BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T020000 RDATE:20170312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170906T224648Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170920T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170920T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170906T224648Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20170906T225534Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250472464 DESCRIPTION:Monthly meeting of the Portland open source GIS group. Proje cts big and small are usually presented monthly along with rousing conve rsation and discussion. All are welcome\, no need to RSVP - our group r anges from the geo-curious to the überhackers so bring your ideas and qu estions! \;\n \;\nThis month's agenda: exciting happenings in geod ata\, a recap of summer events and FOSS4G highlights. Special guest Rica rdo Morin will talk about "\;Highlighting Oregon’s WildLands"\; (HOWL)\, a recap of his presentation in Boston. More information at Rica rdo's blog here: http://blog.rikitraki.com/FOSS4G-update/ and in the fu ll abstract below [1]. \;\n \;\nIn addition\, bring your own geo-s how and tell\, and come ready to share info on any fall geo-happenings t hat are on the horizon! \;\n \;\nOur mailing list is here drop us a line with any questions: \;\nhttp://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osg eo \;\n \;\n++++++++++++++ \;\n \;\n[1] HOWL: 3D/4D mapping and visualization of Oregon’s wildlands \;\n \;\nThe HOWL (Highlig hting Oregon's WildLands) project aims to create an interactive 3D/4D ma pping and visualization tool for presenting spatio-temporal information relevant to the preservation of wilderness and wildlife protection in Or egon. HOWL will be available to conservation advocates (e.g.\, Oregon Wi ld) and the general public\, to improve dissemination\, understanding an d interpretation of multiple publicly available data sources. Candidate data sets include boundaries of current and proposed wilderness areas\, wild and scenic river areas\, national forests and other public lands\, wildfire events\, wildlife migrations\, deforestation history\, and sate llite imagery\, to name a few. \;\n \;\nHOWL is a web application being built using CesiumJS\, a powerful open source 3D mapping and visua lization library\, which enables incorporating not only realistic terrai n modeling\, but also volumetric symbols to build interactive 3D themati c maps. In addition\, HOWL will leverage the temporal visualization capa bilities of CesiumJS to add the 4th dimension\, thus enabling dynamic pl ayback of related past and/or predicted events. Visualizations examples include wildfire history in old growth forest areas\, wildlife migration records\, and deforestation chronicles. \;\n \;\nThis presentatio n dives into details of building HOWL by leveraging open source front-en d components (e.g.\, CesiumJS\, jQuery\, Bootstrap)\, back-end tools (e. g.\, MapShaper\, toGeoJson\, TopoJSON\, node.js) and workflows for data acquisition\, transformation\, and integration. The presentation address es key design decisions\, technical challenges and future developments.\ n\nTags: gis\, maps\, geo\, osgeo\, geospatial\, pizza\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250472464 URL:http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-osgeo SUMMARY:PDX OSGeo Monthly meeting LOCATION:Ecotrust (Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center): 721 NW Ninth Ave\ , Portland Oregon 97209 US SEQUENCE:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR