[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo welcomes 13 GSoC students in 2018!

2018-04-23 Thread Helmut Kudrnovsky
Dear OSGeo community, we are proud to announce that 13 students were selected to work on GSoC [1] at OSGeo this year! Browse the projects at: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/5051492877205504/?sp-page=2 We thank all the students that weren’t selected and encourage them to appl

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GIS special?

2018-04-23 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Ravi Kumar, Thank you for sharing this excellent updates. This is a great start for school level geoeducation in India and good to see OpenGIS mentioned in the syllabus 😊 I am confident that geoeducation opportunities for all will keep expanding ... Best wishes, Suchith _

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GIS special?

2018-04-23 Thread Ravi Kumar
FYI In India CBSE Syllabus has included an 'Optional Paper', Class XII (16 year olds) of GIS. https://www.cbsesyllabus.in/vocational-syllabus/geospatial-technology-740-class-xii-syllabus On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > > Dear colleagues,