Dear Jeff, Dear All, Thanks a lot for this very interesting and useful initiative.
First of all, let me just introduce myself because I’m an OSGeo Member since a few years… but I was mostly silent (but reading with interest most of the emails on various OSGeo mailing lists). My name is Gregory Giuliani. I’m a lecturer in Geomatics and Remote Sensing at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and SDI office at UNEP/GRID-Geneva. I’m actively involved in GEO/GEOSS and I’m the leading the UNIGE/Geo For All lab (http://www.unige.ch/tigers/en/autres-reseaux/geoforall/). Both at the University and GRID-Geneva we are using various FOSS solutions. I will be more than happy to contribute to this new committee. To follow Werner Leyh and Vivien Deparday emails, I agree with them that “disaster management” is an important topic to cover. At the GRID-Geneva, we have developed the “Global Risk Data Platform”: http://preview.grid.unep.ch It is entirely based on FOSS solutions. We present the platform and its architecture in this paper: http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/53/2011/nhess-11-53-2011.html The platform has been develop to support UNISDR Global Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reduction. I take also the opportunity to suggest another “hot topic" related to the UN. It concerns the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org Related to that, in August 2014 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked an Independent Expert Advisory Group to make concrete recommendations on bringing about a data revolution in sustainable development. This is the Data Revolution Group: http://www.undatarevolution.org And I’m sure that OSGeo has a role to play within this arena :-) Looking forward to collaborate with all of you and happy to join the team. Best regards Greg > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:21:25 +0000 (UTC) > From: Werner Leyh <wernerl...@yahoo.com> > To: osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members > Message-ID: > <1208805130.2171265.1446650485706.javamail.ya...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi Jeff, Hi Jeroen, Hi Venka, Hi all > > With regard to the work package “disaster managment”, covered by > www.unisdr.org/ , > the following “UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the > implementation of the > Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” could be important > for us: > http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/events/45270 > > The event will take place on 27-29 January 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. > > Of course, there are many other UN activities where FOSS could be very useful. > Nevertheless, disaster management is an important point with links to main > other areas. > “Link Open Data” approaches with “crowd sourced data” will surely an > important point. > > Submission of abstracts is still possible till 30 November 2015. > Werner > > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 10/31/15, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members > To: "osgeo" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Date: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 12:18 PM > > Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone > that already signed up as members > (wow, great). I'm waiting on the new mailing list to > be created, then > we can start planning there. Venka: I had spoken with > Kyoung-Soo Eom > yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee, > I will > definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all > collaborate there. > > -jeff > > > > On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: >> Hi Jeff, >> Great initiative, I've just signed up to the > committee. >> Cheers, >> Jeroen >> >> GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of > data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and > GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details. >> _________________________ >> Jeroen Ticheler >> GeoCat bv >> Veenderweg 13 >> 6721 WD Bennekom >> Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572 >> http://geocat.net >> >>> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > het volgende geschreven: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a > new committee, focused on the UN/United Nations. I > have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, that > gives some background. Please, if you are interested > in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its > members states, definitely add your name to the wiki > page. We will likely organize the first committee > meeting sometime in November. Thanks! >>> >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee >>> >>> -jeff >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 12:21:44 -0500 > From: Vivien Deparday <vivien.depar...@gmail.com> > To: Werner Leyh <wernerl...@yahoo.com> > Cc: osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members > Message-ID: > <cakk-qjt2g3cecx-rvufd5xs-rr__t-lhr3qu7h2j8w+fjep...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Jeff and all, > > Our Open Data for Resilience team (https://www.gfdrr.org/opendri) at the > World Bank's Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) > has been promoting open source, open data, OpenStreetMap with regards to > resilience and disaster risk reduction applications in many countries > through trainings, projects,etc.... Several members of the team are OSGeo > charter member and advocate and technically, the World Bank is a UN > specialized agency so happy to be part of the committee and to help this > cooperation too. > > Best, > > Vivien > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Werner Leyh <wernerl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jeff, Hi Jeroen, Hi Venka, Hi all >> >> With regard to the work package “disaster managment”, covered by >> www.unisdr.org/ , >> the following “UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the >> implementation of the >> Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” could be >> important for us: >> http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/events/45270 >> >> The event will take place on 27-29 January 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. >> >> Of course, there are many other UN activities where FOSS could be very >> useful. >> Nevertheless, disaster management is an important point with links to main >> other areas. >> “Link Open Data” approaches with “crowd sourced data” will surely an >> important point. >> >> Submission of abstracts is still possible till 30 November 2015. >> Werner >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> On Sat, 10/31/15, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: >> >> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] new UN committee - call for members >> To: "osgeo" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> >> Date: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 12:18 PM >> >> Thanks Jeroen, Venka, and everyone >> that already signed up as members >> (wow, great). I'm waiting on the new mailing list to >> be created, then >> we can start planning there. Venka: I had spoken with >> Kyoung-Soo Eom >> yesterday and he is very happy to hear of the new committee, >> I will >> definitely add him to the new mailing list so we can all >> collaborate there. >> >> -jeff >> >> >> >> On 2015-10-31 7:50 AM, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: >>> Hi Jeff, >>> Great initiative, I've just signed up to the >> committee. >>> Cheers, >>> Jeroen >>> >>> GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of >> data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and >> GeoNetwork. Visit http://geocat.net for details. >>> _________________________ >>> Jeroen Ticheler >>> GeoCat bv >>> Veenderweg 13 >>> 6721 WD Bennekom >>> Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572 >>> http://geocat.net >>> >>>> Op 30 okt. 2015 om 20:58 heeft Jeff McKenna < >> jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> >> het volgende geschreven: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> At the last OSGeo board meeting we agreed to form a >> new committee, focused on the UN/United Nations. I >> have drafted an initial wiki page for the committee, that >> gives some background. Please, if you are interested >> in helping promote Open Source geospatial at the UN with its >> members states, definitely add your name to the wiki >> page. We will likely organize the first committee >> meeting sometime in November. Thanks! >>>> >>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee >>>> >>>> -jeff >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20151104/0eadc84d/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > ------------------------------ > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 107, Issue 4 > *************************************** > --- Dr. Gregory Giuliani Lecturer - Spatial Data Infrastructure http://www.unige.ch/envirospace/People/giuliani.html ************************************************************** University of Geneva Institute for Environmental Sciences/enviroSPACE 66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH - 1205 GENEVE Phone: (+41 22) 379 07 09 Fax: (+41 22) 379 07 44 Web: http://www.unige.ch/envirospace Email: gregory.giuli...@unige.ch ************************************************************** UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva International Environment House 11 chemin des Anémones, CH - 1219 CHATELAINE Phone: (+41 22) 917 84 17 Fax: (+41 22) 917 80 29 Web: http://www.grid.unep.ch Email: gregory.giuli...@unepgrid.ch **************************************************************
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