Difference between revisions of "Brazilian Chapter Report 2007"

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== Key Accomplishments ==
 
== Key Accomplishments ==
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* Third UMN Mapserver Users' Meeting
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* Third Brazilian Mapserver Users' Meeting - ENUM
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* May 2007
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  This meeting was held in May 2007, in the auditorium of the Federal Government Palace, in Brasilia.  
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* The OSGeo-India was officially born with its very first OSGeo workshop held at the Map World Forum, Hyderabad 22-25th January 2007. This well attended event was also participated by OSGeo delegates from China, Vietnam and Japan. Since then populasrising Open Source GIS was its main thrust through various, lectures, Workshops and exhibitions.
 
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* February 2007
 
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* National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Human Well-Being was organized by Department of Zoology, Osmania
 
  
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* Public Audience of [https://www.governoeletronico.gov.br/acoes-e-projetos/e-ping-padroes-de-interoperabilidade/ e-PING]
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  This meeting was held in Sept 2007, in the auditorium of the Ministry of Health, in Brasilia.
  
 
== Areas for Improvement ==
 
== Areas for Improvement ==
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* OSGeo-India is helping in creation of GIS datasets for the parliamentory constituency of Rajahmundry town in Andhrapradesh. This will be a model for future endeavours where public at large can benifit from use of Open Source GIS, in Town planning, Sanitation, Analysis of School education etc.
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* OGC WMS and WFS recomendation.
  
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* The OSGeo-India will conduct trainings in Open Source Geospatial software encouraging student and researchers in conducting lectures and workshops.   
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* [http://pt.wikibooks.org/wiki/I3geo I3GEO] is now distributed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/br/deed.en Creative Commons License].
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  [http://mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo/aplicmap/geral.htm?u3q0a1rp0an67l1oci3k3vojg2 Demo]
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   [http://mapas.mma.gov.br/download/ Download]
  
 
== Opportunities to Help ==
 
== Opportunities to Help ==
  
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*    OSGeo Members can help in customising the Open Source GIS software such that the end user
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*    OSGeo members can support local initiatives for organizing the Brazilian Chapter.
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can work around to add data, query etc with limited exposure. This will make the GIS data
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created sustainable. Customisation will include making a simple model for using a server (PostGIS)
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*    We seek help for organizing all documentation to request I3GEO incubation under OSGeo.
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serving GIS data with customised frontend software like Qgis, OpenJUMP etc in India languages.
 
  
 
== Outlook for 2008 ==
 
== Outlook for 2008 ==
  
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* The GIS datasets being created for the town of Rajahmundry using Open Source GIS, Andhra Pradesh, will be a model for other municipal corporations to follow. The benificiaries include Governament as well as the students of post graduation in Geoinformatics, of Nannaya University of the same town.
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* Fourth Brazilian Mapserver Users' Meeting - ENUM.
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* OSGeo-India wishes to encourage academic institutes teaching GIS to also adopt Open Source GIS by helping them providing resource persons from OSGeo-India.
 
  
 
[[Category: Reports 2007]]
 
[[Category: Reports 2007]]

Latest revision as of 02:58, 27 March 2008

Annual Report

Key Accomplishments

  • Third Brazilian Mapserver Users' Meeting - ENUM
 This meeting was held in May 2007, in the auditorium of the Federal Government Palace, in Brasilia. 

 This meeting was held in Sept 2007, in the auditorium of the Ministry of Health, in Brasilia.

Areas for Improvement

  • OGC WMS and WFS recomendation.
 Demo
 Download

Opportunities to Help

  • OSGeo members can support local initiatives for organizing the Brazilian Chapter.
  • We seek help for organizing all documentation to request I3GEO incubation under OSGeo.

Outlook for 2008

  • Fourth Brazilian Mapserver Users' Meeting - ENUM.
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