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Subject

OSGeo and AGU sign a Memorandum of Understanding

News Date

Vienna, April 11 2018

Details

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna on April 9 2018.

AGU Logo

The aim of the agreement is to develop coordinated activities and share expertise by promoting sustainable open science through reliable open source geospatial software, open datasets and related resources, especially for early career scientists. Specifically both organizations through the MOU will work together to:

improve scientific recognition for open software and open resource-related efforts by suitable citation standards and best-practices.
hold joint international workshops and conference sessions on open geo-datasets and open source geospatial software for the geophysical sciences.

Both organizations will establish a liaison to ensure good information flow and cooperation.

Peter Löwe, Vice President of the Open GeoScience Committee at Open Geospatial Foundation said: “this is an important step forward for the recognition of open source software as a pilar of reproducible open science, which will set standards for the next generation of scientists”.

Brooks Hanson, Director at American Geophysical Union said: “The AGU values scientific research integrity, transparency, and reproducibility. The software used in scientific research is an important research output that needs to be managed and as open as possible. OSGeo’s role in supporting open source software is an important service to our researchers and to further science”.

MoU and signatories at EGU GA 2018 (B.Hanson, P.Löwe)

About AGU

The American Geophysical Union (https://sites.agu.org/) is dedicated to advancing the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity through its scholarly publications, conferences, and outreach programs. AGU is a not-for-profit, professional, scientific organization representing 60,000 members in 137 countries. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and our other social media channels.

About OSGeo

OSGeo (https://www.osgeo.org/) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The Foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. In 2018 OSGeo is the home for over 30 geospatial open source projects, and the OSGeo foundation has over 30,000 members. Since 2006 OSGeo has also hosted the widely popular international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference, rotating it all over the globe each year.

Read more about partnerships with OSGeo: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_OSGeo_All

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+== Subject ==
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+OSGeo and AGU sign a Memorandum of Understanding
-The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of ''developing on a global basis collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide expertise and support for the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centres across the world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software technologies, training and expertise. In the first phase five laboratories will be established, one each in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Australasia which will act as nodes for future expansion. It also aims to provide support for building-up and supporting development of open source GIS teaching and training materials, joint organization of open source GIS events, workshops through the ICA network for wider participation globally etc.
+== News Date ==
-BROOKS/SHELLEY:
+Vienna, April 11 2018
-ICA EXAMPLE
+== Details ==
-Professor Georg Gartner, President of the ICA, said “The International Cartographic Association (ICA) is committed to supporting society and governments by collaboratively facilitating initiatives and programmes that establish and grow the capacity to deliver timely, comprehensive and useful geospatial information. This MoU responds to the challenges and issues related to the use of open source cartographic and GI software and data. In considering this response, it is pertinent to note that ICA is interested in contributing to this initiative, and will champion the advancement of the initiative through their various individual and collaborative efforts.”
-OSGEO: PETER / JEFF
+The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the European Geoscience Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna on April 9 2018.
-Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, said “The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is committed to support and build the highest level Open Source geospatial technology. It is our pleasure to be able to serve as a platform and multiplier for the cartographic domain, an area which needs creativity beyond pure technology. This MoU intends to bridge the gap between technology and cartographic requirements and we very much look forward to work with members of the International Cartographic Association to improve this. A very much hands-on objective of this MoU is to jointly organize walk-in events where cartographic professionals can access and use a set of software unencumbered by proprietary restrictions and vendor lock-in.Both organizations are also interested in supporting young academics by lowering the barrier to good cartography through collaborative efforts on both sides.”
+[[File:AGU100_logo_V-CMYK.jpg|thumbnail|AGU Logo]]
-Dr Suchith Anand, Chair of ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies welcomed this excellent initiative and said “this will be landmark opportunity for both OSGeo and ICA in building up synergies and bringing opportunities for lots of people worldwide to learn and benefit from geospatial technologies especially in developing countries. This will build upon the Open Source Geospatial Lab UK initiative started at the University of Nottingham. We are also pleased to announce that Open Source Geospatial Lab Malaysia is now being established by Dr. Tuong Thuy Vu. We are pleased to see many Universities are rapidly following this example (such as University of Girona in Spain). Over the next few months we will be building collaborations with key Universities and research organisations worldwide for the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Research Laboratories and Research Centres for development of open-source geospatial software technologies, training, expertise and building up momentum in Open Source GIS education and research worldwide.”
+The aim of the agreement is to develop coordinated activities and share expertise by promoting sustainable open science through reliable open source geospatial software, open datasets and related resources, especially for early career scientists.  Specifically both organizations through the MOU will work together to:
+* improve scientific recognition for open software and open resource-related efforts by suitable citation standards and best-practices.
+* hold joint international workshops and conference sessions on open geo-datasets and open source geospatial software for the geophysical sciences.
-OSGeo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data.
+Both organizations will establish a liaison to ensure good information flow and cooperation.
-ICA is the world authoritative body for cartography, the discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps.''
+Peter Löwe, Vice President of the Open GeoScience Committee at Open Geospatial Foundation said: “''this is an important step forward for the recognition of open source software as a pilar of reproducible open science, which will set standards for the next generation of scientists''”.
+Brooks Hanson, Director at American Geophysical Union said:
+“''The AGU values scientific research integrity, transparency, and reproducibility.  The software used in scientific research is an important research output that needs to be managed and as open as possible.  OSGeo’s role in supporting open source software is an important service to our researchers and to further science''”.
+[[File:EGU2018 AGU MoU brooks hanson peter loewe.jpg|thumbnail|MoU and signatories at EGU GA 2018 (B.Hanson, P.Löwe)]]
+== About AGU ==
+The American Geophysical Union (https://sites.agu.org/) is dedicated to advancing the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity through its scholarly publications, conferences, and outreach programs. AGU is a not-for-profit, professional, scientific organization representing 60,000 members in 137 countries. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and our other social media channels.
+== About OSGeo ==
+OSGeo (https://www.osgeo.org/) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. The Foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit.  In 2018 OSGeo is the home for over 30 geospatial open source projects, and the OSGeo foundation has over 30,000 members.  Since 2006 OSGeo has also hosted the widely popular international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference, rotating it all over the globe each year.
+Read more about partnerships with OSGeo: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_OSGeo_All