Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [SoC] [@Mentors: Action required] GSoC 2016 Ideas page

2016-02-16 Thread Alexander Bruy 
Hi Madi,

could you please add QGIS project to the list?
Here is our ideas page (in the process of filling with content)
http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016

Thanks

2016-02-16 12:16 GMT+02:00 Margherita Di Leo :
> Dear All,
>
>
> we would like to inform you all that we have applied on behalf of OSGeo, as
> a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code 2016. The application can be
> found at [1]. We ask your cooperation to set up the ideas page within few
> days. It is extremely important that the ideas page looks in good shape as
> it is the key page Google will be looking at when evaluating OSGeo. As
> usual, each community will set up its ideas page on its own wiki and will
> send us the link, that will be added by us to the main page [2]. Please
> forward this email to your communities.
>
> As past years, OSGeo welcomes like minded projects that wish to participate
> under the org’s umbrella, not being official OSGeo projects. Please contact
> us to discuss it further.
>
>
> Your OSGeo GSoC 2016 Admins
>
> Margherita Di Leo (madi)
>
> Anne Ghisla (aghisla)
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2016
>
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo4All Cartographic Challenge – How Openness can help to reduce inequality

2016-02-16 Thread Suchith Anand 
Our thanks to Professor Silvana Comboim  (The Federal University of Paraná, 
Brazil) and chair of the ICA Commission on Open source Geotechnologies and Mike 
Finn (United States Geological Survey, USA) and cochair of the ICA Commission 
on Open source Geotechnologies for leading this excellent Geo4All Cartographic 
Challenge as part of the International Map Year to support the United Nations 
Sustainable Development Goal on Reducing inequality within and among countries. 
I think this is a great opportunity to highlight the importance of working 
together on the bigger aim to empower and provide quality education 
opportunities for our bottom billions brothers and sisters worldwide (who are 
too poor that they dont even have a voice).

Digital technologies are a big enabler for providing Quality education 
opportunities for everyone. The costs of hardware is coming down (and will keep 
coming down), internet access is increasing even in poor countries (and will 
keep increasing) but the biggest artificial barrier is the high cost of 
properitary software. So by having free and open software will enable billions 
of our brothers and sisters globally to also get opportunities for getting 
quality education. I have seen this happening in poor schools in my own state 
Kerala in India,  where thanks to a pioneering initiative called IT@Schools 
which is also the world's  largest simultaneous deployment of FOSS (Free and 
Open Source Software) based ICT education providing opportunities for over 
12,000 schools, benifitting 6 million students and 200,000 teachers in the 
state.  Details at https://www.itschool.gov.in/glance.php   The scalability of 
this initiative has been amazing and this would not have happened if we had to 
depend of properitery vendors.

There are lot of examples around the world that shows the power of open 
principles in education. For example, our colleagues in Uruguay (Sergio Acosta 
y Lara and others) are doing amazing work through gvSIG Batovi initiative 
providing digital education opportunities to all students in government schools 
across the country through the wider CEIBAL initiative. See details at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwN9K07XPo   (video with English translation).

Education and empowerment  are key  for getting rid of extreme poverty and help 
create digital economy opportunities also for  billions of our economically 
poor brothers and sisters across our planet and we cannot allow creating 
artificial digital barriers through high costs properitary licences to keep 
continue denying them their rightful opportunities for a better future for 
thier children. Access to quality education opportunities is everyone's 
birthright.

Education and empowerment of students are also key  for developing creative and 
open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation and 
contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society 
and for our future generations. So let us all work together to enable open 
principles in education to help create a world that is more accessible, 
equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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This year is International Map Year [1], a worldwide celebration of maps and 
their unique role in our world. It’s organized by the International 
Cartographic Association (ICA) and supported by the United Nations (UN).

To celebrate this year, ICA Commissions are preparing a series of activities to 
demonstrate the ability of Cartography helping to solve global issues, 
accordingly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals [2]

The result of this will be a poster exposition and an Atlas published by ICA. 
Each goal (there are 17) will have one poster. The Open Source Geotechnologies 
Commission got the Goal number 10 (“Reduce inequality within and among 
countries”). Under this goal, there are 7 targets detailed in page 21 of this 
document [3].

UN Sustainable Development Goal 10 –  Reduce inequality within and among 
countries

10.1  By  2030,  progressively  achieve  and  sustain  income  growth  of  the  
bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the national average
10.2  By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion 
of  all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, 
religion or economic or other status
10.3  Ensure  equal  opportunity  and  reduce  inequalities  of  outcome,  
including  by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and 
promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
10.4  Adopt

[OSGeo-Discuss] [@Mentors: Action required] GSoC 2016 Ideas page

2016-02-16 Thread Margherita Di Leo 
Dear All,

we would like to inform you all that we have applied on behalf of OSGeo, as
a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code 2016. The application can
be found at [1]. We ask your cooperation to set up the ideas page within
few days. It is extremely important that the ideas page looks in good shape
as it is the key page Google will be looking at when evaluating OSGeo. As
usual, each community will set up its ideas page on its own wiki and will
send us the link, that will be added by us to the main page [2]. Please
forward this email to your communities.

As past years, OSGeo welcomes like minded projects that wish to participate
under the org’s umbrella, not being official OSGeo projects. Please contact
us to discuss it further.

Your OSGeo GSoC 2016 Admins

Margherita Di Leo (madi)

Anne Ghisla (aghisla)

[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Application_2016

[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Extended Deadline for presentations and Workshops, 2nd QGIS Int. Conference

2016-02-16 Thread Lluís Vicens 
*_Extension of _**_presentations and workshops submissions deadline - 
_**_22/02/2016_*


The Call for Papers and Workshops for the 2nd International QGIS User 
and Developer Conference, is still open!



*Call for Presentations*
Deadline: *February **22nd*

The QGIS Conference presentations are 20 minutes long, with time for Q 
at the end of each talk. Presentations may cover any aspect related with 
the use or development of QGIS software. Anyone can can submit a 
presentation proposal and take part in the conference as a presenter. 
The received proposals will be reviewed by the program committee.


*See already submitted presentations* and details: 
http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/international-qgis-user-and-developer-conference/conferencia-qgis/

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*Call for Workshops*
Deadline: *February **22nd*

There are two kinds of workshops depending on the duration: 2 hours or 4 
hours. If you want to actively participate in the 2nd Int. QGIS 
Conference and impart a workshop, don't hesitate to send your workshop 
proposal to talle...@sigte.org


The proposal should be a brief abstract pointing out the expected 
duration of the workshop (2 hours, 4 hours) as well as a few lines 
describing the content of the workshop, pre-requisites for the 
attendants (if needed), name of the instructor...


The instructors of the selected workshops will receive a free pass for 
the conference.


*See **already submittedworkshops* and details: 
http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre/en/international-qgis-user-and-developer-conference/workshops-qgis/



For further details, please send an email at infojorna...@sigte.org

Best regards,

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10as Jornadas de SIG Libre
2nd International QGIS User and Developer Conference
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