[OSGeo-Discuss] Moving Big and Open Data and Open Source into Practice

Prague INSPIRE Hackaton 2018 - Moving Big and Open Data and Open Source into Practice. (Agriculture, areal planning, biodiversity, climate change adaptation, water-energy-food nexus, transport, logistic) . A cooperation between professionals, project teams including students, freelancers and

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Newsletter Vol.4 no.01 - January 2018

OsGeo, GeoForAll Cc: Suchith Anand Subject: Newsletter Vol.4 no.01 - January 2018 Dear all, The January 2018 issue has been uploaded onto GeoForAll website (www.geoforall.org<http://www.geoforall.org>) in both formats (pdf and html) and in Spanish. I would like to thank all thos

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] identifying sponsorship opportunities for 2018

Hi Sergio, Thank you for this excellent initiative. GeoForAll will be supporting four student awards prizes and we are keen to ensure it is distributed in different regions, so your initiative for having student awards at the Free and Open Source Geographic Information Technologies and Open

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador - Julia Wagemann

Dear All, On behalf of GeoForAll and The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, let me take this opportunity to wish you and your families Happy New Year 2018 and a successful year ahead. It is my great pleasure to honour Julia Wagemann as our GeoAmbassador. Julia is working at the European

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

, Suchith [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter From: Christian Willmes <c.will...@uni-koeln.de> Sent: 16 December 2017 21:37 To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; newslet...@lists.osgeo.org Subje

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone

vendor owner! Let us all work to make sure Geographic Information Science is Open for our future generations… Best wishes, Suchith From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> Sent: 27 November 2017 12:45 To: Suchith Anand; discuss@lists.osg

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Seasons Greetings from GeoForAll

Thank you Patrick. Best wishes, Suchith From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Sent: 19 December 2017 17:45 To: Suchith Anand; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: Seasons Greetings from GeoForAll Suchith a

[OSGeo-Discuss] Web Mapping using FOSS4G tools

Dear all, Happy to share this updates. The Open Source Geospatial Foundation-India are organizing a 5 day workshop on Web Mapping using FOSS4G from 22nd -26th Jan 2018 at IIIT-Hyderabad, India. The Workshop mainly covers FOSS4G, OGC standards and Web GIS. This workshop helps in building

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Seasons Greetings from GeoForAll

-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;">Esri has pledged no cost GIS software and resources to European primary and secondary schools, as well as vocational institutions. Learn

[OSGeo-Discuss] Seasons Greetings from GeoForAll

Dear colleagues and friends, As 2016 is nearly over, I wish to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support and contributions for Open Principles in Science and Education. Our thanks to all of you for your selfless contributions that helped us achieve a wonderful

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Google Code-in - a half time report: a success

Congratulations to everyone who helped make this great initiative. It is truly inspiring to see the amazing contributions of young leaders of OSGeo. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jeff McKenna

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

Dear All, Though we have a OSGeo journal and I thank everyone who worked to make this happen, for really making impact , it needs new ideas and lot of work to really make it high impact journal. I want to start the discussions in the community for ideas for making the OSGeo journal a high

[OSGeo-Discuss] First State of the Map Tanzania was great success

Happy to see this excellent updates from Heidelberg University. http://k1z.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2017/12/14/first-state-of-the-map-tanzania-was-successful/ This is great ideas to build upon for FOSS4G Global conference in 2018 Dar Es Salaam to maximum impact. The call for academic track papers

[OSGeo-Discuss] Webinar recording of “Sharing open data and capacity development experiences from RCMRD”

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) , I would like share the webinar recording of “Sharing open data and capacity development experiences from RCMRD” at https://youtu.be/u3t5HRBM7fw Thanks to Chipo Jane Msengezi , Chris Addison and all CTA

[OSGeo-Discuss] Let us all work to make sure Geographic Information Science is Open for our future generations

Dear colleagues, Openness is fundamental in harnessing the true potential of Geospatial Science and expanding digital economy opportunities for all . Open innovation is key in driving Digital Economy opportunities and to make sure that everyone benefits.  Why are Open Principles important in

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador– Professor Charlie Schweik

Dear colleagues, On behalf of GeoForAll community , it is my great pleasure to honour Charles (Charlie) Schweik as our GeoAmbassador. Charlie Schweik is a full professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA in a joint appointment between the Department of Environmental

[OSGeo-Discuss] Invite to GeoForAll Webinar on Friday Dec 1@ 7:00 PM GMT How we teach tools for open geospatial science?

Please join us today for webinar and discussions from colleagues at the North Carolina State University . I thank University of Colorado Denver for hosting the GeoForAll Webinars. Some background reading materials on Open Geospatial Science at

[OSGeo-Discuss] Webinar Friday Dec 1 @ 7:00 PM GMT - How we teach tools for open geospatial science.

Thanks Rafael. Looking forward to the webinar and discussions. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Moreno-sanchez, Rafael Sent: 28 November 2017 2:49 AM To:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Call for Volunteers for Geodata Committee

wishes, Suchith From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Sent: 25 November 2017 11:37 PM To: Suchith Anand; Jeff McKenna; osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Cc: Ronald Fortunato Subject: RE: [Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Volunteers for G

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Tackling the Open Source dilemma

Hi Cameron, Thank you for sharing this insightful presentation ideas. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Cameron Shorter Sent: 26 November 2017 3:21 AM To:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Volunteers for Geodata Committee

Thank you Jeff for this call . Many thanks to everyone who contributed to Geodata over the years. Please do not dissolve this committee. Let us work to reactivate this committee with more interested colleagues . I would like to volunteer to work for OSGeo Geodata Committee for linking ideas

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone

Dear colleagues, I have send an open letter to RGS (UK) requesting to please support open principles in Geoeducation and include Open principles in the Geography Ambassador Program . Details at http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004296.html Best wishes, Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Emphasis on open data at 2017 Meeting of G20-Agricultural Chief Scientists

Dear colleagues, This might be of interest to those in AgriGIS research. On November 14 and 15, the Agricultural Chief Scientists of the G20 countries met for their annual meeting in Potsdam under the German Presidency. The Chief Scientists state in the Communiquè of the meeting:

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll - Global Educator of the Year Award 2018

Dear all, Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement. Its goal is to raise awareness about the movement and its impact on teaching and learning worldwide. On the occasion of Open Education Week 2015 , "Geo for All" community announced the nominees for the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

nt: 21 November 2017 2:36 PM To: Suchith Anand Cc: geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; conference_...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018 Dear Suchith, Notwithstanding Till’s email regarding the separation of the TGP and GeoForAll, I woul

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

/conference_dev/2017-November/004572.html From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> Sent: 21 November 2017 1:03 PM To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; conference_...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: Updated Geo

[OSGeo-Discuss] International Data Week 2018

Dear colleagues, >From October 22 - 26, 2018, data professionals and researchers from all >disciplines and from across the globe will convene in Gaborone, Botswana for >International Data Week (IDW). The event is organised by the Research Data >Alliance (RDA), ICSU-CODATA and ICSU-WDS. The

[OSGeo-Discuss] Updated GeoForAll budget 2018

Dear all, Thank you for everyone for providing inputs/feedbacks. Based on this, I am proposing the following for GeoForAll budget 2018 GeoForAll Student awards for FOSS4G events will be 500 USD per event (both local and global). Distributed as follows First prize -250 USD ;Second prize - 150

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

at FOSS4G Global. It will be good as they can then show it as recognition. Best wishes, Suchith From: Mark Iliffe <markili...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:45 PM To: Suchith Anand Cc: discuss osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; conference Subje

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

can send before 22nd Nov it is greatly appreciated as I can then use the new estimates to propose GeoForAll budget including all these. Best wishes, Suchith From: Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 November 2017 1:07 PM To: Suchith An

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

nt: 20 November 2017 1:10 PM To: Suchith Anand Cc: discuss osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; conference Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Hi Suchith, Can I query the amount of money involved here? I think that $3,500 for prizes is a bit too

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

From: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it> Sent: 20 November 2017 12:20 PM To: Mark Iliffe; Suchith Anand Cc: discuss osgeo; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; conference Subject: R: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions Dear Mark These are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Thank you Maria, Serena for your help and volunteering for this. Greatly appreciated. Best wishes, Suchith From: serenacoetzee <serenacoet...@gmail.com> Sent: 20 November 2017 7:42 AM To: Maria Antonia Brovelli Cc: Suchith Anand;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

Dear all, We are now working to put proposal for GeoForAll budget and OSGeo student awards at FOSS4G conferences are important way for us to support excellent students. It will be great to have these awards given at FOSS4G Dar. My suggestion is that 7500 USD in the budget is kept for OSGeo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Greetings from GeoForAll to the International Science Council

Dear colleagues, It was really great opportunity that I could represent GeoForAll for the ICSU - CODATA workshop on Science and the Digital revolution at Royal Society (13-15th Nov) in London. This workshop came at a very important moment in the history of ICSU as just last month (October

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Be a donor - Start Donating Free and Open Source Software so digital divides are bridged within the next decade

assion and the clarity to your vision is an inspiration to us all! : -) : -) : -) From: GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 12:15 PM Subject: [Geo4All] Be a donor - Start Donating Free and Open Source Software so d

[OSGeo-Discuss] Be a donor - Start Donating Free and Open Source Software so digital divides are bridged within the next decade

Dear colleagues, Inspite of all the geospatial technology developments, students and academics in poor countries and regions were left out for many decades. This is now changing fast , thanks to the great work done by Open communities worldwide . We have now full access for all our

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Participatory webinar Friday Nov 10 7:00 PM GMT Collaborative education research across GeoForAll labs?

172 1200 Larimer Street NC 3524 Denver, CO 80204 Phone: 303-352-3762 Fax 303-556-6197 -Original Message----- From: Suchith Anand [mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 9:31 AM To: Moreno-sanchez, Rafael <rafael.mor...@ucdenver.edu> Cc: discuss@l

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Participatory webinar Friday Nov 10 7:00 PM GMT Collaborative education research across GeoForAll labs?

Great. Looking forward to discuss ideas with all soon. Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Moreno-sanchez, Rafael Sent: 10 November 2017 4:28 PM To: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA;

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Newsletter- Vol.3 no.11 - November 2017 issue

Thank you Nikos and all editors for your excellent work. Great to see many reports esp. GeoForAll meeting at FOSS4G Argentina. Great work everyone. http://www.geoforall.org/resources/newsletters/vol_3_11/Newsletter%20Vol%203_11.html Please email nominations for GeoAmbassadors to me or Nikos.

[OSGeo-Discuss] AfricaGIS 2017

Dear colleagues, I came across AfricaGIS 2017 conference https://www.africagis2017.orgwhich is very relevant and I want to reach out to colleagues participating in AfricaGIS 2017 and invite them to share ideas for Open Principles in Geoeducation and Science for a better world for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Opening for Urban/ Infrastructure Studies in Uganda

ct: Re: [Geo4All] Opening for Urban/ Infrastructure Studies in Uganda Dear Prof. Suchith Anand This comes at a timely period in Africa's physical transformation. I will certainly do my best to be the messenger of the good news. Experts, Academicians/ schorals/readers into the fields ven

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-UK] Contributor needed for Open Source Geo updates for GIS Professional magazine

gazine Suchith, Let me know if you don't get any takers, I'll try to help where I can. Mike PS Jo shared the photo from that first meet with me recently. Could drag it out if you like! On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, 21:25 Suchith Anand, <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nott

[OSGeo-Discuss] Contributor needed for Open Source Geo updates for GIS Professional magazine

Hi all, I have been contacted by Niall Conway (GIS Professional magazine) to see if there are any interested contributor(s) who would like to share written updates on the latest developments in open source geo which will be of interest to the wider geospatial community? They are looking

[OSGeo-Discuss] Special issue on “Open Science for earth remote sensing: latest developments in software and data”

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Editorial Board of the Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards Journal, I am pleased to share the Special issue on "Open Science for earth remote sensing: latest developments in software and data" . Please read the following preface by the guest editors,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please share the Philosophy of Openness in Geospatial Science  and Education on GIS Day and other Geo events

Dear colleagues, It is over a decade now since we started working on the philosophy of Openness in Geospatial Science and Education. The pace of change in the GIS in the last decade towards Openness has been beyond even my expectations. May i request all who are taking part in various Geo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Save the date Nov 10th 7:00 PM GMT; Discussion webinar your participation much appreciated

This participatory discussion webinar for ideas for initiating and incubating GeoForAll collaborative research and educational projects is open to all interested to join and build global research and education collaborations. Join us on 10th Nov 2017 at 7:00 PM GMT. Details below. Best

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Professor Luciene Stamato Delazari

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to honour Prof. Luciene Stamato Delazari from the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil as our GeoAmbassador. Luciene is a full professor in Cartography and GIS at the Federal University of Parana. She

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Iberoamérica en las redes sociales - GeoForAll Iberoamerica in social networks

Great updates Sergio. I understand from Maria Brovelli that the GeoForAll meeting at Buenos Aires was very successful . Thank you to Maria , Malena, the LOC and IGN for making this meeting possible. Maria has also kindly send a short report from the meeting for the GeoForAll Newsletter for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Recording of “Facilitating the use of standards and steps to achieving impact with open data”

Dear colleagues, On behalf of The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), I would like to share the recording of the webinar on "Facilitating the use of standards and steps to achieving impact with open data” In this webinar, GODAN Action [1] project leads Valeria Pesce (The

[OSGeo-Discuss] Summary reports from Interest Group on Agriculture Data

Dear All, For those interested in AgriGIS research, the summary and slides from the Interest Group on Agriculture Data (IGAD) meeting are at http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/igad-data-experts-shared-their-knowledge-expertise-rda-igad-pre-meeting-montreal-get Please find the summary report

[OSGeo-Discuss] Capacity development and Open Innovation opportunities for all

Dear colleagues, I participated in the Group on Earth Observations Plenary meetings at GEO Week in Washington DC this week and had the opportunity to meet and discuss ideas with colleagues from around the world. I want to thank the excellent work of the GEO Secretariat Team for the excellent

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Election 2017 Board of Directors elections results

Greetings to the OSGeo Board. I want to thank everyone who stood for the elections and for volunteering your services for our Foundation. Thank you to all our OSGeo Board directors from over the years who all contributed to the growth of our Foundation. Thank you to Vasile who did huge work

[OSGeo-Discuss] Providing GeoEducation opportunities to South America

Dear colleagues, Inspite of all the geotechnology developments, students and academics in poor countries and regions were left out for many decades. This is now changing fast , thanks to the great work done by our GeoForAll Academic colleagues globally. Next week at FOSS4G-Argentina 2017 [1]

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source GIS articles

Came across two interesting articles. https://www.gis-professional.com/content/article/opensource-gis-working http://millermountain.com/geospatialblog/2017/04/20/qgis-arcgis-users/ Nikos - It will be good to have the links of interesting articles like these added to GeoForAll Newsletter. Many

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The final FOSS4G 2017 Boston Academic Proceedings are now available online; Future FOSS4G academic track committees -- consider using this system

Thank You Charlie and everyone in Academic Review committee who made this possible. Having the Scholarworks paper review management and publishing system available for future FOSS4G conference academic proceedings (global, regional and local conferences) is a great contribution from the Boston

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please support Presidents of Universities United against Hunger (PUSH)

Dear colleagues, It was World Food Day [1] earlier this week . It is very worring that Hunger levels are increasing globally. We need to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. On behalf of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

+ for Jeff, Sanghee and Dirk. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Marc Vloemans Sent: 09 October 2017 6:10 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo CRO Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan

+1 for Venka's nomination.. Thank you Venka for agreeing to serve again . Venka has provided us excellent leadership reaching out to everyone. His contributions for geoeducation is an inspiration for all of us. Let us all welcome him back to the Board . Best wishes, Suchith

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Jody Garnett to serve another term as an OSGeo Board member

+1 I have been impressed with the huge efforts put in by Jody (and others) for our new website. This is benefiting the whole OSGeo community for the longterm. Thank you Jody. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nominations: Astrid Emde & Mariá Arias de Reyna

+1 from me for Astrid, Maria. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Marco Lechner - FOSSGIS e.V. Sent: 03 October 2017 9:15 PM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss]

[OSGeo-Discuss] Interest Group on Agriculture Data Meeting Presentations

This might be of interest for those working in AgriGIS. Almost all presentations of the Research Data Alliance’s Interest Group on Agriculture Data (IGAD) Pre-Meeting in Montreal ( 17th -18th September 2017) are published now on F1000Research, thanks to the IGAD Chairs.

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Sven Schade

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to honour Sven Schade as our GeoAmbassador. Sven Schade is a Scientific Project Officer at the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC). He is based at the Ispra site in

[OSGeo-Discuss] “Open geo data and open tools to achieve food security and sustainable agriculture for SDG 2030” - Your contributions and inputs welcome

Dear colleague, This is a request for help to send me any information on AgriGIS research and examples that you are doing so I can share the ideas with GEO colleagues for expanding our research for the future. I will be leading the GODAN ThinkTank on “Open geo data and open tools to achieve

[OSGeo-Discuss] G7 in strong support for open science

Great step forward and Well done to all who worked to make this happen :-) The G7 Science Ministers Communique at http://www.g7italy.it/sites/default/files/documents/G7%20Science%20Communiqué.pdf Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: [Geo4All] Every Student a Mapper: How to Put Open Mapping in the Classroom

Hi Tom, Thank you for sharing this important info which will be of interest to the wider OSGeo community May I request to put some links to open mapping resources and tutorials in the course structure https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination results

Congratulations and welcome to all new charter members. Great to see the geographic growth, spread and reach of the Foundation with each year. Thanks to everyone who contributed esp. Vasile , Jeff for their efforts as the CROs. Best wishes, Suchith

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Please share the Philosophy of Openness in Geospatial Science and Education on GIS Day and other Geo events

rinciples for Science and Education > for building a better world for everyone. > > The Future of Geo is For Everyone... > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > [1] > http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2017/08/osgeo-live-11-0-released-and-available-free-for-the-benefit-of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please share the Philosophy of Openness in Geospatial Science and Education on GIS Day and other Geo events

, Suchith [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2017/08/osgeo-live-11-0-released-and-available-free-for-the-benefit-of-everyone/ [2] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/foss4g-geoacademy-curriculum-suchith-anand [3] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/sharing-is-caring-why-openness

[OSGeo-Discuss] Capacity development for Agriculture data

Dear colleague, This might be of interest for those working in AgriGIS. Research Data Alliance’s Interest Group on Agriculture Data (IGAD) had pre-meeting in Montreal (Canada) from 17th -18th September 2017 where we are now working to establish a capacity development for agriculture data WG

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder to join today’s Geospatial IG meeting

Reminder to join us for today’s Research Data Alliance Geospatial IG meeting to discuss ideas for keep building the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science. Agenda and connecting details are at

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Iberoamerica highlights

Thanks for these excellent updates Sergio and Iberoamerica colleagues. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA Sent: 14 September 2017 4:34 PM To:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Remote connecting details for joining Geospatial IG meetings @ RDA10, Montrèal, Canada, 19-21 September 2017

Dear colleague, Research Data Alliance (RDA) https://www.rd-alliance.org is a global community-driven organisation launched and supported by the European Commission together with partners from other regions of the world. RDA has the goal of building the social and technical

[OSGeo-Discuss] AgroSphere- Team of high school and undergraduate NASA interns win the GODAN Local Farming challenge Award 2017

Dear all, On behalf of the G7’s Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), I want to thank all students and mentors who contributed for the NASA Worldwind Europa Challenge 2017. In January 2017 at the Geospatial World Forum 2017 in Hyderabad , India , GODAN released a call for

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll newsletter Vol.3, no.09 - September 2017

Thank you Nikos for this excellent updates. Congrats to you and all editors and the team from IberoAmerica Region and Paulo César Coronado from Universidad Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia for making this Spanish edition possible. Newsletter at http://www.geoforall.org/newsletters/ I really

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Bridget Fleming

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to introduce Bridget Fleming from South Africa as our GeoAmbassador. Bridget Fleming is the regional chair of GeoForAll Africa (along with Serena Coetzee and Rania Elsayed ) and has been actively expanding

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Gabriele Prestifilippo

I would like to second the nomination of Gabriele Prestifilippo. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jeff McKenna Sent: 07 September 2017 7:56 PM To: osgeo Cc:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [SoC] GSoC 2017 Results!

Congratulations to all students, mentors and organisers . Well done to all... Best wishes, Suchith From: SoC on behalf of Margherita Di Leo Sent: 07 September 2017 8:40 AM To: OSGeo Discussions;

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nominate Matt Walker for Charter Membership

I second this excellent nomination. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu Sent: 04 September 2017 8:29 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer

[OSGeo-Discuss] Qualified Speaker needed for Keynote at FOSS4G.be 2017

Dear all, On the 26th of October 2017, OSGeo-be will host an event dedicated to free geomatics in Brussels at the Environment and Energy Agency of Brussels. FOSS4Gbe will be a day of conferences, demonstrations, debates and meetings about OSGeo topics. It will also be an opportunity to bring

[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting 3 short presentations for Geospatial IG meetings @ RDA10

Dear colleague, Research Data Alliance (RDA) https://www.rd-alliance.orgis a global community-driven organisation launched and supported by the European Commission together with partners from other regions of the world. RDA has the goal of building the social and technical

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nominate Barry Rowlingson for Charter Membership

+1 I second this excellent nomination. Barry has played a key role in the success of FOSS4G Nottingham 2013. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu Sent: 29

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Mark Iliffe as OSGeo Charter Member

+1 Mark has also contributed to the success of FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Andy Anderson Sent: 26 August 2017 10:13 PM To: osgeolist Cc: Cro; Iliffe

[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Patrick Hogan as an OSGeo Charter Member

It is my pleasure to nominate Patrick Hogan (USA) as an OSGeo Charter Member. Patrick Hogan [1] works for NASA, USA. Patrick is also very active contributor in the OSGeo’s Geo For All initiative . He along with Chris Pettit leads the OpenCitySmart thematic [2] of GeoForAll . This

[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Rafael Moreno-Sanchez as an OSGeo Charter Member

It is my pleasure to nominate Dr. Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, from USA, as an OSGeo Charter Member. Rafael is working at the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, USA [1]. Rafael is also very active contributor in the OSGeo’s GeoForAll initiative

[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Nikos Lambrinos as an OSGeo Charter Member

It is my pleasure to nominate Nikos Lambrinos (Greece) as OSGeo Charter Member. Nikos is a Professor of Geography Teaching and Director of Digital Analysis and Educational Design Laboratory at the Faculty of Education , School of Primary Education, Dept. of Science and New Technologies at

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Collaborate or be less! Helsinki will challenge your mettle. . .

Hi Patrick, Thanks for these excellent updates and apologies for the delay in reply as I was away on family holidays and just back and catching up with all mails. Thanks to all the students and mentors for their work on these excellent projects whose ideas will benefit all

[OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation to join us to work together for Global Food Security

Dear colleague, I would like to invite you to join the GeoForAll AgriGIS thematic that is lead by Dr Didier Leibovici and Dr. Nobusuke Iwasaki ( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences , Japan) and contribute your expertise to advance Agriculture knowledge sharing globally.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting everyone to contribute for keep building the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science

Dear colleagues, Research Data Alliance (RDA) https://www.rd-alliance.org is a global community-driven organisation launched and supported by the European Commission together with partners from other regions of the world. RDA has the goal of building the social and technical

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please share Open Principles in Science and Education ideas and philosophy at all Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo week , GIS day etc )

May I also request that we proactively engage with the wider Open Education communities to expand our impact for Open Principles in Geoeducation (Free and open source software, open data, open standards, open educational resources, open access to research publications). There was very

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming all proprietary GIS labs to migrate to Open Principles in GeoEducation

1], which includes promoting Open Source GIS Software. (I could envisage a proprietary vendor claiming compliance with "promoting Geospatial for All", by promoting their proprietary product, or promoting an open source extension to their proprietary product.) [1] http://www.geofor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming all proprietary GIS labs to migrate to Open Principles in GeoEducation

ion to their proprietary product.) [1] http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/ On 3/8/17 1:08 am, Suchith Anand wrote: Dear colleagues, I had a query recently on if a university lab backed by some proprietary GIS vendors can start moving to open principles in Geoeducation[1] . I replied th

[OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming all proprietary GIS labs to migrate to Open Principles in GeoEducation

Dear colleagues, I had a query recently on if a university lab backed by some proprietary GIS vendors can start moving to open principles in Geoeducation[1] . I replied that very definitely .In fact many of our GeoForAll university labs (even just few years back!) were using proprietary GIS

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please share Open Principles in Science and Education ideas and philosophy at all Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo week , GIS day etc )

Dear colleague, May i request all who are taking part in various Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo Week, GIS day etc ) to also make use of the opportunity to promote Open Principles in GeoEducation by sharing information on GeoForAll and welcoming those interested to be part of

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Lab of the month – Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to introduce our colleagues at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia as the GeoForAll lab of the month. Their research is closely integrated with teaching. Currently, they are running single

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [geoforall-ab] New GeoForAll Regional Group for Iberoamerica

Excellent updates . Thanks Silvana , Antoni , Sergio , Lara , Carolina and Luciana for your leadership. This will have profound impact across the region for expanding Openness in Science and Education. Best wishes, Suchith Original message From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA

[OSGeo-Discuss] INSPIRE Hack 2017 - Open Data, Volunteered Geographic Information and Citizen Observatories

Dear colleagues, You might be interested in the second edition of the INSPIRE Hack, i.e. a hackathon that is part of the INSPIRE Conference 2017. This time, the hackathon will start early in July 2017 when hackathon teams will be created and will start working on their projects before the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Union slams plan to axe Ordnance Survey jobs

Came across this disappointing news http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15174595.Union_slams_plan_to_axe_Ordnance_Survey_jobs/ Does anyone know the facts on this? My thoughts and support to all colleagues in OS as the company goes through the difficult period. Best wishes, Suchith This

[OSGeo-Discuss] Global Soil Week 2017 Policy Message for The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) & Final Report

Dear colleagues, The Global Soil Week 2017 was co-hosted by twenty two partners from four governments, intergovernmental and academic organizations and civil society networks. 250 distinguished participants provided valuable perspectives piloting contributions to the High Level Political Forum

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Helsinki NASA Europa Challenge 2017

he old ‘standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants’ trick. OSGeo/FOSS4G are the giants we stand on! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants -Patrick From: GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 1:58 AM To: d

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