OSGEO May meetingis tomorrow, Wednesday May 17th, At Ecotrust in the Alder room from
6-8pm.

Full details are on Calagator at: http://calagator.org/events/1250471921

This month's agenda: exciting happenings in geodata, bring your own geo-show and tell, and the usual roundup of updates for summer events like Pedalpalooza, FOSS4G, State of the Map US, and more!

Our special guests this month are Arty Rodriguez (ODFW Oregon Conservation Strategy GIS Analyst) and Ryan Hodges (Ecotrust Senior Software Developer) who will be talking to us about the Compass mapping application and the http://OregonConservationStrategy.org
website developed for Oregon Fish and Wildlife. 

As always, there will be pizza!

Monday, April 15, 2015 from 6–8:30pm
Portland State University Cramer Hall - 4th floor

Website
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PDX-OSGEO

Description 
Monthly meeting of the open source GIS group PDX-OSGeo.

SpiderOSM is an open source python package for matching segments in one path network, e.g., streets and trails, to corresponding segments in another, based on geography and network connectivity. This allows joining together attribute data from separate sources. Importantly authoritative jurisdictional data can be correlated with the rich, crowd-sourced, user editable and extensible, Open Street Maps data. Multifactor match scoring, allows data to be joined only for high confidence matches.

The initial version of the matcher was coded in early 2014 specifically to combine Open Street Map data with Portland Oregon area jurisdictional data (RLIS) to facilitate pedestrian infrastructure analysis and planning. Since then the code has been refactored into a generally useful python package that installs, via pip, and works on all three major platforms: Mac OSX, Linux and Windows. The code is stable and mature, with version 1.0 is just around the corner.

The developer, Michael Arnold, is now focusing on developing applications, and finding users and collaborators. On going projects where help would be very welcome include:

1. 1. The Portland Area Mismatched Name Survery (looking at name mismatches between OSM and RLIS identified by SpiderOSM.) Some folks at TriMet and others at PDOT have begun this project, but there is ALOT to be done!
2. A QGIS Plug-in for spiderOSM. Ryan Peterson has recently begun this project, and would welcome help.
3. Help getting the word out: publicizing spiderOSM online and at appropriate events. Alternately, advice and encouragement in this process. :)

Another opportunity, not yet begun: looking for someone interested in developing an ESRI Plug-in for spiderOSM. 

Join PDX-OSGeo for the March meeting Wednesday February 18th at 6pm in Cramer Hall (Room 409, Portland State University)

Details on Calagator: http://calagator.org/events/1250468044

Bring whatever geo-awesomeness you want to discuss this month.  Come hear Justin Miller talk about Mapbox GL for JavaScript, "which despite being in active development, is totally usable for certain projects". The particular project he built out is a travel choropleth map with dynamic interaction-based styling, all rendered as vectors in the browser.

Rumor is there will be pizza, and as always, BYOB,

Join PDX-OSGeo for the February meeting Wednesday February 18th at 6pm in Cramer Hall, Room 409

Details on Calagator: http://calagator.org/events/1250467856

Bring snippets of whatever awesome geo-stuff you want to discuss this month, and to hear Nick Martinelli talk about a very cool project that he will share that uses CartoCSS and UTFGrids for collaborative mapping.

Join the Oregon URISA Young Professionals for a social and networking event at Apex Bar on Thursday, September 13 from 5:30 to 8pm. Here is your chance to get involved in an exciting group geared towards developing a robust network of emerging geospatial professionals in Oregon. 

Who: GIS professionals, both current and aspiring.
What: Brainstorming, networking, informal planning for GISPro Conference and OpenStreetMap State of the Map, both to be held October 2012 in Portland, Oregon
When: Thursday September 13 5:30 - 8pm
Where: Apex Bar, 1216 SE Division Street  Portland, OR 97202
Why: OR-URISA YP is a newly-formed interest group within OR-URISA, the Oregon chapter of URISA, a professional association for the geospatial community. Check out our mission statement below. OR-URISA YP cabinet members hope to have a strong group presence at the 2012 URISA conference, GISPro, to be held September 30 - October 4th in Portland, Oregon. Cabinet members are also active in planning OpenStreetMap State of the Map, going on October 13-14 in Portland. We are hosting a social to informally plan for these events, reach out to prospective members, network, and brainstorm how to support and advocate for the continued development of a robust geospatial community in the great State of Oregon. Although we are specifically focused on the needs of young professionals (under 35 years of age or <10 years in the industry), all are welcome to get involved!

Feel free to drop in anytime between 5:30 and 8pm. Apex is cash-only so be sure to bring a few bucks for a drink. Please email Betsy Breyer betsybreyer@gmail.com with any questions.

OR-URISA YP Mission Statement:
The mission of the OR-URISA Young Professionals is to provide the young professional geospatial community with the resources to develop and maintain outstanding careers. Chief among these resources is interaction with industry leaders through mentorship, internship opportunities, and workshops. In addition, the group aims to share its knowledge of emerging GIS technology and techniques with the broad geospatial community, industry professionals, and the public.