In+ersec+ion for Spatial People

Earlier this week the FOSS4G 2011 organizers announced that registration is now open. Being hosted in Denver, Colorado, in September 12-16, 2011, it's expected to be the largest FOSS4G conference ever and clearly be one of the geospatial conferences to put on the agenda.

From the main FOSS4G 2011 website: "Recent years have seen substantial changes in the geospatial industry. One of those changes has been the growth in maturity and adoption of free and open source solutions. In many cases organizations are using a mixture of open and closed source solutions. With the growth in interest in open source solutions, combined with the fact that FOSS4G has not been in North America since 2007, we anticipate a great audience for FOSS4G 2011, around 1000 people."

The call for speakers was released last week. The workshops and initial tutorials were also announced. Of note, OpenStreetMap's State of the Map conference will take place immediately before the FOSS4G Conference.

Slashgeo has been a media partner to the FOSS4G conference in 2009 and 2010. We're in talks to again provide coverage on-site this year. You'll find our previous coverage with a search.