Planetworks: Geo Mapping For Good

Thu, Feb 2
6:00pm-10:pm
Donation requested, not required

PLANETWORK MONTHLY NETWORKING
SAN FRANCISCO

Join us at our monthly meeting, and see projects that demonstrate the
use of the internet to explore and solve social justice, ecological
and true democracy issues.


SUBJECT - GEO MAPPING FOR GOOD!!!!

CURATOR - Rich Gibson, editor of O'Reilly's Mapping Hacks and Google
Maps Hacks.

Lightning talks including:

Rebecca Moore-Google Earth as a Citizen
www.mountainresource.org

Rebecca is using Google Earth to display the impact of proposed
timber harvest plans on communities and the environment.




www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/01/11/
gree.DTL&hw=rebecca+moore&sn=003&sc=908

PLANETWORK MONTHLY NETWORKING
SAN FRANCISCO

Join us at our monthly meeting, and see projects that demonstrate the
use of the internet to explore and solve social justice, ecological
and true democracy issues.


SUBJECT - GEO MAPPING FOR GOOD!!!!

CURATOR - Rich Gibson, editor of O'Reilly's Mapping Hacks and Google
Maps Hacks.

DATE - Thursday, Febuary 2nd - 111 Townsend Street - San Francisco
TIME - Doors at 6 pm
Program at 7 pm
Socializing and Networking 8-10 pm



PROGRAM - 6 presentations including -

Rebecca Moore-Google Earth as a Citizen
www.mountainresource.org

Citizens are confronted today by a bewildering array of environmental
concerns at every level: the effects of global climate-change,
national resource management policy (to drill for oil in ANWR vs.
protecting the wilderness), California state-wide water concerns and
local issues such as timber harvesting and watershed protection.

Rebecca will present a live demonstration of Google Earth, including
several specific case studies developed by ordinary citizens which
have already achieved results, including helping to halt a proposed
timber harvest plan in the Santa Cruz Mountains. See this SF
Chronicle article, "GREEN Eyes in the Sky", by Gregory Dicum, for
more info: sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/01/11/
gree.DTL

Mike Liebhold-Institute for the Future
www.iftf.org
I'll be talking about a 50 year plan workshop I am leading (this
wekend) with the steering committee of the environmental
organizations on the island of Maui. We'll be looking at major
desireable outcomes for eco-zones, human settlements, and economics,
all visualized by date and place, to be rendered, later on, on
digital maps. I'll talk about both the process and methods and a bit
about the future of community mapping.

Brian Hamlin-E-Waste Insights
www.ewasteinsights.info The lastest developments in computer
recycling from Briain Hamlin Author of E-Waste Insights. News Views
and Information on the State of Electronics Recycling in California
and the USA

Chris Holmes - The Open Planning Project
The key to effective use of geographic data is the ability to
exchange data. Chris is the main programmer on the Geoserver
project, the reference implementation of a powerful set of standards
for geographic interconnection.

Mathew Spolin, creator of www.sprol.com, highlighting 'The
Worst Places in the World.'

Venue:

111 Townsend
111 Townsend
San Francisco

Additional Info:

707-529-6413
http://www.planetwork.net/networking/san_francisco.html