Kurt Menke, GISP

www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com
@geomenke

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This is what it felt like

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This is what it really looked like

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1st MapServer Meeting: St. Paul, MN 2003

#GeoGeezer

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1st International QGIS User and
Developer Conference

Ndebo, Denmark
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 GIS consultant (since 2000 solo since 2008)
Conservation
Public Health
Author
Mastering QGIS
Discover QGIS
Education
Teach
Curriculum development
GeoForAll Member
Other
OsGeo Charter Member
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Self-determination:
Want to have freedom
To choose what projects I take on, and which I dont
What software I use

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 2002 - Began by replacing ArcIMS with MapServer
2006 - Discovered QGIS (v0.7 Seamus)

2010 - Began teaching GIS with QGIS, GDAL/OGR,

GRASS and MapServer
2014 - Developed the original GeoAcademy curriculum
2015 - Co-authored Mastering QGIS
Now - using QGIS for almost all new projects
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 Lene Fischer
Jeff McKenna Tim Sutton

Communitypeople
Great support
Access to the developers
It works
Interoperability
It is fast
Alternative to corporate greed & monopolies
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 Db OGC

Vector (42)

Raster (88)
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 Layer to Labeled Layer
Statist
GroupStats (summary tables)
Slicer (reclassifies rasters)
Quick Map Services
MMQGIS
QGIS2ThreeJS

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QGIS GeoProcessing!

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http://www.circuitscape.org
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Freeware - https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~schapire/maxent/
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 Habitat Now

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 Habitat in 2050

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 Teaching

End Users

Developers

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 Teaching
FOSS4G
Central New Mexico
Community College

Univ of New Mexico

Continuing Education

Del Mar College

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 Curriculum Development
Introduction to Open Source GIS

GeoAcademy (2014)
5 college courses Dr. Phil Davis
Community Commons https://fossgeo.org/ Fearless leader of the
GeoAcademy team
Dept of Labors GTCM
Won GeoForAll International Educator of the Year Team Award!

Science Education Solutions (HS science)

Community Health Mapping (public health)

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 If you want to learn
software, agree to write a
book!

Dr. Luigi Pirelli

Packt Publishing

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2nd Edition!!!
Due out any
day

2nd Edition

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 #shamelessplug
Locate Press
https://locatepress.com/dqw

Preview is now available!

List price $35.99

Coupon code:
foss4gna
50% discount

Entitles you to final version

when complete
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Empowering Underserved & Minority
Communities w/ GIS

A Project of the National Library of Medicine

http://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/
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 CHM Case Studies

Seattle, WA
Noise pollution
Bicycle Safety
Asian American Health

Charleston, SC
Smoking Cessation
Migrant Health
Resources
Honolulu, HI Community Health
Obesity
Medicinal Plants

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 Challenges of Switching to
FOSS4G
Thousands of MXDs (4,000 on backup drive!)
Clients requiring ESRI File Geodatabases as deliverables
Clients requiring ESRI models as deliverables
Occasional functionality issues

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Use the right tool

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 Support for raster attribute tables

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Go To Help Resources

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 So Whats Next?

Expert witness in a trial this fall

Modeling Mt Lion Habitat across the western 11 states

Assist State agencies wanting to migrate to FOSS4G

Attend more FOSS4G events!

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 Some Closing Thoughts
Technology has switched over completely at least 3
times in my careerdont be afraid of new tools
GIS is a toolneed to have a passion/niche
Being easy to work with is a good quality
Self-employment is a balancing act:
Usually work for 8-10 clients a month
InvoiceKeep booksPay taxes
Stay current
Email, data requests, proposals
There is a lot more important work yet to be done!

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 Thanks!
Questions?

Kurt Menke, GISP

Birds Eye View
Kurt@BirdsEyeViewGIS.com
@geomenke
www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com

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