Jana Michalková – Vznik Slovenskej skupiny používateľov QGIS, stretnutie GISkola #2, 21. 01. 2021, online cez BigBlueButton

1. Jana Michalková

2. QGIS User Groups worldwide

3. Main goals
● to create a Slovak community around the QGIS project (networking) on the principle of
openness, transparency, inclusion and education
● to spread awareness about the QGIS project in Slovakia
● to provide current information about the QGIS project on the official website qgis.sk as well
as through social networks (FB, LinkedIn)
● to organize regular user meetings (virtual meetings, discussions, workshops, conferences,
hackfests, ...)
● to publish case studies on the use of QGIS software by various actors in Slovakia (universities,
public sector, private sector, civil society)
● to publish tutorials and manuals for working with QGIS software according to user
requirements
● to coordinate the QGIS development with regard to national/regional standards and
requirements (e.g support for the development of plugins for the needs of specific institutions)

4. Roadmap
2021+
Formalization of
the group
● Legal form
(civic
organization)
● Sponsorship
2022+
Organization of
QGIS Hackfest in
Slovakia
● QGIS 4.16
Bratislava :-)
2020
Formation of
Slovak QGIS User
Group
● Informal
group of users
and fans of
the QGIS
project

5. Follow us
● official web page - qgis.sk ● FB public group - QGIS
Slovensko (134 members)
● LinkedIn group - QGIS
Slovensko (10 members)
● qgis-sk mailing list -
qgis-sk@lists.osgeo.org

6. Activities
● GISday at STU BA (18.11.2020) - official start of the group
● QGISOpenDay (27.11.2020) - informal discussion and sharing
experiences from QGIS user groups worldwide
● QGIS Advent Calendar (1.12.-24.12.2020) - FB campaign
in the form of useful tips & tricks for working with QGIS
● QGIS User Group Research - summary of research from spring
2017 on the functioning of QGIS user groups worldwide

7. Future plans
● article on working with projections in QGIS - a basic overview of working with coordinate
systems in QGIS, transformations between them or the most frequently problems in
connection with this issue
● repository for Slovak XYZ/TMS data and other data - a comprehensive list of available
XYZ/TMS as well as other geodata for the territory of Slovakia
● translation of the official QGIS Training Manual 3.16 into Slovak
● creation of official YouTube channel - an official communication channel for publishing
videos, manuals and tutorials

8. Join us
● registration to Slovak QGIS User Group:
https://forms.gle/4CGRRrFp48zVBLXR9
● contact person:
Jana Michalková (jana.michalkova@unipo.sk)
Thank you for your attention!