects of Open Source GIS. The conference will appeal to developers, end-users, students and educators.
The first 3 days will have a strong international character as developers and users from around the world gather to share experiences and demonstrate the latest applications. Each morning will start with a keynote and continue with several presentations. These presentations are about Open Source GIS and Open Data in the broadest sense possible. There will be presentations about MapWinGIS and the SOBEK model, on SharpMap, OpenLayers, Geostatistics, QGIS, OpenStreetMap, etc. There is still room for presentations; if you would like to present, submit an abstract. After lunch (included), workshops will be held.
This will be an excellent opportunity to participate in workshops, present your projects, and be an integral part of the open source GIS community!
Representatives and participants from all open source GIS software projects are invited! While the conference is being sponsored by MapWindow and OSGeo DotNet, we view this as a true FOSS4G event and invite anyone interested in Open Source Geospatial to join us!
Who should attend? Anyone interested in the MapWindow project or
related OSGeo .NET projects including DotSpatial, NTS, SharpMap, Whitebox and others.
We will also give opportunities to non-.NET OSGeo projects, like PostGIS, Geoserver, OpenLayers.
Be sure to attend this conference if you are an end user of the MapWindow Desktop Application or a programmer using the MapWindow or DotSpatial libraries in your own software, or if you are a student or educator looking for an easy to install, easy to use free GIS.
OSGeo.nl Thursday, June 28
The OSGeo.nl Day on Thursday, June 28 focuses on presenting the Open Source development in The Netherlands. The presentations and workshops are in Dutch and will include specific topics such as BAG, BGT, PDOK, etc. If you are interested in this day only, you can buy a day pass.Live stream
A large part of the conference will be recorded by H2Video. The video recordings will be freely available after the conference. We are also considering offering the conference as a live stream. Using the live stream you can participate in the conference via the Internet. We have made a short questionnaire of 4 questions about the need for a live stream. We ask you to fill it in if you are interested in this service.Map contest
A map contest will be held. The winner will be revealed on Thursday during the Network Drink / social hour. Take your best maps and go for glory. The maps may be made with any software package (open source or not).Open Xchange
On Thursday 28 June in the auditorium of Larenstein (a freely accessible location) there will be an exhibition of companies. Various Geo companies and institutions (large and small, Open Source or not) will present themselves. You can also present your company, organization or product at this exhibition. This is a great opportunity for you to present yourselves to students, users and developers for a participation fee of just €400.Promotions
There are several posters to promote the conference. We want to ask you to print one or more of them and distribute them in your company or to your contacts. The posters can be downloaded here: We also have some content you can use:Sponsoring
The conference is financially dependent upon the entry fees and sponsorship. With the money we receive, we organize not only the conference but also provide scholarships to specific individuals who are important in the Open Source GIS community who do not have the financial means to come to the conference. Go to the sponsor page for more information on opportunities to sponsor us.Conference Venue
The conference will be held at the Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Velp,
The Netherlands. This university has a curriculum focused on nature and environment, human and Velp is near Arnhem which is located between Düsseldorf Airport (Germany) and Amsterdam
Airport and has a large railway station and one of the most beautiful zoo in Europe! (see
www.burgerszoo.nl).
Some of the conference meetings will be held in the historic Old Chapel on the Larenstein campus. We will also use computer labs for workshops and expect to have a fantastic meeting at the state of the art facilities at this university.
Go the Venue page for more information on accomodations in the near vicinity.
Important Dates
- December 24, 2011- Call for abstracts for presentations and workshops is open.
- Februari 13, 2012- Conference registration opens.
- April 30, 2012- Deadline for abstracts for presentations and workshops.
- April 30, 2012- Early registration ends. After this, regular registration rates apply.
- May 31, 2012 - The final schedule will be ready.
- June 25-28, 2012- MapWindow 2012, Arnhem, The Netherlands!
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