[OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread maning sambale
Dear everyone, A couple of colleagues are asking me this. Are there any MS/scholarship GIS programs that focuses on the use of FOSS4G? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2013-12-06 11:54 AM, maning sambale wrote: Dear everyone, A couple of colleagues are asking me this. Are there any MS/scholarship GIS programs that focuses on the use of FOSS4G? You might actually start by browsing the OSGeo/ICA labs forming in programs across the globe, there you will

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:54 PM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com wrote: Dear everyone, A couple of colleagues are asking me this. Are there any MS/scholarship GIS programs that focuses on the use of FOSS4G? Could you tell us what MS means here, since I first read it as Microsoft.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread maning sambale
Could you tell us what MS means here, since I first read it as Microsoft. Do you mean Masters level (as in something like a one-year MSc course typically taken after a first degree)? Or something else? Sorry, I meant Masters. -- cheers, maning

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread maning sambale
You might actually start by browsing the OSGeo/ICA labs forming in programs across the globe, there you will likely find active FOSS4G programs and faculty. http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ Thanks, jeff. -- cheers, maning -- Freedom

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Darrell Fuhriman
It doesn't focus exclusively on FOSS4G (no sane program would), but the Penn State program makes fairly extensive use of FOSS tools, especially in the programming classes. Darrell On Dec 6, 2013, at 07:54, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com wrote: Dear everyone, A couple of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Frans Thamura
Curious Any univ undergrad using foss4g? On Dec 7, 2013 9:27 AM, Darrell Fuhriman darr...@garnix.org wrote: It doesn't focus exclusively on FOSS4G (no sane program would), but the Penn State program makes fairly extensive use of FOSS tools, especially in the programming classes. Darrell

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Helena Mitasova
There should be a list of universities offering FOSS4G-based courses on edu wiki, here is my original list from May 2012, focused on full semester courses http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/grasswork/osgeoedu_courses.html I don't know which are still offered, Helena Helena Mitasova Associate