Congratulations Venka! Thank you for your contributions.
Best, Angelos On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <se...@arnulf.us> wrote: > -----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 > -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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