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Georabble Melbourne: 2 Days to go!

Only two sleeps left until our first GeoRabble event of 2025!!! We have an awesome line up of speakers planned and we can’t wait to catch up with our beloved geospatial community. If you haven’t yet, secure your FREE registration via the link below.

 @The Clyde Hotel

 5:30 PM | Thursday, 13th March

A very big thank you to Nova Systems and FOSS4G for sponsoring this event!

Grab your FREE tickets here: trybooking.com/CZSLQ

Tickets open for GeoRabble Sydney

March the 27th

Rabblers all over the country are getting together and Sydney is no exception.

With the kind sponsorship of Anytrip, talks and pizzas are happening again at the Occidental, Wynyard.

We have a great line up of speakers with a few open slots for any of our community to present their personal geo journey, so if you’d like to present send an email to info@georabble.org

Doors open 5:30pm for a 6:15pm start for the talks.

As always tickets are free but need registrations to properly cater so get your tickets from here.

Our Speakers so far are:

Tom Brennan – “Magic Maps”, or How to cheat finding passes when bushwalking

Ken Tsang – Year of the Bus: Empowering Drivers and Passengers with Geospatial Technology

Alex Allchin – DIY Geospatial Tech Stack for Free: Leaflet, GeoServer, Coolify & generous cloud tiers

Really looking forward to seeing you all on the 27th of March.

GeoRabble Melbourne – Thursday 13th March

Happy New Year, Melbourne Rabblers

We’re kicking off with our first rabble for 2025, in the same tradition we know and love: drinks, friends and speakers at The Clyde.

5:30pm, Wednesday 20th November
The Clyde Hotel
385 Cardigan St, Carlton VIC 3053

Book your free tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/CZSLQ
Any questions please contact us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com

Stay tuned for our line-up of speakers.

GEORABBLE CANBERRA – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27TH – KING O’MALLEY’S CIVIC

GeoRabble Canberra is back at its home base King O’Malley’s, on February 27th, 2025!

Connect with the Canberra geospatial community, hear from 3 speakers as they talk about their adventures in all things Geo and learn about what is happening in our industry. A genuine opportunity to catch up with old and new Geospatial colleagues in the Canberra community.

Pizzas are sponsored by Nova Systems.

Doors open at 6:00pm, for a 6:30pm start

Tickets available via Eventbrite

GeoRabble Melbourne – Wednesday 20th November – World GIS Day

Hey Rabblers of Melbourne,

World GIS Day is coming up, and we’re celebrating with another exciting GeoRabble event!

This year we’re mixing and matching formats, with two excellent speakers and a lightning round of special edition spatial trivia.

🎤 Kate Chan | I Hope this Makes Sense: creating a map series based on our five senses

🎤 Zoltan Kelly | “Timesheets are good” and other hot takes from joining the spatial private sector

🏆 World GIS Day trivia | compete for glory, fame, and maybe even an inconsequential prize 😲

5:30pm, Wednesday 20th November
The Clyde Hotel
385 Cardigan St, Carlton VIC 3053

Book your free tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/CXBUA
Any questions please contact us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com

Georabble Melbourne – Seeking Speakers

Hello GeoRabble Community of Melbourne! 🌎

We’re on the lookout for passionate spatial speakers to present at our next Georabble event, which will be held November 20th World GIS Day. Whether you’re working with GIS, remote sensing, cartography, or innovative applications of geospatial technology, we want to hear your insights! Share your research, projects, or unique perspectives to fellow enthusiasts in a causal networking environment.

✨ What We’re Looking For:
– Engaging talks on any thing spatial related!
– Case studies showcasing real-world applications or new innovations in the spatial world.
– Discussions on the impact of geospatial data in various fields (environment, urban planning, disaster management, etc.)
– How unique challenges can be solved with GIS.

💡 Why Share Your Knowledge?
– Inspire and educate fellow members of the geospatial community
– Network with like-minded individuals
– Contribute to the growth and development of geospatial discussions
– Nerd out with fellow spatial geeks!

If you’re interested in speaking or know someone who would be a great fit, please reach out to us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com!
Lets talk spatial! 🌍

This amazing artwork was done by: Dayna Hayman, www.daynahayman.com.au from our last Georabble! Thank you Dayna!!

GeoRabble Perth – Speaker Announcement!

#GeoRabble #Perth – the Return of the ‘Rabble 💥 Speaker Announcement!

We are super excited to welcome and announce some of our amazing speakers who will grace the stage on the 11th Sept 2024!

They will share with us their spatial stories, insights and unique perspectives on a plethora of spatial topics – ranging from: spatial tools and geological data supporting agriculture 🌱, the latest titillating geospatial tech trends 🔮, remote sonar and hydrographic surveying techniques 🚢, the delightful interplay that is UX design and mapping 🌏 and the advent of geospatial AI across industries💫

What a great cross-section of our geospatial sector!

Please give a warm welcome to:

– John Arakkal

– Mary Murphy

– Ian Hay

– Megan Pusey

– Sarah A James

Stay tuned for our final speaker and full presentation titles coming soon! 👀

In the meantime, be sure to grab a ticket quicksmart 👇 as we are almost sold out! 🎢

📅 Date: Wednesday 11th September 2024

⏲ Time: Doors open 5:30pm, ‘rabbling starts at 6:00pm

📌 Location: The Shoe, Yagan Square

🎫 (Free) Tickets: https://lnkd.in/gbuZpvRs

📢 SPONSORS 📢

A big thank you to our old friends and returning sponsor for this relaunch event: NGIS! 🙌

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GeoRabble Perth (yes, Perth) is ON!

We are returned! The ‘rabblicious fun is returning West in September for a night of all good things rousing and geospatial!

Mark your calendars, grab a ticket, prep your slides – for this will be a night to celebrate and catch-up on all things spatial since time immemorial (well,…. pre-pandemic 🙃).

📢 SPEAKER CALL-OUT 📢

Have a spatial story to share? Or a collection of observations and musings on the state of spatial in WA? Or perhaps even a handy little script you wrote that saves *days* of geoprocessing? Or a big huge project yousurviveddelivered and have some advice for your fellow community?

If so, this is your official invite to join the stage! Reach out to us here and get your name on the speaker list ✨

🗓️ EVENT DETAILS

  • Date: 11th September 2024
  • Time: Doors open at 5:30pm, the ‘rabblin starts at 6pm.
  • Location: The Shoe, Yagan Square, Perth 6000
  • Format: Mixed bag of spatial goodness
  • Registration: Attendance is free, but for catering purposes we need you to register

🤳🏼TICKETS

Head over this way to grab your free ticket now ⬇️

https://ti.to/georabble/georabble-perth-11-sept-24-the-return

✉️ CONTACT

Questions? Want to get involved? Reach out to us here!

Tickets for GeoRabble Melbourne – 28th of August now Open!

Come join us at GeoRabble as we look to showcase how students and young/ emerging professionals are shaping the world of spatial.

We have five amazing, diverse speakers lined up for you🔊:

Title: From Above: LiDAR Insights and Aerial Surveys Across Australia’s Remote Regions

Speaker: Daniel Gofron

Hear Daniel expand on his experiences as a LiDAR sensor operator, flying around remote areas of Australia in a Cessna 182


Title: From Cadastral Surveyor to Digital and Spatial Surveyor

Speaker: Xavier Allen

Delve into Xavier’s journey of transitioning, from aspiring Licensed Surveyor to full-fledged Digital and Spatial Surveyor, all things laser scanning and UAV


Title: Baby’s first GIS tool

Speaker: Grace O’Loghlin

Overcoming all adversities, Grace builds her first GIS tool to automate the transition from EnSym to NVR templates

Title: “Giorabble”

Speaker: Giovanna Coombes

Come experience Giovanna’s Spatial Career journey, as a Young and Emerging Professional

Title: Efficient Retrieval of on-farm water storage using Google Earth Engine

Speaker: Shirui Hao

Learn about the method Shirui designed to retrieve the on-farm water storage area across large spatial-temporal extents

📅Date: Wednesday, 28th Aug 2024

⌛Start time: 5:30pm, and talks to begin at 6:00pm

📍 Venue: The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan Street, Melbourne VIC 3053

Sign up for tickets here

Gather together and connect with the Melbourne Geo community, reconnect with old friends, make new ones and hear personal stories on the joys, frustrations and challenges on all things Geo.

As always GeoRabble is free however tickets helps us manage catering and venue staffing so get your free ticket above.

⭐A big thank you to MNG for sponsoring this event⭐

Georabble Melbourne – Young & Emerging Professionals and Students!

Calling for speakers

We are looking to showcase how students and young/ emerging professionals are shaping the world of spatial.

If you have recently joined the spatial industry OR have a hot take on how students + young and emerging professionals are pathing the way of the future, we would like to hear from you:

Sign up to be a speaker at our upcoming Georabble, the rules are simple:

Celebrate each others’ triumphs
Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry
No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc.
No company logos or ‘about us’ slides
Keep it short – 10 minutes per talk

Contact us at georabblemelbourne@gmail.com if you have stories to tell!

Date: Wednesday, 28th Aug 2024

Start time: 5:30pm

Venue: The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan Street, Melbourne VIC 3053

This event is kindly being sponsored by MNG Surveying