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| − | + | [[Image:Venka-sol-katz-award-2012.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Venka (second from right) receiving the 2012 Sol Katz Award award at FOSS4G India in Hyderabad]] | |
| − | + | ==About== | |
| − | + | Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at [https://www.omu.ac.jp/ Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan]. He coined the [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G FOSS4G] acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is one of the founders & former Presidents of OSGeo, and he also plays an active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia. | |
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| − | + | Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in [https://zoo-project.org ZOO WPS Platform] Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G. | |
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| − | + | On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the [https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/prof-venkatesh-raghavan-receives-sol-katz-award/ 2012 Sol Katz Award], at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad. | |
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| + | : [mailto:venkat@osgeo.org email] venkat(at)osgeo.org | ||
| + | : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/ | ||
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| + | ; OSGeo Experience | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:32, 28 September 2026
About
Venkatesh Raghavan (aka Venka) is Professor Emeritus of Geoinformatics at Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan. He coined the FOSS4G acronym in 2004 to denote Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics and has been promoting FOSS4G ever since. He is one of the founders & former Presidents of OSGeo, and he also plays an active role in OSGeo Local Chapters in Asia.
Research interest includes Geospatial Services, Sensor Web and Remote Sensing for change detection. Recently, involved in ZOO WPS Platform Project. Team leader and member in several Geoinformatics projects and vast experience in conducting national and international training programs and development of learning materials for RS/GIS using FOSS4G.
On 2012-10-25, Venka was named as the recipient of the 2012 Sol Katz Award, at the inaugural FOSS4G-India event, in Hyderabad.
contact:
- email venkat(at)osgeo.org
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkatesh-raghavan-5977b214/
- OSGeo Experience
