[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: [Ilwis] Call for Entries - 52°North Stud ent Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics]

2008-06-11 Thread Ned Horning
I thought some folks here might be interested in this. ***Sorry for any cross postings *** The 52°North Open Source Initiative hereby issues a call for entries for the 52°North Student Innovation Prize for Geoinformatics. The aim of this innovation prize is to encourage students to ma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election 2008 - Nominations open Friday 13th June

2008-06-11 Thread Paolo Cavallini
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > Nomination emails should be sent from Friday both to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > please also cc'd to this list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org) Hi Jo. I'll be offline most of next week, so please accept my nomination for Markus Neteler now. All the best. pc -- Paolo Cavallin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election 2008 - Nominations open Friday 13th June

2008-06-11 Thread Jacolin Yves
Hi, Le Wednesday 11 June 2008 13:36:16 Paolo Cavallini, vous avez écrit : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: > > Nomination emails should be sent from Friday both to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > > please also cc'd to this list (discuss@lists.osgeo.org) > > Hi Jo. > I'll be offline most of next week, so ple

[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: studies / comparisons of software that serves OGC standards

2008-06-11 Thread Milo van der Linden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Bruce, I ran into a similar question. I am currently wrapping up a presentation for the upcoming OSGeo conference in the Netherlands. It is hard to find key figures on Open source GIS on the internet, especially when you want to combine it with

[OSGeo-Discuss] Driving licenses for geofoss?

2008-06-11 Thread Jeroen Ticheler
Hi all, I'm curious to hear some opinions from people on the European Computer Driving License (see http://www.ecdl.org ) Foundation. There's a specific option to obtain certificates on (proprietary) GIS software. Since we're talking about a Foundation, FOSS4G providers should be able to

[OSGeo-Discuss] Live webcast and podcasts of Geospatial Web Services workshop (16-17 June, 2008) - CGS, University of Nottingham

2008-06-11 Thread Anand Suchith
Hello All, We are making arrangements for live web cast of the Geospatial Web Services workshop talks and podcasts for the benefit of the wider GIS community. The links will become live from the workshop tab as they are taking place. This is a trial and we would appreciate any feedback you may hav

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Driving licenses for geofoss?

2008-06-11 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Jeroen Ticheler ha scritto: > I'm curious to hear some opinions from people on the European Computer > Driving License (see http://www.ecdl.org ) Foundation. > > There's a specific option to obtain certificates on (proprietary) GIS > software. Since we're talking about a Foundation, FOSS4G provid

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: studies / comparisons of software that serves OGC standards

2008-06-11 Thread Jody Garnett
For reference a lot of open source leaders get hit with a couple 20 minuet survey requests a month; often from business grad students (ranging from phone interview to web forms to fill in). I personally recommend trying out the software; with a specific need in mind; producing a document and p

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Driving licenses for geofoss?

2008-06-11 Thread andrea giacomelli
Paolo: thanks for the brief status. I have actually coordinated the team within GFOSS.it (with Leonardo Lami and Massimo di Stefano providing most of the actual preparation work on the syllabus questions and data customisation). Here are some opinions having closely followed the process since Ju

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination

2008-06-11 Thread Paul Ramsey
I would like to nominate Howard Butler. Howard is a long-time member of OSGeo, the chair of the system administration committee, a committer for Mapserver and GDAL, and respected member of the GIS blogging diaspora. In short, he has it all, brains, charm, looks. Marry me, Howard. P.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Jump into OSGeo

2008-06-11 Thread RAVI KUMAR
Hi, have been following the very positive correspondence for OpenJUMP joining OSGeo. Here in India GRASS and OpenJUMP are the most used among Open Source GIS, in various universities. This endeavor is a result of the roadshows conducted by OSGeo India chapter in various universities. The entire