[OSGeo-Discuss] The city of Kristiansand seeks Location-based Open Data solutions for information and services
Folks, I received this message which I thought might be of broader interest. If someone is interested in leaving an effort perhaps you could reply here to coordinate with anyone else who is interested. """ Dear Sir/Madam, I have found your company/organisation while looking for the most innovative solutions to participate in the Living Labs Global Award 2012, which we are organising in cooperation with 20 international cities in May 2012. Your products or services may present an interesting solution to one of the categories of the awards and I would like to invite you to submit a showcase before 17th February. Kristiansand (Norway), one of the partner cities of the 2012 edition, is seeking solutions to enhance the use of Geo-spatial and Location-based Open Data for information and city services, and to exploit new technologies to publish GIS data to city employees and the public through different channels, combining data sources to improve analysis, planning and participation in the city's services. Companies/Organisations participating in the Living Labs Global Awards present their solutions directly to a leading group of world cities and win an opportunity to enter a new market through a pilot with full support from the city. In addition, participants receive a professional and documented evaluation of their product or service by the cities and prestigious international visibility and recognition. In 2012, twenty global cities are participating in the award with the aim of helping over 100 million citizens in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe. How to submit: Entries can be submitted in about 10 minutes, for free through our website until 17th February 2012. International juries will evaluate the entries and provide a shortlist of the top 100 showcases on 5th March. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on 2nd May 2012 at the Rio Summit on Service Innovation in Cities. We look forward to seeing your submission. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any further questions, Miguel Carvalho About the Living Labs Global Award 2012: Living Labs Global, a non-profit association promoting innovative solutions in cities around the world, is organising the 2012 edition of the Living Labs Global Award in cooperation with the Cities of Barcelona, Birmingham, Caceres, Cape Town, Coventry, Derry~Londonderry, Eindhoven, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Guadalajara, Hamburg, Lagos, Lavasa, Kristiansand, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Sant Cugat, Santiago de Chile and Terrassa, to choose the companies and organizations that have developed solutions that add high value to users in cities around the world. Living Labs Global T: +34 93 1855110 www.livinglabs-global.com Awards 2012: www.llga.org Twitter: @LivingLabsGeo Facebook: www.facebook.com/LLGA2012 Living Labs Global NEW ADDRESS: Rued Langgaardsvej 7, 5th 2300 Copenhagen s Denmark c/ Mallorca 211, 2.1. 08008 Barcelona, Spain DISCLAIMER: This communication is confidential and is only intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is directed. It may contain information that is privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not copy it or disclose its contents to any other person. """ -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [planet] Bloggers, clean your (X)HTML!
On 19 December 2011 21:12, Volker Mische wrote: > On 12/19/2011 09:49 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:46:00PM +, Mateusz Łoskot wrote: >>> Folks, >>> >>> The planet.osgeo.org looks...simply it does not look at all. >>> I have checked randomly a few blogs with http://validator.w3.org and >>> it does not look good. >>> Some blogs are even claiming XHTML strict in DOCTYPE and are >>> generating ~300 errors! >>> This is impossible to find out if the problem is with the planet >>> itself or with the blogs. >>> >>> I want to call all bloggers syndicated with the planet.osgeo.org to >>> consider checking their >>> blogs with the validator and fix any serious errors if reported. The >>> serious errors are ill-formed >>> tags, missing closing tags or vs , etc. >> >> Since we're at it, would it be possible to only show a short summary >> of each article on planet, rather than the full thing ? >> > > I actually prefer to have the full articles. So you only have to load a > single page and don't have to follow too many links. Valid point. Personally, I'm completely neutral. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [planet] Bloggers, clean your (X)HTML!
On 12/19/2011 09:49 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:46:00PM +, Mateusz Łoskot wrote: >> Folks, >> >> The planet.osgeo.org looks...simply it does not look at all. >> I have checked randomly a few blogs with http://validator.w3.org and >> it does not look good. >> Some blogs are even claiming XHTML strict in DOCTYPE and are >> generating ~300 errors! >> This is impossible to find out if the problem is with the planet >> itself or with the blogs. >> >> I want to call all bloggers syndicated with the planet.osgeo.org to >> consider checking their >> blogs with the validator and fix any serious errors if reported. The >> serious errors are ill-formed >> tags, missing closing tags or vs , etc. > > Since we're at it, would it be possible to only show a short summary > of each article on planet, rather than the full thing ? > I actually prefer to have the full articles. So you only have to load a single page and don't have to follow too many links. Cheers, Volker ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [planet] Bloggers, clean your (X)HTML!
On 19 December 2011 20:49, Sandro Santilli wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:46:00PM +, Mateusz Łoskot wrote: >> Folks, >> >> The planet.osgeo.org looks...simply it does not look at all. >> I have checked randomly a few blogs with http://validator.w3.org and >> it does not look good. >> Some blogs are even claiming XHTML strict in DOCTYPE and are >> generating ~300 errors! >> This is impossible to find out if the problem is with the planet >> itself or with the blogs. >> >> I want to call all bloggers syndicated with the planet.osgeo.org to >> consider checking their >> blogs with the validator and fix any serious errors if reported. The >> serious errors are ill-formed >> tags, missing closing tags or vs , etc. > > Since we're at it, would it be possible to only show a short summary > of each article on planet, rather than the full thing ? In theory, it is possible (everything is possible on Web nowadays, isn't it :)) In practice, it is either I will refresh my Genshi fu (http://genshi.edgewall.org/) or some guru of these templates jumps in and make it happen. I will look at it near weekend. Cheers, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [planet] Bloggers, clean your (X)HTML!
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 08:46:00PM +, Mateusz Łoskot wrote: > Folks, > > The planet.osgeo.org looks...simply it does not look at all. > I have checked randomly a few blogs with http://validator.w3.org and > it does not look good. > Some blogs are even claiming XHTML strict in DOCTYPE and are > generating ~300 errors! > This is impossible to find out if the problem is with the planet > itself or with the blogs. > > I want to call all bloggers syndicated with the planet.osgeo.org to > consider checking their > blogs with the validator and fix any serious errors if reported. The > serious errors are ill-formed > tags, missing closing tags or vs , etc. Since we're at it, would it be possible to only show a short summary of each article on planet, rather than the full thing ? --strk; ,--o-. | __/ |Thank you for PostGIS-2.0 Topology ! | / 2.0 |http://www.pledgebank.com/postgistopology `-o--' ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] [planet] Bloggers, clean your (X)HTML!
Folks, The planet.osgeo.org looks...simply it does not look at all. I have checked randomly a few blogs with http://validator.w3.org and it does not look good. Some blogs are even claiming XHTML strict in DOCTYPE and are generating ~300 errors! This is impossible to find out if the problem is with the planet itself or with the blogs. I want to call all bloggers syndicated with the planet.osgeo.org to consider checking their blogs with the validator and fix any serious errors if reported. The serious errors are ill-formed tags, missing closing tags or vs , etc. Thank you for your understanding! Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] US National Historical GIS Site
I just found this site and thought it might be of interest to others. National Historical GIS The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010. https://www.nhgis.org Enjoy, -Steve ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 Calls for Logo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 international conference is searching for a logo. Please send your proposals to conference-cee lists.osgeo org. The logo will be used for the year 2012. The logo could be used also for next years. The logo should fit for the purposes of the conference presentation and other propagation materials including conference bag, T-Shirts, mugs etc. Karel Charvat (Conference Chair) will grant a bottle of single malt whiskey, or similar drink, if preferred, to the winner. Deadline for proposals: 29.1.2012 Deadline for announcement of the winner: 1.2.2012 The FOSS4G-CEE 2012 Organisation Team About FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 FOSS4G-CEE & Geoinformatics 2012 is the first local conference focused on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial in Central and Eastern Europe. This year, it is organized together with the traditional Geoinformatics FCE CTU. The conference intends to move its location over the region every year. It should be similar to the global FOSS4G conference, with a focus on local and regional issues. About FOSS4G FOSS4G is ?the global conference? focused on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial organized by OSGeo. At FOSS4G you can meet all kind of actors: Free Software developers and other representatives from companies, institutions and the academic world. About Geoinformatics FCE CTU Geoinformatics FCE CTU is the international conference organized by Department of Mapping and Cartography, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. The conference is focused on the relevance of Free and Open Source Software in Geoinformatics concerning a wide range of topics. Geoinformatics FCE CTU is an event with a fruitful history, organized since 2006. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7u+koACgkQyKt0uAjU4I+FoQCgrTlpi92pr9BHtVWpNEe3Uk+I hMoAn0+kyYWnczseEwe8iOSOASpuOE+e =MjY/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
