Edu current initiatives

OSGeo Education and Curriculum Current Initiatives
The official website is online at http://www.geoforall.org - locations: Geo for All Map

1) Continue to build up our educational material federated content databases

 * OSGeo edu's educational content metadatabase -- a place for metadata and links to external material we are posting on our own websites


 * Webinar Series

2) Continue to expand the "Geo for All" initiative
This initiative is led by Suchith Anand.

In September 2011, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) 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 across the world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software, open data, open standards training and expertise. ISPRS joined this initiative in 2014. The motto of Geo for All Lab initiative is "Geo For All".Central to "Geo for All" mission is the belief that knowledge is a public good and Open Principles in Education will provide great opportunities for everyone. Details at MOU_ICA.

All interested organisations must be committed to contribute to the vision outlined in the Geo for All MoU http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ICA to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organisations in free and open source GIS software, FOSS, open data , open access (publications) and contribute to open education in the future. All participants should contribute to Education, Research and Service for the betterment of humanity as the key guiding principle and work towards the vision of the UN Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ for building a better world.

Current members of the Geo for All Labs Network
Feel free to join the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall to follow the discussions among the participants of this initiative.

There are two tables, the first one for university/education/schools members ; second table for Industry ,Government and NGO partners of "Geo for All" mission, please select one accordingly.All interested organisations joining as "labs" or "partners"must be committed to contribute to the vision outlined in the Geo for All MoU http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ICA to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organisations in free and open source GIS software, FOSS, open data , open access (publications) and contribute to open education in the future. All participants should contribute to Education, Research and Service for the betterment of humanity as the key guiding principle and work towards the vision of the UN Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ for building a better world.

To add a new member copy an existing table entry (uses Mediawiki syntax) and input your information. The coordinates are WGS84 decimal coordinates in format longitude, latitude; if you don't add the coordinates following this rule your institution will not show on the Geo for All Map. The script to generate the map is available here http://www.geoforall.org/locations/update_geojson.py

University/Higher Education/Schools members
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 * 1.
 * University of Nottingham
 * Nottingham
 * UK
 * Europe
 * -1.250296, 52.831497
 * Didier Leibovici
 * Didier dot Leibovici at nottingham.ac.uk
 * 2.
 * University of Girona
 * Girona
 * Spain
 * Europe
 * 2.837305, 41.967426
 * 2012-09-10
 * Lluís Vicens
 * lluis at sigte.udg.edu
 * 3.
 * University of Southampton
 * Southampton
 * UK
 * Europe
 * -1.396873, 50.936974
 * 2013-04-30
 * Jason Sadler
 * osgl at geodata.soton.ac.uk
 * 4.
 * Czech Technical University in Prague
 * Prague
 * Czech Republic
 * Europe
 * 14.390363, 50.10183
 * 2012-11-23
 * Geospatial analysis, modeling and visualization, remote sensing, GRASS GIS and QGIS development
 * Martin Landa
 * martin.landa at fsv.cvut.cz
 * 5.
 * Newcastle University
 * Newcastle
 * UK
 * Europe
 * -1.611536, 54.980656
 * 2013-01-17
 * Philip James
 * philip.james at ncl.ac.uk (please use subject: OSGeoLab)
 * 6.
 * Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Como
 * Como
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 9.095939, 45.803516
 * 2013-02-25
 * Geospatial analysis and geovisualization, Geo Big Data, VGI and citizen science
 * Marco Minghini
 * marco.minghini at polimi.it
 * 7.
 * University of Warwick
 * Warwick
 * UK
 * Europe
 * -1.56273, 52.380531
 * 2013-03-23
 * Nataliya Tkachenko
 * geolab at warwick.ac.uk
 * 8.
 * UNEP/GRID Warsaw Centre
 * Warsaw
 * Poland
 * Europe
 * 21.039473, 52.198849
 * 2013-03-18
 * Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
 * ela at gridw.pl
 * 9.
 * University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
 * Lugano
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 8.961098, 46.028362
 * 2013-09-03
 * Institute of Earth Sciences
 * Massimiliano Cannata
 * geomatica at supsi.ch
 * 10.
 * ETH Zurich
 * Zurich
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 8.5481, 47.3764
 * 2013-09-20
 * Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, ETH Zurich
 * Ionut Iosifescu Enescu
 * iosifescu at ethz.ch
 * 11.
 * University of Molise
 * Molise
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 14.493651, 41.630815
 * Teaching Geospatial Analysis and Modeling using QGIS and other OSGeo software
 * Rossella Nocera
 * rossella.nocera at unimol.it
 * 12.
 * Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (IGiK)
 * Warsaw
 * Poland
 * Europe
 * 21.013407, 52.178478
 * Prof. Dr. Marek Baranowski
 * Marek.Baranowski@igik.edu.pl
 * 13.
 * Faculty of Geography, University of Bucharest
 * Bucharest
 * Romania
 * Europe
 * 26.103889, 44.432500
 * new website under development
 * Andreea Marin
 * andreea dot marin09 at yahoo dot com
 * 14.
 * Faculty of Geoinformatics,University of West Hungary
 * Székesfehérvár
 * Hungary
 * Europe
 * 18.418833, 47.188778
 * Andrea Podör
 * 15.
 * Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
 * Stuttgart
 * Germany
 * Europe
 * 9.17370, 48.77996
 * 2013-10-14
 * FOSS@HFT: Open Source Group at University of Applied Sciences; Open Source based geospatial education; OSGEo Certification framework
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de
 * 16.
 * Federal University of Paraná
 * Paraná
 * Brazil
 * South America
 * -49.23329, -25.45304
 * 2012-05-23
 * Active - Website Laboratório Geoespacial Livre Research on: Academic and Collaborative SDI; Geo Big Data, Geovisualization, Indoor Mapping, Data Quality, Use and User Issues, VGI.
 * Silvana Camboim
 * silvanacamboim at gmail.com
 * 17.
 * Institute of Geography, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
 * Kosice
 * Slovakia
 * Europe
 * 21.2460432, 48.7288883
 * 2016-04-25
 * Open source GIS course, development and applications of GRASS GIS; R; MapServer; LAStools; MeshLab; CloudCompare; Blender
 * Jaroslav Hofierka
 * jaroslav.hofierka@upjs.sk
 * 18.
 * OSGeoLabUD, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
 * Bogotá
 * Colombia
 * South America
 * -74.06564,4.62799
 * 2017-02-22
 * OSGeoLabUD, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
 * Paulo Cesar Coronado Sanchez
 * paulo_cesar@udistrital.edu.co
 * 19.
 * Universidad de la República
 * Montevideo
 * Uruguay
 * South America
 * -56.176441, -34.902405
 * 2013-03-01
 * Laboratorio de Técnicas Aplicadas al Análisis del Territorio
 * Virginia Fernandez
 * vivi@fcien.edu.uy
 * 20.
 * University of Trento
 * Trento
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 11.139053, 46.064827
 * Tutorials in the Italian and English languages
 * Clara Tattoni
 * clara.tattoni at unitn.it
 * 21.
 * University of Heidelberg
 * Heidelberg
 * Germany
 * Europe
 * 8.67024,49.41739
 * 2016-02-08
 * Heidelberg GIScience
 * Alexander Zipf and Bernhard Hofle
 * 22.
 * North Carolina State University OSGeoREL
 * Raleigh, NC
 * USA
 * North America
 * -78.6764, 35.7818
 * 2012-10-18
 * Geospatial analysis, modeling and visualization, GRASS GIS development, course development
 * Helena Mitasova
 * hmitaso at ncsu.edu
 * 23.
 * University of Massachusetts Amherst
 * Amherst
 * USA
 * North America
 * -72.524696, 42.393578
 * 2012-10-18
 * Developed and supports a web-based academic paper review system for use at FOSS4G global and regional conferences (http://scholarworks.umass.edu/foss4g/); collaboration on open educational; and grant efforts to support GeoForAll's activities.
 * Charlie Schweik
 * cschweik at pubpol dot umass dot edu
 * 24.
 * University of Kansas
 * Lawrence, KS
 * USA
 * North America
 * -95.251311, 38.958578
 * 2013-08-23
 * Xingong Li
 * lixi at ku.edu
 * 25.
 * University of California, Davis
 * Davis
 * USA
 * North America
 * -121.766945, 38.548801
 * 2013-02-04
 * OSGeo-Live
 * Alex Mandel
 * aimandel at ucdavis.edu
 * 26.
 * Laboratorio de Software Libre
 * Zacatecas
 * Mexico
 * North America
 * -102.5791, 22.7608
 * 2013-04-05
 * in process of being established
 * Manual Haro
 * manuel.haro at zacatecas.gob.mx
 * 27.
 * Kent State University
 * Kent, Ohio
 * USA
 * North America
 * -81.357886,41.153667
 * 2013-08-30
 * Xinyue Ye
 * xye5 at kent.edu
 * 28.
 * Center for Applied GIScience, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
 * Charlotte, NC
 * USA
 * North America
 * -80.730000, 35.306944
 * 2013-09-05
 * Wenwu Tang
 * WenwuTang at uncc.edu
 * 29.
 * University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus
 * Semenyih
 * Malaysia
 * Asia
 * 101.721298, 3.172932
 * 2012-01-09
 * OSGEO research lab
 * Tuong Thuy Vu
 * Tuongthuy.Vu at nottingham.edu.my
 * 30.
 * Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
 * Johor Bahru
 * Malaysia
 * Asia
 * 101.874222, 2.943748
 * Website under construction. Teaching GIS software using QGIS and other OSGEO products. Introduce web based mapping tools using MapGuide Open Source and QGIS.
 * Nurul Hawani Idris
 * hawani at utm.my
 * 31.
 * National College of Public Administration and Governance(NCPAG), University of the Philippines
 * Manila
 * Philippines
 * Asia
 * 121.059875, 14.656005
 * in process of being established
 * Noriel Christopher Tiglao
 * nctiglao at gmail.com
 * 32.
 * Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC)
 * Quezon City
 * Philippines
 * Asia
 * 121.062241, 14.64372
 * in process of being established
 * Maning Sambale
 * 33.
 * Lab for Spatial Informatics, IIIT Hyderabad
 * Hyderabad
 * India
 * Asia
 * 78.3503, 17.4454
 * 2011-08-22
 * Dr K S Rajan
 * 34.
 * Geospatial Research and Education Lab(GREL), Institute of Space Technology (IST)
 * Islamabad
 * Pakistan
 * Asia
 * 73.175045, 33.520060
 * Rizwan Bulbul
 * bulbul(at)grel(dot)ist(dot)edu(dot)pk
 * 35.
 * University of Pretoria
 * Pretoria
 * South Africa
 * Africa
 * 28.22847, -25.75429
 * 2012-05-15
 * Serena Coetzee
 * serena dot coetzee at up dot ac dot za
 * 36.
 * Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
 * Nairobi
 * Kenya
 * Africa
 * 36.858574, -1.249038
 * Hussein Farah
 * farah at rcmrd.org
 * 37.
 * University of Ghana
 * Accra
 * Ghana
 * Africa
 * -0.191617, 5.650366
 * Foster Mensah
 * 38.
 * The University of Melbourne
 * Melbourne
 * Australia
 * Australia
 * 144.962006, -37.797932
 * 2013-07-22
 * Jack Barton
 * jack.barton at unimelb.edu.au
 * 39.
 * Spatial {Query} Lab at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
 * Corpus Christi
 * USA
 * North America
 * -97.328799, 27.714506
 * 2013-09-09
 * FOSS4G curriculum development focusing on QGIS and GRASS. Curriculum available on our website.
 * Rick Smith
 * Richard.Smith at tamucc.edu
 * 40.
 * CEPT University
 * Ahmedabad
 * India
 * Asia
 * 72.566004,23.039568
 * 2012-07-18
 * Prof. Anjana Vyas       &      Ms. Darshana Rawal
 * anjanavyas at cept.ac.in   rawalnet at cept.ac.in
 * 41.
 * Programa de Gestión de Información y Gestión de Datos -IRPHa Universidad Nacional de San Juan
 * San Juan
 * Argentina
 * South America
 * -68.57, -31.54
 * 2012-06-15
 * Nodo de información territorial abierta a investigadores, instituciones y público. Aplicación de software libre para futura infraestructura de datos espaciales, interoperabilidad y webservices./ Node for Territorial information open to researchers, institutions and public. Free software application for future spatial data infrastructure, interoperability and webservices
 * Esp. Lic. María Valentina Soria
 * valentina@unsj.edu.ar; pgid.irpha@gmail.com
 * 42.
 * GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University
 * Tempe, AZ
 * USA
 * North America
 * -111.940005, 33.425510
 * 2013-09-27
 * Spatial econometrics, geocomputation, spatial optimization - GeoDa, PySAL, GeoDaSpace
 * Luc Anselin
 * geodacenter at asu.edu
 * 43.
 * National Technical University of Athens
 * Athens
 * Greece
 * Europe
 * 23.729310, 37.983716
 * 2013-09-26
 * in process of being established
 * 44.
 * IGN- France
 * Paris
 * France
 * Europe
 * 2.352222, 48.856614
 * 2013-09-26
 * in process of being established
 * Benedicte Bucher
 * 45.
 * Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
 * Barcelona
 * Spain
 * Europe
 * 2.173403, 41.385064
 * 2013-09-27
 * Reviewing our actual formation portfolio and research interests.
 * Dr. Antoni Pérez Navarro
 * aperezn at uoc.edu
 * 46.
 * ISRIC - World Soil Information foundation
 * Wageningen
 * The Netherlands
 * Europe
 * 5.665662,51.9875
 * 2013-10-02
 * Active
 * Jorge de Jesus
 * jorge.mendesdejesus at wur.nl
 * 47.
 * Universidade da Coruña
 * A Coruña (España)
 * Spain
 * Europe
 * -8.411540, 43.362344
 * 2013-10-15
 * in process of being established
 * Alberto Varela García
 * 48.
 * Geoinformatic Unit, Universiti Sains Malaysia
 * Penang
 * Malaysia
 * Asia
 * 100.484623, 5.263234
 * 2013-10-16
 * Teaching and conducting research on geographical information science using QGIS & various other OSGEO products. Had done research on use opensource GIS for secondary schools. http://campusgis.usm.my/
 * Ruslan Rainis
 * rruslan at usm.my
 * 49.
 * Kathmandu University
 * Dhulikhel
 * Nepal
 * Asia
 * 85.550000, 27.616667
 * 2012-12-24
 * https://sites.google.com/a/ku.edu.np/opensourcegeospatial/
 * Shashish Maharjan
 * 50
 * GIS and Remote Sensing Unit, Fondazione Edmund Mach
 * San Michele all'Adige (Trento)
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 11.133042,46.187865
 * from 2013-10-16 to 2016-02-01
 * Geospatial analysis, modeling and remote sensing, GRASS GIS and pyMODIS development
 * Luca Delucchi
 * luca.delucchi at fmach.it
 * 51.
 * University of South Wales
 * Cardiff
 * United Kingdom
 * Europe
 * -3.179090,51.481581
 * 2013-10-31
 * Spatial processing on the web using open standards and open source software
 * Dr Mark Ware
 * mark.ware at southwales.ac.uk
 * 52.
 * Portland State University
 * Portland, Oregon
 * USA
 * North America
 * -122.676207,45.523452
 * 2013-10-22
 * Warming up
 * David Percy
 * percy at pdx.edu
 * 53.
 * IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center
 * Nairobi
 * Kenya
 * Africa
 * 36.821946,-1.292066
 * 2013-10-29
 * In process of being established
 * Muyambi Fortunate
 * fbenda at icpac.net
 * 54.
 * Federal University of Ceará
 * Ceará
 * Brazil
 * South America
 * -38.543395,-3.718394
 * 2013-10-29
 * Active - Website Laboratório de Geoprocessamento da UFC
 * Prof. Dr. Adryane Gorayeb
 * adryanegorayeb at yahoo dot com dot br
 * 55.
 * University of Gloucestershire
 * Gloucester and Cheltenham
 * United Kingdom
 * Europe
 * -2.223409, 51.872215
 * 2013-11-06
 * Active
 * Dr Robert Berry
 * osgeolab at glos.ac.uk
 * 56.
 * University of Moratuwa
 * Moratuwa
 * Sri Lanka
 * Asia
 * 79.9008, 6.7964
 * 2013-11-11
 * OSGeoSL
 * Aruna Wickramasinghe
 * toaruna at gmail.com
 * 57.
 * Fudan University
 * Shanghai
 * China
 * Asia
 * 121.452, 31.198
 * 2013-11-14
 * Open Source STATistics
 * Zhijie Zhang
 * epistat at gmail.com
 * 58.
 * Haskell Indian Nations University
 * Lawrence, Kansas
 * USA
 * North America
 * -95.230691, 38.938859
 * 2013-11-22
 * Haskell Indian Nations University
 * Dave McDermott
 * dmcdermott at haskell.edu
 * 59.
 * University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy
 * Zagreb
 * Croatia
 * Europe
 * 15.963888, 45.808500
 * 2013-11-25
 * Dražen Tutic
 * dtutic at geof.hr
 * 60.
 * GeoBolivia-Vice-presidency of the State
 * La Paz
 * Bolivia
 * South America
 * -68.1547, -16.4949
 * 2013-11-24
 * Active
 * Raul Fernando Molina Rodriguez
 * rafemoro at gmail.com rmolina@geo.gob.bo
 * 61.
 * Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, University of New Brunswick
 * Fredericton, NB
 * Canada
 * North America
 * -66.641474, 45.950252
 * 2013-12-10
 * Active
 * Emmanuel Stefanakis
 * emmanuel.stefanakis at gmail.com
 * 62.
 * Faculty of Geomatics, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
 * Belihuloya, Sabaragamuwa
 * Sri Lanka
 * Asia
 * 80.78995, 6.7102
 * 2013-12-12
 * In process of being established
 * Thilantha Dammalage
 * thilantha9 at gmail.com
 * 63.
 * Dpt of IT, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
 * Malabe
 * Sri Lanka
 * Asia
 * 79.973166667, 6.914866667
 * 2013-12-13
 * OSGeoSLIIT
 * Nimalika Fernando
 * nimalikaf at gmail.com
 * 64.
 * University of Geneva - Institute for Environmental Sciences
 * Geneva
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 6.1487, 46.2253
 * 2013-12-19
 * (published 2014-07-24)
 * Gregory Giuliani
 * gregory.giuliani at unige.ch
 * 65.
 * Geometa Lab at HSR - University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
 * Rapperswil
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 8.81690, 47.22341
 * 2014-01-26
 * (published 2014-02-05)
 * Prof. Stefan Keller
 * sfkeller at hsr.ch (and/or at gmail.ch)
 * 66.
 * National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Ecology Faculty
 * Kyiv
 * Ukraine
 * Europe
 * 30.515647, 50.456936
 * 2014-02-16
 * In proess of being established
 * Tetyana Kuchma
 * tanyakuchma at yahoo.com
 * 67.
 * Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Hellenic Institute of Transport
 * Thessaloniki
 * Greece
 * Europe
 * 22.996707, 40.567811
 * 2014-02-17
 * In process of being established
 * Dr. Evangelos Mitsakis
 * emit at certh.gr
 * 68.
 * Centre for Spatial Information Science(CSIS), University of Tokyo
 * Kashiwa-shi, Chiba
 * Japan
 * Asia
 * 139.938952, 35.902681
 * 2014-02-18
 * VGI and Neocartography studies @ Divisions of Research Initiative for Global Geospatial Information, Urban Data Challenge
 * Dr. Toshikazu Seto
 * tosseto at csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
 * 69.
 * FOSS4Geo Academy @ Del Mar College National Open Geospatial Technology Consortium
 * Corpus Christi, Republic of Texas
 * USA
 * North America
 * -97.407096, 27.764053
 * 2014-02-18
 * Active
 * Dr. Phillip Davis
 * pdavis at delmar.edu
 * 70.
 * Osaka City University(OCU)
 * Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
 * Japan
 * Asia
 * 135.507556, 34.593067
 * 2014-02-23
 * Active
 * Venkatesh RAGHAVAN
 * venka.osgeo at gmail.com
 * 71.
 * Università di Genova - Laboratorio di Geomatica
 * Genova
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 8.962795, 44.400133
 * 2014-03-21
 * Gter Innovation in Geomatics, Gnss and Gis (spin-off company)
 * Tiziano Cosso - Bianca Federici - Roberto Marzocchi - Domenico Sguerso
 * bianca.federici at unige.it
 * 72.
 * Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales y Civiles - Grado en Ingenieria Geomática y Topografía
 * Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
 * Spain
 * Europe
 * -15.456207, 28.069303
 * 2014-03-23
 * Fernando Toscano Benítez
 * sub_dgn at eiic.ulpgc.es
 * 73.
 * Center for Advanced Research on Spatial Information, Hunter College - CUNY
 * New York
 * US
 * North America
 * -73.964831, 40.768703
 * 2014-04-04
 * Carson Farmer
 * carson.farmer at hunter.cuny.edu
 * 74.
 * Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTH
 * Thessaloniki
 * Greece
 * Europe
 * 22.961498, 40.627516
 * 2014-04-05
 * http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/ http://www.auth.gr/en/units/19861
 * Nikos Lambrinos
 * labrinos at eled.auth.gr
 * 75.
 * Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg
 * Salzburg
 * Austria
 * Europe
 * 13.039586, 47.823711
 * 2014-04-14
 * The UNIGIS International Association is the distance education initiative offering masters and diploma programmes in Geographical Information Science and Systems
 * Hermann Klug
 * hermann.klug at sbg.ac.at
 * 76.
 * The GI Science Group @ the Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary
 * Calgary
 * Canada
 * North America
 * -114.132457, 51.079735
 * 2014-04-22
 * in the process of being established
 * Andrew Hunter
 * ahunter at ucalgary.ca
 * 77.
 * Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)
 * Sede Boqer and Beer Sheva
 * Israel
 * Europe
 * 34.78346, 30.85332
 * 2014-04-22
 * in the process of being established
 * Yaakov GARB
 * ygarb at bgu.ac.il
 * 78.
 * University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of geodesy and geoinformatics
 * Belgrade
 * Serbia
 * Europe
 * 20.476321, 44.805499
 * 2014-05-03
 * http://osgl.grf.bg.ac.rs/
 * Milan Kilibarda
 * kili at grf.bg.ac.rs
 * 79.
 * Open Geospatial Laboratory of Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, CAS
 * Changchun, Jilin
 * China
 * Asia
 * 125.400779, 43.99896
 * 2014-05-26
 * http://lab.osgeo.cn/en
 * Bu Kun
 * See Profile page
 * 80.
 * Bay College
 * Escanaba, Michigan
 * USA
 * North America
 * -87.163050, 45.773875
 * 2014-06-07
 * GIS degree in process of being established.
 * Karl Linderoth
 * linderok at baycollege.edu
 * 81.
 * Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK) OSGeo Research and Education Lab, Faculty of Geography, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
 * Kyiv
 * Ukraine
 * Europe
 * 30.4752782, 50.3825971
 * 2014-07-11
 * Geospatial analysis and modeling for landscape-ecological studies, and spatial planning; QGIS, SAGA GIS, and PostGIS; QGIS Ukraine User Group; http://lab.osgeo.org.ua
 * Daria Svidzinska
 * d.svidzinska at gmail.com
 * 82.
 * University of Colorado Denver, Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences
 * Denver, CO
 * USA
 * North America
 * -105.0019444, 39.0122222
 * 2014-08-17
 * http://geospatial.ucdenver.edu/foss4g/ PostGIS tutorials and spatial analysis with PostGIS
 * Rafael Moreno
 * Rafael.Moreno at ucdenver.edu
 * 83.
 * French Space Agency CNES
 * Toulouse
 * France
 * Europe
 * 1.481608, 43.561984
 * 2014-07-17
 * in the process of being established
 * Manuel Grizonnet
 * manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
 * 84.
 * Comunidad gvSIG Uruguay
 * Montevideo
 * Uruguay
 * South America
 * -56.203617, -34.905912
 * 2014-08-15
 * Comunidad gvSIG Uruguay Blog SIG Libre Uruguay gvSIG Batoví Blog gvSIG Batoví
 * Sergio Acosta Y Lara; Ma. Victoria Álvarez; Alí Silva, Nadia Chaer; Diego Cabrera
 * sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy; victoria.alvarez@imm.gub.uy; alis@correo.com.uy; nchaer@farq.edu.uy; dcabrera@mides.gub.uy
 * 85.
 * Department of Geodesy and Surveying, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 * Budapest
 * Hungary
 * Europe
 * 19.054403, 47.481916
 * 2014-08-19
 * in/outdoor positioning, sensor integration, QGIS plugins, MapServer, GRASS GIS, PostGIS, OSGeo Live, ... Tutorials, Conferences
 * Zoltan Siki
 * siki.zoltan at epito.bme.hu
 * 86.
 * Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
 * Cambridge MA
 * USA
 * North America
 * -71.116913,42.376398
 * 2014-09-17
 * Active, WorldMap
 * Ben Lewis
 * blewis at cga.harvard.edu
 * 87.
 * Community Mapping Lab Green Mountain College
 * Poultney, VT
 * USA
 * North America
 * -73.240679, 43.515866
 * 2014-09-17
 * in process of being established, http://gmcmaplab.blog.com/?page_id=50
 * John Van Hoesen
 * vanhoesenj at greenmtn.edu
 * 88.
 * National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC), UNC Asheville
 * Asheville, NC
 * USA
 * North America
 * -82.55149, 35.59506
 * 2014-09-18
 * in process of being established
 * John Derek Morgan
 * jdmorgan at unca.edu
 * 89.
 * Birds Eye View GIS
 * Albuquerque, NM
 * USA
 * North America
 * -106.60893, 35.068353
 * 2014-09-18
 * FOSS4G Educator at Central New Mexico Community College, Del Mar College and the University of New Mexico. Co-author Mastering QGIS, GeoAcademy, and author Discover QGIS
 * Kurt Menke
 * kurt at birdseyeviewgis.com
 * 90.
 * Geographic Information Science and Systems Research Group, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Ryerson University
 * Toronto
 * Canada
 * North America
 * -79.38097, 43.65910
 * 2014-10-03
 * Open-source Web mapping, participatory Geoweb, and spatial multi-criteria decision analysis tools; research, teaching, and consulting using QGIS and other OSGeo software
 * Claus Rinner
 * crinner at ryerson dot ca
 * 91.
 * School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland
 * Brisbane
 * Australia
 * Australia
 * 2014-12-12
 * Website under construction
 * David Pullar
 * d.pullar at uq.edu.au
 * 92.
 * ETIS Lab ENSEA UCP CNRS UMR 8051, University of Cergy Pontoise
 * Cergy Pontoise
 * France
 * Europe
 * 2.085741, 49.043274
 * 2015-03-10
 * Website under construction
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * kotzino at gmail.com
 * 93.
 * Department of Global Studies, Warren Wilson College
 * Asheville NC
 * USA
 * North America
 * -82.4420794, 35.6115585
 * 2015-04-19
 * Website under construction
 * David Abernathy
 * dabernathy@warren-wilson.edu
 * 94.
 * The Spatial Lab, Dept of Geography & Environmental Studies Wilfrid Laurier University
 * Waterloo, ON
 * Canada
 * North America
 * -80.529557, 43.474073
 * 2015-05-01
 * Colin Robertson
 * crobertson at wlu.ca
 * 95.
 * National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences
 * Cairo
 * Egypt
 * Africa
 * 30.0500, 31.2333
 * 2015-05-01
 * Improving the quality of Education/Vocational Education using Geospatial Technology based on FOSS
 * Rania Elsayed
 * ranyaalsayed at gmail.com
 * 96.
 * Geomatics and Virtual Reality Research Group, Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies
 * Novosibirsk
 * Russian Federation
 * Europe
 * 82.863503, 54.986816
 * 2015-05-18
 * In process of being established
 * Alexey Kolesnikov, Pavel Kikin
 * alekseykw at gmail.com, it-technologies at yandex.ru
 * 97.
 * SMART Open Source Geospatial Laboratory, University of Wollongong
 * Wollongong
 * Australia
 * Australia
 * 150.87889, -34.40596
 * 2014-10-17
 * Dr Tomas Holderness
 * tomas at uow.edu.au
 * 98.
 * Department of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 * Budapest
 * Hungary
 * Europe
 * 19.054717, 47.481911
 * 2015-06-29
 * geoscope lab: Geospatial analysis, modeling and remote sensing, Curriculum development on QGIS
 * Dr. Gyorgy Szabo
 * szabo.gyorgy at epito.bme.hu
 * 99.
 * Geospatial Exploration Lab, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University
 * Johnson City, Tennessee
 * USA
 * North America
 * -82.3700950, 36.3000590
 * 2015-06-18
 * Research and Applied Geospatial Projects; Research includes Hydrological Modeling, Ground-Penetrating Radar (GRP), Hazard/Disaster Modeling and Mapping, Climatological Modeling and Mapping, and Species Distribution Modeling; Applied Geospatial Projects include server- and app-based solutions for campus, local cities and counties, micro UAV (drone) videography and photo imaging, and community GIS support; Website: http://etsugeos.weebly.com/gel.html (Partially constructed)
 * Dr. Andrew Joyner
 * joynert@mail.etsu.edu
 * 100.
 * Dept. of Geoinformatics, Palacký University Olomouc
 * Olomouc
 * Czech Republic
 * Europe
 * 17.26551,49.593812
 * 2015-06-29
 * Courses with open source products
 * Dr. Rostislav Nétek
 * rostislav.netek@upol.cz
 * 101.
 * University College London
 * London
 * United Kingdom
 * Europe
 * -0.133427,51.524773
 * 2015-07-07
 * Courses and research making extensive use of open source products and open data, run across UCL including Geomatic Engineering, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Geography and Archaeology.
 * Dr. Claire Ellul
 * c.ellul@ucl.ac.uk
 * 102.
 * A World Bridge
 * Middletown, New York
 * USA
 * North America
 * -74.438534, 41.451795
 * 2015-07-07
 * Building advanced curriculum through the design and implementation of real-time, real-world, project-based learning environments.
 * Ron Fortunato
 * ron@trilliumlearning.com
 * 103.
 * IREA-CNR
 * Via Edoardo Bassini, Milano
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 9.23434,45.48046
 * 2015-10-05
 * Activities of IREA in FOSS are mainly related to research in the management of geo-based data and information, and in the development of free and open software to enable storage, management, view and access to geodata.
 * Alessandro Oggioni
 * oggioni.a@irea.cnr.it
 * 104.
 * HEIG-VD GIS-Lab University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland at Yverdon
 * Route de Cheseaux 1, 1401 Yverdon-les-Bains
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 6.65950,46.77938
 * 2015-10-08
 * Key competences: spatial databases, modeling, data infrastructures, interoperability, webmapping, spatial webservices, spatial analysis, GIS project management, geovisualization, human-computer interaction and interface design
 * Prof. Dr. Jens Ingensand
 * jens.ingensand@heig-vd.ch
 * 105.
 * Global Studies and Collaboration(GSC), Aoyama Gakuin University
 * Fuchinobe 5-10-1, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa
 * Japan
 * Asia
 * 139.4030, 35.5664
 * 2015-11-05
 * Courses with open source products and open data. In addition, There is OpenStreetMap basecamp/CrisisMappers Japan base.
 * Prof. Taichi FURUHASHI
 * taichi at gsc.aoyama.ac.jp
 * 106.
 * Remote Sensing & GIS, Asian Institute of
 * France
 * Europe
 * 2.085741, 49.043274
 * 2015-03-10
 * Website under construction
 * Dimitris Kotzinos
 * kotzino at gmail.com
 * 93.
 * Department of Global Studies, Warren Wilson College
 * Asheville NC
 * USA
 * North America
 * -82.4420794, 35.6115585
 * 2015-04-19
 * Website under construction
 * David Abernathy
 * dabernathy@warren-wilson.edu
 * 94.
 * The Spatial Lab, Dept of Geography & Environmental Studies Wilfrid Laurier University
 * Waterloo, ON
 * Canada
 * North America
 * -80.529557, 43.474073
 * 2015-05-01
 * Colin Robertson
 * crobertson at wlu.ca
 * 95.
 * National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences
 * Cairo
 * Egypt
 * Africa
 * 30.0500, 31.2333
 * 2015-05-01
 * Improving the quality of Education/Vocational Education using Geospatial Technology based on FOSS
 * Rania Elsayed
 * ranyaalsayed at gmail.com
 * 96.
 * Geomatics and Virtual Reality Research Group, Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies
 * Novosibirsk
 * Russian Federation
 * Europe
 * 82.863503, 54.986816
 * 2015-05-18
 * In process of being established
 * Alexey Kolesnikov, Pavel Kikin
 * alekseykw at gmail.com, it-technologies at yandex.ru
 * 97.
 * SMART Open Source Geospatial Laboratory, University of Wollongong
 * Wollongong
 * Australia
 * Australia
 * 150.87889, -34.40596
 * 2014-10-17
 * Dr Tomas Holderness
 * tomas at uow.edu.au
 * 98.
 * Department of Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 * Budapest
 * Hungary
 * Europe
 * 19.054717, 47.481911
 * 2015-06-29
 * geoscope lab: Geospatial analysis, modeling and remote sensing, Curriculum development on QGIS
 * Dr. Gyorgy Szabo
 * szabo.gyorgy at epito.bme.hu
 * 99.
 * Geospatial Exploration Lab, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University
 * Johnson City, Tennessee
 * USA
 * North America
 * -82.3700950, 36.3000590
 * 2015-06-18
 * Research and Applied Geospatial Projects; Research includes Hydrological Modeling, Ground-Penetrating Radar (GRP), Hazard/Disaster Modeling and Mapping, Climatological Modeling and Mapping, and Species Distribution Modeling; Applied Geospatial Projects include server- and app-based solutions for campus, local cities and counties, micro UAV (drone) videography and photo imaging, and community GIS support; Website: http://etsugeos.weebly.com/gel.html (Partially constructed)
 * Dr. Andrew Joyner
 * joynert@mail.etsu.edu
 * 100.
 * Dept. of Geoinformatics, Palacký University Olomouc
 * Olomouc
 * Czech Republic
 * Europe
 * 17.26551,49.593812
 * 2015-06-29
 * Courses with open source products
 * Dr. Rostislav Nétek
 * rostislav.netek@upol.cz
 * 101.
 * University College London
 * London
 * United Kingdom
 * Europe
 * -0.133427,51.524773
 * 2015-07-07
 * Courses and research making extensive use of open source products and open data, run across UCL including Geomatic Engineering, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Geography and Archaeology.
 * Dr. Claire Ellul
 * c.ellul@ucl.ac.uk
 * 102.
 * A World Bridge
 * Middletown, New York
 * USA
 * North America
 * -74.438534, 41.451795
 * 2015-07-07
 * Building advanced curriculum through the design and implementation of real-time, real-world, project-based learning environments.
 * Ron Fortunato
 * ron@trilliumlearning.com
 * 103.
 * IREA-CNR
 * Via Edoardo Bassini, Milano
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 9.23434,45.48046
 * 2015-10-05
 * Activities of IREA in FOSS are mainly related to research in the management of geo-based data and information, and in the development of free and open software to enable storage, management, view and access to geodata.
 * Alessandro Oggioni
 * oggioni.a@irea.cnr.it
 * 104.
 * HEIG-VD GIS-Lab University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland at Yverdon
 * Route de Cheseaux 1, 1401 Yverdon-les-Bains
 * Switzerland
 * Europe
 * 6.65950,46.77938
 * 2015-10-08
 * Key competences: spatial databases, modeling, data infrastructures, interoperability, webmapping, spatial webservices, spatial analysis, GIS project management, geovisualization, human-computer interaction and interface design
 * Prof. Dr. Jens Ingensand
 * jens.ingensand@heig-vd.ch
 * 105.
 * Global Studies and Collaboration(GSC), Aoyama Gakuin University
 * Fuchinobe 5-10-1, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa
 * Japan
 * Asia
 * 139.4030, 35.5664
 * 2015-11-05
 * Courses with open source products and open data. In addition, There is OpenStreetMap basecamp/CrisisMappers Japan base.
 * Prof. Taichi FURUHASHI
 * taichi at gsc.aoyama.ac.jp
 * 106.
 * Remote Sensing & GIS, Asian Institute of
 * Prof. Dr. Jens Ingensand
 * jens.ingensand@heig-vd.ch
 * 105.
 * Global Studies and Collaboration(GSC), Aoyama Gakuin University
 * Fuchinobe 5-10-1, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa
 * Japan
 * Asia
 * 139.4030, 35.5664
 * 2015-11-05
 * Courses with open source products and open data. In addition, There is OpenStreetMap basecamp/CrisisMappers Japan base.
 * Prof. Taichi FURUHASHI
 * taichi at gsc.aoyama.ac.jp
 * 106.
 * Remote Sensing & GIS, Asian Institute of
 * 106.
 * Remote Sensing & GIS, Asian Institute of
 * 58 Moo 9, Km. 42, Paholyothin Highway, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120
 * Thailand
 * Asia
 * 100.612086, 14.079753
 * 2015-11-24
 * Open-source Web mapping, LBS, crowd sourcing, Sensor Web, OGC Web
 * Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat
 * sarawutn at ait.ac.th
 * 107.
 * Geographic Information Science and Systems Research Group, School of Information Technology and Computing, American University of Nigeria
 * 98 Lamido Zubairu Way, Yola By-Pass, P.M.B. 2250,Yola, Adamawa State
 * Nigeria
 * Africa
 * 12.4996909, 9.1911318
 * 2015-11-25
 * Open-source Web mapping, participatory Geoweb, and spatial multi-criteria decision analysis tools; research, teaching, and consulting using QGIS and other OSGeo software
 * Prof. Kalum Priyanath Udagepola
 * kalum.udagepola at aun.edu.ng
 * 108.
 * Department of Geography
 * Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashad
 * Iran
 * Asia
 * 59.534125,36.306903
 * 2016-02-01
 * Dr. Masoud Minaei
 * m.minaei at um.ac.ir, minaei.masoud at gmail.com
 * 109.
 * Laboratorio Dati Economici Storici Territoriali University of Siena
 * Via Pier Andrea Mattioli 10 - 53100 Siena
 * Italy
 * Europe
 * 11.332129,43.312688
 * 2016-04-23
 * Key competences: GIS; data collection; spatial analysis; territorial data mapping; agent-based spatial modelling; volunteered geographic information; social media analysis
 * Prof. Cristina Capineri; Stefano Picascia
 * {cristina,stefano}@ladestlab.it
 * 110.
 * Spatial Analysis Research Group Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens
 * El. Venizelou 70, Kallithea 17671, Athens
 * Greece
 * Europe
 * 23.70755,37.96124
 * 2016-06-19
 * Key competences: spatial analysis; GIS; vizualisation; open data creation; QGIS, statistical programming with R; R package lctools; spatial inequalities; python; spatial interaction modelling
 * Ass. Prof. Stamatis Kalogirou
 * skalo@hua.gr
 * 111.
 * Department of Civil Engineering PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh, India
 * Sector 12, Chandigarh, 160012
 * India
 * Asia
 * 76.780893,30.766247
 * 2016-09-12
 * Ass. Prof. Har Amrit Singh Sandhu
 * haramritsingh.pec@gmail.com
 * 112.
 * DePaul University, Department of Geography
 * Chicago
 * USA
 * North America
 * -87.6269709,41.8775909
 * 2016-10-28
 * Cassandra Follett
 * CFOLLETT@depaul.edu
 * 113.
 * University of Wisconsin, Cartography Lab
 * Madison
 * USA
 * North America
 * -89.4011849,43.075844
 * 2016-12-01
 * Carl Sack
 * cmsack@wisc.edu
 * 114.
 * Center for Agricultural Networking and Information Sharing (CANIS)
 * Nairobi
 * Kenya
 * Africa
 * 36.816531,-1.279007
 * 2016-12-14
 * Kiringai Kamau
 * kiringai@gmail.com
 * 115.
 * Spatiotemporal Data Research and Education Laboratory Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Computer Science Department
 * Edwardsville, IL
 * USA
 * North America
 * -90.0009, 38.7917
 * 2017-02-03
 * Mark McKenney
 * marmcke@siue.edu
 * 36.816531,-1.279007
 * 2016-12-14
 * Kiringai Kamau
 * kiringai@gmail.com
 * 115.
 * Spatiotemporal Data Research and Education Laboratory Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Computer Science Department
 * Edwardsville, IL
 * USA
 * North America
 * -90.0009, 38.7917
 * 2017-02-03
 * Mark McKenney
 * marmcke@siue.edu
 * 2017-02-03
 * Mark McKenney
 * marmcke@siue.edu
 * marmcke@siue.edu
 * 116.
 * Lakeland Community College, Geography and Geospatial Technology
 * Kirtland, OH
 * USA
 * North America
 * 41.6333, -81.3666
 * 2017-04-17
 * Geospatial education, spatial data management, geospatial intelligence, watershed modeling and analysis.
 * Bobby Oliver
 * boliver@lakelandcc.edu
 * 117.
 * GIS Lab of Ewha Womans University Dept of Social Studies (Geography), Ewha Womans University
 * 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
 * South Korea
 * Asia
 * 126.946214, 37.5650726
 * 2017-06-26
 * Key competences: GIS; Spatial Analysis; Vizualisation; Open Source GIS Software, Education with Geospatial Technology
 * Prof. Youngok Kang
 * ykang@ewha.ac.kr
 * 118.
 * School of Science & Technology GeoForAll Lab of The University of Fiji
 * Saweni, Lautoka
 * Fiji Islands
 * South Pacific
 * 177.4079991,-17.6686835
 * 2017-07-06
 * Key competences: GIS, Spatial Analysis, Vizualisation, Education with Geospatial Technology, Systems Development, Data Collection, Database Management, Systems Integration, Network Modelling/Simulation/Analysis, Web Mapping, Application Development, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, OpenLayers, GeoEXT, GeoExplorer, GDAL, QGIS Server, QGIS Desktop, QGIS Web Client, Lizmap Web Client, Python and GRASS + R.
 * Professor A B M Shawkat Ali, Edwin Liava'a and Anish Maharaj
 * shawkata@unifiji.ac.fj; edwinl@unifiji.ac.fj; anishm@unifiji.ac.fj
 * 119.
 * Laboratorio de Geomática de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá
 * Bogotá
 * Colombia
 * South America
 * -74.08731, 4.63600
 * 2017-08-09
 * Apoyo de cursos de Geomática con software libre en la Maestría en Geomática: SIG con QGIS Desktop, Geoservicio con QGIS Server; Apoyo en los cursos de Geomática y Sistemas de Información Geográfica con software libre de QGIS Desktop, GRASS GIS y SAGA GIS en IngenieriaCivil; Apoyo con documentación y material libre a través de GeoTux: http://geotux.tuxfamily.org; Divulgación de scripts de R para análisis geoespacial a través de http://rpubs.com/ials2un, Investigación en el uso de tecnologías geomáticas que apoyen el desarrollo sostenible
 * Dr. Ivan Alberto Lizarazo Salcedo (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias); MSc. Samuel Mesa (Facutad de Ingeniería)
 * ializarazos@unal.edu.co; femesagi@unal.edu.co
 * 120.
 * Centro de Investigación en Recursos Naturales y Sustentabilidad (CIRENYS), Universidad Bernardo O Higgins
 * Santiago
 * Chile
 * South America
 * -70.656918, -33.467547
 * 2017-08-09
 * Aly Valderrama; Carlos Lara
 * alyvalderrama@gmail.com; carlos.lara@ubo.cl
 * 121.
 * Spatial ecology at Yale
 * New Haven, CT
 * USA
 * North America
 * add longitude, latitude
 * 2017-11-10
 * Open Source Software for GeoComputation
 * Giuseppe Amatulli
 * giuseppe.amatulli at gmail.com
 * 122.
 * University of Mauritius
 * Reduit Moca
 * Mauritius
 * Africa
 * add longitude, latitude
 * 2017-11-15
 * in process to be established
 * Nikesh Heerowa
 * genevamis@govmu.org
 * giuseppe.amatulli at gmail.com
 * 122.
 * University of Mauritius
 * Reduit Moca
 * Mauritius
 * Africa
 * add longitude, latitude
 * 2017-11-15
 * in process to be established
 * Nikesh Heerowa
 * genevamis@govmu.org
 * Nikesh Heerowa
 * genevamis@govmu.org

Interested in joining or supporting the "Geo for All" initiative?
As the lab network is expanding fast, we have also setup nodal contacts for each regions:
 * 1) North America - Helena Mitasova (USA), Charles Schweik (USA), Phillip Davis (USA)
 * 2) South America - Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay) and Silvana Camboim (Brazil)
 * 3) Europe -  Maria Brovelli (Italy) and Peter Mooney (Ireland)
 * 4) Asia (including Australia)- Tuong Thuy Vu (Malaysia/Vietnam) and Venkatesh Raghavan (Japan/India)
 * 5) Africa -  Rania Elsayed Ibrahim (Egypt), Serena Coetzee (South Africa) and Bridget Fleming (South Africa)

Email the regonial mailing lists and contact the region chairs to start the conversation and they will be happy to discuss details and guide you through the process. The full criteria at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoforall_criteria

Key requirements for joining the "Geo for All Labs" initiative
(A) Your local organisation MUST BE COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTE to the vision outlined in the Geo for All MoU [1]http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ICA to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organisations in free and open source GIS software, FOSS, open data , open access (publications) and contribute to open education in the future. All participants should contribute to Education, Research and Service for the benefit and betterment of humanity as the key guiding principle and work towards the vision of the UN Millennium Development Goals [2] http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ for building a better world.

(B) At least one person at your institution or organization should have strong knowledge in geospatial information science and vision to lead this activity and to build a team of people, locally. This person should act as a liaison officer to the initiative.

(C) There should be a website established for your Open Source Geospatial Laboratory listing current research, people, and training information. This web presence will allow other nodes in the network and the general public to understand and promote your local efforts around research and teaching of open source geospatial technologies and approaches. The website should be established within a year of the lab announcement and has to be maintained at least annually.

(D) GEO4ALL MAKES A COMMITMENT TO promote the initiative widely through OSGeo, ICA and ISPRS channels to help build up collaboration opportunities for the future. We will also do a joint press release to announce the initiative and start building collaborations. A primary collaborative initiative continues to be the creation and maintenance of shared open access educational resources and/or active participation in the open source software and data development. We will also add the information of all labs in the Open Geospatial Lab network node site within OSGeo website so that all participating labs urls are added and linked.

Open Education is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the Worldwide Web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and reuse knowledge. Open educational resources (OERs) are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching and learning. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. We especially welcome applications from universities, educational institutes, government organisations in developing countries to help develop capacity building in geospatial education by establishing Open Source Geo Labs and support Open Education initiatives worldwide.

Meetings

 * Next meeting:


 * Past Meetings:
 * FOSS4G EU Como 2015 Preconference meeting
 * ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-09-05 18.00 UTC
 * ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-07-29 14.00 UTC
 * ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-05-02 14.00 UTC
 * ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-06-06 14.00 UTC

Geo for All Lab Network Research and Teaching Areas
ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Research_areas ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Teaching_areas