-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Congratulations Venka!
On 26.10.2012 04:47, Gérald Fenoy wrote: > Congratulations Venka for getting the Soltz Katz Award ! > > Congratulations to OSGeo for making this choice, choosing the > place and an event which fit just perfectly i feel. > > Gérald Fenoy gerald.fe...@geolabs.fr > > Le 25 oct. 2012 à 19:00, Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> a écrit : > >> -- >> >> Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan was honored today with the 2012 Sol >> Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software during >> the inaugural session of the FOSS4G-India 2012 >> (http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia/) conference in Hyderabad, >> India. The award was presented by Ravi Kumar and Vundavallu >> Aruna Kumar, Member of Parliament. Venka received a memento on >> behalf of the OSGeo-India Chapter. Venka's dedication to FOSS4G >> and his community work around the world, promoting open source >> geospatial, is second to none. He has been involved in OSGeo >> since the foundation was formed in 2006, and we are lucky to have >> such a strong global voice in him. The OSGeo foundation wishes >> to thank Venka for his wonderful dedication. >> >> Background >> >> The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software >> is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated >> leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will >> have contributed significantly through their activities to >> advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is >> that the award will both acknowledge the work of community >> members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to >> come. Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a >> large body of work in the form of applications, format >> specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's, Sol assisted in >> the development of a public domain GIS package called MOSS (Map >> Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the >> first open source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go >> on to release and maintain PC MOSS. He was also one of the first >> involved in public data translator utilities. Utilities that he >> developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files were >> contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still >> available today. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many >> geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the >> geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS >> utilities at the BLM is still available at >> ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's >> Lymphoma for almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed. >> His legacy will always live on in the GFOSS world. >> >> -- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing >> list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing > list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > - -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCKGyYACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b2UPQCfYDuLWD1bZWJ0sf6aY3AHHxaL Q0EAnRYTM+seBpgDtVc8+n7v1l56ZNr9 =Ralg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss