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Digital Globe Special Training Sessions
DigitalGlobe invites you to attend their special training sessions that will be conducted at FOSS4G 2017 venue on Tuesday, August 15th -
Open Source Imagery Analysis at Scale using
the Geospatial Big Data Platform (GBDX) and
SpaceNet Overview - Datasets Prize and Challenge. Registration is required to attend as space is limited for these special training sessions. Click on each training title to learn more
and register to attend.
FOSS4G Online Registration Deadline August 3
To give us time for conference preparations, the deadline to register
online for FOSS4G Boston 2017 is August 3rd. After August 3rd it will still be possible to walk-in and pay onsite at the registration desk unless we have already reached 1,200 attendee capacity. If we reach capacity, we will announce that in
this newsletter, on the website and via social media.
JS.Geo Update - Last 30 Tickets Available July 17
The last 30
JS.Geo tickets go on sale next Monday (July 17) at 9AM Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -0600). JS.Geo will be held on Tuesday August 15th near our conference venue at
District Hall. JS.Geo is a gathering for those with an enthusiasm for code and maps. In previous gatherings speakers included devs from organizations such as CARTO, Mapbox, Mapzen, ESRI, Cesium, IBM, etc.) as well as
indie coders doing creative work outside the traditional geospatial industry.
Welcome to new Community Partner
FOSS4G Boston 2017 wants to make connections and build community! In
exchange for helping to promote OSGeo and FOSS4G, non-profit Community Partners receive conference benefits. There are now 4
Community Partners including our latest addition
Public Lab: 
We have room for 4 more Community Partners, so consider joining us!
Beyond Boston and Cambridge
Beyond the greater Boston area are beautiful regions such as the Massachusetts North Shore, Cape Cod, Western Massachusetts (the Berkshires), and our fellow
New England states Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Most destinations are reachable within a few hours drive. If you are coming for the conference, consider exploring the area! You'll find beaches, rivers, mountains and lakes
in abundance!
 
 
 
With only
5 weeks to go before the conference,
don't forget to Register!
Have a Question? See our
FAQ or
email us.
Sailboat graphic by Dolly Holmes from Noun Project
Mapparium photo copyright GoBostonCard.com, licensed under Creative Commons, found on Flickr
ICA photo copyright By Smart Destinations from Boston, USA, via Wikimedia Commons
Humpback photo copyright Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith licensed under Creative Commons, found on Flickr
Fishermans Feast photo copyright AnubisAbyss licensed under Creative Commons, found on Flickr
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