Aaron Racicot
... a technical life history                

2016

Intro to Computer Science 2015 - Two day lecture/workshop on intro to computer science for the South Whidbey Highschool STEM program

2015

Science Day 2015 - Intro to coding for elementary school kids at science day at South Whidbey Elementary Schools

Tetratech Geospatial Show and Tell - GIS show and tell for Tetratech

Decagon Geospatial Show and Tell - GIS show and tell for Decagon

UW GIS Cert Class 2015 - Open Source GIS for UW Cert program

2014

UW GISDAY 2014 - Getting into UAV’s for under $700

FOSS4G 2014 - Small Town GIS - Leveraging drones and github for a small town GIS workflow… on the cheap!

FOSS4G 2014 - Quadcopter Talk - Inexpensive quadcopter GIS

UW GIS Cert Class 2014 - Open Source GIS for UW Cert program

OHSU Alumni Dinner Keynote - Talking about disaster response at NOAA

Science Day 2014 - Talk on maps for elementary school kids at science day 2014 at South Whidbey Elementary Schools

2013

CoastGIS Keynote - NOAA driving next generation environmental response

CUGOS Fall Fling Intro - Intro slides for Fall Fling 2013

CUGOS Fall Fling gh-pages - Talk on useing Github Pages for Fall Fling 2013

2012

03/12 - Presentation given with Will Simms (presentation written by Will) on the 3 month apprenticeship program we participated in… focused on OSM

PDF Presentation Link

2008

04/27/08 - **LinuxFestNW 2008 (Bellingham, WA) **

My Presentation Links ** - **(PDF 4.5M) - (ODP 8M) - (PPT 8M)

2007

09/26/07 - **FOSS4G 2007 (Victoria BC) **

Abstract :: **OpenOceanMap **

My Presentation Link (6 meg)** - ****OpenOceanMap PPT **

07/26/07 - **OSCON 2007 (Portland) **

Session :: **2:35pm Thursday 07/26/07 - OSGeo: All About Maps **

My Presentation Link (10 meg)** - ****Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) **

**07/23/07 - ****Coastal Zone 07 (Portland) **

Session :: **8:30am Monday 07/23/07 - Tools for implementing Ecosystem-Based Managment **

Audio Link - (Streaming M3U Link) (32 meg MP3 Download)

My Presentation Link (5 meg)** - ****Open Source Geospatial Tools: Enabling Decision Makers **

**04/18/07 - ****GIS in Action (Vancouver Washington) **

Session (Chaired by Aaron Racicot):: **8:30am Wednesday 04/18/07 - Open Source GIS **

My Presentation Link (6.9 meg)** - **OSGeo Foundation - A practical look at the foundation, applications and what you can do to get involved.

Speaker #2 –> Dean Anderson - Open Source Tools and Proprietary Software - ORMAP User Group

Speaker #3 –> Deborah Bryant - Open Source in Government - From “Why” to “Why Not”

03/21/07 - LizardTech (Seattle Washington) - CUGOS - Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source

VERY SIMILAR TO 02/21/07 PSU PRESENTATION BELOW

Audio Link - To Come…

Presentation Link (5.8 meg PPT) - Open Source GIS: A practical look at the Open Source GIS Stack.

02/21/07 - PSU (Portland Oregon) - GEOG 488/588:Geographic Information Systems I - Open Source

Audio Link - (Streaming M3U Link) (57 meg MP3 Download)

Presentation Link (5.8 meg PPT) - Open Source GIS: A practical look at the Open Source GIS Stack.

Flash Demo Link (1200x800 Flash) - GRASS GIS demo.

Combo (19 meg)- Presentation and Demo in ZIP format.

2006

07/24/06 - ****OSCON** (Portland Oregon) - Session:: **OSGeo: Mapping and Geospatial Tools & Support** - **Speaker Bio

Presentation Link (4.7 meg)** - **OSGeo Mashup - A practical look at 5 Open Source GIS applications, Aaron Racicot

**04/06 - **GIS in Action (Vancouver Washington)

**Session:: **GIS in Natural Resources

Presentation Link (6.5 meg)** - **The OCEANSystem: Web-based OS-GIS decision support tool for fisheries by Aaron Racicot

**Session :: **Mapserver

Presentation Link (6.3 meg)** - **Wed-based Open Source GIS Decision Support Tools – Explaining the Software Stack by Aaron Racicot

2005

11/05 - Oregon State University (OSU) GIS Day Keynote

Presentation Link (4.9 meg) - Open Source GIS in Salmon Nation - Environment, Equity, Economy **

**05/05 - Portland Area GIS Users Group (PAGIS)**

**Presentation Link (1.3 meg) - Open Source GIS - The Ecotrust mission to utilize new inovative technology **