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These are Jo's notes which loosely correspond to [[FOSS4G2006 minutes]] | These are Jo's notes which loosely correspond to [[FOSS4G2006 minutes]] | ||
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| + | Speaker: italian language GRASS tutorials developed over 10 years. "best practise" can be very local - how can "one true way" be recommended? | ||
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| + | Markus: new dataset for GRASS in progress. replacement for spearfish needed. using North Carolina data, inc. municipal, agricultural data sources. | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 12 September 2006
These are Jo's notes which loosely correspond to FOSS4G2006 minutes
University curricula - step by step
Mention of OSGeo certification from speaker - levels indicating competency.
Venka: "postgres certified engineer" program. Is certification responsibility of educational people?
Speaker: tutorials and programs drive accreditation
another speaker: GISCI.org - certification institute - is about the principles much more than the "button pushing" certification about tools and specific projects
Ari: we don't want to limit osgeo educational activity only to osgeo incubating projects
Venka: geoinformatics publication in Thailand wants to make an osgeo/foss4g cc licensed issue of its journal (international journal of geoinformatics) - 4000USD support for 150 page publication http://www.j-geoinfo.net/
Ari states potential reservations about sponsoring a publication
Speaker suggests that osgeo should be operating a "clearing house" for tutorial material
cf Educational Resources - this would benefit from more structure / a kind of peer review backend
Speaker: italian language GRASS tutorials developed over 10 years. "best practise" can be very local - how can "one true way" be recommended?
Ari: university education is more theoretical
Markus: new dataset for GRASS in progress. replacement for spearfish needed. using North Carolina data, inc. municipal, agricultural data sources.