I support the nomination. It will be good to have more OSGeo Charter members from Africa!
Regards, -- Serena Coetzee Geography Building 3-5 Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa email: [email protected] · Web: www.up.ac.za/cgis · Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823 On 26 Aug 2017, at 23:13, Andy Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: I second the nomination. — Andy > On Aug 26, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Polimi <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm honored of nominating Msilikale Msilanga as OSGeo Charter Member. > He is consulting the World Bank on Transportation and ICT by collecting in > Tanzania geospatial information on transportation, education, and public > facilities and by training the government on Open Data. He has a huge > experience in community based projects (using FOSS) for flooding resilience > in informal settlements. > He has been working with the local community since 2011 helping them to > understand how to use the mapping equipment for collaborative projects. > After the experience in Tanzania, he also helped the creation of the first > community mapping in Mozambique. > Moreover, Msilikale is one of the two chairs of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Er Salaam. > I believe that his experience on collaborative mapping is fundamental for our > OSGeo Community. > Many thanks and best regards, > Maria > > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you: > http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies > > <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies> > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli > Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing > Politecnico di Milano > > ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" > http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html > <http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html>, Board of Directors of > OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET > Advisory Board > > UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS Initiative > (Chair of the Capacity Building WG) > > Sol Katz Award 2015 > > P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy) > Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867, [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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