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2012 has been an active year for the Italian Local Chapter! The main activities include participation or organization of events, support to projects, as well as some noticeable members' activities. | 2012 has been an active year for the Italian Local Chapter! The main activities include participation or organization of events, support to projects, as well as some noticeable members' activities. | ||
| − | + | ==Events== | |
| − | + | * Participation to '''XIII Meeting di GRASS e GFOSS''' [1]. The annual meeting has been held on 15-16-17 February, 2012, for the second time in Trieste after ten years [6]. Such event is not exclusively addressed to GRASS users but in general to everyone using geospatial free and open source software and public geodata. The annual GFOSS.it assembly has taken place in this occasion. | |
| + | * Participation to '''VI Conferenza sul Software Libero (CONFSL 2012)''' [2]. CONFSL 2012 is an annual Italian meeting about free and open source software. It has been held in Ancona on 21-22-23 June. | ||
| + | * Support and participation to Smart Cities event in Bologna on July 6: '''Diritti digitali e dati aperti: le basi per Città e Comunità smart'''. Such event has been organized by the association "Stati Generali dell'Innovazione" (SGI) in conjunction with Regione Emilia-Romagna [7] | ||
| + | * Organization of '''GFOSS DAY 2012 - OSMit 2012''' [3]. The event has been held in Turin on November 14-15-16-17; for the first time the GFOSS day has been organized as a coupled event with the annual Open Street Map Italian conference (OSMit), thus pushing a stronger cooperation between OSM and GFOSS communities. After the conference, a Mapping Party has taken place. | ||
| − | ===Support to projects | + | ==Members' activities== |
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| + | ==Support to projects== | ||
===Opportunities to Help=== | ===Opportunities to Help=== | ||
Revision as of 09:04, 13 January 2013
Introduction
The italian GFOSS community is represented by the association GFOSS.it [0], OSGeo Italian Chapter, founded in 2007, counting [to be updated] members, 11 OSGeo Charter Members and 1 OSGeo Board Member. GFOSS.it is carrying out activities regarding both open data and geospatial free and open source software: particularly it seconds the release of geodata from public administrations under a suitable open license.
Key Accomplishments
2012 has been an active year for the Italian Local Chapter! The main activities include participation or organization of events, support to projects, as well as some noticeable members' activities.
Events
- Participation to XIII Meeting di GRASS e GFOSS [1]. The annual meeting has been held on 15-16-17 February, 2012, for the second time in Trieste after ten years [6]. Such event is not exclusively addressed to GRASS users but in general to everyone using geospatial free and open source software and public geodata. The annual GFOSS.it assembly has taken place in this occasion.
- Participation to VI Conferenza sul Software Libero (CONFSL 2012) [2]. CONFSL 2012 is an annual Italian meeting about free and open source software. It has been held in Ancona on 21-22-23 June.
- Support and participation to Smart Cities event in Bologna on July 6: Diritti digitali e dati aperti: le basi per Città e Comunità smart. Such event has been organized by the association "Stati Generali dell'Innovazione" (SGI) in conjunction with Regione Emilia-Romagna [7]
- Organization of GFOSS DAY 2012 - OSMit 2012 [3]. The event has been held in Turin on November 14-15-16-17; for the first time the GFOSS day has been organized as a coupled event with the annual Open Street Map Italian conference (OSMit), thus pushing a stronger cooperation between OSM and GFOSS communities. After the conference, a Mapping Party has taken place.