Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Vol. 4 no.12 - Please contribute to Open Source Geospatial Foundation's monthly outreach effort

of this opportunity to reach out your work to the wider global community . Best wishes, Suchith From: Markus Neteler Sent: 09 December 2018 10:56 To: Suchith Anand Cc: OsGeo, GeoForAll; labri...@eled.auth.gr; OSGeo-discuss Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Vol. 4 no.12 - Please contribute to Open Source Geospatial Foundation's monthly outreach effort

Thank you Nikos for you and your editor team's your great volunteer work that made GeoForAll Newsletter a reality. It takes lot of effort and determination to keep working every single month to produce this amazing newsletter for the community. Your work and selfless efforts is an inspiration

[OSGeo-Discuss] How can we enable Spatial Education Teacher Training programs globally?

GeoForAll community thank and congratulate Sergio Acosta Y Lara and all our colleagues in Uruguay on the excellent student projects competition that was successfully done. Many congratulations to all teachers and students who took part in this competition. Details at

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [FOSS4G-Oceania] presentation videos

Thanks for sharing this excellent resources. Sharing the video recordings of FOSS4G presentations (global, regional ) is important for widening participation and outreach. Great idea to have some USBs of these send to colleagues in low bandwidth areas. Best wishes, Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Remote Sensing for Conservation & Biodiversity

The United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment states: “ecosystems are critical to human well-being - to our health, our prosperity, our security, and to our social and cultural identity.” Conservation and biodiversity management play important roles in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo web style guide

Hi Nick, Thanks for this excellent updates from FOSS4G-Asia . Will it be possible to send us some photos and summary of the event for GeoForAll newsletter. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of nicolas bozon Sent: 05 December 2018

[OSGeo-Discuss] Education key for tackling Global Warming

Dear colleagues, I understand that some of our colleagues are now at COP24 in Katowice, Poland and I would like to send our greetings to everyone at COP24. One of our Open Source GIS labs established at the UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre in Poland has been doing pioneering work on Environmental

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Election 2018 Board of Directors elections results

Congratulations to the new Board. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu Sent: 04 December 2018 05:56 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Election 2018 Board of Directors elections results Dear OSGeo community,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: [reminder] Special Issue "Earth Observation Data Cubes" - Call for Papers

From: Gregory Giuliani Sent: 30 November 2018 14:30 Subject: [reminder] Special Issue "Earth Observation Data Cubes" - Call for Papers Dear colleagues, Just a quick reminder about the on-going call for papers on “EO Data Cubes" Remotely sensed Earth

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Kudos to the CRO, Board, Members and OSGeo in general

+1 I am very grateful to get the opportunity to be part of this amazing global community. Best wishes, Suchith From: Board on behalf of Arnulf Christl Sent: 29 November 2018 11:15 To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo Board Subject: [Board] Kudos to the CRO,

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud

Following a major effort by the European Commission, the Member States and the scientific community, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) was launched to provide a safe environment for researches to store, analyse and re-use data for research, innovation and

[OSGeo-Discuss] How we replicate and build upon University of Turku (UTU), Finland's ideas and success

. It will be good to twin a lab in North America, Europe with labs in developing countries. It will be a great way to build joint ideas, collaborations and opportunities for working together in the future. What do you think? Best wishes, Suchith From: Suchith Anand

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial Information Competition

Came across this competition information. Do anyone in the community know more details? https://www.geospatialscience.com.au/competition/ Can someone from OSGeo-Australia please reach out on behalf of GeoForAll and explore how we can support this by sharing our software and teaching

[OSGeo-Discuss] Protected Planet Report 2018 out for UN Biodiversity COP14

Dear colleagues, The Protected Planet Report 2018 informs about the actual status of the world’s protected areas, is available in digital format for the present COP14 of the UN Convention Biological Diversity (CBD). The Protected Planet Report 2018 - Tracking progress towards global targets

[OSGeo-Discuss] The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

GEOBON at COP14 Monday November 26th at 13:15 Greetings to all colleagues of the Group on Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) who are presenting at https://www.cbd.int/side-events/2720 Best wishes, Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 19 No

[OSGeo-Discuss] We need to speak for the voiceless to improve conservation efforts around the world

Dear colleagues, UN Member States of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are now meeting for the 14th Conference of Parties (COP-14) in Egypt. My greetings to the UN Biodiversity Lab colleagues who are sharing their great work at COP-14. Please share this information with the members

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help needed in the GeoForAll Maps in the website

2018 10:51 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help needed in the GeoForAll Maps in the website Quick check shows that the page is trying to load openlayers JS and CSS directly from the openlayers site https://openlayers.org/en/v4.2.0

[OSGeo-Discuss] Help needed in the GeoForAll Maps in the website

The maps feature for displaying the geographic distribution of GeoForAll labs in the main GeoForAll website https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/geo-for-all/. is not working. Can any of you please help on this. Many thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming Tomas Bata University in Czech Republic to GeoForAll

We are pleased to welcome Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic to GeoForAll. The GeoforAll laboratory at Tomas Bata University serves as a space for students and faculty to work with geospatial facilities - there are 24 computers, 8 of them are equipped with full-featured and up-to-date

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming University of Turku (UTU), Finland to GeoForAll

We are pleased to welcome University of Turku (UTU), Finland to GeoForAll. UTU Geospatial consists of geospatial research, education and cooperation resources and activities at the University of Turku (UTU), Finland. Thier geospatial expertise is founded on multidisciplinary research and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia to GeoForAll

We are pleased to welcome Jaroslav Hofierka and colleagues from the Institute of Geography at the Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia to GeoForAll. The Institute was established in 1998 and it is located in Košice – the second biggest city in Slovakia. The Institute's research

[OSGeo-Discuss] Over 50 Open Source GIScience Repositories on GitHub

Another excellent gift from our colleagues at the GIScience Research Group at Heidelberg University who have shared their GIScience github repository contains now already over 50 open source repositories and it’s still growing.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy Geography Awareness Week

Dear colleagues, Happy Geography Awareness Week to everyone. I would like to share a great video compilation by Nicera Kimani that I came across. Nicera is a young woman from Kibera helping informal settlement in data collection and mapping. FOSS4G was her first time ever interacting with

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for establishing dedicated Research Centres for Open Geospatial Science globally

, Suchith ____ From: Suchith Anand Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 12:14 To: GeoForAll; ML osgeo discuss Subject: Call for establishing dedicated Research Centres for Open Geospatial Science globally Dear colleagues, Just 5 years ago this time (November 2013), I was invited to join the Europ

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for establishing dedicated Research Centres for Open Geospatial Science globally

Dear colleagues, Just 5 years ago this time (November 2013), I was invited to join the European Union scientific delegation to Australia for meetings and workshop at the Australian Academy of Sciences [1] in Canberra. One of the key official outcomes of the EU-Australia meeting was the

[OSGeo-Discuss] World Science Day for Peace and Development - "Science, a Human Right"

Dear colleagues, Greetings to everyone on World Science Day for Peace and Development. The theme for 2018 is “Science, a Human Right", in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 27), and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming Msilikale Msilanga as the new GeoForAll-Africa Chair

GeoforAll community welcomes Msilikale Msilanga as our GeoForAll-Africa chair. Msilikale Msilanga is a spatial planner professional from Tanzania and have experiences from Europe and Latin America based on the same field. He has been working at the World Bank since 2011 as the Geospatial

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll greetings to Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment 2018 in Namibia

Dear colleagues, The Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment 2018 will take place November 12 – 16, 2018, at Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), Windhoek, Namibia. There will be a pre-conference workshop about OGC Web Services and Interoperability Standards on 8th

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] AGSE 2018 is going to start...

Hi Franz-Josef, Thanks for sharing this excellent updates. Wishing you all success for AGSE 2018 and for expanding future collaborations in Africa. Please share updates for our GeoForAll newsletter . Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Sharing the Digital Economy with everyone

Dear colleagues, Geography Awareness Week is an opportunity to bring attention to the need for educational policies that will increase geographic literacy for everyone [1]. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are important tools that have the potential to greatly improve geographic

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?

From: Jody Garnett Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 05:05 To: Suchith Anand Cc: GeoForAll; ML osgeo discuss Subject: Re: [Geo4All] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors? Just a note we can also use this opening marketing departments provide

[OSGeo-Discuss] International Data Week 2018

Dear colleagues, Greetings to all colleagues meeting in Gaborone, Botswana for the second edition of International Data Week (IDW 2018) [1] from 5-8 November 2018 . Co-organized by the ISC World Data System (WDS), the ISC Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), the Research

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: UNIGIS MSc distance learning program on GIS for the Environment

I was requested to share this course info. which might be of interest to some of you. Best wishes, Suchith From: Klug Hermann Sent: 02 November 2018 08:30 To: Klug Hermann Subject: UNIGIS MSc distance learning program on GIS for the Environment

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?

, November 2, 2018 10:54 AM To: Suchith Anand Cc: osgeo-discuss; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors? Let's see what the main player has to say about open source: http://www.esriuk.com/software/open/open-source

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?

this could actually be THE textbook example of open washing in GIS: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/open-vision/overview just my 2 cents ;) Christian Am 02.11.18 um 11:01 schrieb Suchith Anand: I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org Openwashing: to spin a product

[OSGeo-Discuss] What is Openwashing? Is there any examples in GIS Vendors?

I came across this term OpenWashing at http://openwashing.org Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived from 'greenwashing.' Openwashing: n., having an appearance of open-source and open-licensing for marketing purposes, while continuing proprietary

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Letter form to Schools, Universities and Institutions against free(as beer) licenced SW

Hi Luigi , Thank you for your email on this important topic. Please feel free to make use of any background materials from the open letter that I send in November 2017 to RGS (UK) requesting to support open principles in Geoeducation and include Open principles in the Geography Ambassador

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for thought-provoking discussions at UNWGIC? Register Now!

On 15th June 2018, I have emailed UN GGIM on the need to work together with the OSGeo and GeoForAll community for enabling geoeducation and entrepreneurship opportunities for all (esp. for the economically poor worldwide). I haven’t got any response so far. It is very important the UN GGIM

[OSGeo-Discuss] Link to livestream of GEO Week 2018

Dear colleagues, The GEO community is meeting this week (29th Oct-2nd Nov 2018) in Kyoto, Japan, for GEO Week and GEO-XV Plenary. This gathering of GEO’s 105 Member governments and 127 Participating Organizations will explore efforts and opportunities for the use of Earth observations for the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Enabling the Right to Benefit from Geospatial Scientific Progress and Its Applications

2019 Panel on “Enabling the Right to Benefit from Geospatial Scientific Progress and Its Applications” Andy Anderson (Amherst, USA), Suchith Anand (University of Nottingham, UK) Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) are important contributors to the advancement of human

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2018] Charter Member elections results

Congratulations and welcome to all the new Charter members. Great to see the growth and global distribution. Thank you to Vasile, Vicky and Jorge for your work. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu Sent: 30 October 2018

[OSGeo-Discuss] Harnessing the digital potential to drive higher education transformation in Africa

Dear colleagues, Science and Education Ministers from some African countries, over 85 Vice Chancellors from universities across Africa as well as key scientists from across the world came together last week (22-26 October 2018) in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the Sixth African Higher Education

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geography Awareness Week

Dear colleagues, Geography Awareness Week is an annual celebration of geography and the important role it plays in our lives. Geography Awareness Week is an opportunity to bring attention to the need for educational policies that will increase geographic literacy for everyone. Geographic

[OSGeo-Discuss] Designing equitable foundations for Open Knowledge

The theme of the International Open Access Week to be held from October 22-28, 2018, will be “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge”. Details at http://openaccessweek.org Best wishes , Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial and ICT Capacities in Tanzanian Higher Education Institutions

Came across this excellent initiative. The training included both theory and practice of the basics of geospatial technologies with open source software, and also provided an opportunity for discussion about the opportunities of these technologies in Tanzanian society and education system.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Inviting your participation in GeoForAll Iberoamérica

colleagues, Please send to our Newsletter (labri...@eled.auth.gr) news and photos from the events you are participating in. We wait for your contribution up to October 28th thank you very much Nikos Lambrinos Παραθέτοντας από Suchith Anand : > Greetings to all our GeoForAll Iberoamér

[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting your participation in GeoForAll Iberoamérica

Greetings to all our GeoForAll Iberoamérica and Uruguayan gvSIG Community colleagues who are meeting at the 5th. Free and Open Source Geographic Information Technologies Conference in Montevideo this week. It is just amazing to see how GeoForAll Iberoamérica has expanded and spreading

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content web page errors + how to report?

Am I right in understanding that the link for old OSGeo Educational repository is now at https://www.osgeo.org/resources/ If so, there should be redirect to the new page. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please create your OSGeo id and update your GeoForAll lab/node details

for your help with this. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Suchith Anand Sent: 14 October 2018 11:29 To: GeoForAll; ML osgeo discuss Subject: [Geo4All] Please create your OSGeo id and update your GeoForAll lab/node details Dear colleagues

[OSGeo-Discuss] Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio

Came across this https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-its-entire-patent-portfolio/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Commons scholarship and practice

Please join us for learning and celebrating the commons scholarship and practice by joining the webinars today (Oct 12) as part of the World Commons Week. Details at https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/geoforall-celebrates-world-commons-week/ We thank Prof. Charles

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please share Open Principles in Science and Education ideas and philosophy

Dear colleagues, May i request all who are taking part in various events globally on science and education to also make use of the opportunity to promote Open Principles in Education by sharing GeoForAll ideas and welcoming all interested to be part of this. I first came across GIS by

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Registration period for workshops at 14th International gvSIG Conference is now open

These free workshops might be of interest. I am looking forward to discuss ideas with colleagues at the 14th International gvSIG Conference [1] later this month. Best wishes, Suchith [1] http://www.gvsig.com/en/events/gvsig-conference/14th-international-gvsig-conference

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: 3rd NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute

From: GeoForAll on behalf of Wang, Shaowen Sent: 09 October 2018 03:00 To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Geo4All] CFP: 3rd NSF Workshop on Conceptualizing a National Geospatial Software Institute Dear colleagues, The National Science Foundation

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] World Commons Week.

for this. Best wishes, Suchith From: Charlie Schweik Sent: 06 October 2018 12:36 To: Suchith Anand Cc: OSGeo Discussions; OsGeo, GeoForAll Subject: Re: [Geo4All] World Commons Week. Thanks Suchith! Not sure how you heard about World Commons Week Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] World Commons Week.

Dear colleagues, Greetings to all colleagues on the World Commons Week. During the entire week, there will be also a multitude of local events organized in different parts of the world, and particularly in Europe, all dedicated to raising awareness about the scholarship and practice of the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gauging Interest in AAG Annual Meeting in April

Hi Guido, Thank you for this excellent idea on expanding collaborations with AAG. I am ccing GeoForAll colleagues as there will be many ideas we can explore for joint synergies not only for AAG 2019 but also for future years. Best wishes, Suchith From:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: [open-science] SCOSS calls on the Open Science community to help identify field of potential applicants for second funding cycle

Might be of interest. From: open-science on behalf of Iryna Kuchma Sent: 28 September 2018 14:34 Subject: [open-science] SCOSS calls on the Open Science community to help identify field of potential applicants for second funding cycle Apologies for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Science in Action

Dear colleagues, Open Science is being adopted by several Research foundations worldwide as core strategy to foster the knowledge diffusion. This represents a new approach to the research and educational processes based on OPEN data, source, methodology, review, access, educational resources.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: [EoE] Join the Eye on Earth Symposium online: All 36 sessions will be webcast globally

This might be of interest. Best wishes, Suchith -- Forwarded message -- From: "Eye on Earth" (via allstakeholders list) Date: 27 September 2018 at 17:37 Subject: [EoE] Join the Eye on Earth Symposium online: All 36 sessions will be webcast globally

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] FOSS4G TGP experiences

This is excellent. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: Board on behalf of Steven Feldman Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 19:19 To: ML osgeo discuss; OSGeo Board; Conference Dev Subject: [Board] FOSS4G TGP experiences Here is a blog post summarising some

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Open Revolution Book

This book might be of interest. Details below. Best wishes, Suchith == The Open Revolution: Rewriting the Rules of the Information Age by Rufus Pollock About the Book: The Open Revolution Book An Open World, A World In Which Information Is Openly

[OSGeo-Discuss] Change Detection for Land Cover Mapping: An Upcoming Open, Online Advanced NASA Remote Sensing Training

This might be of interest to some… NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) will be providing a webinar series in September on using using satellite imagery to map changes in land cover. Land cover changes can impact many areas of life. These changes can affect deforestation,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Guidelines for digital inclusion

This might be of interest. In a rapidly digitising world, people who cannot read or write face new forms of marginalisation. On top of confronting disadvantages in the physical world, illiterate people—currently 10 percent of the world’s population—have difficulties participating in digital

[OSGeo-Discuss] GODAN Global Food Security & AgriGIS session

Dear colleagues, Nearly 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition in every corner of the globe. That's one in every nine people, with the majority being women and children. We are convinced that the solution to Zero Hunger lies within existing, but often

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Vol.4 no.09 September 2018 GeoForAll Newsletter

Thank you Nikos. May I request colleagues who attended FOSS4G 2018 to please send a short summary and some photos for the next month's newsletter. It will be great to promote all OSGeo events and activities globally in our newsletter. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] News: Astrid Emde Receives 2018 Sol Katz Award

Happy to hear this excellent news. Many congratulations Astrid. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jeff McKenna Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 18:59 To: osgeo Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] News: Astrid Emde Receives 2018 Sol Katz Award (online

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Africa Regional Data Cube

This opportunity to work on Africa Regional Data Cube might be of interest to some. In May 2018, the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS),

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My experience at the FOSS4G 2018

Hi Rohith, Thank you for sharing your experiences from FOSS4G 2018. It is really great to see lot of students taking active role in OSGeo. With all your experience gained, I request you to spread the ideas to more students and universities in India and worldwide. Please join and contribute

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Student awards at FOSS4G 2018

If anyone has photos of the student award function at FOSS4G 2018, please email it to me, so we can update the OSGeo website. Thanks. From: Discuss on behalf of Suchith Anand Sent: 30 August 2018 17:10 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Student awards at FOSS4G 2018

for winning the OSGeo Student Awards at FOSS4G 2018. We also thank all students who presented their work at FOSS4G 2018. The jury members for the awards were Rafael Moreno, Serena Coetzee, Victoria Rautenbach, Franz-Josef Behr, Marco Minghini, Maria Brovelli and Suchith Anand. Our thanks specifically

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll website updates

.nl> Thanks to all who worked to make this possible on time for the GeoForAll meetings at FOSS4G 2018. Wishing you all great meetings at FOSS4G 2018. Best wishes, Suchith From: Suchith Anand Sent: 14 August 2018 09:08 To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; d

[OSGeo-Discuss] Contributions invited for the GODAN AgriGIS session

Dear colleagues, Nearly 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition in every corner of the globe. That's one in every nine people, with the majority being women and children. We are convinced that the solution to Zero Hunger lies within existing, but often

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoForAll website updates

Brovelli Sent: 14 August 2018 18:01 To: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoForAll website updates Thanks Suchith. I'm not able to attend (too many conferences and commitments) but, as Sergio said, please keep us

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll website updates

Dear colleagues, For those of you planning to attend FOSS4G 2018, you are welcome to join the GeoForAll meeting on 31 August 2018 from 8:00am-9:00am at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC). Details at https://2018.foss4g.org/geoforall/ We are hoping that the

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G 2018

org/pipermail/geoforall/2018-June/004863.html> From: Serena Coetzee Sent: 19 June 2018 17:52 To: Maria Antonia Brovelli Cc: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand; ML osgeo discuss; Rebecca Firth Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Free Workshop Tickets @ FOSS4G P

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Open Source Geospatial Foundation signs MoU with YouthMappers

A major step to advance the vision of linking research and educational activities on open geospatial technologies in universities around the world was taken by representatives of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and YouthMappers. OSGeo and YouthMappers signed a memorandum of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please accept my sincere apologies

Dear colleagues, I want to end this open discussion with me publicly apologising for any unintended hurt I caused to anyone as I got carried away because the issue of Openness in Science is important to me. I have great respect for ICA and all colleagues. Let me make it very clear that the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

practices for all Scientific associations /Organisations in the future. Best wishes, Suchith From: Mark Gahegan Sent: 26 July 2018 01:56 To: María Arias de Reyna Cc: Suchith Anand; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Geo4All] [OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations in the future. Thank you for your kindness to listen to my concerns. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Robinson, Anthony C Sent: 25 July 2018 16:09 To: Suchith Anand; Christian Willmes; geofor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

to help on this. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Suchith Anand Sent: 25 July 2018 10:34 To: Christian Willmes; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

wishes, Suchith From: Christian Willmes Sent: 25 July 2018 07:31 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly

[OSGeo-Discuss] Hackathon on Mobile Apps - Help the Citizen Science community to become more efficient in app development

This might of interest to some. Citizen Science COST Action https://www.cs-eu.net/ are organizing a hackathon on mobile app development by students within this Action. The hackathon will span a two months period over the summer of 2018 and the winning teams could present their efforts and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

Am 24.07.2018 um 11:53 schrieb Suchith Anand: Dear colleagues, I have prepared a draft letter with my ideas/suggestions .I am just a volunteer and I feel sad that that I have to raise this issue through an open letter. But if I remain silent on this , I will be indirectly supporting the degradin

[OSGeo-Discuss] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

Dear colleagues, I have prepared a draft letter with my ideas/suggestions .I am just a volunteer and I feel sad that that I have to raise this issue through an open letter. But if I remain silent on this , I will be indirectly supporting the degrading of independent peer review frameworks

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Science By Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research - Full report available

Full report at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25116/open-science-by-design-realizing-a-vision-for-21st-century Click Read online or download full pdf option to access the report. Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Journal editors - please share summary statistics

aspect of science and we need to ensure all steps to protect this. Best wishes, Suchith From: Patrick Hogan Sent: 18 July 2018 18:28 To: Suchith Anand; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Journal editors - please share summary statistics

[OSGeo-Discuss] #ActionAgainstPoverty -Mandela Day

Greetings to all on Mandela Day. “We need to restore and reaffirm the dignity of the people of Africa and the developing world. We need to place the eradication of poverty at the top of world priorities. We need to know with a fresh conviction that we all share a common humanity and that our

[OSGeo-Discuss] Journal editors - please share summary statistics

Dear colleagues, It has come to my attention that there is rapid increase in low quality and dubious submissions send to all journals. This is a global problem that needs a coordinated effort to help solve. With the rapid increase in lot of low quality and dubious submissions to all

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 Travel Grants

Hi all, FOSS4G 2018 LOC are holding a second round of grants specifically designed to support a diversity of participation at our FOSS4G 2018 conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. If you would benefit from financial assistance we encourage you to apply. We are particularly interested in

[OSGeo-Discuss] Greetings to all at FOSS4G-Europe 2018

Greetings to all community members who are contributing at FOSS4G-Europe 2018 this week. Great list of presentations and workshops [1][2]. May I request all workshop presenters to please share their workshop materials through the repository at https://www.osgeo.org/resources/ Thank you for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open request for updates on SDG book

Dear Menno-Jan, It is now over one year and I have not heard any updates on the SDG book [1] . As far as I am aware, there was no emails received in the GeoforAll lists on this till now. Please correct me if I am wrong. As you are aware, I have personally requested colleagues in the open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Iberoamérica continues to grow

Hi Sergio, Thank you for this excellent updates and information. Just to inform that I understand the "adding new labs" functionality for the new GeoForAll website should be available soon (myself and Peter Mooney had telemeeting with GetInteractive who are working on this earlier this week).

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Newsletter Vol.4 no. 07 - July 2018

Thank you Nikos and all editors for another excellent edition and Spanish version of the newsletter. May I also request colleagues to send nominations for GeoAmbassadors .Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of labri...@eled.auth.gr

[OSGeo-Discuss] What role does academia play in helping to open data to solve world hunger?

The report  'Open Access and Open Data at PUSH Universities',  highlights the need for open access and open data at universities and its potential to enhance agriculture and nutritional research to help solve world hunger and malnutrition.  Details at  

[OSGeo-Discuss] The State of the World 2018

Our forests are our superheroes… Forests and trees make vital contributions to both people and the planet, bolstering livelihoods, providing clean air and water, conserving biodiversity and responding to climate change. The State of the World’s Forests 2018 full report can be downloaded

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Details needed on MapX - The only open-source, UN-backed geospatial data provider and viewer

The main info. I need are which OSGeo and other open source tools /projects have they used for building this? Is there any system architecture info  that   can be shared. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith On Thursday, 5 July 2018, 14:23:18 BST, Suchith Anand wrote: Hi all, I am

[OSGeo-Discuss] Outcome of the Urban Data Science Summer School

Hi All, I came across this excellent Urban Data Science Summer School at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India . Urban Data Science is a course which is an outcome of the collaboration which took place in CODATA Research Data workshop in Trieste 2017. Shaily Gandhi attended the CODATA-RDA

[OSGeo-Discuss] The 6th Conference on the Use of R in Official Statistics

The Use of R in Official Statistics might be of interest to Geo colleagues. The 6th Conference on the Use of R in Official Statistics (uRos2018) will take place from 12 to 14 September 2018 at the Dutch Office for National Statistics (CBS) in the Hague. Over the last two decades R has become

[OSGeo-Discuss] The World Challenge Finland 2018

The purpose of The World Challenge is to bring the world closer together through innovative solutions that we each build and then collectively share with each other. Open source solutions serving your community needs, can then benefit every other city! Almost every city needs the same data

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