Society of Cartographers Summer School

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28924572.post-87779863502452879352009-06-26T16:22:00.007+01:002009-06-27T09:45:19.159+01:00Society of Cartographers Summer SchoolSociety of Cartographers Summer School [updated 27/06/2009] "UK's best meeting place for all those interested in any aspect of mapping" <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/index.htm"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 79px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fbk8IlxNQXM/SkTrppgZ9iI/AAAAAAAADiQ/RY3tSkNgYiM/s400/Society.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351661357971928610" border="0" /></a> Where? The <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/about/whereissoton/index.html">University of Southampton</a> is the venue for the 45th Annual Summer School The session themes for this year's conference are: <ul><li>Emergency mapping</li><li>2D or 3D mapping?</li><li>Crowdsourcing data</li><li>Ordnance Survey and its data</li><li>Transport mapping</li><li>Alternative data for users</li><li>Collecting and using crowdsourced data</li></ul> When? Monday 7th September 2009 Lecture 1 13.45 Emergency mapping - an overview (Keir Clarke, <a href="http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/">Google Maps Mania</a>) Lecture 2 14.15 Maps in Action Chris Phillips, <a href="http://www.mapaction.org/">MapAction</a> Lecture 3 14.45 Mapping hazard sites Helen Balmforth, <a href="http://www.hsl.gov.uk/">Health and Safety Lab</a> Lecture 4 15.45 Content - map or virtual globe? Rich Treves, <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">University of Southampton</a> Lecture 5 16.15 Maps in Action Tim Fendley, <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/microsites/legible-london/default.aspx">Legible London</a> Lecture 6 16.45 Mapping for Thingfinding Jonathan Rez, <a href="http://www.fwdesign.com/index.php">FWDesign</a> Tuesday 8th September 2009 Lecture 7 9.00 Neodata - from Crowdsourcing to Cloudsourcing and where it will take us <div style="text-align: left;">Chris Osborne, <a href="http://www.cloudsourced.com/">Cloudsourced.com </a></div> Lecture 8 9.30 Crowdsourcing geodata Frederik Ramm, <a href="http://www.geofabrik.de/">Geofabrik</a> Lecture 9 10.00 Collaborative mapping; flirting with the music industry Edward Mac Gillavry, <a href="http://www.webmapper.net/">Webmapper</a> Wednesday 9th September 2009 Session 6: Alternative data for users Lecture 15 11.00 Does the UK need a second large scale mapping database? Alun Jones, <a href="http://www.citiesrevealed.com/">The Geoinformation Group </a> Lecture 10 11.00 KEYNOTE: Ordnance Survey: underpinning the nation's decision-making Vanessa Lawrence, Director General and CEO, <a href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/">Ordnance Survey </a> Lecture 11 11.30 OpenSpace and Geovation Tim Martin, <a href="http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/">Ordnance Survey </a> Lecture 12 12.00 Heterogeneous map mashing Bill Chadwick, Freelance mapper [<a href="http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm">Where's the path</a>] Lecture 16 11.30 OpenStreetMap data in local authorities Matt Lindsay, <a href="http://www.surreyheath.gov.uk/">Surrey Heath District Council</a> Lecture 17 12.00 Delegates corner 5 minutes to talk about a project or discuss an issue of interest to you ... Session 7: Collecting and using crowdsourced data Lecture 18 13.30 New developments in mapping Andy Allan, Cloudmade Lecture 19 14.00 Mapping Antigua Steve Chilton, Middlesex University Abstract ... Lecture 20 14.30 OSM data [NOT CONFIRMED] The draft programme: <a href="http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/program.htm">http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/program.htm</a> To register for the event <a href="http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/index.htm">http://www.soc.org.uk/southampton09/index.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Mapperz News Blog<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/28924572-8777986350245287935?l=mapperz.blogspot.com'/></div>Mapperzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01496823739550432044noreply@blogger.com0