Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Official Geo4All twitter account

2017-01-09 Thread Suchith Anand
Many thanks Julia, Chris for your kind help on this. I request all colleagues to please follow, like, retweet and help us widen our impact for open geo education. Please also share ideas and content for our social media presence. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith

[OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation to NASA Europa Challenge 2017

2017-01-08 Thread Suchith Anand
on to make geospatial education and opportunities available for all. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/ GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] NASA World Wind Europa Challenge 2016

2017-01-05 Thread Suchith Anand
thank you for all your help and efforts. Your efforts for Open Principles in Education will have long term impact globally. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science From

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador – Dr. Mark Ware (University of South Wales, UK )

2017-01-03 Thread Suchith Anand
contributions to Geo For All. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/ GeoForAll – Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential

[OSGeo-Discuss] “GeoForAll” Lab of the Month – Texas A University – Corpus Christi , USA

2017-01-03 Thread Suchith Anand
can connect to expand your ideas rapidly. Open innovation is key in driving Digital Economy opportunities and we are determined to make sure that everyone benefits. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy Year of Open 2017

2017-01-01 Thread Suchith Anand
ils of why this is important at http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/sharing-is-caring-why-openness-is-key-for-true-empowerment-and-sustainability/ Wishing everyone Happy New Year 2017... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ <http://www.geofor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS ThinkTank Summary and welcoming Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) , Kenya to GeoForAll

2016-12-23 Thread Suchith Anand
orward and would love if our mentor Suchith can throw some light on this. Happy GIS Day to you all. Kiringai On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Dear Kiringai, Thank you for these excel

[OSGeo-Discuss] European Early Career Data Scientists: Apply For A Travel Grant To Barcelona For April 2017

2016-12-20 Thread Suchith Anand
eospatial IG will be planning a meeting at Barcelona to keep building ideas for the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science . More details will be informed in due course. Details at https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/geospatial-ig.html Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchit

[OSGeo-Discuss] Seasons Greetings from GeoForAll

2016-12-19 Thread Suchith Anand
2017. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Newsletter - December 2016 issue

2016-12-14 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, Thank you to Nikos and all our editors for their selfless work and contributions in helping make possible these amazing newsletters for the community by the community. When i look back at our newsletters in 2016 [1] and see the amazing breadth and depth of activities globally that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Expanding Open Geospatial Science

2016-12-12 Thread Suchith Anand
se our approach to experiential learning. We're certain to place our dynamic approach to shared knowledge available to the world. Best! Sent from my iPhone On 11 Dec 2016, at 11:26, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Dear col

[OSGeo-Discuss] Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Survey of India in 2017

2016-12-11 Thread Suchith Anand
re at http://geospatialworldforum.org/geoagri.asp For those of you planning to be at the Geospatial World Forum 2017 in Hyderabad, India, i am looking forward to seeing you there. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This messa

[OSGeo-Discuss] Expanding Open Geospatial Science

2016-12-11 Thread Suchith Anand
ality education opportunities for everyone" has arrived. We look forward your collaborations on our mission to make geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospati

[OSGeo-Discuss] “GeoForAll” Lab of the Month – Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

2016-12-10 Thread Suchith Anand
more collaborations with all interested on this education mission. Full details are at http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/12/geoforall-lab-of-the-month-asian-institute-of-technology-thailand/ May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador of the month - Dr. Daria Svidzinska

2016-12-09 Thread Suchith Anand
are proud to honour Daria as our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful for her contributions to GeoForAll. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ <http://www.geoforall.org/>http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org Geo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] gvSIG Batoví in Directions Magazine

2016-12-08 Thread Suchith Anand
Well done Sergio. Open Principles will always win in the long term. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith From: GeoForAll on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli Sent: 30

[OSGeo-Discuss] Free GeoForAll webinar on FOSS4G at The National Renewable Energy Laboratory – 2nd Dec at at 7:00 PM GMT

2016-12-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, Reminder of the free GeoForAll webinar tomorrow (2nd Dec) might be of interest in geospatial, visualisation and energy related research . The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the United States’ primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The "elusive business of open" and how to make good morals equate to good business

2016-11-28 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Cameron, Thanks for sharing this presentation. This is really good insights. This is exactly what makes initiatives like GeoForAll happen and expand... Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Cameron Shorter

[OSGeo-Discuss] OPEN FIELDS

2016-11-26 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, Today, nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition around the world. For the first time in human history, we have the knowledge and the tools to put an end to it. Open data makes that knowledge available to everyone [1]. At the 2012 G-8 Summit, G-8 leaders committed

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Webinar Series - FOSS4G at The National Renewable Energy Laboratory

2016-11-23 Thread Suchith Anand
On behalf of GeoForAll, we would like to welcome you to our next webinar which might be of interest to wider community. Details on the webinar on Friday December 2, 2016 at 7:00 PM GMT and how to connect remotely below. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the United States

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy PostGIS Day

2016-11-17 Thread Suchith Anand
, industry , universities, NGOs worldwide that you can connect to expand your ideas rapidly. Open innovation is key in driving Digital Economy opportunities and we are determined to make sure that everyone benefits. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Updates on UN Open GIS Initiative

2016-11-17 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you Maria, Maxi for this excellent initiative and updates. Nikos - Please have this report added to our next month newsletter with few photos etc of the event (Maria, Maxi - please send this to Nikos when you get time). Happy PostGIS Day :-) Best wishes, Suchith

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS ThinkTank Summary and welcoming Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) , Kenya to GeoForAll

2016-11-16 Thread Suchith Anand
agenda forward and would love if our mentor Suchith can throw some light on this. Happy GIS Day to you all. Kiringai On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Dear Kiringai, Thank you for these excel

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Open Source report card needed from all

2016-11-16 Thread Suchith Anand
acalam...@boundlessgeo.com 202-827-0293 (office) 919-346-6825 (cell) @GeoCalamito; @BoundlessGeo [http://boundlessgeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Boundless-new-web-logo-e1444657868290.png] From: GeoForAll <geoforall-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@n

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source report card needed from all

2016-11-16 Thread Suchith Anand
to expand your ideas rapidly. Open innovation is key in driving Digital Economy opportunities and we are determined to make sure that everyone benefits. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS ThinkTank Summary and welcoming Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) , Kenya to GeoForAll

2016-11-16 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear Dhairya, Welcome to GeoForAll. We look forward to work with you and all colleagues for expanding Data driven agro transformation in Africa. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS ThinkTank Summary and welcoming Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) , Kenya to GeoForAll

2016-11-16 Thread Suchith Anand
ATA Programme once a date has been granted by the VC of the University of Nairobi on a date to be communicated soon. We are and shall always remain at your disposal. Sincerely, Kiringai Kamau On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Happy GIS Day 2016

2016-11-15 Thread Suchith Anand
o Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2016-11-15 8:46 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > Dear colleague, > > Happy GIS Day 2016 to all. May i request all who are taking part in > various Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo Week, GIS day etc > ) to make use of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy GIS Day 2016

2016-11-15 Thread Suchith Anand
interested to be part of Open Principles in Education [1]. Everyday is a GeoForAll Day . So please share GeoForAll ideas [2] everyday from now to your colleagues, students and be our GeoAmbassadors. May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org http

[OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS ThinkTank Summary and welcoming Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS) , Kenya to GeoForAll

2016-11-10 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear All, We are pleased to send you the summary updates from the very successful AgriGIS Workshop & Think Tank meetings in Nairobi organised jointly by the The University of Nottingham, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), the Global Open Data for Agriculture

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo social media contacts

2016-11-07 Thread Suchith Anand
s.html which is essentially to send your news item to the news_item@ email account. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2016-11-02 3:25 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > Can someone let me know who are in charge of the OSGeo's social me

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoAmbassador / OSGeo Advocate – Teacher badge?

2016-11-06 Thread Suchith Anand
tory tuc...@mapstory.org<mailto:tuc...@mapstory.org> 703-981-9373 On Nov 5, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote: Thanks Chris. I would like to ccin Cameron as well so can get his ideas. Cameron - Chr

[OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteers needed for producing a simple webform and website for publishing data on annual Open Source Report Card for organisations

2016-11-05 Thread Suchith Anand
. Could anyone help us with this. Please let Nikos or myself know if you are interested . Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This message and any attachment are intended solely

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoAmbassador / OSGeo Advocate – Teacher badge?

2016-11-05 Thread Suchith Anand
//wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles On 4/11/2016 6:43 PM, Suchith Anand wrote: Thanks Cameron. This concept was build up from your excellent ideas and discussions back in 2012 though we started this initiative specifically for those contributing in widening geoeducation oppor

[OSGeo-Discuss] Pass it on - Joy of selfless sharing on GIS Day and other Geo events

2016-11-04 Thread Suchith Anand
time has come is the most powerful force in the universe, and the time for "Access to quality education opportunities for everyone" has arrived. Education + Empowerment = GeoForAll Happy GIS Day greetings in advance to all... May the FOSS be with everyone... Best wishes, Suchith D

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] GeoAmbassador of the month – Victoria Rautenbach

2016-11-04 Thread Suchith Anand
nisors to select appropriate presenters). [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail//discuss/2012-April/thread.html#10267 On 3/11/2016 11:33 PM, Suchith Anand wrote: Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to introduce Victoria Rautenbach

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador of the month – Victoria Rautenbach

2016-11-03 Thread Suchith Anand
of Pretoria. We are proud to honour Victoria as our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful for her contributions to Geo for All. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo social media contacts

2016-11-02 Thread Suchith Anand
Can someone let me know who are in charge of the OSGeo's social media accounts (Twitter etc). Please email me thier info as we would like to have them to be involved with GeoForAll's social media expansion plans from now. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Department of Science and Technology Sponsored 21 Day Training Programme on Geo-spatial Technology

2016-11-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you Darshana for sharing this excellent news of funded training program at http://cept.ac.in/events/geospatial-technology . This will be of wider interest to OSGeo colleagues in India. Congrats to you and CEPT colleagues for making this possible. I will be in India next week for

[OSGeo-Discuss] The United Nations Open GIS Initiative – Open Source Geospatial S/W for the UN

2016-11-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, Please join us for the next GeoForAll-ASPRS-UCGIS webinar on the United Nations Open GIS Initiative – Open Source Geospatial S/W for the UN. Details below. Openness is key fundamental aspect for acheiving the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. We look forward to your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Happy news from GeoForAll

2016-10-31 Thread Suchith Anand
gub.uy/ ____ De: Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Enviado: viernes, 28 de octubre de 2016 16:08 Para: Cameron Shorter; SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Asunto: Happy news from GeoForAll Hi all, GeoForAll will take up this challenge with gr

[OSGeo-Discuss] SMARTIES are part of the UK Prime Minister’s Ministerial Delegation to India for the TECH Summit 2016

2016-10-31 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to inform that SMARTIES will be represented strongly at the India-UK TECH Summit 2016 on 7-9 November 2016 in New Delhi. Professor Michele Clarke (Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham) and our other SMARTIES colleagues will be part of the UK

[OSGeo-Discuss] Award for the Biggest donors of GIS software goes to all our Students Worldwide

2016-10-30 Thread Suchith Anand
ke sure we all work together to create global citizens contributing to the betterment of humanity. I thank all teachers and students in Africa and worldwide for your dedication and efforts. We are proud to honour you all as the Biggest donors of GIS software. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suc

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy news from GeoForAll

2016-10-30 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you Bridget for sharing the experiences from South Africa and i fully agree with your insights on this. Talking to students in India and many other developing countries, i understood that they all (esp. in developing countries) download QGIS usually from their university network and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vision for an OSGeo education program

2016-10-29 Thread Suchith Anand
oun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> Sent: 29 October 2016 4:02 AM To: Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl; 'Cameron Shorter'; 'Randal Hale' Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vision for an OSG

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Vision for an OSGeo education program

2016-10-29 Thread Suchith Anand
Yes, we are making use of all opportunities to promote GeoForAll ideas and i don't think any properitery vendor can stop GeoMentors from promoting GeoForAll ideas on the sidelines :-) or stopping students from using GIS Day to promote GeoForAll [even though that was not at all the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vision for an OSGeo education program

2016-10-28 Thread Suchith Anand
Excellent to see all these ideas coming in. +1 for simplicity. One of things i learned talking to students from India to Africa to Europe is that they are all using QGIS . In Spanish speaking regions this might be different (gvSIG) . Students are not using the 50 + software that is available

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy news from GeoForAll

2016-10-28 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi all, GeoForAll will take up this challenge with great pleasure and humility. We have so many examples of hundreds of schools already benifiting from GeoForAll principles that are lead from Sergio to Bridget that these publications should also publish if they are serious about geoeducation

[OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS Workshop and ThinkTank meetings in Kenya #agrigisNR2016

2016-10-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, The Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) Capacity Development Working Group aims to promote capacity development initiatives in agriculture and nutrition globally . It is with this aim GODAN, The University of Nottingham , the Regional Centre for Mapping of

[OSGeo-Discuss] EUROGEO 2017 & Inviting ideas for compiling a book to record "GeoForAll" developments and initiatives

2016-10-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, Professor Karl Donert (President EUROGEO and Director European Centre of Excellence, digital-earth.eu University of Salzburg, Austria) has kindly invited me to deliver a keynote presentation at EUROGEO 2017 in Amsterdam on 2-3 March 2017. EUROGEO promotes the European

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

2016-10-23 Thread Suchith Anand
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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Live-demo] 2017 World Bank Land and Poverty Conference CfP and Registration - Anyone able to present OSGeo-Live

2016-10-22 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Arnulf, Cameron for this. This is a really important area for GeoforAll and the UN GIS Committee also esp. linking to the UN SDG 2030 aims, so i am requesting our colleagues (esp. those in US as the event is in Washington) to take proactive role in this. Thanks. Best wishes,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

2016-10-21 Thread Suchith Anand
+ 1 to Data4All initiative idea. This is a good opportunity for OSGeo to take leadership to bring together not just OSM, HOT, OSM communities but also the wider citizen science and PPGIS communities. We can start MoUs with like minded organisations to support Data4All as we did for Geo4All :-)

[OSGeo-Discuss] Where is your organisations’s Open Source Report Card?

2016-10-19 Thread Suchith Anand
I saw this information on Google sharing thier Open Source Report Card, highlighting thier most popular projects, sharing a few statistics and detailing some of the projects they have released in 2016. https://opensource.googleblog.com/2016/10/google-open-source-report-card.html I thought it

[OSGeo-Discuss] Urban Observatories

2016-10-17 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear All, The RCUK funded SMARt ciTIES is lead by Professor Michele Clarke (Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham) and Dr. Ajith Kaliyath (National Institute of Urban Affairs, India) brings together a consortium of multidisciplinary, international researchers with expertise

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Open Data?

2016-10-17 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Jachym, Apologies if i do not correctly understand the context/background of the discussion. In my humble opinion, OSGeo is software foundation but very much involved in open standards, open data etc hence we have MoU with OGC etc . We should not have silo approach. Openness is key.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Principles in Education

2016-10-14 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, I would like to thank the Open Education SIG for the giving me opportunity to share our experiences on establishing and building Open Geospatial Science for the benefit of all to support Open Principles in Education. Webinar recoding available at

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geo4All Newsletter - October 2016 issue

2016-10-12 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you Nikos and all editors for your efforts on another edition of our newsletter. We would like to introduce our colleagues at Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence, Greece, as our "Geo4All" lab of the month. Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence, Greece, has developed as a

[OSGeo-Discuss] Capacity Assessment Survey on Open Data - We welcome your inputs

2016-10-08 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, With the objective to promote open data knowledge and increase awareness of ongoing open data initiatives, innovations and good practices, the leader organisations of GODAN Action[1] are working on the creation of a GODAN Working Group on Capacity Development. Details at

[OSGeo-Discuss] AgriGIS Workshop and Think Tank meetings - help needed to share the info. with your contacts in Africa

2016-10-06 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, I am on secondment to the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) [1] and would appeciate your help in connecting to your contacts in Africa for this AgriGIS ThinkTank and workshop that we are planning and invite participation. Details below. The University of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board of Directors elections results

2016-10-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you to everyone who participated in the elections. Congratulations to the new Board. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jorge Sanz Sent: 05 October 2016 9:59 AM To: OSGeo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fw: Geo4All webinar FOSS/FOSS4G in Mexico Thurs Sept 29 5:00 PM (GMT)

2016-09-25 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear all, As part of our mission to expand geospatial education opportunities for all and empower everyone, we are pleased to share the excellent work done by our Geo4All colleagues in Mexico as part of the next Geo4All webinar. Our lab there lead by Manuel Haro in addition to the excellent

[OSGeo-Discuss] Webinar on “Open Principles in Education – Building Bridges, Empowering communities” on 22 Sep 2016

2016-09-19 Thread Suchith Anand
://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/09/open-principles-in-education-building-bridges-empowering-communities/ Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This message and any attachment are intended solely

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Newsletter September 2016

2016-09-18 Thread Suchith Anand
Thank you to Nikos and all editors for thier excellent work in producing another excellent newsletter . As Nikos said, we now have huge readership of the newsletter and it is an excellent way to spread our ideas globally. So do make use of it and send your latest updates etc to Nikos and have

[OSGeo-Discuss] Tell World Leaders: We Must Unlock the Data Needed to Feed the Hungry

2016-09-15 Thread Suchith Anand
at http://summit.godan.info/petition I will be sharing Geo4All ideas on the importance of Openness in research at the GODAN Summit tomorrow (16 Sep at 1:30 local time). Details at http://summit.godan.info/schedule/ I look forward to your active support. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http

[OSGeo-Discuss] Kalpana Chawla Chair on Geospatial Technology and our new OSGeo lab at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India

2016-09-12 Thread Suchith Anand
University, as the Chairman. CRIKC has signed MoU with University of Nottingham to have academic collaboration in many different ways. I can see many research synergies in open geospatial esp. in Opencitysmart research that we will be able to able to explore in the future. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith A

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2nd consultation meeting of EO Open Science in ESRIN (Frascati, Italy)

2016-09-11 Thread Suchith Anand
. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/publication_pdfs/uk_v15i18-058-059-Op951AF3.pdf [2] http://www.geoconnexion.com/publications/geo-uk/issue/sept-oct-2016/article/open-geospatial-science

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies - latest updates

2016-09-09 Thread Suchith Anand
el you should have made plans to attend the workshop and the AutoCarto 2016 research symposium but did not, it just might not be too late. If you have any questions, please let me know. Mike Finn On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:26 AM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk<mailt

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board Nomination for Maria Brovelli

2016-09-09 Thread Suchith Anand
Excellent nomination . I am sure Maria's experience and dedication to OSGeo over many years will be a great asset to the OSGeo Board. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Jorge Sanz Sent:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Principles in Education - Bridging Bridges, Empowering communities

2016-09-07 Thread Suchith Anand
. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science 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 send it back to me

[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geospatial Science and Vision 2030

2016-09-07 Thread Suchith Anand
wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/ This message and any attachment are intended solely

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador of the month – Nimalika Fernando

2016-09-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to introduce Nimalika Fernando as our GeoAmbassador. I am grateful for this opportunity of introducing some of our amazing colleagues from different parts of our world each month as our GeoAmbassadors and this has also helped me also to learn and get

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geo4All - Empowering academics and educators globally - requesting colleagues to share Geo4All ideas at Geography Awareness Week

2016-09-05 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Henrique, Thank you for your mail. I am finding it difficult to understand your exact aims as in your previous mail you mention that there is some license fees for your tools [1] and now you mention they are free, open and libre. Will these conditions keep changing? Also if what you are

[OSGeo-Discuss] “Geo4All” Lab of the Month –University of Zagreb, Croatia

2016-09-04 Thread Suchith Anand
. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://www.geof.unizg.hr/mod/book/view.php?id=1165<http://www.geof.unizg.hr/mod/book/view.php?id=1165> This message and any attachment are intended

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geo4All - Empowering academics and educators globally - requesting colleagues to share Geo4All ideas at Geography Awareness Week

2016-09-03 Thread Suchith Anand
nd Köbben Senior Lecturer – ITC-University of Twente PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (Netherlands) ITC Building (room 1-065) @barendkobben +31-(0)53 4874 253 From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Munich Orientation Convention <volks...@volksnav.de> Date: Tuesday 16 Augus

[OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation to "Open Geospatial Science & Applications" webinar on Tangible Landscape on August 31 at 6 PM GMT

2016-08-26 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear All, You are invited to join the next "Open Geospatial Science & Applications" webinar series on August 31, 2016 (Wednesday) at 6 PM (GMT).The webinars are open and free to all on first come register basis. This webinar is organised jointly with ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geo4All - Empowering academics and educators globally - requesting colleagues to share Geo4All ideas at Geography Awareness Week

2016-08-15 Thread Suchith Anand
... Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in er

[OSGeo-Discuss] Tangible Landscape: open source environment for geospatial learning, science, and community engagement

2016-08-08 Thread Suchith Anand
tails at https://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/tangible-landscape.html More details and how to connect will be updated at http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/ Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/suchith-anand-6447b42 Geo for All - Building

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Europa Challenge is Geo4All Alive and Well, and WorldWind Explorer is All4You

2016-08-06 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Patrick, all, This is great to see the excellent response to Europa Challenge. Thanks to all the students and thier mentors over the years that make this program a success. These students will all greatly benefit from the experiences gained from participating in challenges like these and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting ideas from research groups globally working in Geospatial Data Science

2016-08-06 Thread Suchith Anand
-geospatial-science/ Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/next-steps-for-the-open-consultation-on-open-geospatial-science-vision-2030/ [2] http

[OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting ideas to expand "GeoStudents for GeoFuture"

2016-08-06 Thread Suchith Anand
ative and open minds in students which is critical for building open innovation and contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Ope

[OSGeo-Discuss] Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies - latest updates

2016-08-05 Thread Suchith Anand
and we are extremely grateful for her contributions to Geo for All. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://www.labgeolivre.ufpr.br/?lang=en [2] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa

2016-08-03 Thread Suchith Anand
orld to work together from the ground up > (speaking city-wise), > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart > > -Patrick > > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>] On Beh

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GeoForAll-Africa] FOSS4G Africa

2016-08-03 Thread Suchith Anand
Fully agree that it is the duty of all to try and contribute in thier own way for the benifit of the global community. RECTAS is very welcome to join Geo for All . Please contact the Africa chairs for info. For the AARSE 2016 conference, i am ccing in Anthony Gidudu, Yazidhi Bamutaze,Hussein

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Charter Member elections results

2016-08-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Congrats and big welcome to all the new charter members. Excellent to see the growing global representation. Thank you Vasile for your efforts as CRO. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss on behalf of Dirk Frigne

[OSGeo-Discuss] “Geo4All” lab of the month -Open Source Geospatial Lab of Department of Geodesy and Surveying at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics , Hungary

2016-08-01 Thread Suchith Anand
at the Budapest lab for their contributions to the Geo4All initiative and look forward to working and building more collaborations with all interested on this education mission. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vote for Charter

2016-07-24 Thread Suchith Anand
Though i might not know directly all the excellent 33 nominees, i can sense from the nominations and the supporting emails that all of them share thier dedication to OSGeo . OSGeo is a global organisation and it is great to see the geographic spread of the charter members. Ravi - you made a

[OSGeo-Discuss] Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies

2016-07-21 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleague, Please find details of Advancing GIScience with Open Source Technologies organised by the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies at AutoCarto 2016, USA . Thanks to Mike Finn and Silvana Comboim for thier leadership. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand

[OSGeo-Discuss] Next steps for the Open Consultation on Open Geospatial Science - Vision 2030

2016-07-19 Thread Suchith Anand
ontributing to this. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/ [2] http://indico.ictp.it/event/765

[OSGeo-Discuss] Building Bridges, Empowering communities

2016-07-18 Thread Suchith Anand
at http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/07/how-can-we-contribute-our-efforts-for-united-nations-2030-agenda-for-sustainable-development-for-building-a-better-world-for-everyone-3/ Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Charter Member: Monia Molinari

2016-07-15 Thread Suchith Anand
+1 from me also for Monia Molinari's nomination. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Marco Minghini [marco.minghin...@gmail.com] Sent: 15 July 2016 9:22 AM To: Markus Neteler Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Charter Member: Shailesh Chaure

2016-07-13 Thread Suchith Anand
I second the nomination of Shailesh Chaure as OSGeo charter member. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu [vas...@geo-spatial.org] Sent: 13 July 2016 3:37 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Free and Open Source Geographic Information Technologies Conference in South America

2016-07-13 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Edwin, Sergio and all others planning to present Geo for all at various events, Many thanks for your efforts. May i request that you contact the OSGeo Marketing Committee (cc in) and synchronise activities on your plans to have OSGeoLive DVDs given to participants at these events

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free and Open Source Geographic Information Technologies Conference in South America

2016-07-12 Thread Suchith Anand
Hi Sergio, Thank you for the updates on the Free and Open Source Geographic Information Technologies Conference in South America and great to hear that you will be presenting Geo4All. It is a great opportunity to spread Geo4All ideas to more universities and educational institutes in the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nominating Andy Anderson as OSGeo Charter Member

2016-07-12 Thread Suchith Anand
Thanks Charlie for this excellent nomination. I am happy to second this nomination of Andy Anderson as OSGeo Charter Member. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu [vas...@geo-spatial.org]

[OSGeo-Discuss] How can we contribute our efforts for United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for building a better world for everyone?

2016-07-10 Thread Suchith Anand
minds in students which is critical for building open innovation and contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open

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

2016-07-09 Thread Suchith Anand
I would like to second Victoria Rautenbach's nomination for Charter member. Thanks to Serena for this excellent nomination. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu [vas...@geo-spatial.org]

[OSGeo-Discuss] First Anniversary edition of our Geo4All Newsletter

2016-07-08 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear All, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Nikos Lambrinos ( Chief Editor) and our wonderful team of co-editors for the first year anniversary of our Newsletter (this is our twelfth issue). Details at http://www.geoforall.org/newsletters/ We are very grateful for thier

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] National level strategy for Open Principles in Geospatial - next steps

2016-07-06 Thread Suchith Anand
welcome. Suchith From: Cameron Shorter [cameron.shor...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 July 2016 11:56 AM To: Suchith Anand; geofor...@lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [Geo4All] National level strategy for Open Principles in Geospatial - next steps On 5/07

[OSGeo-Discuss] National level strategy for Open Principles in Geospatial - next steps

2016-07-05 Thread Suchith Anand
policy decisions. I am looking forward to your active contributions and support. Best wishes, Suchith Dr. Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science [1] http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/osgis/home.aspx [2] http://opensourcegeospatial.ic

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