[FOSS-Nepal] Open Data Day in Pokhara

Dear Open Data Enthusiasts, We took Open Data Day in Chitwan last year. We are taking it to Pokhara this year. Here is more http://kathmandulivinglabs.org/oddpokhara/ If you are in Pokhara, please come to the event. If you are not in Pokhara but want to join us, please let us know. There seems t

[FOSS-Nepal] Here is how Canadian DART is using OSM data

http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=finding-the-way-geomatic-support-team-creates-maps-in-nepal/i99x64lh Nama Nama R. Budhathoki, Ph.D. Executive Director, Kathmandu Living Labs *(www.kathmandulivinglabs.org

[FOSS-Nepal] Earthquake and OpenStreetMap

Dear Friends, The devastating earthquake suddenly hit us on April 25. Trust you, your family and your loved ones are all safe. We, with the help of several other people, have been working almost 18 hours a day right after the earthquake with a hope to save lives. OpenStreetMap has served almost a

[FOSS-Nepal] Nepal Earthquake: Report from OpenStreetMap Situation Room

Dear Friends, Here is a quick update and summary of the work we carried today. We are little exhausted and taking break now. *kathmandulivinglabs.org/blog/nepal-earthquake-report-from-openstreetmap-situation-room

[FOSS-Nepal] Please report the situation in your local areas

Dear Friends, Hope you all are safe. We have been working to help the rescue workers with OpenStreetMap and related information management systems. We have deployed a site where you can report the situation in your local area. Here is our post in FaceBook. https://www.facebook.com/kathmandulivin

[FOSS-Nepal] OpenStreetMap in Hetauda

Hi All, After mapping Bharatpur, we are now moving to Hetauda for mapping in OpenStreetMap. Bharatpur has already been mapped in great detail. The mapping was largely done by local people. Please look at the map here (I hope you will enjoy it): http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/27.6884/84.4404

[FOSS Nepal] Mapping Chitwan in OpenStreetMap

Dear Open Mapping Enthusiasts- After densely mapping Kathmandu Valley, we are keen to expand it beyond Kathmandu. We are starting it from Chitwan. While we will map every relevant feature we see on the surface of the earth, our greater focus will be earthquake preparedness. Both National Society f

[FOSS Nepal] Warning from the Inventor of WWW

I am taking this opportunity to wish for open and neutral web on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami. Thought people in these lists might genuinely be interested to read Tim Berners-Lee's warning at: http://news.yahoo.com/inventor-world-wide-warns-threat-internet-224455080.html ​Happy Dashain, Nama​

Re: [FOSS Nepal] OpenStreetMap work wins best paper award

e good >> news! >> >> We are all proud of you. >> >> Cheers, >> Subir >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Nirab Pudasaini < >> developer.ni...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In the context that a dozen open commun

Re: [FOSS Nepal] For those who missed: Blog Entry about recent hike

Hi Martin, I will look at your GPX file and try to upload/tag the data in OSM. I am sure it will be helpful for future hikers. Thanks for sharing it. Cheers, Nama On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Martin Dluhos wrote: > On 22.4.2014 06:43, Prabin Gautam wrote: > > http://open--source.blogspo

[FOSS Nepal] Why OpenStreetMap and not other online maps?

US government now officially supports OpenStreetMap. See this: mapgive.state.gov I copied the below text from the same site, which nicely captures why it is important to use and contribute to OpenStreetMap. *Why OpenStreetMap?* Through the Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0, OpenStreetM

[FOSS Nepal]

Thought you will be happy to read this news. We have been trying to help the people in Philippines through openstreetmapping for rescue operation and damage assessment for last few days. Among 82 countries who contributed to mapping Typhoon Haiyan, Nepal ranks 6th after Philippines, Germany, US, F

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Volunteers for SFD

ties. > > with kind regards > > Hempal Shrestha > > > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Nama Budhathoki > wrote: > >> We have a pool of 20 volunteers willing to help in SFD. OSM activities >> will not need all of them (10 will be sufficient). >> >> Heli

[FOSS Nepal] Volunteers for SFD

We have a pool of 20 volunteers willing to help in SFD. OSM activities will not need all of them (10 will be sufficient). Helina Shrestha (copied in this email) is in touch with them. He is not in FOSS list (she has requested but the list moderator has not approved it yet). So please contact her d

Re: [FOSS Nepal] SFD work division todays list

Sorry forgot to include Sazal in my earlier email. Nama On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Nama Budhathoki wrote: > Hi Manish Ji- > > Sazal Sthapit will be doing it from OpenStreetMap. He will also be helping > you to plan and run hackies sessions. I am copying Sazal in this email. I

Re: [FOSS Nepal] SFD work division todays list

Hi Manish Ji- Sazal Sthapit will be doing it from OpenStreetMap. He will also be helping you to plan and run hackies sessions. I am copying Sazal in this email. It might be better for you two to communicate off-list and sort things out. Nama On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:11 PM, manish thapa wrote:

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Reminder:::》Team meeting for SFD 2013 preparation today at 2

I will be joining the meeting, possibly with few others from OpenStreetMap communiy. Nama On 14 Sep 2013 06:47, "Prakash Neupane" wrote: > I am back to Kathmandu will join u guys. > > Thanks > Prakash > > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Prabin Gautam wrote: > >> We will be meeting at the

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Re: OSM mapping in western parts of Nepal

Hi Sushil, I checked Besishahar in OSM. The existing imagery is not that helpful for a beginning mapper. You need to visit the field with GPS (or GPS enabled) device for areas where good imagery does not exist. What I would suggest you, however, is to spend some time mapping Pokhara where you are

Re: [FOSS Nepal] OpenStreetMap in SFD

pe openDRI team is on plan for doing something in > SFD, like clinic, mapathon, hackathon or more than it. > > Thanks > Prakash > > > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Nama Budhathoki > wrote: > >> Hi Nirab, Prabin, Avinash, and All, >> >> Thanks for y

Re: [FOSS Nepal] OpenStreetMap in SFD

Hi Nirab, Prabin, Avinash, and All, Thanks for your interest in possible OpenStreetMap activities during the SFD. I would propose the followings: 1. Organize outdoor GPS game called Geo-caching. Geo-caching is a popular game that engages people in navigating the world using GPS device. Please hav

[FOSS Nepal] Fwd: [web2fordev] FW: Informatics (IS/ICT) Masters Scholarships from Manchester University

Some of you might be interested in this scholarship. *From:* *On Behalf Of *Richard Heeks *Sent:* 24 April 2013 19:39 *To:* bytesforall_read...@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Informatics (IS/ICT) Masters Scholarships from Manchester University ** ** The 2013 Development Leaders Scholarships

[FOSS Nepal] The People Demand Free and Open Source Software

Interesting read: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/12/28/egypt-the-people-demand-free-and-open-source-software/ Nama __ Nama Raj Budhathoki -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To

[FOSS Nepal] Good news from Microsoft!

Hi All, I recently heard back from Microsoft, in response to our request for high resolution aerial/satellite imagery for Nepal. Here is the response email: *Hello Nama,* * * *We are working hard to complete a full mosaic of imagery for the planet. I believe we have made some recent progress in

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Re: [MapKathmandu] Potential solution for missing street names

Naming streets is an essential but challenging task for us. It might be difficult to generate consensus even at the local level: some might want to use the name of the political leader from the party they are affiliated to; others might prefer to use names reflecting history/culture etc. So it is m

Re: [FOSS Nepal] eLibrary Case studies, Costing and other documents

OLE is good place to contact. Let me also forward this query to Mr. Prakash Thapa--the President of Nepal Library Association. Prakash Ji: Could you please go through the below email and see if you have something to share with this open source software community. I know you have worked quite exten

Re: [FOSS Nepal] What should be the theme of SFD 2012 ?

Here is one more suggestion for the theme: *FOSS for Free and Open Knowledge* Going beyond to knowledge from software, I think FOSS may reach broader audience. Nama On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Diwash Pradhan wrote: > It would be great if SFD could focus on Developing Software that touc

[FOSS Nepal] Re: [OSM-np] Classification of Roads in Nepal

Hi OpenStreetMap Enthusiasts, I am teaching a GIS course at Apex College this semester as a visiting faculty. About 50 students are taking this course. We discuss web 2.0 GIS quite extensively both in terms of underlying philosophy and hands-on practice with particular emphasis on OpenStreetMap. I

[FOSS Nepal] FW: PhD scholarship (Australia): Community Uses of Co-Creative Media

This might be of interest to some of you in this list. Dear colleagues I’m one of the Chief Investigators on a Australian Research Council-funded project which is offering a scholarship (including living allowance) to support a PhD student commencing in 2011. Please pass this information on to an

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Anyone working on OSM in Nepal

I will be in Kathmandu at least until the first week of September. I think, it will be more effective if we spend some time to prepare, as Subir suggests. Nama On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Subir Pradhanang wrote: > Prabhas, > > Sorry for getting back a bit late, was engaged in other stuff.

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Anyone working on OSM in Nepal

Hi Prabhas, Thanks for bringing www.openstreetmap.org (OSM) to this list. I studied openstreetmap for my PhD dissertation at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and will be happy to share my experience. I will be in Kathmandu in the second week of July. Let me know if you are interest

Re: [FOSS Nepal] Collecting data, research, papers, databases about Nepal

It will certainly be useful to have a similar central portal for Nepal. The challenge lies more in motivating individual agencies (and citizens) to make their data available via the portal rather than developing the portal itself. National Information Technology Center, within the Ministry of Scie

[FOSS Nepal] Fwd: [Air-L] PhD Scholarships in ICS at Leeds University, UK

-- Forwarded message -- From: Helen Kennedy Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM Subject: [Air-L] PhD Scholarships in ICS at Leeds University, UK To: "ai...@listserv.aoir.org" The Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds is offering a number of PhD Scholarshi

[FOSS Nepal] Fwd: [ppgis] PhD studentship: How do HCI design and mobile mapping influence participation in Citizen Science?

This announcement for PhD study at the University College London might be of interest to this list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Muki Haklay Date: Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:28 AM Subject: [ppgis] PhD studentship: How do HCI design and mobile mapping influence participation in Citize