.. _introduction:

Order of business
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* Materials https://pdal-workshop-2019.s3.amazonaws.com/PDAL-Workshop-complete.zip
* Follow along https://pdal-workshop-2019.s3.amazonaws.com/slides.zip
* PDF http://pdal.io/PDAL.pdf
* Links everywhere


Goals
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* Walk out with the confidence that you can use this
  stuff to do things

* Walk out with materials and software

* Learn a bit too

Who are we
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* Adam Steer
* Michael Smith
* Connor Manning


Adam Steer
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* Uses and contributes to  open source GIS and LiDAR software
* Tweets @ http://twitter.com/adamsteer
* http://spatialised.net
* https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
* http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
* http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236 

Michael Smith
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* Physical Research Scientist, USACE CRREL
* Develops open source GIS and LiDAR software
* Commits over 15 years
* Government Sponsor of PDAL Project

Connor Manning
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* Developer at Hobu, inc
* Developer of Entwine and EPT


Next
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On to :ref:`lidar_intro`
