GeoForAll
"Geo For All" is an initiative started by the ICA-OSGeo Labs.
Website: http://www.geoforall.org/
Mission
Making geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all.
Introduction
The motto of ICA-OSGeo Labs initiative is "Geo For All." By combining the potential of e-learning tools and open source geospatial software, the academic community can strengthen education in GIScience providing students with holistic education covering open source, open standards, and open data in geospatial technology.
The widespread application of e-learning tools and open source GIS will increase access to GIS education. Free and open GI software helps make geospatial education available to students from economically poor backgrounds worldwide (removing the need for high cost proprietary GI software). Our key aim is to make it possible for students in developing and poor countries to also be able to receive highest quality geospatial education. We will be starting work on "Train the Trainer" GIS programs for school teachers all over the world. It is very important to have open source GIS and standards (OGC, ISO TC 211) based solutions to achieve widespread application of geotools at grassroots level especially in developing countries. Open source GIS provides accessibility, low cost solutions and lowers the entry barriers for the use of geospatial technologies for all.
Regions
- Africa
- Chairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim (Egypt)
- Mail list: geoforall-africa@lists.osgeo.org
- Webpage: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Africa
- Asia (including Australia)
- Chairs: Tuong Thuy Vu (Malaysia/Vietnam), Venkatesh Raghavan (Japan/India)
- Mail list: geoforall-asiaaustralia@lists.osgeo.org
- Webpage: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Asia
- Europe
- Chairs: Maria Brovelli (Italy), Anne Ghilsa (Germany)
- Mail list: geoforall-europe@lists.osgeo.org
- Webpage: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Europe
- North America
- Chairs: Helena Mitasova (USA), Charles Schweik (USA), Phillip Davis (USA)
- Mail list: geoforall-northamerica@lists.osgeo.org
- Webpage: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_North_America
- South America
- Chairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay), Silvana Camboim (Brazil)
- Mail list: geoforall-southamerica@lists.osgeo.org
- Webpage: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_South_America
Themes
- Urban Science - City Analytics
- Chairs: Chris Pettit (Australia), Patrick Hogan (USA)
- Mail list: geoforall-urbanscience@lists.osgeo.org
- Website: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics
- Teacher Training & School Education
- Chairs: Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska (Poland), Adrian Manning (UK)
- Mail list: geoforall-teachertraining@lists.osgeo.org
- Website: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_TeacherTraining_SchoolEducation
- Spanish Themes GeoForAll (GeoParaTodos)
- Chairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara (Uruguay), Antoni Pérez Navarro (Spain)
- Mail list: Spanish : geoforall-spanish@lists.osgeo.org
- Website: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Spanish