Dear Ravi, Thank you for your wishes ! We are looking forward to work closely with OSGeo India . Cheers
Nimalika On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Ravi Kumar <ravivundavall...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hi > OSGeo India wishes all the best to this Sri Lankan effort. Hope this can > lead to OSGeo-ICA labs in other countries of south Asia. > Cheers > Ravi Kumar > > > On Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:52 PM, Jeff McKenna < > jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SriLanka] Inauguration of two OSGeo labs in Sri Lanka > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:44:40 +0600 > From: nimalika fernando <nimali...@gmail.com> > To: srila...@lists.osgeo.org > > > > Dear All, > > > I am happy to announce that two OSGeo labs will be inaugurated in Sri > Lanka in the next month. > Actual dates and time will be announced here shortly. > > > One OSGeo lab will be established at the University of Moratuwa and > another will be established at the Sri Lanka Institute of information > Technology. They will become a part of worldwide network of OSGeo > labs.The aim of these labs is promoting the use of free and open source > GIS tools among students and the Sri Lankan community. They will be used > for teaching and research activities related to open source GIS. > > > OSGeo labs are being established around the world based on ICA-OSGeo > Lab initiative. In 2011, OSGeo and the International Cartographic > Association (ICA) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim > of developing on global basis collaboration opportunities for academia, > industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and > data. The motto of ICA-OSGeo Lab initiative is "Geo For All". This > initiative aims at providing expertise and support for the establishment > of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centers across the > world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software > technologies, training and expertise. Over 40 Open Source Geospatial > Labs have already been established in universities around the world. > (http://www.geoforall.org/about/) > > > > Cheers > > Nimalika > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Nimalika Fernando
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