After the buzz generated by the publication of the first edition of FOSSGIS
Brasil magazine, we will treat a very important subject that has everything
to do with opensource geospatial technology: education.
It is known that formal education in Brazil is not in it's best shape,
nevertheless, many teaching and research institutions have been searching
for alternatives to provide quality educational support and improve
instruction for students and citizens.
Within this context, many institutions have seen in open source software, an
option, since this kind of software is free of licesing fees and helps
students to understand better the word "cooperation".
Following this line of thougth, this edition will address the use of open
source GIS softwares in schools and universities, showing that it is
possible to provide quality teaching with this type of software, as it is
done in IFPB Geoprocessamento major.
We had the pleasure to interview in this edition Prof. Jorge Xavier da
Silva, emeritus teacher of UFRJ and mentor of the the first 100% brazilian
GIS: SAGA-UFRJ.
Still in this edition you will be able to check out articles about WKT
Raster, a PostGIS alternative to storing and manipulating rasters, Quantum
GIS, Kosmo GIS and the second part of the Mobile GIS article, presentend in
the first edition, amongst others.
We all hope that you like this new edition, and leave out your comments on
our website. To download the second edition of FOSSGIS-Brasil, just go to
the following link:
http://fossgisbrasil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=2
Sincerely,
FOSSGIS Brasil Team
http://www.fossgisbrasil.com.br/
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Fernando Quadro
http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br
twitter.com/fernandoquadro
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