Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-10-03 Thread Ian Turton
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Charlie Schweik wrote: > > I'm also wondering if we could get some funding somewhere to hold an invited > workshop (that pays for people to attend) to really dig into this. > http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/2.jsp#IID7 - I'm game to aid in the request but I do

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-10-03 Thread Arnie Shore
As a possible interim step, visiting lecturers are often welcome if they bring some credentials. ~ AS On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote: > Ravi wrote: > >> 'Universities should teach only with FOSS' >> >> Wish academia think like that. >> > Part of the issue is getting facul

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-10-03 Thread Charlie Schweik
Ravi wrote: 'Universities should teach only with FOSS' Wish academia think like that. Part of the issue is getting faculty to learn themselves and make the shift. This underlies what I am getting at. I need to learn it. Busy faculty teach what they have learned in the past. I'm currently invo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Next 5 years for OSGeo

2009-10-03 Thread Ravi
'Universities should teach only with FOSS' Wish academia think like that. I recall, how at a GSDI convention, a renouned professor of Geoinformatics was asked, 'Why dont you teach FOSS GIS', and pat came the reply. We teach as per the need and, as and when it arises we shall (teach FOSS GIS). T

[OSGeo-Discuss] desktop gis comparison at code sprint foss4g

2009-10-03 Thread andrea antonello
Hi all, but mainly QGis-sers and gvSig-gers (I am now speaking as uDig-ger). In Italy in November we have our annual GFOSS conference and this year we proposed a workshop in which desktop GIS are compared. So what should happen, is that we create a list of tasks that then are shown/compared on ever