FOSS4G 2024 Schedule vs ICSx⁵
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
FOSS4G 2024 Schedule
https://2024.foss4g.org About FOSS4G FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo, the non-profit organization that supports and promotes the collaborative development of free and open source geographic technologies and open geospatial data. The conference covers all kinds of topics related to geospatial information and earth observation openness from Software development to Transition to FOSS4G, Use cases and applications, Education and research and Open data. This event is for all kinds of people interested in sharing experiences about maps, from developers who write code to users of geomatics software, people who make decisions, researchers, students and anyone who wants to learn, share and meet like GIS interested people. It attracts over 1,000 practitioners and advocates for free and open source software for geospatial and the tendency is to increase this number every year. It is the main meeting place and educational outreach opportunity for OSGeo members, supporters and newcomers - to share and learn from one another in presentations, hands-on workshops and a conference exhibition. For appreciating the quality and variety of the presentations, you can watch video recordings of past FOSS4G events on the FOSS4G YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/FOSS4G/) Features * View program by day and rooms (side by side) * Custom grid layout for smartphones (try landscape mode 🙃) and tablets * Read detailed descriptions (speaker names, start time, room name, links, ...) of events * Add events to favorites list * Export favorites list * Setup alarms for individual events * Add events to your personal calendar * Share a website link to an event with others * Keep track of program changes * Automatic program updates (configurable in settings) * Vote and leave comments on talks and workshops 🔤 Supported languages (Event descriptions excluded) * Danish * Dutch * English * Finnish * French * German * Italian * Japanese * Lithuanian * Polish * Portuguese (Brazil) * Portuguese (Portugal) * Russian * Spanish * Swedish * Turkish 💡 Questions regarding the content can only be answered by the FOSS4G content team. This app simply offers a way to consume and personalize the conference schedule. 💣 Bug reports are very welcome. It would be awesome if you can describe how to reproduce the particular error in the issue tracker at https://github.com/EventFahrplan/EventFahrplan/issues. 🏆 The app is based on the EventFahrplan app which was initially built for the camp and annual congress of the Chaos Computer Club. The source code of the app is publicly available on GitHub at: https://github.com/Smarzaro/Foss4g2024Schedule/tree/foss4g-belem-2024. 🎨 FOSS4G 2024 logo is CC-BY-ND 4.0.
ICSx⁵
ICSx⁵ allows you to add/subscribe and manage external (Webcal) and local (i.e. Dropbox, adb push etc) iCalendar/.ics files on your Android device. Add high days and holidays, your sports teams events, time tables of your school/university or any other event files that come in ics/ical format. The app will import these events for you and displays it in your favorite calendar app on your Android – it integrates seamlessly into your device. * Subscribe to Webcal feeds (= synchronize at regular intervals) e.g. shared calendars from icloud.com * Subscribe to local .ics (iCalendar) calendar files * Allows to open webcal:// and webcals:// URLs, e.g. from your Web browser * Seamless integration to other calendar apps * Set a sync schedule * Intelligent update checker to save bandwidth * Authentication and HTTPS supported
| Feature | FOSS4G 2024 Schedule | ICSx⁵ |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Calendar | Calendar |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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