[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Call for applications: E-Learning Course on Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition

2018-06-22 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to AgriGIS colleagues. Details below. Best wishes, Suchith -- Forwarded message -- From: Ilkay Holt Date: 21 June 2018 at 09:35 Subject: Call for applications: E-Learning Course on Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition The GODAN Action

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Abstracts for SciDataCon, part of International Data Week 2018 - Deadline 25 June 2018

2018-06-20 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, International Data Week will take place in Gaborone, Botswana on 5-8 November 2018 with a number of related events before and after. In an integrated programme it combines SciDataCon, the international conference on issues of data in research and the 12th RDA Plenary

[OSGeo-Discuss] "Digital Archaeology in Mongolia" wins GeoForAll award at the Geospatial Technology Skills Competition 2018

2018-06-20 Thread Suchith Anand
On behalf of GeoForAll community , it is my great pleasure to congratulate Nicholas Case (San Deigo Mesa College, USA ) for winning the GeoForAll award (500 USD) for the best use of open source software at the Geospatial Technology Skills Competition 2018. More details at

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2018 GEO Symposium

2018-06-12 Thread Suchith Anand
The live stream of the 2018 GEO Symposium is available at https://www.earthobservations.org/me_201806_wps.php?t=home Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Suchith Anand Sent: 24 May 2018 20:18 To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Vol.4 no.06

2018-06-12 Thread Suchith Anand
Many thanks to Nikos and everyone who contributed. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of labri...@eled.auth.gr Sent: 12 June 2018 07:49 To: OsGeo, GeoForAll Subject: [Geo4All] Vol.4 no.06 Dear all, The June 2018 issue has been uploaded onto

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] osgeo board request world wind consider joining the foundation

2018-06-10 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Patrick, Thanks for your email and your contributions to OSGeo Principles over the years . Though I do not have background knowledge of the incubation discussions that you went through in OSGeo , I do hope that Worldwind becomes part of the OSGeo family in the near future. We will keep

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Results: OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge

2018-06-09 Thread Suchith Anand
Great news . Congratulations to all winners and participants. Well done all... Thank you to all the jury members. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Maria Brovelli Sent: 09 June 2018 08:33 To: OSGeo Discussions; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Why are women under-represented among the ranks of data scientists?

2018-06-05 Thread Suchith Anand
[1] https://www.slideshare.net/SuchithAnand/the-future-of-geo-is-open From: Discuss on behalf of SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA Sent: 05 June 2018 13:41 To: Suchith Anand; OSGeo Discussions; GeoForAll OsGeo Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Why are women under-represented among

[OSGeo-Discuss] Greetings on World Environment Day 2018

2018-06-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, I wish to send my greetings and best wishes to all of you as fellow citizens of our planet Earth on World Environment Day. India is the host country for this year’s Environment Day [1],[2],[3]. The theme for 2018 is “Beat Plastic Pollution,” is a call to action for all of

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Rise of African Mapping Technologies

2018-06-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Interesting article on The Rise of African Mapping Technologies at https://www.gislounge.com/rise-african-mapping-technologies/ With FOSS4G and geoeducation opportunities now expanding in Africa , we will see more rapid rise in African leadership in Mapping and technology. FOSS4G 2018 in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Info. needed on GIS education initiatives on Sustainable tourism development

2018-05-27 Thread Suchith Anand
<patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Sent: 27 May 2018 01:43 To: Suchith Anand; GeoForAll OsGeo; OSGeo Discussions Cc: Ronald Fortunato Subject: Re: [Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] Info. needed on GIS education initiatives on Sustainable tourism development Suchith, The education programs offered by the NAS

[OSGeo-Discuss] Info. needed on GIS education initiatives on Sustainable tourism development

2018-05-26 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, 2nd UNWTO World Conference on Smart Destinations organized by the United Nations World Tourism Organization [1], the Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda of Spain and the Government of the Principality of Asturias,  will be held in Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) from

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] XXIVth ISPRS Congress in Nice, France (2020) and OSGeo

2018-05-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Maria, Helena for sharing this excellent opportunity. I have added myself as volunteer for this . I think this is a great opportunity for OSGeo-France and OSGeo-Europe to have strong presence and activities promoting OSGeo . There is huge interest in OSGeo and we need to make use of all

[OSGeo-Discuss] GEO Climate Workshop: Earth observations for the Paris agreement

2018-05-24 Thread Suchith Anand
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) invites climate partners and those interesting in contributing to our efforts in support of the Paris Climate Agreement to join us for the 1st GEO Climate Workshop: Earth Observations for the Paris Agreement in Geneva, Switzerland, following the 2018 GEO

[OSGeo-Discuss] From “Geo for Some” to “Geo for All”

2018-05-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, I first came across GIS by serendipity. More than twenty years back (in 1994) , I was a student in Civil Engineering in India and by pure chance I came across a short article in a magazine in my college library on the amazing Geographic Information System that is used by

[OSGeo-Discuss] Applications Invited To Participate In The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School And Advanced Workshops, Trieste, Italy

2018-05-18 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to some students esp. topics on Climate Data Sciences ; Internet of Things (IoT)/Big-Data Analytics. Details at https://rd-alliance.org/few-days-go-applications-invited-participate-codata-rda-research-data-science-summer-school-and Submission deadline is 21/05/2018.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Newsletter Vol. 4 no. 05 - May 2018

2018-05-15 Thread Suchith Anand
Many thanks Nikos and all co-editors . As Nikos said we are welcoming new volunteers to join the Newsletter by sending their articles, announcements, news, etc. Please join and contribute to sharing open ideas in Geo. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll

[OSGeo-Discuss] Africa Regional Data Cube

2018-05-13 Thread Suchith Anand
The Africa Regional Data Cube was formally launched last week at a high-level event in Nairobi, Kenya, is a new tool that harnesses the latest Earth observation and satellite technology to help Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Tanzania address food security as well as issues relating

[OSGeo-Discuss] USAID Offers Prize Money to Combat Fall Armyworm in Africa

2018-05-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, The U.S. Agency for International Development is offering prize money for ways to combat the fall armyworm, a crop-eating pest that has spread across sub-Saharan Africa. The USAID warned last week the pests threaten the livelihood of millions of African farmers.“It is

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoDa- An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis

2018-05-01 Thread Suchith Anand
This workbook for GeoDa might be of wider interest. GeoDa is a free and open source software tool that serves as an introduction to spatial data analysis. It is designed to facilitate new insights from data analysis by exploring and modeling spatial patterns. I am very grateful to Luc

[OSGeo-Discuss] Science Gateways Bootcamp, Aug. 13-17 in Chicago -- Apply Now!

2018-04-28 Thread Suchith Anand
This might be of interest to colleagues in USA https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/virtual-research-environment-ig-vre-ig/post/science-gateways-bootcamp-aug-13-17-chicago-apply Also it will be good to reach out to myGeoHub https://mygeohub.org. as some interesting work for example on

[OSGeo-Discuss] Ideas needed for expanding FOSS4AG events globally

2018-04-24 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi all, I am very happy to see that FOSS4AG Day 2018 is being organised as part of the FOSS4G NA Community & Workshop Day is on Thursday, May 17 in St Louis, USA to learn and bring together all interested in how open source spatial and non spatial technologies operate within the Precision

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GIS special?

2018-04-23 Thread Suchith Anand
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<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is GIS special?

2018-04-22 Thread Suchith Anand
accessible, equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone. Best wishes, Suchith From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Sent: 22 April 2018 19:27 To: Suchith Anand; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subje

[OSGeo-Discuss] Is GIS special?

2018-04-22 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, Some years ago one of the Nottingham University staff asked me a question when we were talking that I still remember “Is GIS special if everyone becomes GIS Professional? “ I was bit taken back by the question esp. as it came from an educator and I replied “There is nothing

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Pete Fisher Laboratory for Geocomputation, University of Leicester, UK

2018-04-19 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, The launch of the Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Pete Fisher Laboratory for Geocomputation at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom [1] was formally announced by The President and Vice Chancellor of University of Leicester Professor Paul Boyle at the GISRUK

[OSGeo-Discuss] The New York State GIS Association Webinar "Exploring Open Source: QGIS and its analysis tools"

2018-04-10 Thread Suchith Anand
The New York State GIS Association Webinar "Exploring Open Source: QGIS and its analysis tools" on April 18, 2018 02:00 PM America/New_York by Anita Graser Details at https://www.nysgis.net/exploring-open-source-qgis-and-its-analysis-tools-webinar-apr-18/ Best wishes, Suchith This

[OSGeo-Discuss] Launch of Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Pete Fisher Laboratory for Geocomputation, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

2018-04-07 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of the Open Source Geospatial Lab [1] at the Pete Fisher Laboratory for Geocomputation at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom during the 26th annual GIScience Research UK conference (which will be held at the University of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming Seraphim Alvanides as new co-chair of the Geospatial IG and inviting all interested to join the Research Data Alliance

2018-04-07 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, In the true spirit of openness after sending an open call in the community , I had the pleasure to inform the nomination of Dr Seraphim Alvanides as the new co-chair (replacing myself) of the Geospatial IG [1] at the Geospatial IG meeting at RDA Berlin and it was accepted by

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: [GRASS-user] Helena Mitasova awarded 2018 Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize

2018-04-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Very happy to hear this . Many congratulations to Helena. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli Sent: 05 April 2018 07:05 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject:

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Rationale for FAIR Open Research Data - slides from presentations available

2018-04-04 Thread Suchith Anand
This might be of interest to those in AgriGIS research... To address issues, challenges and opportunities connected with “FAIR principles to all elements of the research process in agricultural sciences and related disciplines”, the Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) of the Research

[OSGeo-Discuss] ICSU/NASAC/ISSC call for pre-proposals: Pathways towards Sustainable African Urban Development

2018-04-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Please share this with colleagues in Africa and encourage participation. Thanks. http://www.codata.org/news/241/62/ICSU-NASAC-ISSC-call-for-pre-proposals-Pathways-towards-Sustainable-African-Urban-Development Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Townhall - Please participate if you are at EGU 2018

2018-04-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks to Peter for sharing the excellent updates on OSGeo Townhall on 10th April at this year’s EGU General Assembly in Vienna (www.egu2018.eu) If you are attending EGU , please do participate in the discussion at the Townhall meeting TM8 "OSGeo Townhall: Open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

2018-04-01 Thread Suchith Anand
ot volunteer as an author, but I will promote and try to find people who can contribute to the content of the magazine. Hope this can help. Good work! Dirk On 01-04-18 09:53, Suchith Anand wrote: > May I use this opportunity to also request interested colleagues to come > fo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers to join the GeoAmbassodor article team

2018-04-01 Thread Suchith Anand
osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Sent: 01 April 2018 08:15 To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner Thank you Patrick for sharing this amazing cartogra

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner

2018-04-01 Thread Suchith Anand
uss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Sent: 01 April 2018 02:38 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner Dear GeoForAll, With con

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Claus Rinner

2018-03-31 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, we are delighted to honour Dr. Claus Rinner as our GeoAmbassador. Dr. Claus Rinner is a Professor and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Ryerson University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree

[OSGeo-Discuss] Global Food Security - Great example from FAO

2018-03-31 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to some of you working in AgriGIS research... Great initiative and example from colleagues at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on providing access to interactive maps, satellite imagery and related spatial databases maintained by FAO and its

[OSGeo-Discuss] NASA/ESA training in Croatia on Remote Sensing applications to Land Cover/Land Use Change (including a session on Sentinel data use for forestry and crop mapping)

2018-03-29 Thread Suchith Anand
This NASA/ESA training might be of wider interest .For queries about the course, please refer to Prof. Stych (st...@natur.cuni.cz) Details of RUS at https://rus-training.eu/about-us PS: I am also happy to note that this training is happening in University of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 Dar es Salaam Update!!

2018-03-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Excellent updates. Congratulations and thank you to the FOSS4G 2018 DLOC for the amazing volunteer efforts. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Mark Iliffe Sent: 25 March 2018 09:30 To:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Open Letter on the Importance of scientific freedom and the public good

2018-03-25 Thread Suchith Anand
onu...@gmail.com> Sent: 24 March 2018 17:23 To: Suchith Anand Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Open Letter on the Importance of scientific freedom and the public good Agree with you. Regards. Nestor El sáb., 24 de mar. de 2018 08:59, Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter on the Importance of scientific freedom and the public good

2018-03-24 Thread Suchith Anand
voice for Open Principles in Science and Education. Let us all work to make sure Science and Education is Open for our future generations… Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Open Principles in Science and Education for bridging the digital divide This me

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] IG Geospatial - Agenda and online connecting details

2018-03-22 Thread Suchith Anand
It is from 13:30-15:00 (Berlin time). Apologies I forgot to mention it. From: Andy Turner <a.g.d.tur...@leeds.ac.uk> Sent: 22 March 2018 11:24 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: IG Geospatial - Agenda and

[OSGeo-Discuss] IG Geospatial - Agenda and online connecting details

2018-03-22 Thread Suchith Anand
The Geospatial IG are meeting at RDA11 later today to keep building ideas for the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science . The agenda and online connecting details at

[OSGeo-Discuss] Data for Development Festival

2018-03-20 Thread Suchith Anand
On behalf of GeoForAll, I wish to send our greetings and best wishes to all colleagues participating in the Data for Development Festival, ( March 21st -23rd, 2018 ) in Bristol, UK . Details at

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Smart Cities Challenge

2018-03-19 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to colleagues in Canada. The Smart Cities Challenge is a pan-Canadian competition open to communities of all sizes, including municipalities, regional governments and Indigenous communities (First Nations, Métis and Inuit). The Challenge

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO US National Chapter

2018-03-15 Thread Suchith Anand
Great to hear this . Thanks to all who are working for this. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Randal Hale Sent: 15 March 2018 19:02 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Good news! We now have five past FOSS4G Conference Academic Proceedings (full proceedings and individual papers) available online

2018-03-15 Thread Suchith Anand
From: Suchith Anand Sent: 14 March 2018 15:13 To: Charlie Schweik; OsGeo, GeoForAll; OSGeo Discussions Cc: Erin Jerome Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Good news! We now have five past FOSS4G Conference Academic Proceedings (full proceedings and individual papers) available online Excellent news

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Rationale for FAIR Open Research Data

2018-03-15 Thread Suchith Anand
.org/rda-11th-plenary-joint-meeting-ig-agricultural-data-igad-wg-agrisemantics-wg-farm-data-sharing-ofds Looking forward to discuss ideas with you all next week. Best wishes, Suchith ____ From: Suchith Anand Sent: 12 March 2018 08:31 To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Good news! We now have five past FOSS4G Conference Academic Proceedings (full proceedings and individual papers) available online

2018-03-14 Thread Suchith Anand
Excellent news Charlie. Thank you to you and everyone who worked on this over the years and made possible this wonderful gift for the global community. We will have a news item published on this and share this good news... Best wishes, Suchith From:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Delhi Declaration on Open Access

2018-03-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest http://openaccessindia.org/delhi-declaration-on-open-access-brief/ Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoForAll Newsletter Vol. 4, no.03 - March 2018

2018-03-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Nikos and everyone involved . Great work. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of labri...@eled.auth.gr Sent: 13 March 2018 11:54 To: OsGeo, GeoForAll Cc: suchith_anand Subject:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

2018-03-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Patrick, Thanks for sharing these excellent updates. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) Sent: 12 March 2018 17:52 To: discuss osgeo;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thank you to all OSGeo: UK chapter volunteers

2018-03-12 Thread Suchith Anand
es, Suchith [1] https://agile-online.org/index.php/conference/conference-2018 [2] http://www.eurogeography.eu/conference-2018/ From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Sent: 05 Marc

[OSGeo-Discuss] The Rationale for FAIR Open Research Data

2018-03-12 Thread Suchith Anand
To address issues, challenges and opportunities connected with “FAIR principles to all elements of the research process in agricultural sciences and related disciplines”, the Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) is organising the IGAD Pre-conference

[OSGeo-Discuss] ISPRS Education and Capacity Building Initiatives 2018

2018-03-08 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, Excellent initiative from ISPRS on Education and Capacity Building Initiatives for 2018. Great to see active participation from GeoForAll colleagues. My gratitude to ISPRS for making this possible. Details at

[OSGeo-Discuss] EO handbook on ‘Satellite Earth Observations in support of the SDGs’

2018-03-08 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, CEOS, the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, coordinates civil spaceborne observations of the Earth. Participating agencies strive to address critical scientific questions and to harmonise satellite mission planning to address gaps and overlaps. CEOS and ESA have

[OSGeo-Discuss] Thank you to all OSGeo: UK chapter volunteers

2018-03-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Later this week ( 8th to 9th of March 2018) , OSGeo:UK will be bringing together all those interested in free and open source geospatial software for FOSS4G UK 2018 [1] . I would like to send my thank you to all our amazing volunteer colleagues who are working to make FOSS4G:UK 2018 a great

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geomatics for a Sustainable Environment - June 11-22, 2018 - Geneva

2018-03-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Great initiative from our GeoForAll colleagues [1] in Geneva If you feel like that Sustainable Development deserve sound geospatial data, information and tools to lead our decisions in the 21st century, you should be interested to: * Follow an introductive MOOC on Ecosystem Services *

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Kurt Menke

2018-03-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to honour Kurt Menke as our GeoAmbassador. A former archaeologist, Kurt Menke is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Sen2Agri Training

2018-03-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest. Sen2Agri is an open-source tool to produce operationally dynamic crop masks, crop type and status at national scale and in 10 meter resolution. Details at http://www.esa-sen2agri.org If you are interested in using Sentinel-2 for agricultural monitoring at national scale

[OSGeo-Discuss] Greetings to all colleagues on Open Data Day 2018

2018-03-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, On behalf of GeoForAll, I send our warm greetings to all colleagues on Open Data Day 2018. Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world. For the seventh time in history, groups from around the world will create local events on the day where they

[OSGeo-Discuss] Updates on open standards on LiDAR

2018-02-27 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi All, May I request those having queries on updates on open standards on LiDAR to contact OGC staff directly . As open geo standards organisation this is OGC’s job to follow up on open standards for this. Following discussions in the community around two years back , I did raise the

[OSGeo-Discuss] OGRS 2018 - OPEN SCIENCE IN ACTION

2018-02-26 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, May I request your strong support for the Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium 2018 and and share your latest research at 2018.ogrs-community.org. Details below. Best wishes, Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Working with Sentinel 2 Imagery on QGIS

2018-02-23 Thread Suchith Anand
Came across a set of tutorials on "Working with Sentinel 2 Imagery on QGIS" that shows the complete procedure to download, represent and process Sentinel 2 images in QGIS which might be of interest. https://www.hatarilabs.com/ih-en/working-with-sentinel-2-imagery-on-qgis Background on

[OSGeo-Discuss] RDA Europe financial support to Early Career and Experts to attend the 11th RDA Plenary meeting, Berlin

2018-02-22 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, The RDA 11th Plenary will be held in Berlin, 21 to 23 March 2018, gathering leading data scientists and practitioners, policy makers and private sector representatives. To support the participation of both Early Career researchers and Experts to its 11th Plenary, RDA Europe

[OSGeo-Discuss] Can Open Data Feed the World?

2018-02-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to those working in Global Food Security research. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/can-open-data-feed-world/41419/  Best wishes, Suchith ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org

[OSGeo-Discuss] Copernicus and the free & open source software community

2018-02-19 Thread Suchith Anand
An excellent article :-) The Copernicus Programme, with over 12 TB of Earth Observation (EO) data generated daily, is the third largest data provider globally. Our full, free and open data policy allows anyone anywhere in the world to access and use the data and information. But that is not

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open source development to encourage innovation

2018-02-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Interesting article on why big organisations are moving to open source. https://www.societegenerale.com/en/open-source Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in

[OSGeo-Discuss] RDA Europe financial support to Early Career and Experts to attend the 11th RDA Plenary meeting, 21-23 March 2018, Berlin

2018-02-11 Thread Suchith Anand
The RDA 11th Plenary will be held in Berlin, 21 to 23 March 2018, gathering leading data scientists and practitioners, policy makers and private sector representatives. To support the participation of both Early Career researchers and Experts to its 11th Plenary, RDA Europe launched two

[OSGeo-Discuss] Supporting effective engagement with research & open data in the agriculture and nutrition- Lessons from IGAD & GODAN Action

2018-02-11 Thread Suchith Anand
Might be of interest to those working in AgriGIS. https://rd-alliance.org/rda-11th-plenary-joint-meeting-ig-agricultural-data-igad-wg-agrisemantics-wg-farm-data-sharing-ofds Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Newsletter Vol 4 no. 02 February 2018 issue

2018-02-10 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you Nikos, Peter, Jody, Vicky ,all co- editors and contributors . Great to see all the newsletter archives now at the new OSGeo website. All - I am trying to get all the GeoAmbassadors articles (from previous years) to the new website in a section called GeoAmbassdors. But I don't know

[OSGeo-Discuss] Preliminary report on Education for the City We Need: Exploring how to integrate the New Urban Agenda in higher education curriculums

2018-02-07 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, In June 2017 ,  TU Delft organised Urban Thinkers’ Campus (UTC ) on Higher Education for the New Urban Agenda. The aim of the meetings was to explore how to integrate the UN-Habitat NEW URBAN AGENDA in higher education curricula. [1] For those interested there is a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Happy 12th Birthday to OSGeo

2018-02-04 Thread Suchith Anand
Many congrats to all... Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jeff McKenna Sent: 04 February 2018 12:47 To: osgeo Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Happy 12th Birthday to OSGeo Please share

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector

2018-02-04 Thread Suchith Anand
have passed step 1 yet. On 2/2/18 12:03 am, Suchith Anand wrote: Thanks Marc. I am trying to think ideas to make sure that OSGeo is involved in all levels at all different forums for maximising impact. We are very active in the UNGGIM Academic Network (thanks to Maria). https://lists.osgeo.org/

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Barend Köbben

2018-02-03 Thread Suchith Anand
We are proud to honour Barend Köbben as our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful for his contributions to GeoForAll and for his selfless contributions for expanding geoeducation opportunities for all. Best wishes, Suchith Anand GeoForAll This message and any attachment are intended so

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector

2018-02-01 Thread Suchith Anand
From: Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> Sent: 01 February 2018 11:43 To: Suchith Anand Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector Thx Suchith, However I struggle to see the opportunities for SME’s in particular. Especially,

[OSGeo-Discuss] UNGGIM Private Sector

2018-02-01 Thread Suchith Anand
I was looking at UNGGIM Private Sector website and I didn’t much presence of commercial sector in the OSGeo ecosystem in the UNGGIM Private Sector Network. There are lot of SMEs in the OSGeo ecosystem and I think this will be a good opportunity for the commercial sector in the OSGeo ecosystem

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo & Google Code-in 2017/2018: a great success to introduce students into the geospatial Open Source community

2018-01-31 Thread Suchith Anand
Great work everyone. I will request Nikos to promote this in next month's GeoForAll newsletter Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli Sent: 31 January 2018 21:49

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Can anyone please update on OSGeo interactions with GEO?

2018-01-31 Thread Suchith Anand
%20Meeting.pdf [3] https://www.osgeo.org/service-providers/ From: GeoForAll <geoforall-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Sent: 23 January 2018 13:14 To: Gilberto Camara Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Educational Content Inventory link needed

2018-01-27 Thread Suchith Anand
Can someone please help provide the details of previous OSGeo educational content inventory [1]. Has the files been saved somewhere? If so, please let me know details. Thanks. Also we would like to add GeoForAll community news (GeoAmbassodor etc) through the new website . How can I do this?

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoForAll teaching and research resources

2018-01-27 Thread Suchith Anand
as the link is missing and we need to make sure these are added to the new website. Best wishes, Suchith From: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> Sent: 26 January 2018 21:41 To: Suchith Anand Cc: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subje

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll teaching and research resources

2018-01-26 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleague, We now have a new website for GeoForAll [1] and we are happy to share the teaching and research resources we have with everyone. It is work in progress and we will be adding more resources over time. We are also inviting feedbacks to help us improve. Please check the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Letter from the new OSGeo President

2018-01-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear Maria, On behalf of GeoForAll, many congratulations on your appointment as the president of Open Source Geospatial Foundation. I wish you all success in all your work . We are looking forward to you joining the G4A Advisory Board and guiding us. Looking forward to work with you to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Can anyone please update on OSGeo interactions with GEO?

2018-01-23 Thread Suchith Anand
on expanding ideas and actions. Best wishes, Suchith [1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/public-geospatial-data-committee/ From: Gilberto Camara <gilberto.camara.i...@gmail.com> Sent: 23 January 2018 12:17 To: Suchith Anand Cc: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subje

[OSGeo-Discuss] EUROGEO 2018 - Geography for all

2018-01-22 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to contribute your ideas and latest work for the EuroGeo 2018 conference (15 – 17 March 2018) in Cologne, Germany. EuroGeo colleagues has been strongly supporting GeoForAll ideas from the start and we are very happy to see "Geography for all" as the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to add logos of collaborating organisations to GeoForAll

2018-01-22 Thread Suchith Anand
From: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> Sent: 22 January 2018 08:02 To: Suchith Anand Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to add logos of collaborating organisations to GeoForAll We are learning as we go, we should make sure that all the geoforall advisory

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [UN] Reaching out to UN GGIM

2018-01-21 Thread Suchith Anand
is a good framework that can be used to expand ideas to make this possible. Best wishes, Suchith From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it> Sent: 21 January 2018 17:34 To: Suchith Anand; u...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org;

[OSGeo-Discuss] How to add logos of collaborating organisations to GeoForAll

2018-01-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi all, Thanks for all who have worked for the new OSGeo website. I have a query on how to update the website info. Who should I contact to get info. added/updated ? Only ICA and ISPRS logos are now shown. We need add the logos of IGU, AGILE, UCGIS etc Also there is lot of content that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [UN] Reaching out to UN GGIM

2018-01-21 Thread Suchith Anand
work. This is very important for developing countries . Best wishes, Suchith From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it> Sent: 21 January 2018 15:09 To: Suchith Anand; u...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Cc: Kyoung-Soo Eom; Ki-Jo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reaching out to UN GGIM

2018-01-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi all, Great to see the UN OpenGIS Initiative. Can anyone please let me know if the UN OpenGIS has reached out to UN GGIM? It is important we reach out to them and work together for expanding synergies.Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely

[OSGeo-Discuss] Can anyone please update on OSGeo interactions with GEO?

2018-01-20 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi all, I vaguely remember some discussions in one of the OSGeo mailing lists some time back planning to apply for Participating Organisation (PO) in Group on Earth Observations (GEO) [1] . Can someone who knows on this please update on this. Did OSGeo apply or was it just a discussion

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board of Directors Names OSGeo President and Executive Positions

2018-01-18 Thread Suchith Anand
Many congrats to everyone. This is excellent. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Astrid Emde (OSGeo) Sent: 17 January 2018 23:36 To: Discuss Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESA-NASA WebWorldWind

2018-01-17 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Patrick for sharing these excellent updates with the community. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) Sent: 16 January 2018 16:29 To: OSGeo Discussions;

[OSGeo-Discuss] THE RATIONALE FOR FAIR OPEN RESEARCH DATA

2018-01-15 Thread Suchith Anand
To address issues, challenges and opportunities connected with “FAIR principles to all elements of the research process in agricultural sciences and related disciplines”, the Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD) of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) invites you to the IGAD Pre-conference

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo activity

2018-01-14 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Ravi, Thank you for sharing these updates. Great start for OSGeo activities in India in 2018... Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Ravi Kumar Sent: 14 January 2018 07:46 To:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Expanding synergies between open communities

2018-01-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Great to see the expanding synergies between open communities. Looking forward to more in 2018... https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/01/10/conferences-of-2017/ Btw is there a summary of all FOSS4G conferences/events in 2017? May be can use this as a template and add the FOSS4G events missing?

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Invitation to Geo4All Webinar Fri Jan 19 - Get to know the YouthMappers

2018-01-11 Thread Suchith Anand
From: GeoForAll on behalf of Moreno-sanchez, Rafael Sent: 12 January 2018 00:34 To: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; l...@giscolorado.org; all_memb...@ucgis.org Subject: [Geo4All] Geo4All Webinar Fri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Website 15th relaunch - members and local chapters

2018-01-11 Thread Suchith Anand
> In my area of North America we join local GIS groups and add open source to > them, so there has been less interest in making local chapters. This is great idea to join local GIS groups and add open source to them. This is what we are doing for geoeducation. Once GIS education is spread in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ideas/inputs needed for creating a High impact OSGeo Journal

2018-01-10 Thread Suchith Anand
.de> Sent: 08 January 2018 11:39 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; newslet...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ideas/inputs needed for creating a High impact OSGeo Journal Dear Suchith, thank you for your words, encouragement and initiative. I t

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