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=== Mission === | === Mission === | ||
| − | + | The mission of OSGeo Taiwan is to empower Taiwan's information society via: | |
* Develop open source geo-spatial software | * Develop open source geo-spatial software | ||
* Promote open source geo-spatial software | * Promote open source geo-spatial software | ||
| − | * | + | * Promote collection and sharing of open geo-spatial data |
| − | + | Some other possible missions: | |
* Integrating grassroot Geo-Data processing community and Scaling-up | * Integrating grassroot Geo-Data processing community and Scaling-up | ||
* Visionizing future global geo-spatial scenario | * Visionizing future global geo-spatial scenario | ||
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* Promotion and outreaching in GIS market and user communities | * Promotion and outreaching in GIS market and user communities | ||
* Forming strategic alliance among affiliations | * Forming strategic alliance among affiliations | ||
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=== Objectives === | === Objectives === | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 24 March 2007
Taiwan Chapter of OSGeo
About Taiwan OSGeo Chapter
Mission
The mission of OSGeo Taiwan is to empower Taiwan's information society via:
- Develop open source geo-spatial software
- Promote open source geo-spatial software
- Promote collection and sharing of open geo-spatial data
Some other possible missions:
- Integrating grassroot Geo-Data processing community and Scaling-up
- Visionizing future global geo-spatial scenario
- Lobbying and influencing governmental open geo-data initiatives
- Promotion and outreaching in GIS market and user communities
- Forming strategic alliance among affiliations
Objectives
- Legalization of OSGeo Taiwan
- Geo-spatial data roadmap?
- Localization?
- Goverment agencies lobby project
Legal status
Volunteer organization right now, about to turn into a legal Taiwanese organization.
Taiwan OSGeo Chapter Officers
Initial Membership
- Mr. Dongpo Deng (IIS, Academia Sinica)
- Mr. Hsiung-Ming "veevee" Liao (Computing Center, Academia Sinica)
- Mr. Shih-Chieh "Ilya" Li (NDAP, Academia Sinica)
- Mr. Sander Borghuis (s.borghuis at geo dot uu dot nl, NTU, UU.nl)
- Mr. Tain-Yuan Shih
- Dr. Tyng-Ruey Chuang (Creative Commons Taiwan Project, IIS, Academia Sinica)
- Mr. Yi-Hong Chang (IIS, Academia Sinica)
- Mr. Tsung-Wei "Marr" Hu (OSSF, IIS, Academia Sinica)
- Dr. Sheng-Tsai Huang (NPUST, Community University)