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Find more information on the '''[http://osgeo.in India Chapter of OSGeo]''' web site.

== '''About India OSGeo Chapter''' ==

Geographical Information Systems were seen as very special and very complex domain in India. There is a lot of hype attached with it and with that obviously high cost. So far such systems were seen as something to be used for high level planning and complex scientific operations by large corporates and Govt research agencies or departments only. Also the older mapping policy of India prevented virtually anybody except governments to possess any map data. The picture is however changing fast.

With recent developments in the areas of right-to-information and National Map Policy (http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press_releases05/cabinet-approves.htm), there is a sudden increased awareness towards GIS based information systems. National Urban Renewal Mission (http://pmindia.nic.in/lspeech.asp?id=235), a well funded initiative has made use of GIS in urban local bodies mandatory. A large portion of geodata will now be freely available.All goverement departments are now trying to find easier ways to manage, update and publish information for the public. There are also large number of NGOs and citizen organisation which are working in areas like ubran poverty, town planning, solid waste management,rural development, school education,environmental issues etc. and they have started understanding and appreciating the importance of community GIS systems.

However growth of GIS is hindered by highly priced proprietory softwares and unavailability of public geodata. Many of such licenced softwares remain unutilized in various government offices because they require either extensive training or easy availability on multiple locations. All this can be changed by the use of Free/Opensource software tools. There is hardly any proprietory GIS software that can show text in Unicode standard in maps . This is significant since all governmet data and most educational institutions work in local language media . FOSS GIS has already shown this solution. Thus, Free/Opensource Geospatial softwares which are much more powerful and usable can be used for developing systems where more and more public participation is sought.

The India OSGeo Chapter is formed to fulfill the mission
and objectives described in this document. India OSGeo Chapter will earnestly follow the Local Chapter Guidelines stipulated by OSGeo and cooperate closely with OSGeo Board in promoting the use and development of OSGeo projects in India. The India OSGeo Chapter will strive to serve anyone interested in Open Source Geospatial Solutions and related issues, and to cover all the activities associated with the application, development and promotion of Open Source Geospatial solutions in India.

=== Mission ===

* Promoting Free/Opensource GIS tools and publicly available Geodata
* Advocacy of and promoting Localized GIS
* Act as a bridge between various groups like Developers, Application Users, NGOs, Government departments
* mentor various FOSS GIS miniprojects by providing resources such as technical guidence, webspace etc.
=== Objectives ===

Development:
* follow up on indian language support in various free/opensource GIS tools like GRASS, MapServer etc.
* initiative for standardisation of publicly available geodata
* setting up WMS/WFS based geodata servers using publicly available geodata
* toolkit for localised GIS including with special focus on schools, governments , public causes such as child malnutririon, mass education. [http://www.mydochub.com/home-care.php elder care] and [http://www.mydochub.com find a dentist]

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POCs ('''P'''roof '''O'''f '''C'''oncept demos):
* free/opensource based GIS demos
* localized GIS (interface and maps)
* Collaborative platforms for participatory governance

Regional Events:
* Workshops and Training sessions for
** comp science students/teachers
** geo-informatics/geology/geography/civil engineering students and teachers
** others
* Special Lectures
* Demonstrations

Communication:
* Networking Local Communities related to geo-issues
* Mailing Lists
* Wiki

=== Legal status ===

OSGeo India Chapter is, presently, a voluntary organization, and has not been registered as a legal body. At present, OSGeo legal status is similar to other Open Source related organizations in India such as "Linux India" (http://www.linux-india.org/), "gnomebangalore"(http://www.gnomebangalore.org/) or "KDE India" (http://in.kde.org/). Recently, "Free Software Foundation India" (FSF India) was registered as company and been granted the 80G status under Income Tax Act. India OSGeo Chapter is still a
nascent voluntary organization and will consider the modalities to
register as a legal body at some stage in the future. The India OSGeo Chapter will consult a certified tax cosultant when necessary to ensure compliance with the Indian tax laws.

The activities are managed by the '''Office''' located at 
International Institute of Information Technology 
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India 
Contact E-mail: rajan at iiit dot ac dot in

== '''India OSGeo Chapter Officers''' ==

India OSGeo Representative 
Dr P.S.Roy 
Deputy Director (RS&GIS-AA) 
National Remote Sensing Agency 
(Deptartment of Space, Government of India) 
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 037 
Telephone :+91-40-23884255
Fax: +91-40-23875932 
E-Mail: psr at nrsa dot gov dot in

India OSGeo Chapter Coordinator 
Dr. Yashodhan Joshi 
CEO Relatioware 
Pune, India 
yyj at relationware dot in 

India OSGeo Treasurer 
Dr K.S.Rajan 
Associate Professor 
International Institute of Information Technology 
Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India 
E-Mail: rajan at iiit dot ac dot in

OSGeo Software Development Committee 
Chairpersons 
(Prototyping, Localization, Proof of Concepts etc.) 
Prof. Jitendra Shah 
VJTI Mumbai, India 
jituviju at gmail dot com 

Dr. T.V. Ramachandra 
Indian Institute of Science 
Bangalore, India 
cestvr at ces dot iisc dot ernet dot in 

Regional Events Committee 
Chairpersons 
Mr. V. Ravi Kumar* 
Joint Secretory of the OSGeo India registered body and 
Director (Retired*) 
Centre for Geoinformation Management and Training 
Training Inistitute 
Geological Survey of India 
Bandalaguda,
Hyderabad 500068 
India 
ravivundavalli at yahoo dot com 

Mr. Neeraj Dixit 
Product Manager
Autodesk India Pvt. Ltd. 
Infrastructure Solutions Division (ISD) 
Neeraj dot Dixit at autodesk dot com 

Education and Training Committee 
Chairpersons 
Dr. N.J. Pawar 
Department of Geology,
Pune University 
Ganeshkhind Road 
Pune 411007, India 
njpawar at unipune dot ernet dot in

Dr. S.N. Prasad 
Sàlim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) 
Deccan Regional Station,
Secunderabad - 500 017, India 
Email: narendra_prasad at yahoo dot com 

Dr. H.S.Rai 
Professor of Civil Engineering 
Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College 
Ludhiana - 141006 
India 
Email: hardeep.rai at gmail dot com 
Web: [http://hs.raiandrai.com HS.RaiAndRai.com] 

Advisors 

Dr. S.S. Thigale (spathigale at rediffmail dot com) 
Dr. Rajendra Jagdale (rajendra dot jagdale at gmail dot com) 
Dr. Vishwas S.Kale (vskale at unipune dot ernet dot in) 
Mr. Ashok Saraf (saraf dot ashok at gmail dot com) 
Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan (venkat at osgeo dot org) 
Mr. Kiran Chandra (kiranfsf at gmail dot com) 
Mr. Achuthan Mohan (achuthanmohan at gmail dot com) 
..Add more Advisors here

== '''Initial Membership''' ==
* Dr. Gautam Talukdar
* Dr. Tarun P. Singh
* Amol A. Sale
* Anand Akmanchi
* Aneel Kumar.V
* Anil Kumar.K.V
* Anivar Aravind
* Ankur Mehrotra
* Gangavane
* Indrajit Patil
* Jayant Kirtane
* Kanhaiya K. Kale
* Mahalakshmi Narayanan
* Mahesh Jeevane
* Maneesh Prasad
* Mohan Patil
* N.R. Karmarkar
* Rahul Kaura
* Sajith
* Saroj Akiojam
* Shekhar Krishnan
* Swapnil K. Hajare
* Uttam Kumar
* B.N. Umrikar
* Vrishali Deosthali
* A.V.Satya Kumar
* Praveen Kumar Sinha
* [http://www.wetlandsofindia.org/santosh/index.html Santosh Gaikwad]
* C. Pattanaik
* [http://www.gndec.ac.in/~hsrai/ Hardeep Singh Rai]
* [http://www.hayda.net/ chat]
* M.Surendranath
* Ditty Mathew
* N.Rajendran
* Srinivasan K
* Nageswaran B
* N.R.S.Reddy
* L.P.Singh
* [http://www.geocities.com/ajpnaveen/index.htm A.J.Prakash Naveen]
* S.Ramamurthy
* B.K. Sahu
* J.Simhachalam
* V.Hanumantha Rao
* S.Ananda Murty
* K.Seshayya
* N.Padmayya
* N.R.Ramesh
* U.S.N.Reddy
* R.M.Sundaram
* [http://5map.in Vimal Kumar]
* Narayana Aroori
* P M Bala Manikavelu
* RVN Srinivas
* M Arulraj
* Satya Prasad Sarilla
* Suresh Verma
* Kumar Parakram
* Pranav Kumar
* Harish Kumar Solanki

Temporary mailing list - http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/mailman/listinfo/osgeo_discuss

== '''Meetings of India OSGeo Chapter ''' ==

* 4th Oct 2006, Hyderabad [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Talk:India Meeting Minutes]

* 24th Jan 2006, Hyderabad 
We are Happy to ANNOUNCE that we had a very successful OSGeo Workshop at Map World Forum 2007 today, and thank all the participants for the same. We are also very grateful to our Sponsors OSGeo.org and our Donors thru GNOME Foundation for the financial support in hosting this event. 
Later in the day, the first meeting of the newly constituted Executive Council (Board) of OSGeo-India was held. 
Details will be posted soon.

== '''Links''' ==
* India OSGeo Chapter - http://osgeo.in/
* National Remote Sensing Agency - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/
* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra (Hosting Courtsey : Media Center, Osaka City) - http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/maha_map.dev/
* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.dev/
* Human Development Index (Jalna, Maharashtra)- http://www.indictrans.in/?q=projects/gis/ghdi
* Maharashtra Coverage - Neighbourhood Village - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.coverage/village_search_k.php
* GIS based Slum Information System (Korba Slum, Mumbai) - http://indictrans.in/demos/chameleon/samples/htdocs/korba.phtml
* Mumbai Free Map - http://mumbai.freemap.in/ | http://www.crit.org.in/projects/gis
* Bangalore Free Map - http://bangalore.freemap.in/
* Vasai Virar Subregion Freemap - http://vvsr.freemap.in/
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* Tamil Nadu Maps Online - http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/?info1.htm
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.census.tn.nic.in/
* Tamil Nadu Animal Disease Infformation - http://www.animaldiseaseinfo.tn.nic.in
* GRASS GIS mirror India - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/grass/index.php
* GRDSS (GRASS GUI) - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss
* FOSS at IISc - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss http://www.hayda.net/
* Visualisation of resource maps of Cheruvannur Grama Panchayat. Panchayats are 3rd stratum of administration in India. [Bilingual: English and Malayalam] - http://cheruvannur.web4all.in/resources/
* Free GIS India - http://freegis.gnu.org.in/
* ENVIS Wetland Ecosystems India - http://www.wetlandsofindia.org:8080/sacon/aboutus.jsp/
* GIS & Language Technology related Applications - http://indictrans.in/demos/GIS_Presentation_20061004.pdf

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