[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy #OpenDataDay

2017-03-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
As 4 March is OpenDataDay, some good news to share from Canada... Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Crowdsourcing with Statistics Canada (Ottawa ODL 2.0 is go!) I just got access to the OSMF LWG draft minutes from yesterday, and I have good news: Ottawa ODL 2.0

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India event

2017-03-03 Thread Venkatesh Raghavan
Thanks, Ravi. Also great to see FOSS4G and OSGeo names appear in major Indian newspapers [1]. Best Venka [1] https://plus.google.com/109741136460742479583/posts/52GH2nWxnxe On 3/3/2017 11:29 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Hi Ravi, Great to hear how the 60 students took to QGIS and other tools

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India event

2017-03-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Ravi, Great to hear how the 60 students took to QGIS and other tools "like fish takes to water", well said! Thanks for sharing the passion. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-03-03 3:53 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: Hi,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India event

2017-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks for sharing this updates Ravi Kumar. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Ravi Kumar Sent: 03 March 2017 7:53 AM To: discuss Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India event

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] The Rise of Open Street Map as a World Mapping Agency

2017-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
There are so many examples of close collaboration of both communities .One recent example of joining efforts was in the relief efforts following Nepal earthquake in 2015 [1] which saved thousands of lives. OSGL Kathmandu University lead by Dr Shashish Maharjan and whole team along with many