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'''India Chapter of OSGeo (draft)'''
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<!--Find more information on the '''[http://osgeo.in India Chapter of OSGeo]''' web site. -->
  
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== '''About OSGeo-India Chapter''' ==
  
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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.
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Some people are interested in mapdata as 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 proprietary GIS software that can show text in Unicode standard in maps. This is significant since all government 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.
  
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== '''About India OSGeo''' ==
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The OSGeo-India Chapter is formed to fulfill the mission and objectives described in this document. OSGeo-India 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 OSGeo-India 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.
  
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
  
 
=== Mission ===
 
=== Mission ===
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* Advocacy of and promoting Localized GIS
 
* Advocacy of and promoting Localized GIS
 
* Act as a bridge between various groups like Developers, Application Users, NGOs, Government departments
 
* Act as a bridge between various groups like Developers, Application Users, NGOs, Government departments
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* mentor various FOSS GIS miniprojects by providing resources such as technical guidence, webspace etc.
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* mentor various FOSS GIS miniprojects by providing resources such as technical guidance, webspace etc.
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=== Objectives ===
 
=== Objectives ===
  
 
Development:
 
Development:
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* follow up on indian language support in various free/opensource GIS tools like GRASS, MapServer etc.
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* follow up on Indian language support in various free/opensource GIS tools like GRASS, MapServer etc.
 
* initiative for standardisation of publicly available geodata  
 
* initiative for standardisation of publicly available geodata  
 
* setting up WMS/WFS based geodata servers using publicly available geodata
 
* setting up WMS/WFS based geodata servers using publicly available geodata
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* toolkit for localised GIS including with special focus on schools, governments , public causes such as child malnutririon, mass education.
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* toolkit for localised GIS including with special focus on schools, governments, public causes such as child malnutrition, mass education.
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POCs ('''P'''roof '''O'''f '''C'''oncept demos):
 
POCs ('''P'''roof '''O'''f '''C'''oncept demos):
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* Workshops and Training sessions for
 
* Workshops and Training sessions for
 
** comp science students/teachers
 
** comp science students/teachers
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** geology/geography/civil engineering students and teachers
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** geo-informatics/geology/geography/civil engineering students and teachers
 
** others
 
** others
 
* Special Lectures
 
* Special Lectures
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* Wiki
 
* Wiki
  
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== '''India OSGeo Chapter Officers''' ==
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=== Legal status ===
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OSGeo India is registered as, 'Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo)', on 2nd April 2008 at Hyderabad (India).
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https://goo.gl/photos/47h8zqAvhrJcSwCT6
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The activities are managed by the '''Office''' located at <br>
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International Institute of Information Technology<br>
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Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India<br>
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Contact E-mail: rajan at iiit dot ac dot in
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== '''India OSGeo Chapter Executive''' ==
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<b>Chairman</b><br>
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Dr Swarna Subba Rao <br>
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Surveyor General General(retd)<br>
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Survey of India<br>
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<b>Secretary</b><br>
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Mr. V. Ravi Kumar*<br>
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http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Ravi_Kumar_Vundavalli<br>
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12-11-120, Aryapuram,Rajahmundry 533104<br>
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Director (Retired) <br>
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Centre for Geoinformation Management and Training, Training Inistitute<br> Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500068<br>
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ravivundavalli at yahoo dot com<br>
  
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<b>India OSGeo Representative</b><br>
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<b>Treasurer</b><br>
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Dr K.S.Rajan<br>
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Associate Professor<br>
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International Institute of Information Technology<br>
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Gachibowli, Hyderabad-500 032, India<br>
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rajan at iiit dot ac dot in<br>
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<b>Executive Members</b><br>
 
Dr P.S.Roy<br>
 
Dr P.S.Roy<br>
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Deputy Director (RS&GIS-AA)<br>
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University Center for Earth and Space Sciences<br>
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National Remote Sensing Agency<br>
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University of Hyderabad<br>
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(Deptartment of Space, Government of India)<br>
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Hyderabad 500032<br>
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Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 037<br>
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psroy13 at gmail dot com<br>
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Telephone :+91-40-23884255
 
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Fax: +91-40-23875932<br>
 
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E-Mail: psr at nrsa dot gov dot in
 
  
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<b>India OSGeo Chapter Coordinator</b><br>
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Dr R.C.Prasad<br>
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Dr. Yashodhan Joshi<br>
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Assistant Professor<br>
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CEO Relatioware<br>
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International Institute of Information Technology<br>
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Pune, India<br>
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Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032<br>
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yyj at relationware dot in<br>
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rcprasad at iiit dot ac dot in<br>
  
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<b>OSGeo Software Development Chairperson<br></b>  
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Mr Soma Rama Murthy<br>
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(Prototyping, Localization, Proof of Concepts etc.)<br>
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Director (retd)<br>
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Dr. Jitendra Shah<br>
 
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VJTI Mumbai, India<br>
 
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jituviju at gmail dot com
 
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<b>Regional Events Chairperson</b><br>
 
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Dr. V. Ravi Kumar*<br>
 
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Director<br>
 
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Geodata Division,
 
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Southern Region<br>  
 
 
Geological Survey of India<br>
 
Geological Survey of India<br>
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Bandalaguda,
 
 
Hyderabad 500068<br>
 
Hyderabad 500068<br>
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India<br>
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ramasoma at gmail dot com in<br>
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ravi vundavalli at yahoo dot com<br>
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(Ravi is involved in OSGEO India chapter in a purely personal capacity)<br>
 
  
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<b>Education and Training Chairperson</b><br>
 
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Dr. N.J. Pawar<br>
 
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Department of Geology,
 
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Pune University<br>
 
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Ganeshkhind Road<br>
 
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Pune 411007, India<br>
 
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njpawar at unipune dot ernet dot in
 
  
 
<b>Advisors</b><br>
 
<b>Advisors</b><br>
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Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan<br>
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Dr. H.S.Rai, hardeep.rai at gmail dot com [http://hs.raiandrai.com HS.RaiAndRai.com]<br>
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Member of OSGeo Board of Directors<br>
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Dr. S.S. Thigale (spathigale at rediffmail dot com)<br>
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venkat @ osgeo dot org<br>
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Dr. Rajendra Jagdale (rajendra dot jagdale at gmail dot com)<br>
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Dr. Vishwas S.Kale (vskale at unipune dot ernet dot in)<br>
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Mr. Ashok Saraf (saraf dot ashok at gmail dot com)<br>
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Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan (venkat at osgeo dot org)<br>
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Mr. Kiran Chandra (kiranfsf at gmail dot com)<br>
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Mr. Achuthan Mohan (achuthanmohan at gmail dot com)<br>
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Dr. Peddada Jagadeeswararao (pjr_geoin at rediffmail dot com)<br>
 
..Add more Advisors here
 
..Add more Advisors here
  
 
== '''Initial Membership''' ==
 
== '''Initial Membership''' ==
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* Achuthan Mohan
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* Dr. Gautam Talukdar
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* Dr. Awase Khirni Syed
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* Dr. Tarun P. Singh
 
* Amol A. Sale
 
* Amol A. Sale
 
* Anand Akmanchi
 
* Anand Akmanchi
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* Aneel Kumar.V
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* Anil Kumar.K.V
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* Anivar Aravind
 
* Ankur Mehrotra
 
* Ankur Mehrotra
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* Ashok Saraf
 
 
* Gangavane
 
* Gangavane
 
* Indrajit Patil
 
* Indrajit Patil
 
* Jayant Kirtane
 
* Jayant Kirtane
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* Kanhaiya Kale
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* Kanhaiya K. Kale
 
* Mahalakshmi Narayanan
 
* Mahalakshmi Narayanan
 
* Mahesh Jeevane
 
* Mahesh Jeevane
 
* Maneesh Prasad
 
* Maneesh Prasad
 
* Mohan Patil
 
* Mohan Patil
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* Neeraj Dixit
 
 
* N.R. Karmarkar
 
* N.R. Karmarkar
 
* Rahul Kaura
 
* Rahul Kaura
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* Rajendra Jagdale
 
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* S.Narendra Prasad
 
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* S.S.Thigale
 
 
* Sajith
 
* Sajith
 
* Saroj Akiojam
 
* Saroj Akiojam
 
* Shekhar Krishnan
 
* Shekhar Krishnan
 
* Swapnil K. Hajare
 
* Swapnil K. Hajare
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* T.V. Ramachandra
 
 
* Uttam Kumar
 
* Uttam Kumar
 
* B.N. Umrikar
 
* B.N. Umrikar
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* Vishwas S. Kale
 
 
* Vrishali Deosthali
 
* Vrishali Deosthali
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* Add your name here
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* A.V.Satya Kumar
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* Praveen Kumar Sinha
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* [http://www.wetlandsofindia.org/santosh/index.html Santosh Gaikwad]
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* C. Pattanaik
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* [http://www.gndec.ac.in/~hsrai/ Hardeep Singh Rai]
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* M.Surendranath
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* Ditty Mathew
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* N.Rajendran
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* Srinivasan K
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* Nageswaran B
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* N.R.S.Reddy
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* L.P.Singh
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* A.J.Prakash Naveen
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* S.Ramamurthy
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* B.K. Sahu
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* J.Simhachalam
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* V.Hanumantha Rao
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* S.Ananda Murty
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* K.Seshayya
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* N.Padmayya
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* N.R.Ramesh
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* U.S.N.Reddy
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* R.M.Sundaram
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* Vimal Kumar
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* Narayana Aroori
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* P M Bala Manikavelu
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* RVN Srinivas
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* M Arulraj
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* Satya Prasad Sarilla
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* Suresh Verma
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* Kumar Parakram
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* Pranav Kumar
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* Harish Kumar Solanki
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. V.Bala Sankar
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== '''Activity of  OSGeo India Chapter ''' ==
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Coming-up Workshop: https://cerg.org.in/foss4g-workshop
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Pl see link http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:Ravivundavalli<br>
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<!--== '''Meetings of India OSGeo Chapter ''' == -->
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<!--* 4th Oct 2006, Hyderabad [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Talk:India Meeting Minutes]-->
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<!--* 24th Jan 2006, Hyderabad<br>-->
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<!--We are Happy to ANNOUNCE that we had a very successful OSGeo Workshop at  -->
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<!--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 -->
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<!--this event.<br>-->
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<!--Later in the day, the first meeting of the newly constituted Executive Council (Board) of OSGeo-India was held. <br>-->
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== Communication ==
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* Through mailing lists
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** Discuss: subscribe at http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/india-discuss
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** Board: subscribe at http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/india-board
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You can search these archives through Nabble: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/OSGeo-India-Local-Chapter-f5000899.html
  
 
== '''Links''' ==
 
== '''Links''' ==
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* OSGeo India's Societal project - http://www.mana-rajahmundry.org/
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* OSGeo India's Societal GIS project (under development) with crowdsourcing - http://www.mana-rajahmundry.org/namma-mysuru/
 
* National Remote Sensing Agency - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/
 
* National Remote Sensing Agency - http://www.nrsa.gov.in/
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* Mumbai Free Map - http://www.mumbai.freemap.in/
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* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra (Hosting Courtsey : Media Center, Osaka City) - http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/maha_map.dev/
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* GIS based Village Information System - Maharashtra - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.dev/
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* Human Development Index (Jalna, Maharashtra)- http://www.indictrans.in/?q=projects/gis/ghdi
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* Maharashtra Coverage - Neighbourhood Village - http://indictrans.in/demos/maha_map.coverage/village_search_k.php
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* GIS based Slum Information System (Korba Slum, Mumbai) - http://indictrans.in/demos/chameleon/samples/htdocs/korba.phtml
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* Mumbai Free Map - http://mumbai.freemap.in/ | http://www.crit.org.in/projects/gis
 
* Bangalore Free Map - http://bangalore.freemap.in/
 
* Bangalore Free Map - http://bangalore.freemap.in/
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* Vasai Virar Subregion Freemap - http://www.vvsr.freemap.in/
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* Vasai Virar Subregion Freemap - http://vvsr.freemap.in/
 
* Tamil Nadu Maps Online - http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/?info1.htm
 
* Tamil Nadu Maps Online - http://tnmaps.tn.nic.in/?info1.htm
 
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.census.tn.nic.in/
 
* Tamil Nadu Census 2001 - http://www.census.tn.nic.in/
 
* Tamil Nadu Animal Disease Infformation - http://www.animaldiseaseinfo.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
 
* GRASS GIS mirror India - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/grass/index.php
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* GRDSS (GRASS GUI)  - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/grdss/index.php
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* GRDSS (GRASS GUI)  - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss
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* FOSS at IISc - http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/foss
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* 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/
 
* Free GIS India - http://freegis.gnu.org.in/
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* ENVIS Wetland Ecosystems India - http://www.wetlandsofindia.org:8080/sacon/aboutus.jsp/
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* GIS & Language Technology related Applications - http://indictrans.in/demos/GIS_Presentation_20061004.pdf
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[[Category:Local Chapters]]
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[[Category:India]]

Latest revision as of 00:16, 11 December 2024


About OSGeo-India 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. Some people are interested in mapdata as 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 proprietary GIS software that can show text in Unicode standard in maps. This is significant since all government 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 OSGeo-India Chapter is formed to fulfill the mission and objectives described in this document. OSGeo-India 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 OSGeo-India 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 guidance, 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 malnutrition, mass education.


POCs (Proof Of Concept 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 is registered as, 'Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo)', on 2nd April 2008 at Hyderabad (India). https://goo.gl/photos/47h8zqAvhrJcSwCT6

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 Executive

Chairman
Dr Swarna Subba Rao
Surveyor General General(retd)
Survey of India


Secretary
Mr. V. Ravi Kumar*
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Ravi_Kumar_Vundavalli
12-11-120, Aryapuram,Rajahmundry 533104
Director (Retired)
Centre for Geoinformation Management and Training, Training Inistitute
Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500068
ravivundavalli at yahoo dot com

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

Executive Members
Dr P.S.Roy
University Center for Earth and Space Sciences
University of Hyderabad
Hyderabad 500032
psroy13 at gmail dot com

Dr R.C.Prasad
Assistant Professor
International Institute of Information Technology
Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032
rcprasad at iiit dot ac dot in

Mr Soma Rama Murthy
Director (retd)
Geological Survey of India
Hyderabad 500068
ramasoma at gmail dot com in


Advisors
Dr. H.S.Rai, hardeep.rai at gmail dot com HS.RaiAndRai.com
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)
Dr. Peddada Jagadeeswararao (pjr_geoin at rediffmail dot com)
..Add more Advisors here

Initial Membership

  • Dr. Gautam Talukdar
  • Dr. Awase Khirni Syed
  • 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
  • Santosh Gaikwad
  • C. Pattanaik
  • Hardeep Singh Rai
  • M.Surendranath
  • Ditty Mathew
  • N.Rajendran
  • Srinivasan K
  • Nageswaran B
  • N.R.S.Reddy
  • L.P.Singh
  • 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
  • Vimal Kumar
  • Narayana Aroori
  • P M Bala Manikavelu
  • RVN Srinivas
  • M Arulraj
  • Satya Prasad Sarilla
  • Suresh Verma
  • Kumar Parakram
  • Pranav Kumar
  • Harish Kumar Solanki

. V.Bala Sankar

Activity of OSGeo India Chapter

Coming-up Workshop: https://cerg.org.in/foss4g-workshop

Pl see link http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:Ravivundavalli



Communication

You can search these archives through Nabble: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/OSGeo-India-Local-Chapter-f5000899.html

Links

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