Welcome to the BCS Geospatial Specialist Group

The Geospatial SG aims to provide a focus for all things geospatial in the BCS. In particular, to provide a forum within the BCS for information exchange and debate on geospatial technology, issues, opportunities, and best practices. The group also aims to provide a means through which the BCS and its members can become active participants in the field of geospatial technology, industry, and standards.

Membership of the Geospatial Specialist Group is one of the many exclusive benefits available to BCS members. As a BCS member you can simply log in to the members secure area to join the group. If you are not currently a member, participation as a BCS Affiliate is available for just £35.00 per annum with full Professional membership costing only £92.00 per annum. Find out more here.

Latest News

OpenStreetMap presentation

April 27th we had a great talk about OpenStreetMap by Harry Wood. Over on our SlideShare account you'll find his Open Licensed GeoData presentation, and you can download an mp3 recording of the event from our website at http://geospatial.bcs.org/web/files/openstreetmap.mp3
Unfortunately due to time constraints we didn't have time for the whole of Harry's talk, but we're hoping to have him back sometime soon.

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Location-Based Social Networking - presentation now available

We had a great turnout for Steven Feldman and Luke Razzell's discussion 'Location-based social networking: opportunity or blind alley?'. A great deal of discussion took place both during and after the event, so we're pleased that Steven and Luke have allowed us to make their presentation and detailed notes available for to download.

Steven's writeup of the event can be found on his blog at
http://giscussions.blogspot.com/2009/03/our-favourite-location-based-soc...

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Open Source Geospatial & The OSGeo Foundation - Slidecast now online

Jo Cook's introduction to Open Source Geospatial and the OSGeo foundation, delivered to the BCS on January 22nd, is now available as a slidecast. Click on the Read More link to view and listen to it in your browser.


Details of the upcoming OSGeo UK conference:
http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/


Jo's portable Open Source GIS on a USB stick can be found here:
http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/portable-gis/

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Geotagging Presentation now available

Tim Woolford's presentation on the creation and use of Geotagging technologies is now available for download.

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We're now blogging...

We now have a BCS Geospatial blog to provide some context and discussion around the meetings and to include members who cannot get to London or cannot make the event. Please make a contribution and also feel free to get in touch to let us know your thoughts and suggestions for this. We already have comments asking if we need yet another geospatial blog (fair question).

You can find our blog over at http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConBlogEntry.770 or by clicking the 'Blog' entry on the menu.

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Upcoming Events

3D GIS with Neil Brooker, AutoDesk and Wayne Marsh, Bentley Systems

09/07/2009 - 18:00
09/07/2009 - 20:00
Registration is open

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Practical mapping has for a long time been viewed within the realms of two dimensions. However with the advent of new technologies such as Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth people are starting to expect to view data in 3D. This session will take a look at some practical examples of 3D data capture and will illustrate how this information can be presented.

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Legible London by Tim Fendley, AIG

08/10/2009 - 18:00
08/10/2009 - 21:10
Registration is open

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More details to follow.

*NB* This event is free and open to members and non-members alike, but registration is required. As usual there will be opportunities for networking and refreshments will be provided before and after the event.

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Ed Parsons

03/11/2009 - 18:00
03/11/2009 - 21:00
Registration is open

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We're really pleased to announce that Ed Parsons, Google's Geospatial Technologist, will be joining us on November 3rd. Ed was our very first speaker back in 2006 and we're looking forward to having him back at the BCS. Ed's blog is at http://www.edparsons.com/

*NB* This event is free and open to members and non-members alike, but registration is required. As usual there will be opportunities for networking and refreshments will be provided before and after the event.

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UKMap - Mapping Your Way

01/12/2009 - 18:00
01/12/2009 - 21:00
Registration is open

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A presentation on UKMap by The Geoinformation Group

*NB* This event is free and open to members and non-members alike, but registration is required. As usual there will be opportunities for networking and refreshments will be provided before and after the event.

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