Pacific Islands Chapter
Pacific Islands Chapter of OSGeo
This is the Beginning of the OSGeo Pacific Islands Chapter November, 9 2012.
Introduction
Open Source for geospatial software has been advocated here in the Pacific Islands region for over a decade. The GIS/RS Special Interest Group of the Pacific Islands Chapter of Internet Society GIS/RS SIGhas been instrumental in the promotion of Open Source spearheaded by the South Pacific Applied and Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) by making source code available to its Stakeholders starting with the GIS for Utilities Project in 1997. Since then the GIS/RS community in the Pacific Islands region have been thriving and active with Open Source sessions/discussions during the Pacific Islands GIS/RS Annual Conferences GIS/RS Conference.
Objectives
The Pacific Islands Chapter, facilitates the advancement of open source for geospatial software, technologies and usage in the Pacific Islands region by:
- Sharing data, information, problems and solutions among users
- Operation of a mailing list
- Encouraging the creation of national users groups
- Organizing meetings and work towards a regional Pacific Islands OSGeo Chapter conference
- Monitoring open source for geospatial software, technologies and usage
Members
- Aporo Kirikava (Cook Islands Police) - RAROTONGA
- Dominic Afuyave (PNG Power Ltd) - PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- Edwin Liava'a (CheSpatial) - FIJI
- Etuate Cocker (University of Auckland, NZ) - TONGA
- Gordon Denty - (Solomon Islands Electricity Authority, SIEA) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
- Nomeneta Saili - (Electricity Power Corporation, EPC) - SAMOA
- Robinson Woods - (Freelance GIS/RS Consultant) - SOLOMON ISLANDS
- Sachindra Singh - (Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)) - FIJI