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2015-07-22T00:20:25Z

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== Mission ==

The mission of the education committee is to inventory, organize and coordinate the development of educational and curriculum material that supports OS Geospatial-related education. The intent is to '''work collaboratively''' to provide [[Appropriately Licensed Material]] that is accessible by a broad audience including academia, professionals, and the general public. Our efforts began around 2006 and eventually we evolved into a broader community that is called [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll].

For information on our activities, or to learn how to become involved, see [http://geoforall.org GeoForAll.org].

== Our Educational Inventory Pages ==

If you are someone looking for educational materials developed by our community, or if you want to let others know about material you have developed, see:

* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content Our '''searchable''' database of educational material]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content Our '''submit educational material form'''] -- Share your educational content with the community! (you need to login to the OSGeo system to submit)
* [[University_courses_using_OSGeo_related_material]]

== GeoForAll Meeting Notes ==

FOSS4G Europe Como, July 2015
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_Preconference_meeting Pre-Conference meeting summary]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_BOF1 BOF1 summary]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_EU_Como_2015_BOF2 BOF2 summary - school education]

[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Committees]]

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:15:50Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2 list_of_BOF2_participants]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES'''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:15:25Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2 list_of_BOF2_participants]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:14:50Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2][http://www.example.com link title]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:13:51Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [list_of_participants[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2]]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:13:24Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [list_of_participants; http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:13:06Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2]

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

FOSS4G EU Como 2015 BOF2

2015-07-22T00:12:42Z

Wiki-Sailor: Created page with "''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015 Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF''' Participants: [[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForA..."

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants: [[http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2]].

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

User:Sailor

2015-07-21T23:56:25Z

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2015-07-21T23:56:13Z

Wiki-Sailor:

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes for GeoForAll school education BOF'''

Participants listed at wikilist [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2].

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS'''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.

Ela

User:Sailor

2015-07-21T23:54:06Z

Wiki-Sailor: Created page with "''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015 Summary notes''' Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2]. The meeting started at ..."

''FOSS4G Europe in Como, July 17, 2015
Summary notes'''

Participants: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2].

The meeting started at noon and we had about an hour to brainstorm about activites of GeoForAll initiative in the context of school education.

'''GENERAL ISSUES''

* 'Schools' mean children and youth aged 2-19
* We prefer to talk about open science, resources and education rather than focus strictly on FOSS4G - more appropriate appoach for school education
* Short survey/questionnaire need to be taken among existing labs to find out who's interested in school education (initial inventory of people interested in a topic)
* All educational materials dedicated for teachers will be gathered in general repository but flagged somehow to make them visible (relation to general talk about changes in repository)

'''1. LABS AT SCHOOLS''

* A Lab can be organized at school (primary or secondary) as long as it fulfills the criteria of the network membership.
* We won't put special attention on getting schools involved as labs - in most cases they will be "partners" of existing labs taking advantage of their experience and knowledge.

'''2. GEOFORALL THEMATIC GROUP'''

* Wikipage of this group (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation) should be updated (Urban Science as an example) - Ela will take care of this.
* We need "clean" website (no wikistyle, sorry ;-) as part of GeoForAll main website to "catch" educators - Phil declared to take care of this (in collaboration with Suchith and Jason)

'''3. NEXT STEPS'''

* Connecting with existing education networks i.e.
- network of digital-earth.eu Centres of Excellence (http://www.digital-earth-edu.net/) - Nikos Labrinos working with primary teachers as a great example of CoE (Hellenic Centre of Excellence);
- School on the Cloud effort (www.schoolonthecloud.eu);
* Creating educator opportunity across the globe at each FOSS4G, ISPRS, ICA events (EU, NA, Asia, SA, etc).
- The next FOSS4G NA may occur in Raleigh North Carolina in spring 2016. In this example, we encourage Phillip and Charlie to work with Helena to organize such a training workshop and perhaps other events.
- For FOSS4G 2016 Bonn, Ela will organize such an event (dedicated panel session, seperate track (?). We need to begin planning now since these are 6-12 months away now.
- Phil's comment: "In order to expand FOSS into K-12 and colleges, we ask local G4A affiliate labs work towards organizing a teacher training workshop during an event near you for teachers & educators from local schools and universities." - need to check if there's any lab in Bonn or Raleigh
* Gathering partners around GeoForAll school initiative
- companies/private partners such as GISetc (Phil?)
- associations such as NCGE in America
* Would like to add GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award in school category - maybe connect events such as Bonn conference with some competition for teachers (show to transfer your school work from commercial GIS into FOSS4G) + find sponsors to make some group attend the event

Each lab should look for this opportunities in its own local environment. Suchith's comment: "We need to move this locally to benefit local education needs and requirements."

Thanks all participants for great discussion! Feel free to comment and add missing issues.
Ela

GeoForAll UrbanScience CityAnalytics

2015-06-25T11:08:28Z

Wiki-Sailor: /* Lab nearest city and vulnerability threats, lat/long coordinates */

'''Welcome to "Geo for All" Urban Science and City Analytics:''' ''''''CitySmart''''''. . .''''''Urban Resilience''''''

'''''CitySmart''''' will be a suite of tools to maximize effective government operations, such as management of infrastructure (utilities, traffic, services, etc.). '''''CitySmart''''' will combine continual advances in efficient operations with ultimate consideration for increasing sustainability and the quality of urban life.

* Chairs: Chris Pettit (Australia) and Patrick Hogan (USA)

* Those interested in being part of this theme, subscribe here http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-urbanscience. Your participation is appreciated and needed! All ideas are welcome.

* We support the 'Open Cities Guiding Principles:'
** All material created is made available for all under an Open License
** All material is carefully designed so that it can be extended by others, i.e., API-centric, modular componentry, etc.
** All participants aim to reuse, optimize, extend and add new components (in that order)

Our intent here is that we soon will have one or a few '''core platform(s)''' each architected with an open API for functionalities (the menu system). This effort will benefit from friendly competition, with the best features of each 'competing' platform eventually residing in our collective decision for a '''core platform'''.

===What's a '''CitySmart''' ''''''core platform'''''' look like?===
[http://nsdinow.org/SDI_Now_02/Technical_Support_files/SDI-Now_v01.pdf Click here for a glimpse!]

== Who's Who Here? ==
*Please let us know of your '''''interest to participate''''' by adding yourself to this list.
*Please identify yourself in one or more categories: '''U''': User/practitioner; '''D''': Developer; '''R''': Researcher/Scientist; '''E''': Educator.

# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-pettit/16/190/4B0 Chris Pettit], UNSW,
## Participant categories:
## Coordinate the implementation of eResearch tools to support urban researchers across Australia under the auspices of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN).
# [http://eco.umass.edu/people/faculty/schweik-charles-m/ Charlie Schweik] and Alexander (Sasha) Stepanov,
## Participant categories: R, E
## University of Massachusetts Amherst. Trying to build educational service learning opportunities for students on advanced GIS using our campus as a "testbed."
# [http://www.calu.edu/academics/faculty/thomas-mueller.aspx Tom Mueller], California University of Pennsylvania
## Participant categories: E - Educator
## Similar to Charlie, I want to build educational exercises and service learning opportunities for my students.
# [http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/ Jim Miller], University of Kansas, Computer Science
## Participant categories: D, E (also R in terms of computer science and visualization techniques)
## Using NASA World Wind for several open source geo-visualization efforts, including Lidar and multivariate scalar and vector field visualization.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandt-melick/22/869/261 Brandt Melick], Information Technology Department Director, Springfield Oregon USA.
## Participant categories: U
## Manage IT and GIS in support of community development, involving public works, and fire and life safety. Coordinate NSDI exchanges of cadastral, elevation and environmental information between local, state and federal agencies in the Pacific Northwest.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/antbeck Ant Beck], University of Nottingham Research Fellow.
## Currently transitioning into CityAnalytics looking at city wide entropy based energy management simulations. Have aspirations for an open, big data environment.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/phillip-davis/9/59/b7b Phillip Davis], GeoAcademy.
## The GeoAcademy is using QGIS 2.8 to provide Massively Open Online Courses through the Canvas Network to students around the globe for free. We currently enroll over 4,000 students in our March 2015 cohort.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/phogan Patrick Hogan], NASA World Wind Project Manager.
## Participant categories: D, R
## Building open source virtual globe technology meant to stimulate innovative solutions managing geospatial data, whether open or proprietary.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonipereznavarro Antoni Perez-Navarro], Universitat Oberta de Catalunya,
## Participant categories: R, E
## Currently working on indoor positioning systems. Previously developed the Context Aware Recommender System. In the GIS subjects we use gvSIG and QGIS, and Geomedia as proprietary software. Our students have also developed projects using Open Layers, GeoServer, Google Maps and Open Street Maps.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/gconti Giuseppe Conti]
## Participant categories: U, D, R
## Trilogis Srl, Italy. Working on the open standard for indoor/outdoor interoperable location services (http://www.i-locate.eu/) involving multiple cities, hospitals, museums, etc.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/evangelos-mitsakis/6/62/938 Evangelos Mitsakis]
## Participant categories:
## Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece. Working on climate change adaptation, urban resilience and smart cities, focusing on intelligent transport and mobility.
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/remetey Gábor Remetey], Secretary-general, Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI),
## Participant categories: R
## Strategic planning, implementation and consultancy in geospatial IT, and building contacts at the domestic, regional and global levels for Hungarian GIS and the Earth Observation community.
# [http://www.ege-como.polimi.it/index.php?content=maria_brovelli Maria A Brovelli], Politecnico di Milano
## Participant categories: D, R, E
## Applications of free and open-source spatial analytics to urban context and its development, [http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/ Citizen Science] and [http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/policrowd2.0/ collaborative multidimensional platforms].
#Ron Fortunato, President of [http://www.trilliumlearning.com/AmericaBridge/ Trillium Learning LLC]
## Participant categories: U, E
## Custom design and implement Project-Based Learning systems, networked region-wide and at the national scale, and guaranteed to provide a teacher-complimentary '''exciting learning experience''' for students, elementary through secondary education.
# [http://www.xinyueye.com/ Xinyue Ye], Computational Social Science Lab, Kent State University
## Participant categories: D, R, E
## My research focus is open source space-time analysis method development and its socio-economic application, especially on economic inequality, urban development, crime, and social media.
# Andrew Hunter, [http://gisciencegroup.ucalgary.ca GIScience Group], University of Calgary
## Participant categories: R, E.
## Teach GIS, Land Use Planning and Cadastral Studies. Research focuses on the development of interoperable (open source) frameworks for land use planning, land development, and geospatial approaches for enhancing community engagement.
# [http://faculty.itu.edu.tr/demirelha/ Hande Demirel], Geomatics Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University
## Participant categories:
## Lecturer for undergraduate and graduate students on spatial information systems. Research focus is spatial data acquisition, modelling spatial data, intelligent transportation and impact analysis for smart cities.
# [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/staff/a-z/dr-lucy-bastin/ Lucy Bastin], University of Aston and [http://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/contacts Joint Research Centre of the European Commission]
## Participant categories:
## Focus: quality issues with geospatial data and VGI, e.g., making best use of cheap, plentiful but variable sensors such as weather stations for urban decision making on, e.g., dynamic routing of gritting trucks. I work on interoperable solutions for communicating data quality , e.g., UncertML and the OGC SWG on user feedback.
# [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/ GeoDa Center] for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University,
## Participant categories:
## Applications of free and open-source spatial analytics and decision support systems to urban modeling and scenario planning (but '''who''' at GeoDa do we contact?).
# [http://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/person/sven-schade Sven Schade], [http://ec.europa.eu/jrc/ Joint Research Centre] of the European Commission
## Participant categories:
## I am a geospatial information scientist working on knowledge extraction from (big) data by using geospatial analytics capabilities, multidisciplinary interoperability, and open innovation. How can we make data from public, commercial and private sources usable for social good?
# [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bob-basques/14/8b2/537 Bob Basques], [http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us City of Saint Paul], Mn. USA,
## Participant categories:
## My background is in Spatial Information Management for the City of Saint Paul, Public Works, with just under 300,000 residents. Providing access to hundreds of spatial layers, originating from the City, the Metro Region, County, State, and Federal sources to both public and internal users. Big Open Source proponent and developer.
# [http://theconversation.com/profiles/tuong-thuy-vu-120016 Tuong-Thuy Vu], [http://www.nottingham.edu.my/geography School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus].
## Participant categories:
## Big geospatial data analytics with applications to urban environment
# [http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/faculty/mitasova/mitasova.html Helena Mitasova], [http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/ North Carolina State University, Center for Geospatial Analytics], OSGeo REL
## Participant categories:
## Geospatial modeling and visualization for GRASS GIS, simulation of urban growth - incorporation of FUTURES model into GRASS GIS, Tangible landscape: collaborative modeling environment using interactive 3D printed or molded physical models
## The City of Raleigh strives to become a worldwide model for an open source city http://www.raleighnc.gov/open/
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ortelius Jeffrey Johnson], Independent Consultant, World Bank GFDRR,
## Participant categories:
## Geospatial Modeling for Disaster Risk Management
# [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=31094760 Serena Coetzee], [http://www.up.ac.za/cgis Centre for Geoinformation Science], University of Pretora, South Africa, and [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=74999697 Chris Wray], [http://www.gcro.ac.za Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO)], South Africa
## Participant categories: R (UP and GCRO), E (UP)
## Open (big) geospatial data in the context of geovisual analytics for smart city planning
# [http://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitriskotzinos Dimitris Kotzinos], [http://www-etis.ensea.fr ETIS Lab], University of Cergy Pontoise, France
## Participant categories:
## Trajectory mining, data semantics and integration of city data, data analytics with application to urban and domestic environments, personal data management
# [http://geog.ku.edu/xingong-li Xingong Li], Department of Geography, University of Kansas
## Participant categories:
## My research interest in Urban Science and City Analytics is in water infrastructure and smart water use.
# [http://citi.clemson.edu/people/ Patricia Carbajales-Dale], [http://www.clemsongis.org/ Clemson Center for Geospatial Technologies], Clemson University
## Participant categories:
## High Performance Computing for geospatial analytics.
# [http://au.linkedin.com/pub/cameron-shorter/5/398/590 Cameron Shorter], Co-coordinator of http://live.osgeo.org, which packages up ~50 of the best Open Source GIS applications, along with data and quickstarts;
## Participant categories:
## Also geospatial solutions architect at http://lisasoft.com, Sydney, Australia.
# [http://gisc.tamucc.edu/Faculty/rick.html Rick Smith], [http://spatialquerylab.com/ Spatial {Query} Lab] at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
## Participant categories: R, E
## Use of mapping technology for emergency response and planning. Update and maintain freely-available university-level FOSS4G curriculum.
# [http://gisc.tamucc.edu/Faculty/mike.html Michael Starek], Geospatial Sensing and Analytics at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
## Participant categories: R, E
## My research interest in Urban Science and City Analytics is in the application of emergent geo-sensing techniques for monitoring of the 3D build environment.
# [http://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno Rafael Moreno], Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver.
## Participant categories: E, R
## Incorporation of FOSS4G in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning curricula. Land use planning, natural resources management, GIS science and Technology.
# [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/ArchitecturePlanning/facultystaff/directories/Pages/Individual%20Pages_Planning/Troy_Austin.aspx Austin Troy], Department of Planning and Design, College of Architecture and Plannig, University of Colorado Denver.
## Participant categories: E, R
## Land use policy, environmental planning, GIS, spatial analysis, remote sensing, land use change modeling and simulation?
# [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/Engineering/Programs/Computer-Science-and-Engineering/faculty/Pages/FarnoushBanaeiKashani.aspx Farnoush Banaei-Kashani], Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Denver.
## Participant categories: E, R
## Big data management and mining, database systems, data-driven decision-making systems
# [http://humanities.usm.my/index.php/discover-us/our-people/staff-directory/42-geography/31-ruslan-rainis Ruslan Rainis], Geoinformatic Unit, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
## Participant categories: R
## Urban big data, spatial/land use modelling.
# [http://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/winter/ Stephan Winter], Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
## Participant categories: R, E
## Coordinating the Melbourne Urban Connectedness research cluster.

== Global Drivers for OSGEO Solutions ==

* EC '''Infrastructure for Spatial Information''' in the European Community, [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ INSPIRE]
* US National '''Spatial Data Infrastructure''', [http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html NSDI]
* UN '''Spatial Data Infrastructure''', [http://www.ungiwg.org/content/united-nations-spatial-data-infrastructure-unsdi UNSDI]
* UNSDI '''[http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/videos/other/final_visualization_facility.avi Visualization]''' for UN Member State briefing
* UN '''[http://citiscope.org/story/2014/comparing-mdgs-and-sdgs#SDGs Sustainable Development Goals]''' (SDG)
* UN “Urban Goal” ([http://citiscope.org/story/2014/comparing-mdgs-and-sdgs#No11 SDG #11]): Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and '''sustainable''',
* The Brookings Institution: Why we need to think about implementing the '''[http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2015/03/03-implementing-sustainable-development-kharas Sustainable Development Goals]'''
* Open Transit Indicators Enable Cities to Design '''[http://www.azavea.com/blogs/newsletter/v10i1/open-transit-indicators-enable-cities-to-design-better-transit-systems/ Better Transit Systems]'''

== Key Research Questions ==

* How can we transform existing cities or create new cities that are sustainable, productive and resilient?
** Easy, we work together as one species to solve common problems.
* How can we empower citizens, community groups, planners, policy and decision-makers to work cohesively in solving the problems our cities face such that they successfully engage in a sustainable urban future?
** By making this '''''Road Map''''' a reality, '''''all''''' cities will '''''share''''' something they need yet each will also own.
** This also gives them a way to share back the solutions they discover ''''''for the benefit of all.''''''

==Urban Resilience ''''''The Road Map'''''' ==

* We owe this 'first cut' for our CitySmart app to OGC's "[http://gisuser.com/2015/02/ogc-smart-cities-spatial-information-framework-white-paper-announced/ Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework]"

* We compliment Brandt Melick, Information Technology Department Director, Springfield Oregon USA for putting this [http://www.NSDInow.org/SDI_Now_02/Technical_Support.html CitySmart] app idea into action! More cities must step forward like this, lead by doing!

* ''' 'CitySmart' App Themes/Data-type''' (feel free to expand):
# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/7 INSPIRE Data Specifications]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning Urban Planning]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_transportation_system Intelligent Transportation]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care Health & Medical Services]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_service Public Safety & Emergency Services]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_protection Environmental Protection]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_automation Intelligent Buildings]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid Utilities: Smart Grid, Smart Water, Sanitation, etc.]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service Location-Based Services]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_positioning_system Indoor Positioning System]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recommender_system Context-aware ''Recommender Systems'']

* '''Data sharing''' – Cities need to be able to share information with site developers, site constraint specialists (environmental scientists, planners and engineers), utility service providers and regulators. These data sets most often include:

# [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/index.cfm/pageid/2/list/datamodelsINSPIRE Data Models]
# Imagery Resolution, 3-inch pixel is preferred, 1-foot pixel less so, 1-meter much less so
# Cadastral Information: parcel polygons, Rights of Way (ROW), property ownership, assessment and taxation information and property class
# Address Information: house number, street name, City, zip, site location (coordinates) and zoning information
# Jurisdictional boundaries: incorporated areas, city limits, county boundaries, etc., urban growth boundaries, public safety response areas
# Elevation Information: DEM’s (raster), DTM’s (vector), contours and spot elevation points, as well as mass points and break lines
# Waterways and protected areas: wetlands, fish-bearing streams, endangered species habitat, well-head protection zones, etc.
# Infrastructure/utilities: waste-water, storm-water, transportation systems, power, drinking water, etc.
# Structures/facilities: bridges, building foot-prints, complexes, monuments, etc., facility contacts, etc.
# Documents: reference material, procedures, regulations, metadata, etc.
# LiDAR, invaluable data, needing the tools to put it to good use. The City of Springfield has high resolution LiDAR, 8 points per meter. Though they put it to good use, they want even better tools to work with it (i.e., our CitySmart app).

* '''Technical Challenges''' - there are many, here are just a few: raw data made useable, data dating, accurate georeference conversion, unit conversion (i.e., metric to standard), data storage, data security, firewalls, standardized metadata, etc.

* '''Yet to be discussed:'''

# '''Legal challenges''' e.g. investigating and suggesting the required framework to preserve privacy, ensure equity (equality in access to data and computing capacities), protect IP and copyrights.
# '''Economic challenges''' e.g. creating sustainable Research Infrastructures (RI) for the public and private sector, investigate possibilities for Public Private Partnerships (PPP).
# '''Social challenges''' e.g. fostering public engagement in Big Data, participation in related debates, evaluation of current practices, data gathering, analysis and privacy issues.

*'''Social dimension sub-roadmap'''
Any serious roadmap on urban science should certainly consider the social dimension. In this respect, we would need a subsequent actions such as:
# Identify in our Who's Who here what categories of participants we are and what are their incentives or barriers for participation. How can we organize to meet the needs of the participants involved? For instance, for academics, it might be how to utilize or create peer-review publication venues for contributed work. For practitioners, can we define their key or most pressing needs? For developers, are they in situations where their employer will see contributions to a global effort something they should be doing?
# Identify the intended direct beneficiaries (aka users, customers, consumers) - instead of focusing on producers of data, infrastructures, software and services. Possible beneficiaries might be: urban planners, scientists/academia, city councils and majors, citizen, young people (pupil and students), etc. While these intended audiences might partially overlap, all might have different needs and need a different approach for participation.
# Identify and get into contact with some representatives of the intended target group, e.g. with champions in digital social innovation and open minded individuals, or via associations that are directly connected to these communities, such as citizen associations.
# Engaging with these people in order to identify '''their real needs for city analytics''', in order to first of all get their requirements, but also to co-develop products, get direct feedback (e.g. be including them in review panels for the NASA WW Challenge), etc.
# Expand from few collaborations into a wider network in which solutions are replicated or adopted for one city after the other - each time customized to the individual needs.
* A couple important topics here that might be useful in future grant proposals.
** First, the idea that we as a group are undertaking "transdisciplinary research around urban science" (Dedeurwaerdere, 2014). According to Dedeurwaerdere (2014: 138): 'Transdisciplinary implies that the precise nature of the problem... needs to be defined cooperatively by actors from science and the life-world.'
** Second, perhaps we should focus on topics related to '''urban sustainability and resilience''' and the geospatial analytical processes and tools needed to support decision-makers in that capacity? Dedeurwaerdere (2014: 139) defines sustainability as the 'maintenance of capital," and is often used in the context of "environmental sustainability" -- the maintenance or non-declining of natural capital. So one question for our group might be what areas of "urban sustainability" might we want to focus our efforts on?

* '''Key City Analytic Needs or Needs by our Community above'''. (Add topic entries or your name under existing entries)
** Crime mapping analytics (Tom Mueller)
** Citizen 'social media' input for assessing public transportation routes. "I need to go from 'here' to 'here' at such a 'time' (Patrick Hogan)

* '''Use-Case: Urban Planning and Site Review''' – Municipalities need to evaluate the impact of proposed development activity, on existing development and on the natural environment. This typically includes estimating how much cut and fill is proposed, how proposed land alteration impacts surface drainage, how proposed structures will connect to city services (waste-water, storm-water, drinking-water, power, etc.), how steep the roads will be (slope for fire trucks), and proximity to wetlands and other protected waters. These data most often include:
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_imagery Imagery]
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadastre Cadastral]
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_elevation_model Elevation]
** Facilities (structures and utilities)
** Waterways and Flood Maps

== Technologies Available In Our Network ==

* [http://goworldwind.org/ NASA World Wind] (Java, iOS and Android, Web version on its way)
* [http://geomoose.org/ GeoMoose]
* [http://www.qgis.org/ QGIS]
* [http://i-locate.eu/ i-Locate]
* [http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/policrowd2.0/ Policrowd2.0]
* Europa Challenge Open Source Projects [http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2013 2013], [http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2014 2014], [http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2015 2015]
* Open Transit Indicators Enable Cities to Design [http://www.azavea.com/blogs/newsletter/v10i1/open-transit-indicators-enable-cities-to-design-better-transit-systems/ Better Transit Systems]
* [http://osgeolab.unimelb.edu.au/ Australia Urban Intelligence Network, AURIN Portal and workbench]
* Arizona State University (ASU) [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/software GeoDa]
** The GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation develops state-of-the-art methods for geospatial analysis, geovisualization, geosimulation, and spatial process modeling, implements them through open source software tools and applies them to policy-relevant research in the social and environmental sciences.
* [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS]
** Multitemporal, full 3D GIS research platform with many processing, analytical, modeling and visualization tools relevant to Urban Science and city analytics (lidar-based models, solar energy, viewsheds, networks, water resources, full 3D visualization with animations and many others in the core package, with additional tools, including civil engineering design in add-ons)

== Potential Partners ==

* Netherlands Coordination Office, [http://www.unsdi.nl/ United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure] (UNSDI)
* [http://discoverspatial.com/ GeoAcademy] (Phil Davis)
* [http://eco.umass.edu/people/faculty/schweik-charles-m/ University of Massachusetts at Amherst]
* [http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_cities/overview/ IBM Smarter Cities]
* [http://www.ubmfuturecities.com/author.asp?section_id=234&doc_id=526334&?_mc=MP_IW_EDT_STUB UBM Future Cities]
* Aalborg University Copenhagen, [http://sustainablecities.aau.dk/ Sustainable Cities] Master Programme
* Imperial College London, Intel Collaborative Research Institute (ICRI) for [http://www.cities.io/guiding-principles/ Sustainable Connected Cites]
* ISET Building [http://i-s-e-t.org/resources/working-papers/building-resilience.html Urban Resilience to Climate Change]
* [http://www.100resilientcities.org/pages/100-resilient-cities-challenge 100 Resilient Cities Challenge]
* Rockefeller Foundation [http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/initiatives/global-resilience-partnership/ Global Resilience Partnership] [http://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/blog/2015/02/17/grp-teams-announced/ funding transformative solutions]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/19/cities-arent-great-with-data-could-mike-bloomberg-change-that/ Bloomberg to give $42 million to help cities do more with data]
* University of Toronto [http://news.utoronto.ca/u-ts-patricia-mccarney-launches-open-city-data-portal Launches Open City Data Portal]
* University of Toronto [http://www.globalcitiesinstitute.org/ Global Cities Institute]
* University of Toronto [http://www.dataforcities.org/ World Council on City Data]
* [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/ GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis]
* [http://aurin.org.au/ Australia Urban Intelligence Network, AURIN]
* [http://geodacenter.asu.edu/software Arizona State University (ASU) GeoD]
* [http://dpcs.uoc.edu/joomla/index.php/about-harosa-kc HAROSA Knowledge Community (KC)] An international network of research groups promoting and developing collaborative e-research on new '''H'''ybrid '''A'''lgorithms for solving '''R'''ealistic r'''O'''uting, '''S'''cheduling and system reliability/'''A'''vailability problems.
* Politecnico di Milano, [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/index.php?lang=en GEO Lab] (Geomatics and Earth Observations)
* ETIS Lab, University of Cergy Pontoise, France. [http://www-etis.ensea.fr ETIS Lab - MIDI team]

== Urban Resilience ''''''The App'''''' ==

'''The Task'''

Develop a '''''CitySmart Urban Resilience App''''' with your idea for the ''Requirements doc,'' essentially the 'specs' for what this ''Urban Science - City Analytics'', CitySmart app looks like, and will likely be based on information in the 'framework' documents mentioned above in the Road Map section.

The City of [http://www.nsdinow.org/SDI_Now_02/Technical_Support.html Springfield Oregon] has already shown us the way forward.

Some basic requirements:
* 3D Virtual Globe interchangeable or simultaneous with 2D Map along with Projection Choices
* Imagery & Elevation Import
* Extensible Architecture (Modular Componentry)
* Data Retrieval via REST, WMS, WCS, WFS, GML, User-Deﬁned
* OSM Placenames, Boundaries and Roads
* Picking and Decluttering
* Shapeﬁle and KML Import
* Measurement Tools
* Flooding and Line-of-Sight Calculation
* Subsurface Visualization
* Shapes: Placemarks, Path, Polygon, Extruded Polygon, Custom, HTML5-able Balloons
* Volumes (& Shapes), follow terrain or maintain constant elevation above terrain while moving

This CitySmart app needs to allow for some early successes so we can get buy-in from 'real' municipalities to work with us and thereby keep value-added precisely on target. After the Road Map, then what? Then we challenge Earth's FOSSy development community to provide their solution in response to the Road Map. 'Twoud be fine if we could gather a nice award package for that.

After we (the OSGEO community) evaluate these ‘solutions,’ some will be asked to mashup until in the end we have one OSGEO/FOSS4G/GeoForAll CitySmart app. This app will have an open API for the menu system, for drag-n-drop of functionalities. This will allow each city to tailor the CitySmart app for their specific use. This will also allow the world community to continually optimize old functionalities and design new ones, whether proprietary or FOSSy.

'''Who Will Do This?'''

Whoever wants to! We ask academic and other organizations to first help us with the Road Map (the ''Requirements doc''), such as those listed as Potential Partners, http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics#Potential_Partners'''.''' Or just build it! All are welcome!

'''Why Do This?'''

Because we can! And more importantly, because there is a world full of urban management need, much of which is identical no matter what urban location we are in. For a little encouragement, how about a NASA crystal bull for the best Road Map, just like for the Europa Challenge, http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/''',''' and of course NASA T-shirts. We need YOU (whoever you are) to design the requirements doc and build the for the CitySmart app.

If you are brave and good, just build it and be a lighthouse guiding our future. If you do this, and no one else does, you get the crystal bull. If others do theirs along with you, then we vote and that winner gets to mash-up the best from what's in the ‘other’ CitySmart apps. We will ask the Region and Theme Chairs to do the voting, http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll'''.'''
'''
Understanding''' the Changing Planet.''''''

# Historical tracks of hurricanes.
## SLOSH http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/slosh.php
# Geodesign. I know that ESRI has used this term a lot. It might be something that we examine in the Open Source world
# LiDAR - people are using UAV for LiDAR now. Plus several states have LiDAR datasets.
# The question I thought about is - can we create citizen scientists to properly gather some of this information.
# Biodiversity
## They discussed the issues of Land Cover and using coarse remote sensing images (LandSat)
### There is a program that will be starting up soon via USGS called Adopt a Pixel - which is to help with that fuzziness
### This might also be able to help with the National Land Cover Dataset.
### They discussed creating a Gap Analysis to understand issues of biodiversity, etc.
## Datasets include:
### Landfire http://www.landfire.gov/
### Crop Scape http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/
### VegScape http://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/VegScape/
# Vulnerability Issues
## Social Vulnerability Index - we might want to examine it: http://webra.cas.sc.edu/hvri/products/sovi.aspx
## Another study O'Brien 2004 discussed vulnerability
## Data to grab as reading. I thought of these two sources
### http://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=store
### http://openweathermap.org/
# Quite a few people have created indexes on health care coverage and access. These studies might be helpful to examine. These really sounded interesting to me. So if we are going to use this variable I would like to examine these topics. p.72 in study
## Lou and Wang 2003
## Wang et al 2008
## McLafferty and Wang 2009
## Rushton et al 2004
# Movement
## Traffic flow data
# Inequality
## Issues of Digital Divide
## Maps that show hot spot areas of concern
# Geodemographics
## In USA, a lot of this type of data is in the hands of private companies, so it may be difficult to access this data. ESRI Tapestry, etc.
# Possible indexes, include -
## Risk Terrain Model http://rutgerscps.weebly.com/rtm.html
## Flash Flood Potential Index http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/hydro/FFPI/FFPI_WriteUp.pdf
## Crisis Mapping and Ushashidid - http://www.ushahidi.com/

== Reference Material ==

* Lane County, Oregon, Lane Livability Consortium, Data Inventory and Next Steps Report
** http://www.livabilitylane.org/files/Data-Plan.pdf
** http://www.livabilitylane.org/

* Future Cities, UK Ordnance Survey
** http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/thinking/future-cities/

* '''''Climate Adaptation''''' Guidebook for Municipalities
** http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf

* Dedeurwaerdere, T. 2014. Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability. Edward Elgar Publishing.
** http://biogov.uclouvain.be/staff/dedeurwaerdere/book_Sustainability%20Science_EE.pdf

* How Cities Can Battle '''''Climate Change with Resiliency Planning'''''
** http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/09/cities-can-battle-climate-change-resiliency-planning/

* ISET Working Paper 3: Planning for '''''Urban Climate Resilience'''''
** http://i-s-e-t.org/resources/working-papers/climate-resilience-paper-3.html

* USA Federal Policies to Build '''''Climate-Resilient''''' Coastal Regions, Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
** http://resilient-cities.iclei.org/resilient-cities-hub-site/resilience-resource-point/resilience-library/urban-resilience-planning/

* '''Resilience''': A Bridging Concept or a Dead End? http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649357.2012.677124
** “Reframing” '''Resilience''': Challenges for Planning Theory and Practice
** Interacting Traps: '''Resilience''' Assessment of a Pasture Management System in Northern Afghanistan
** '''Urban Resilience''': What Does it Mean in Planning Practice?
** '''Resilience''' as a Useful Concept for '''''Climate Change''''' Adaptation?
** The Politics of '''Resilience for Planning''': A Cautionary Note

* Managing Aging City Infrastructure:
** http://graphics.latimes.com/la-aging-water-infrastructure/

* Veeckman, C. and van der Graaf, 2015. The City as Living Laboratory: Empowering Citizens with the Citadel Toolkit
** Technology Innovation Management Review (TIM Review). http://timreview.ca/issue/2015/march

* Wow! A rural town in Italy '''>'''100% sustainable energy:
** http://reregions.blogspot.com/2010/03/varese-ligure-italy.html
** http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/09/varese-ligure-italy-small-town-high-renewables/
** http://www.ecofriend.com/italian-town-runs-completely-on-renewable-energy.html

* '''''Sustainable''''' background info:
** Sustainable City, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city
** Sustainable Energy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy
** Sustainable Transport, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport
** Sustainable Living, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living
** Urban Agriculture, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture

* Urban Farming
** Growing Cities, http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/growing-cities
** World’s Largest Urban Farm, http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/detroit-community-gardeners-question-hantz-urban-farm
** Growing Home, http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/growing-home-urban-agriculture-in-chicago
** Breaking Through Concrete, http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/growing-through-concrete-an-urban-farming-roadtrip
** ''Growing Power'' Despite an Urban 'Food' Desert, http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/growing-power-in-an-urban-food-desert

* Local Grocery
** http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/2004-01-08/mondragons-eroski-mass-retailer
** http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-new-economy/mondragon-worker-cooperatives-decide-how-to-ride-out-a-downturn

* Open Source Ecology, ''Do-It-Yourself'' Industrial Equipment
** http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/gvcs-machine-index/
** http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski

* Digital Earth | Virtual Nations | Data Cities
** http://dcitynetwork.net/manifesto/

* Open government, open source city
** http://www.raleighnc.gov/open/
** http://opensource.com/government/13/5/open-data-visual
** http://allthingsopen.org

== Lab nearest city and vulnerability threats, lat/long coordinates ==
* Colleagues, please list (1) your name, (2) the city your lab is closest to, (3) the possible threats that city might face in future years related to population growth and/or the effects of climate change (e.g., coastal storm surge, hurricanes, heat islands, inland lack of water, etc.) and (4) your city's lat\long. I'm hoping to map all the cities in our network for a figure for future grant proposals.
** Charlie Schweik, Springfield, MA, hurricanes, heat islands, 42.393578, -72.524696
** Thomas Mueller, Pittsburgh, PA, heat island, increased flooding due to climate change, 40.440625, -79.995886
[[Category: Education]]
[[Category: ICA OSGeo Lab Network]]
** Patrick Hogan, Moffett Field, CA, drought, sea-level-rise, 37.42, -122.06
** Antoni Perez-Navarro, Barcelona, Spain, lack of water, drought, flooding, sea-level-rise, 2.173403, 41.385064
** Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska, Warsaw, Poland, heat island, flooding and flash floods, 21.020, 52.259

FOSS4G Europe 2015 BirdsOfAFeather

2015-06-11T14:18:52Z

Wiki-Sailor: /* GeoForAll BOF 2 */

= Introduction =
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==
During the [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G Europe 2015] conference in Como, Italy, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

 
The 1-hour time blocks outlined below are just general guidelines. Adjust as needed. For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program].

 
=== Rooms ===
We have available the three rooms of the conference (VS9, V08, V2.12) from 8 am up to 8 pm.
Therefore the BOFs can be there when there are not sessions.

=== Capacities ===
* Room VS9: 236
* Room V08: 98
* Room V2.12: 93
 

==FOSS4G Contact==
* conference-europe(at)lists.osgeo.org
 

== Wednesday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

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=== Room V08 ===

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| 13:00-14:00 || FOSS4G 2016 || Planning meeting || [[Till Adams]]
|}

 

=== Room V2.12 ===

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== Thursday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

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| 08:00-09:00 || GeoForAll || Discussions about open education || JM
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
|-
| 18:00-19:15 || || ||
|}

 

=== Room V08 ===

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=== Room V2.12 ===

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== Friday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

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=== Room V08 ===

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=== Room V2.12 ===

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| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
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== FOSS4G 2016 Planning BOF ==

* Description: Planning for the 2016 conference that will be held in Bonn, Germany
* When/Where: Wednesday 15th of July, 13h-14h, '''Room V08'''

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[Till Adams]]
* [[Arnulf Christl]]

== GeoForAll BOF ==

* Description: Discussions about open education. Sharing within the OSGeo, ICA, and ISPRS communities. http://www.geoforall.org/
* When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 08:00-09:00, '''Room VS9'''
* More info: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_GeoForAll_Agenda Agenda]

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* Phillip Davis
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* Lene Fischer
* [[Charlie Schweik]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Siki Zoltan Siki]
* [[BarendKobben]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:kotzino Dimitris Kotzinos]
* Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska

== GeoForAll BOF 2 ==

* Description: Open session to plan our collective activities after reflecting on the conference experiences.
* When/Where: Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00 '''Room 3.6'''
* More info: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_GeoForAll_Agenda Agenda]

Who is coming:
* [[Charlie Schweik]]
* [[BarendKobben]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:kotzino Dimitris Kotzinos]
* Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska

== Your BOF Name Here ==

* Description:
* When/Where:

Who is coming:
*
*

----

* See [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather] for inspiration!

[[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G Europe 2015 BirdsOfAFeather

2015-06-11T14:18:35Z

Wiki-Sailor: /* GeoForAll BOF */

= Introduction =
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

== General Information ==
During the [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ FOSS4G Europe 2015] conference in Como, Italy, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

 
The 1-hour time blocks outlined below are just general guidelines. Adjust as needed. For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at [http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program].

 
=== Rooms ===
We have available the three rooms of the conference (VS9, V08, V2.12) from 8 am up to 8 pm.
Therefore the BOFs can be there when there are not sessions.

=== Capacities ===
* Room VS9: 236
* Room V08: 98
* Room V2.12: 93
 

==FOSS4G Contact==
* conference-europe(at)lists.osgeo.org
 

== Wednesday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
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=== Room V08 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || FOSS4G 2016 || Planning meeting || [[Till Adams]]
|}

 

=== Room V2.12 ===

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== Thursday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

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| 08:00-09:00 || GeoForAll || Discussions about open education || JM
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
|-
| 18:00-19:15 || || ||
|}

 

=== Room V08 ===

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=== Room V2.12 ===

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== Friday ==

=== Room VS9 ===

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| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
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=== Room V08 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
|-
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=== Room V2.12 ===

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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|-
| 08:00-09:00 || || ||
|-
| 13:00-14:00 || || ||
|-
| 18:00-19:15 || || ||
|}

 
 

== FOSS4G 2016 Planning BOF ==

* Description: Planning for the 2016 conference that will be held in Bonn, Germany
* When/Where: Wednesday 15th of July, 13h-14h, '''Room V08'''

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* [[Till Adams]]
* [[Arnulf Christl]]

== GeoForAll BOF ==

* Description: Discussions about open education. Sharing within the OSGeo, ICA, and ISPRS communities. http://www.geoforall.org/
* When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 08:00-09:00, '''Room VS9'''
* More info: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_GeoForAll_Agenda Agenda]

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]]
* Phillip Davis
* [[Arnulf Christl]]
* Lene Fischer
* [[Charlie Schweik]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Siki Zoltan Siki]
* [[BarendKobben]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:kotzino Dimitris Kotzinos]
* Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska

== GeoForAll BOF 2 ==

* Description: Open session to plan our collective activities after reflecting on the conference experiences.
* When/Where: Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00 '''Room 3.6'''
* More info: [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_GeoForAll_Agenda Agenda]

Who is coming:
* [[Charlie Schweik]]
* [[BarendKobben]]
* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:kotzino Dimitris Kotzinos]

== Your BOF Name Here ==

* Description:
* When/Where:

Who is coming:
*
*

----

* See [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather] for inspiration!

[[Category:FOSS4G]]

FOSS4G Europe 2015 GeoForAll Agenda

2015-06-11T14:18:02Z

Wiki-Sailor:

'''GeoForAll FOSS4G Como meetings, tentative agendas and who will be there. Please add your name to the sessions if you plan to attend, and feel free to add agenda items if you have something you want discussed. -- email me (cschweik AT Pubpol.umass.edu) if you have questions or concerns.''' 

'''1. GeoForAll pre-conference meeting.''' -- Tuesday July 14th, 8:30-11:30 am
Hall of Via Natta building.

Discussion topics:

* Certification: Phil Davis has agreed to give us an update on where we
are on the certification discussion and lead further discussion on that
topic. (Thanks Phil. Suggested pre-meeting readings: Phil -- [http://www.geotechcenter.org/gtcm-curriculum-guide.html gtcm curriculum guide], Arnulf -- [http://trajectorymagazine.com/defense-intelligence/item/1959-professionalizing-the-geoint-workforce.html geoint workforce]).

* Educational content curation strategies -platforms for sharing curriculum
--- QGIS course collaboration (raised by Lene Fischer)

* GeoForAll and its connection to firms.

That's probably enough -- but if anyone has any other pressing issues
while some of us are together let me know.

Attending? Add your name below.
 
- Charlie Schweik, USA 
- Maria, Italy 
- Dimitris Kotzinos 
- others? 

'''2. GeoForAll BOF meeting #1.''' Thursday July 16th, 8:00-9:00 AM, room VS9

Agenda: TBD

Attending? Add your name to the BOF signup list [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF here]
 

'''3. GeoForAll Europe Meeting'''. Thursday July 16th, 5:30 room 3.5 at Politecnico di Milano

(This is a good idea... any other regions have a group attending and want
to meet up?)

Attending? Add your name below.
 
- Charlie Schweik, USA 
- Maria, Italy 
- Dimitris Kotzinos 
- Ela Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska, Poland 
- others? 

'''4. GeoForAll Bird's of a Feather 2'''. Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00 room 3.6
Open session to plan our collective activities after reflecting on the
conference experiences.
 
Attending? Add your name to the BOF signup list [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Europe_2015_BirdsOfAFeather#GeoForAll_BOF_2 here]

'''4. GeoForAll Grant Sprint'''. Saturday July 18th - 8:30-11:30 hall of Via Natta building
* US NSF Smart City proposal (Charlie Schweik, others with GeoForAll city analytics group)
* Hopefully some discussion by European participants on another grant effort to support GeoForAll efforts (anyone working on this? add your name and topic)
Attending? Add your name below. 
- Charlie Schweik, USA 
- Maria, Italy 
- Dimitris Kotzinos 
- others? 

'''TOPICS NOT ON THE CURRENT AGENDA BUT NEED TO BE DISCUSSED:'''

- Add any ideas here please

Questions? Contact Charlie Schweik - cschweik AT pubpol DOT UMass DOT edu

Edu current initiatives

2015-06-01T06:02:01Z

Wiki-Sailor: /* Current members of the ICA-OSGeo Network */

== OSGeo Education and Curriculum Current Initiatives ==

'''The official website is online at ''http://www.geoforall.org''''' - locations: [http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ ICA-OSGeo Map]

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

* [http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content 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 ICA-OSGeo 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]].

== Current members of the ICA-OSGeo Network ==



Feel free to join the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs to follow the discussions among the participants of this initiative.

The current members of the ICA-OSGeo Network are (please add '''WGS84 decimal coordinates longitude,latitude''', if you don't add the coordinate following this simple rules your institution will not show on the [http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ ICA-OSGeo Map]) :

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! Laboratory name and institution
! City
! Country
! Continent
! Coordinates (longitude, latitude)
! Application received / Announced
! Notes (projects, collaborations, etc)
! Contact names
! Contact emails
|-
| 1.
| [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx University of Nottingham]
| Nottingham
| UK
| Europe
| -1.250296, 52.831497
|
|
| Didier Leibovici
| Didier dot Leibovici at nottingham.ac.uk
|-
| 2.
| [http://www.sigte.udg.edu/ University of Girona]
| Girona
| Spain
| Europe
| 2.837305, 41.967426
| 2012-09-10
|
| Lluís Vicens
| lluis at sigte.udg.edu
|-
| 3.
| [http://www.osgl.soton.ac.uk/ University of Southampton]
| Southampton
| UK
| Europe
| -1.396873, 50.936974
| 2013-04-30
|
| Jason Sadler
| osgl at geodata.soton.ac.uk
|-
| 4.
| [http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel Czech Technical University in Prague]
| Prague
| Czech Republic
| Europe
| 14.390363, 50.10183
| 2012-11-23
| Geospatial analysis, modeling and visualization, remote sensing, [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] development
| Martin Landa
| martin.landa at fsv.cvut.cz
|-
| 5.
| [http://research.ncl.ac.uk/osgeolab/ 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.
| [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/ Politecnico di Milano - Polo Territoriale di Como]
| Como
| Italy
| Europe
| 9.095939, 45.803516
| 2013-02-25
|
| Maria Brovelli
| geowb at geomatica.como.polimi.it
|-
| 7.
| [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/research/facilities/geolab/ University of Warwick]
| Warwick
| UK
| Europe
| -1.56273, 52.380531
| 2013-03-23
|
| Nataliya Tkachenko
| geolab at warwick.ac.uk
|-
| 8.
| [http://www.gridw.pl UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre]
| Warsaw
| Poland
| Europe
| 21.039473, 52.198849
| 2013-03-18
| new website under development
| Ela Woloszynska-Wisniewska
| ela at gridw.pl
|-
| 9.
| [http://www.supsi.ch/ist_en/settori-attivita/geomatica.html 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.
| [http://karlinapp.ethz.ch/osgl/ ETH Zurich]
| Zurich
| Switzerland
| Europe
| 8.5481, 47.3764
| 2013-09-20
| [http://www.karto.ethz.ch/ Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, ETH Zurich]
| Ionut Iosifescu
| iosifescu at ethz.ch
|-
| 11.
| University of Molise
| Molise
| Italy
| Europe
| 14.493651, 41.630815
|
| in process of being established
| Rosella Nocera
|
|-
| 12.
| [http://www.igik.edu.pl/en Institute of Geodesy and Cartography] (IGiK)
| Warsaw
| Poland
| Europe
| 21.013407, 52.178478
|
| in process of being established
| Agata Ciołkosz-Styk
|
|-
| 13.
| [http://opengis.unibuc.ro/ 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.
| [http://www.geo.info.hu/english/index.php Faculty of Geoinformatics,University of West Hungary]
| Székesfehérvár
| Hungary
| Europe
| 18.418833, 47.188778
|
| in process of being established
| Andrea Podör
|
|-
| 15.
| [http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en?set_language=en&cl=en Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences]
| Stuttgart
| Germany
| Europe
| 9.17370, 48.77996
| 2013-10-14
|
| Franz-Josef Behr
| franz-josef.behr at hft-stuttgart.de
|-
| 16.
| [http://www.geomatica.ufpr.br/index.html Federal University of Paraná]
| Paraná
| Brazil
| South America
| -49.26141, -25.427074
| 2012-05-23
|
| Silvana Camboim
|
|-
| 17.
| [http://www.unesp.br/ São Paulo State University] (UNESP)
| São Paulo
| Brazil
| South America
| -46.654129, -23.576574
|
|
|
|
|-
| 18.
| National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD)
| Puerto Maldonado
| Peru
| South America
| -73.245789, -3.745845
| 2013-02-01
| in process of being established
| Andrea Birgit Chavez
|
|-
| 19.
| [http://ltaat.fcien.edu.uy Universidad de la República]
| Montevideo
| Uruguay
| South America
| -56.176441, -34.902405
| 2013-03-01
| new website under development
| Virginia Fernandez
| vfernandez at presidencia.gub.uy
|-
| 20.
| University of Campinas
| Campinas
| Brazil
| South America
| -47.063239, -22.907105
|
| in process of being established
|
|
|-
| 21.
| Federal University of Alagoas
| Maceió
| Brazil
| South America
| -35.735098, -9.666251
|
| http://www.nmarisco.simplesite.com.br/
|
|
|-
| 22.
| [http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/ North Carolina State University OSGeoREL]
| Raleigh, NC
| USA
| North America
| -78.6764, 35.7818
| 2012-10-18
|Geospatial analysis, modeling and visualization, [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] development
| [[User: helena|Helena Mitasova]]
| hmitaso at ncsu.edu
|-
| 23.
| [http://www.umass.edu/opensource University of Massachusetts Amherst]
| Amherst
| USA
| North America
| -72.524696, 42.393578
| 2012-10-18
| Developing a Web-GIS class; Working on grants to support GeoForAll's activities; Collaboration on open educational materials
| Charlie Schweik
| cschweik at pubpol dot umass dot edu
|-
| 24.
| [https://sites.google.com/site/foss4gku/ University of Kansas]
| Lawrence, KS
| USA
| North America
| -95.251311, 38.958578
| 2013-08-23
|
| Xingong Li
| lixi at ku.edu
|-
| 25.
| [https://geospatial.ucdavis.edu/resources/open-source University of California, Davis]
| Davis
| USA
| North America
| -121.766945, 38.548801
| 2013-02-04
| [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live]
| Alex Mandel
| aimandel at ucdavis.edu
|-
| 26.
| [http://www.cozcyt.gob.mx/labsol/ 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.
| [https://gis.uncc.edu/osgl 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.
| [http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus]
| Semenyih
| Malaysia
| Asia
| 101.721298, 3.172932
| 2012-01-09
| [http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography/Research/GeospatialScience/OSGEO-lab.aspx OSGEO research lab]
| Tuong Thuy Vu
| Tuongthuy.Vu at nottingham.edu.my
|-
| 30.
| [http://www.utm.my/ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia] (UTM)
| Johor Bahru
| Malaysia
| Asia
| 101.874222, 2.943748
|
| in process of being established
|
|
|-
| 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
|
|-
| 32.
| Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC)
| Quezon City
| Philippines
| Asia
| 121.062241, 14.64372
|
| in process of being established
| Maning Sambale
|
|-
| 33.
| [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/labinfo/ Lab for Spatial Informatics], IIIT Hyderabad
| Hyderabad
| India
| Asia
| 78.3503, 17.4454
| 2011-08-22
|
| Dr K S Rajan
|
|-
| 34.
| [http://grel.ist.edu.pk/ 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.
| [http://www.up.ac.za/cgis 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.
| [http://www.rcmrd.org/ Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development] (RCMRD)
| Nairobi
| Kenya
| Africa
| 36.858574, -1.249038
|
| in process of being established
| Hussein Farah
| farah at rcmrd.org
|-
| 37.
| University of Ghana
| Accra
| Ghana
| Africa
| -0.191617, 5.650366
|
| in process of being established
| Foster Mensah
|
|-
| 38.
| [http://osgeolab.unimelb.edu.au/ The University of Melbourne]
| Melbourne
| Australia
| Australia
| 144.962006, -37.797932
| 2013-07-22
|
| Jack Barton
| jack.barton at unimelb.edu.au
|-
| 39.
| [http://spatialquerylab.com/projects/open-source-gis/ 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 [http://spatialquerylab.com/foss4g-academy-curriculum/ our website].
| Rick Smith
| Richard.Smith at tamucc.edu
|-
| 40.
| [http://www.geomaticsindia-cept.org/ CEPT University]
| Ahmedabad
| India
| Asia
| 72.566004,23.039568
| 2012-07-18
| in process of being established
| Prof. Anjana Vyas & Ms. Darshana Rawal
| anjanavyas at cept.ac.in rawalnet at cept.ac.in
|-
| 41.
| National University of San Juan
| San Juan
| Argentina
| South America
| -68.521408, -31.527273
| 2012-06-15
| in process of being established
| Agustin Arroqui
| aarroqui at unsj.edu.ar
|-
| 42.
| [http://geodacenter.asu.edu 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 - [https://geodacenter.asu.edu/software/downloads GeoDa], [http://pysal.org PySAL], [https://geodacenter.asu.edu/software/downloads/geodaspace GeoDaSpace]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Anselin 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.
| [http://www.isric.org ISRIC - World Soil Information foundation]
| Wageningen
| The Netherlands
| Europe
| 5.665662,51.9875
|2013-10-02
|website in construction
| 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.
| Universiti Sains Malaysia
| Penang
| Malaysia
| Asia
| 100.484623, 5.263234
|2013-10-16
|http://campusgis.usm.my/
| Ruslan Rainis
|
|-
| 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
| [http://gis.cri.fmach.it/ GIS and Remote Sensing Unit, Fondazione Edmund Mach ]
| San Michele all'Adige (Trento)
| Italy
| Europe
| 11.133042,46.187865
|2013-10-16
|Geospatial analysis, modeling and remote sensing, [http://grass.osgeo.org GRASS GIS] and [http://pymodis.fem-environment.eu/ pyMODIS] development
| Luca Delucchi
| luca.delucchi at fmach.it
|-
| 51.
| [http://gis.research.southwales.ac.uk/ University of South Wales ]
| Cardiff
| United Kingdom
| Europe
| -3.179090,51.481581
|2013-10-31
|
| Dr Mark Ware
| mark.ware at southwales.ac.uk
|-
| 52.
| [http://gisgeek.pdx.edu/wordpress/open-source-gis/ Portland State University]
| Portland, Oregon
| USA
| North America
| -122.676207,45.523452
| 2013-10-22
| Warming up
| David Percy
| percy at pdx.edu
|-
| 53.
| [http://www.icpac.net/ 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.
| [http://www.labocart.ufc.br/ Federal University of Ceará ]
| Ceará
| Brazil
| South America
| -38.543395,-3.718394
| 2013-10-29
| In process of being established
| Prof. Dr. Adryane Gorayeb
| adryanegorayeb at yahoo dot com dot br
|-
| 55.
| [http://insight.glos.ac.uk/FACULTIES/AS/OSGEOLAB/Pages/default.aspx/ 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.
| [http://mrt.ac.lk/foa/ University of Moratuwa ]
| Moratuwa
| Sri Lanka
| Asia
| 79.9008, 6.7964
| 2013-11-11
| [http://www.mrt.ac.lk/tcp/osgeosl.html OSGeoSL ]
| Aruna Wickramasinghe
| toaruna at gmail.com
|-
| 57.
| [http://www.fudan.edu.cn/ Fudan University]
| Shanghai
| China
| Asia
| 121.452, 31.198
| 2013-11-14
| [http://lab.osstat.org/ 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
| [https://sites.google.com/site/dtmcdermott/home/haskell-cartography-class/ Haskell Indian Nations University]
| Dave McDermott
| dmcdermott at haskell.edu
|-
| 59.
| [http://www.geof.unizg.hr/mod/book/view.php?id=1165&chapterid=110&lang=en University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy]
| Zagreb
| Croatia
| Europe
| 15.963888, 45.808500
| 2013-11-25
|
| Dražen Tutic
| dtutic at geof.hr
|-
| 60.
| [http://www.geo.gob.bo/ 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.
| [http://www2.unb.ca/~estef/geo4all.html 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.
| [http://geo.sab.ac.lk/ 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.
| [http://www.sliit.lk/index.php/sliit/departments/department-of-information-technology Dpt of IT, Faculty of Computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology]
| Malabe
| Sri Lanka
| Asia
| 79.973166667, 6.914866667
| 2013-12-13
| [http://osgeolab.sliit.lk/ OSGeoSLIIT]
| Nimalika Fernando
| nimalikaf at gmail.com
|-
| 64.
| [http://www.unige.ch/sig/geoforall.html 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.
| [http://www.ifs.hsr.ch/Geometa-Lab.12520.0.html?&L=4 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
| In process of being established
| Taichi FURUHASHI
| taichi at csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
|-
| 69.
|[http://foss4geo.org 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
| In process of being established
| Venkatesh RAGHAVAN
| venka.osgeo at gmail.com
|-
| 71.
| [http://www.dicca.unige.it/geomatica/ Università di Genova - Laboratorio di Geomatica]
| Genova
| Italy
| Europe
| 8.962795, 44.400133
| 2014-03-21
|[http://www.gter.it Gter Innovation in Geomatics, Gnss and Gis (spin-off company)]
| Tiziano Cosso - Bianca Federici - Roberto Marzocchi - Domenico Sguerso
| bianca.federici at unige.it
|-
| 72.
| [http://www.eiic.ulpgc.es/ 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.
| [http://carsilab.org 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.
| [http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/index.php/en/ Hellenic digital earth Centre of Excellence, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTH]
| Thessaloniki
| Greece
| Europe
| 22.961498, 40.627516
| 2014-04-05
|
| Nikos Lambrinos
| labrinos at eled.auth.gr
|-
| 75.
| [http://www.zgis.at/ Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS, University of Salzburg]
| Salzburg
| Austria
| Europe
| 13.039586, 47.823711
| 2014-04-14
| [http://www.unigis.net 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.
|[http://gisciencegroup.ucalgary.ca 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.
| [http://www.grf.bg.ac.rs/fakultet/ka/e?kid=5 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
| [[User:BuKun|Bu Kun]]
| See Profile page
|-
| 80.
| [http://www.baycollege.edu/gis 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.
| [http://lab.osgeo.org.ua/ Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) 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
| [[User:Darsvid|Daria Svidzinska]]
| d.svidzinska at gmail.com
|-
| 82.
| [http://geospatial.ucdenver.edu/foss4g/ 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/
| 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
| [[User:Grizonnetm| Manuel Grizonnet]]
| manuel.grizonnet at cnes.fr
|-
| 84.
| Direccion Nacional de Topografia - MTOP
| Montevideo
| Uruguay
| South America
| -56.203617, -34.905912
| 2014-08-15
| [https://gvsigbatovi.wordpress.com/ gvSIG educa/batovi]
| Sergio Acosta Y Lara
| sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy
|-
| 85.
| [http://www.agt.bme.hu/index_e.html 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, ... [http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/?lang=en http://www.agt.bme.hu/osgeolab/?lang=en]
| [[User:Siki| Zoltan Siki]]
| siki at agt.bme.hu
|-
| 86.
| Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
| Cambridge MA
| USA
| North America
|
| 2014-09-17
| in process of being established, [http://worldmap.harvard.edu 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.
| [http://nemac.unca.edu/ 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
| [http://foss4geo.org/ FOSS4G Academy development]
| Kurt Menke
| kurt at birdseyeviewgis.com
|-
| 90.
| [http://gis.blog.ryerson.ca/ 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
| [[User:Crinner| Claus Rinner]]
| crinner at ryerson dot ca
|-
| 91.
| [http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/ 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.
| [http://www-etis.ensea.fr/ 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
| [[User:kotzino | 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
| Working on Touristic GIS
| Alexey Kolesnikov, Pavel Kikin
| alekseykw at gmail.com, it-technologies at yandex.ru
|-
|}

== Interested in adding your own node into the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Labs network? ==

As the lab network is expanding fast, we have also setup nodal contacts for each regions:

# North America - Helena Mitasova (USA), Charles Schweik (USA), Phillip Davis (USA)
# South America - Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay) and Silvana Camboim (Brazil)
# Europe - Maria Brovelli (Italy) and Anne Ghilsa (Germany)
# Asia (including Australia)- Tuong Thuy Vu (Malaysia/Vietnam) and Venkatesh Raghavan (Japan/India)
# 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 establishing a local Lab and joining the "Geo for All" initiative ===

(A) Both parties should work for the vision of the [[MOU_ICA|ICA-OSGeo MoU]] to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software ,open data and open education in the future.

(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 both OSGeo and ICA 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.

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.

== Meetings ==
; Next meeting:
* ...

; Past Meetings:
* [[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

== ISC OSGeo Lab Network Research and Teaching Areas ==

[[ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Research_areas]]
 
[[ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Teaching_areas]]

[[Category: Education]]
[[Category: ICA OSGeo Lab Network]]

Edu current initiatives

2013-09-06T07:01:22Z

Wiki-Sailor:

== 2012-2013 OSGeo Education and Curriculum Current Initiatives ==

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

[http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content OSGeo edu's educational content metadatabase] -- a place for metadata and links to external material we are posting on our own websites 
[http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/xmlui/ University of Nottingham's educational content database] (ELOGeo) -- a place for us to store education content (the source code) to share

===2) Continue to expand the ICA-OSGeo Network ===

This effort is led by Suchith Anand at the University of Nottingham, UK.

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 and Research Centres across the world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software technologies, training and expertise. 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. Details at [[MOU_ICA]].

[http://conlibre.org/osgeolabs/ Visit the ICA-OSGeo Network website]

[https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed?mid=z4Nmc5_-QPhA.kBqA02Uh9xoc Map of the ICA-OSGeo Network Nodes],
[https://maps.google.de/maps/ms?msid=217919488281947849251.0004da7def3b647f010c4&msa=0&ll=-27.332735,-43.330078&spn=18.234488,25.158691 Alternative Map of the ICA-OSGeo Network Nodes](thanks to Franz-Josef)

It is really good to see our rapidly expanding global spread.

Feel free to join the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs to follow the discussions among the participants of this initiative.

The current members of the ICA-OSGeo Network are:

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!
! Laboratory name and institution
! City
! Country
! Continent
! Coordinates
! Notes (collaborations, etc)
|-
| 1.
| [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx University of Nottingham]
| Nottingham
| UK
| Europe
|
|
|-
| 2.
| [http://www.sigte.udg.edu/ University of Girona]
| Girona
| Spain
| Europe
| 41°59′04″N, 02°49′16″E
|
|-
| 3.
| [http://www.osgl.soton.ac.uk/ University of Southampton]
| Southampton
| UK
| Europe
| 50.933882, -1.396658
|
|-
| 4.
| [http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Osgeorel Czech Technical University in Prague]
| Prague
| Czech Republic
| Europe
|
|
|-
| 5.
| [http://research.ncl.ac.uk/osgeolab/ Newcastle University]
| Newcastle
| UK
| Europe
| 54.981189, -1.614617
|
|-
| 6.
| [http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/index.php?lang=en Politecnico di Milano]
| Milano
| Italy
| Europe
|
|
|-
| 7.
| [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/research/facilities/geolab/ University of Warwick]
| Warwick
| UK
| Europe
|
|
|-
| 8.
| [http://www.gridw.pl UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre]
| Warsaw
| Poland
| Europe
| 21°02′11″N, 52°11′57″E
|
|-
| 9.
| [http://www.supsi.ch/ist_en/settori-attivita/geomatica.html University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland] (SUPSI)
|
| Switzerland
| Europe
|
|
|-
| 10.
| ETH Zurich
| Zurich
| Switzerland
| Europe
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 11.
| University of Molise
| Molise
| Italy
| Europe
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 12.
| [http://www.igik.edu.pl/en Institute of Geodesy and Cartography] (IGiK)
| Warsaw
| Poland
| Europe
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 13.
| University of Bucharest
| Bucharest
| Romania
| Europe
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 14.
| University of West Hungary
|
| Hungary
| Europe
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 15.
| [http://www.geomatica.ufpr.br/index.html Federal University of Paraná]
| Paraná
| Brazil
| South America
| 25°26'54"S, 49°13'51"W
|
|-
| 16.
| [http://www.unesp.br/ São Paulo State University] (UNESP)
| São Paulo
| Brazil
| South America
|
|
|-
| 17.
| National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD)
|
| Peru
| South America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 18.
| [http://ltaat.fcien.edu.uy Universidad de la República]
|
| Uruguay
| South America
| 34°52'54.87"S, 56° 7'2.10"W
| new website under development
|-
| 19.
| University of Campinas
|
| Brazil
| South America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 20.
| Federal University of Alagoas
|
| Brazil
| South America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 21.
| [http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/ North Carolina State University]
| Raleigh
| USA, NC
| North America
| 35°46′54.14″N, 78°40′33.79″W
|
|-
| 22.
| [http://www.umasSão Paulos.edu/ University of Massachusetts Amherst]
| Amherst
| USA
| North America
|
|
|-
| 23.
| University of Kansas
|
| USA
| North America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 24.
| [http://ice.ucdavis.edu/ University of California]
| Davis
| USA
| North America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 25.
| [http://www.cozcyt.gob.mx/labsol/ Laboratorio de Software Libre]
| Zacatecas
| Mexico
| North America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 26.
| Kent State University
|
| USA, Ohio
| North America
|
|
|-
| 27.
| Center for Applied GIScience, University of North Carolina Charlotte
| Charlotte
| USA, NC
| North America
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 28.
| [http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography/Newsitems/Establishing-Open-Source-Geospatial-Lab.aspx UNMC]
|
| Malaysia
| Asia
|
| website in development
|-
| 29.
| [http://www.utm.my/ Universiti Teknologi Malaysia] (UTM)
|
| Malaysia
| Asia
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 30.
| National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines
|
| Philippines
| Asia
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 31.
| Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC)
|
| Philippines
| Asia
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 32.
| [http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/labinfo/ Lab for Spatial Informatics], IIIT Hyderabad
| Hyderabad
| India
| Asia
|
|
|-
| 33.
| Geospatial Research and Education Lab (GREL), Institute of Space Technology (IST)
| Islamabad
| Pakistan
| Asia
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 34.
| [http://www.up.ac.za/cgis University of Pretoria]
| Pretoria
| South Africa
| Africa
|
|
|-
| 35.
| [http://www.rcmrd.org/ Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development] (RCMRD)
|
| Kenya
| Africa
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 36.
| University of Ghana
|
| Ghana
| Africa
|
| in process of being established
|-
| 37.
| University of Melbourne
| Melbourne
| Australia
| Australia
|
|
|}

== Interested in adding your own node into the ICA-OSGeo Labs network? ==

As the lab network is expanding fast ,we have also setup nodal contacts for each regions

# Anne Ghisla - Asia & Australia
# Helena Mitasova - North America
# Charlie Schweik - South America
# Suchith Anand - Europe & Africa

Email Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk and cc Helena Mitasova ‎[hmitaso at ncsu.edu]‎, Charlie Schweik ‎[cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu]‎, Anne Ghisla [a.ghisla at gmail.com] to start the conversation and they will be happy to discuss details and guide you through the process.

The key requirements for establishing a local OSGL are:

(A) Both parties should work for the vision of the [[MOU_ICA|ICA-OSGeo MoU]] to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data in the future.

(B) Someone at your institution or organization should have a strong Geospatial knowledge and vision to lead this activity and build a team of people, locally.

(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 the other nodes in the network and others to understand and promote your local efforts around research and teaching of open source geospatial technologies and approaches.

From our end, we will promote the initiative widely through both OSGeo and ICA 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 (for example [http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/ the ELOGeo platform]). We will also add the info of all labs in the Open Geospatial Lab network node site within OSGeo website so that all participating labs urls are added and linked.

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.

== Meetings ==
; Next meeting:
* '''[[ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-09-05]] 18.00 UTC'''

; Past Meetings:
* [[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

[[Category: Education]]
[[Category: ICA OSGeo Lab Network]]