Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2017 Code Sprint Head count

2017-08-01 Thread Guido Stein
Thanks to Regina for organizing the Code Sprint. If you are in the Boston area and have the time to participate I highly recommend attending. We are going to be holding the Code Sprint at District Hall, which is a very swanky community meeting space. I am really looking forward to filling the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please share Open Principles in Science and Education ideas and philosophy at all Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo week , GIS day etc )

2017-08-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleague, May i request all who are taking part in various Geo events (Geography Awareness Week, OSM Geo Week, GIS day etc ) to also make use of the opportunity to promote Open Principles in GeoEducation by sharing information on GeoForAll and welcoming those interested to be part of

[OSGeo-Discuss] GeoForAll Lab of the month – Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia

2017-08-01 Thread Suchith Anand
Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to introduce our colleagues at the Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia as the GeoForAll lab of the month. Their research is closely integrated with teaching. Currently, they are running single

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] INSPIRE Hack 2017 - Open Data, Volunteered Geographic Information and Citizen Observatories

2017-08-01 Thread Andrea Giacomelli
Thanks Suchit! One quick summertime semantic question: what is the difference between a mashup event and a hackathon? I was considering that the word mashup was more used a couple of years ago, while now I hear more about hackathons and was wondering is others have some feel about how these