It was a very enjoyable evening last night for the first Geomob Dublin, thanks to everyone who came along.
Thank you to Jenny Allen @sjen and Dermot McNally for organizing, Digital Hub for hosting us, and OGC and OpenCage @opencage for sponsoring 🙏
Here's our recap of the night.
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5/ Last but not least Ré Dubhthaigh presented his personal project charting the evolution of Dublin's North Frederick and Hardwicke Streets over the centuries.
2/ First speaker was Ed Freyfogle @freyfogle of OpenCage who briefly thanked the local organisers for bringing Geomob to Ireland, before sharing details of the many use cases of geocoding
6/ Time for discussion at the pub over #geobeers 🍻
Wonderful to see old friends, make new connections, and discuss all things geospatial.
This will hopefully be the first of many to come! But we need your help - we need local sponsors, volunteer speakers, and venues. Please get in touch, let's keep the momentum going.
3/ Next Brian Hollinshead detailed the many difficulties in defining precise, historic Irish boundaries.
Many interesting examples. Well worth checking out his site:
https://www.dublinhistoricmaps.ie
We will post a summary with pictures tomorrow, talks are about to start
We‘re setting up for Geomob Dublin
Tomorrow eve (3 June) is the first Geomob Dublin 🇮🇪, our very own @freyfogle is among the speakers, with a talk about “The joy of geocoding”. #geomobDUB
Reason enough for us to reshare our thread about Irish #geoweirdness
We hope to see you in Dublin!
Attached: 1 image Irish 🇮🇪 #geoweirdness, secrets strange and bold, across the isle, an odd tale to be told. Cork to Donegal, we'll unveil it all - in this thread, the story will unfold. 1/
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