Hello everyone;
I would like to congratulate sincerely all the members of OSGeO who are
veryactive. I am also a member of OSGeo for three years and I gained a lot. It
isfrom this list that I discovered the Convention Orientation Munich and I am
oneof the pioneers who are currently developing this technology in Burundi
andalso in Africa. I would like to inform you that this new technology should
besupported and developed in Africa, Europe, America and Asia and
Australiaconsidering its importance in the sustainable development of
developingcountries especially.Sincerely yours Libère Mudende
Le Jeudi 4 août 2016 11h35, Munich Orientation Convention
<[email protected]> a écrit :
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www.volksnav.de/evolution Sorry for the congestion. Von: Munich Orientation
Convention [mailto:[email protected]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. August 2016 08:43
An: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'
Cc: '[email protected]'; 'Enock Seth Nyamador'; '[email protected]';
'[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'
Betreff: Geo for all - also for the consumer Dear OSGeo members, some
projects running in Africa (e. g. Burundi www.volksnav.bi) and mainly the
Geo4all-Africa motivate me again to propose a non-conventional cooperation
concerning natural orientation tools. Resuming:1 - the classical answers to
the simple question “where?” are either too academic (lat/lon) or too simple
(names, post codes, “here!” www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere). 2 - the abundance of
open location codes proves the demand for alternatives to 1. : OpenLocationCode
www.openlocationcode.com, NAC www.nacgeo.com, naymit www.naymit.com, what3words
www.what3words.com, many others www.isotc211.org/Address/standards.htm.
This situation may satisfy universities and administrations but impedes
decisions in favor of the average consumer, e. g. tourists. 3 - the simple
overlay of a circle called r100 www.volksnav.de/r100 is a consumer friendly
additional information which opens many other horizons, mainly the division of
the horizon into 12 directions – instead of academic 360. According to my
experience, African citizens still have the capability to see the things like
children do: naturally. AddisMap www.AddisMap.com was the worldwide first one
who had the courage to overlay the proposed lines and – contradicting all
prophets – this was well accepted: no complains, no panic, no faints. Clicking
on map, the location code for targets, crossings, stop points, bridges etc.
appears, in harmony with the app “blind in Addis” www.volksnav.de/blindInAddis
for those who (think they) can’t read maps. The app has two (!!) compasses, the
second one “points” to the urban center m0, allowing a smart self-guiding.
4 - If such a system would be free and open, this would automatically generate
“better” clocks with other dimensions, symbols, identification letters,
accuracy, shapes, colors etc., destroying the idea of a worldwide identical
orientation standard. At the other side, merit principles and intellectual
property are demonized. The proposed way out is very simple: a standard with
symbolical fees. So I’d appreciate if OSGeo would rethink my proposal. Before
entering into details, I’d suggest that the organizers of Geo4all-Africa
analyze the benefits from the point of view of the consumer. Thank you in
advance for your opinions directed to [email protected]. Don’t be polite, be
honest. Henrique
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