The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:
Monday June 20, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Presentation: Inkscape presented by Michel Tobias
A general introduction to the Inkscape vector graphics editor, and how it can be used for both graphic design work, as well as modifying existing images, using cartography as an example (modifying the data output from a Geographic Information System (GIS)).
About Inkscape:
Inkscape is a free and open source professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It can be used to create or edit vector graphics -- the use of polygons to represent images (as opposed to raster graphics, a dot matrix representing a rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color) -- such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and complex paintings. Inkscape's primary vector graphics format is Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a widely-deployed royalty-free graphics format developed and maintained by the W3C SVG Working Group. It is a markup language for describing two-dimensional graphics.
About the Speaker:
Michele Tobias is an Environmental Scientist at the Natural Resource Division of California State Parks, where she develops and analyzes data, databases, and methods for natural resources and ecology of California's State Park system. Independently, she also develops and teaches about open source geospatial tools, builds low-altitude aerial photography platforms (kites and remote-controlled hobby hot air balloons, together with consumer-grade cameras), and works to refine and automate the photo processing workflow.
Michele received a PhD in Geography from UC Davis, and was a Post Doc at UCD's Information Center for the Environment. The goal of her research is to understand the current distribution of California's beach plants and how humans affect this. Data collection is a combination of traditional phytosociological methods and innovative remote sensing.
Michele uses Inkscape as part of a workflow that produces professional-quality maps from QGIS, an open source Geographic Information System. She presented a talk on the topic, "Cartography with Inkscape," at the 2016 FOSS4G-NA (Free & Open Software for Geospatial, North America) conference earlier this year.
This meeting will be held at:
Yolo County Public Library, Mary L Stephens Davis Branch 315 East 14th Street Blanchard Community Meeting Room Davis, CA 95616
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http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/
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