Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo & GIS Day...

[Peter Löwe]

Hello Nicolas,

 

in Potsdam, Germany the GIS Day events of the last three years have featured presentations about work done both with propietary and open source-based GIS. Such "peaceful coexistence" allows to reach out and talk shop with people using the "other" kind of GIS.

 

To introduce OSGeo both as a organisation an a lifestyle, something like the nice presentations of Jody Garnet might be used:

Overview:

http://de.slideshare.net/jgarnett/osgeo-incubation-39305709

 

OSGeo live:

http://de.slideshare.net/jgarnett/osgeo-live-14805196

 

Also, geoforall could be a great ressource, possible also for remote training:

http://www.geoforall.org/

 

It would be great if all OSGeo-related GIS Day presentations could eventually be pooled and permanently provided via a central access point. In the meantime, one viable way for reference and long term presevation could be archiving as grey literature via a research- or university library.

Here's an example from Potsdam: 

http://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/escidoc:292659

 

Best,

Peter

 

 

 

<peter.lo...@gmx.de>

 

 

Gesendet: Freitag, 19. September 2014 um 13:47 Uhr
Von: "Nicolas Gignac" <gignac...@gmail.com>
An: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Betreff: OSGeo & GIS Day...

Hello all,
 

I saw this interesting post here on OSGeo & GIS Day in 2012: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-November/011158.html
 

I am currently in Africa for one month and someone here is organising an annual GIS Day in November. He wanted to do a formal OSGeo day with training session, so I was woundering if someone was able to make OSGeo part of the GIS Day in their own location? If so, how?

I think OSGeo should be part of GIS Day and show how FOSS4G can be useful and do some OSGeo software formal presentation & training session with OSGeo certificate (like ESRI does). I was thinking of also Skype or remote training session in these parts of the world where local chapter are not well establish and capacity building is a crucial need.
 

Thanks.
 

Cheers,
 

Nicolas Gignac
ca.linkedin.com/pub/nicolas-gignac/20/690/a42/

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