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Randal Hale

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  1. 2025–2026North River Geographic Systems6 talks
Events4
Conferences1
Talks10
Years active2023–2026
Talk freshness935 different talks in 6 · 1 circuit, 24 monthsMiles between events7312 in-person events · 1 country

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

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Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 10, 2026

Appearances by year

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  • FOSS4G North America

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Nov 2, 2026FOSS4G North America 2026FOSS4G North AmericaworkshopHitchikers guide to QGIS
as North River Geographic Systems
This 3 hour workshop looking at QGIS from a different angle. This class is aimed at people who haven't used QGIS much BUT want to get up to speed while being…Show less

This 3 hour workshop looking at QGIS from a different angle. This class is aimed at people who haven't used QGIS much BUT want to get up to speed while being entertained by Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Quotes.

Nov 2, 2026FOSS4G North America 2026FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerQGIS Birds of a Feather
as North River Geographic Systems

Hoping to get every human that is interested in QGIS together in one room to discuss QGIS, QGIS-US, and how we can make that work in the US.

Nov 2, 2026FOSS4G North America 2026FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerSmall County use of PostGIS and QGIS for 911 databases
as North River Geographic Systems
in 2018 Henry County and Henderson County (both in TN) made the decision to move to an open source platform to maintain their 911 addresses. This talk will…Show less

in 2018 Henry County and Henderson County (both in TN) made the decision to move to an open source platform to maintain their 911 addresses. This talk will cover the upside and downsides of using FOSS4G tools.

Nov 3, 2025FOSS4G North America 2025FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerQGIS Birds of a Feather
as North River Geographic Systems

I'd like to get everyone together that's interested in QGIS to meetup and talk AND have a discussion of the state of the state of thing.

Nov 3, 2025FOSS4G North America 2025FOSS4G North AmericaworkshopQGIS Model Designer
as North River Geographic Systems
This 3 hour class will cover building Processing Models using the Model Designer. Students will build custom tools to make repeatable tasks easier. Students…Show less

This 3 hour class will cover building Processing Models using the Model Designer. Students will build custom tools to make repeatable tasks easier. Students will build models during class and will modify those models to make them more functional.

Nov 3, 2025FOSS4G North America 2025FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerTaking a proprietary process and move it to FOSS4G
as North River Geographic Systems
In 2018, NRGS moved a 911 project for a small county and moved it to QGIS/PostGIS. Since then the project has gained a github repository, a wiki, and more…Show less

In 2018, NRGS moved a 911 project for a small county and moved it to QGIS/PostGIS. Since then the project has gained a github repository, a wiki, and more tools.

Sep 9, 2024FOSS4G North America 2024FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerQGIS Birds of a Feather

QGIS-US Meeting

Sep 9, 2024FOSS4G North America 2024FOSS4G North AmericaworkshopQGIS Model Designer
QGIS has a Model Designer that allows to to graphically build processing tools to allow you to create/analyze/process data. This class will cover building tools…Show less

QGIS has a Model Designer that allows to to graphically build processing tools to allow you to create/analyze/process data. This class will cover building tools with the Designer.

Sep 9, 2024FOSS4G North America 2024FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerThe Curious Case of the Geopackage

Walk through a small organizations implementation of a Geopackage and how it worked great until it didn't.

Oct 23, 2023FOSS4G North America 2023FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerFeeding Your 911 Data from QGIS/PostGIS

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Andrea Aime4—2026
Alex Mandel3—2026
Corey White3—2026
Matthew Hanson3—2026
Michele Tobias3—2026
Nathan McEachen3—2026
Atma Mani2—2026
Bruce Momjian2—2026
Dariya Draganova2—2026
George Owen2—2026
Henry Rodman2—2026
Howard Butler2—2026
Ian Horn2—2026
James McAndrew2—2026
Jarrett Keifer2—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.