Congratulations ! Kind regards Heikki Doeleman
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Massimiliano Cannata < massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote: > Congratulations Venka. Well deserved recognition. > > Maxi > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Jeff McKenna < > jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > >> -- >> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > -- > > Dr. Eng. Massimiliano Cannata > Responsabile Area Geomatica > Istituto Scienze della Terra > Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana > Via Trevano, c.p. 72 > CH-6952 Canobbio-Lugano > Tel: +41 (0)58 666 62 14 > Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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