Pl see, FOSS4G India 2015 at IIRS Dehradun. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:Ravivundavalli#FOSS4G_India_2015.2C_June_8_to_10th
Ravi On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:03 PM, K S Rajan <ra...@iiit.ac.in> wrote: > Suchith, > Thanks for sending in the note on the Conference. > > All, > I am just back to Hyderabad after successfully holding the *FOSS4G-India > 2015* at IIRS Dehradun [1] with the help of all the co-organisers. We had > a very enthusiastic group of about 110+ participants covering researchers, > academicians, students, software developers, companies, and Govt > functionaries (National and State bodies). > > There were 2 Workshops- one on Becoming QGIS Power User by Ujaval Gandhi; > and the other on Geospatial Data Processing using R by Kamal Pandey and AK > Jha. About 48 papers and 3 talks on - Use of OSM for Crisis Mapping; Use of > Open Standards and Open Source in SDIs (and the National Roadmap); and on > Geo for All initiative were presented. All the full papers, presentations > and also Photos will be uploaded in a week's time onto the conference > website [1]. > The panel discussions towards the end had some wonderful ideas on building > Synergy across various organizations by leveraging their strength, More > focus on Capacity Building initiatives, Use and adoption of FOSS4G in > GeoSpatial Curriculum, develop and implement focused solutions for Common > users like Linemen (utilities management) to City Mayors, focused efforts > on tweaking/improvisation/development of FOSS4G tools aimed at specific > verticals like Social forestry, legacy data support, etc. > > Would like to mention here that IIRS has developed a tool called Trivim- A > free and open source Software for 3D Street Model Generation [2], [3] and > it was showcased during the event. GPS enabled Photos captured from mobile > phones and consumer grade cameras can be used to generate the Street view. > Pls do try it out and share your comments with poonam at iirs dot gov dot > in. They will soon be choosing an appropriate OSLicence for this product. > > -Rajan > OSGeo-India > > [1] http://foss4gindia.in/ > [2] https://shivareddyiirs.github.io/Trivim1.0_precompiled/ > [3] http://shivareddyiirs.github.io/Trivim1.0/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Doug Newcomb" <doug_newc...@fws.gov> > *To: *"Suchith Anand" <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> > *Cc: *"discuss" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org > *Sent: *Friday, June 12, 2015 5:20:15 PM > *Subject: *Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] “Open Source Geospatial Tools in > Climate Change Research and Natural Resource Management” and ISPRS Summer > Schools > > Will the presentations be available online? > Doug > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:40 AM, Suchith Anand < > suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> The Second National Conference on Free and Open Source Software for >> Geospatial (FOSS4G-India 2015) with focus on “Open Source Geospatial Tools >> in Climate Change Research and Natural Resource Management” was held >> earlier this week at June 9-10, 2015 at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, >> Dehradun. Dr K.S. Rajan (IIIT Hyderabad) gave the Plenary presentation on >> "Geo for All: an international network towards open geospatial research and >> education" . It is excellent to see the growth in number of universities in >> India who are now doing research and teaching in GIS using FOSS4G. I >> understand from Rajan that the conference was a great success with 12 >> sessions ranging from Climatic Studies to Village GIS. Program details at >> http://foss4gindia.in/Technical%20Program%20Schedule_June9-10_2015.pdf >> >> Conference details at http://foss4gindia.in/ >> >> Next month, IIRS (July 6-10, 2015) will also host the ISPRS Summer School >> at Dehradun on following 3 themes >> >> i) Online Sharing of Geospatial Data, Algorithm and Model (offered >> by ISPRS WG VI/1 ; Huayi Wu, State Key Laboratory of Information >> Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, >> China); >> >> ii) Open Source GIS (offered by ISPRS WG VI/2 ; Dr. Sameer Saran, >> Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian Space Research >> Orgamisation (ISRO), Dept. of Space, Govt. of India, Dehradun ); and >> >> iii) Research and Teaching methodologies for Master and PhD students >> (offered by ISPRS WG VI/4 : Igor Musikhin, Siberian State Academy of >> Geodesy, Russia ). >> >> I understand that there has been great response for all these courses >> which shows the demand and need. Details of Summer School at >> http://www.iirs.gov.in/isprs-summerschool/index.html >> >> I remember when i was student in India, there was very few opportunities >> for learning GIS as very few universities had GIS programs . So i am really >> pleased that now more universities and academics are empowered and starting >> GIS courses and more students are getting opportunities to learn geospatial >> science. My thanks to Rajan and colleagues who have been working tirelessly >> for providing more learning opportunities for students. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Suchith >> >> >> >> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee >> and may contain confidential information. If you have received this >> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. >> >> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this >> message or in any attachment. 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