[OSGeo-Discuss] Nigeria OSGeo Local Chapter
Hello All,I hold a Masters in GIS from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1997) and have worked on GIS projects in Nigeria ever since.My transition to Opensource software (operating systems, Server, Desktop and Web) began about 5 years ago. Over time I have acquired most of the basic skills required for Opensource (java, python, _javascript_, html5, CSS etc) and have become an Opensource advocate of some sort (in public and private sectors in Nigeria).I have a group of people that we have held informal meetings and we are passionate about Open Source software, GIS, and our part of the world. We have people from all walks of life - academia, government and business.We have decided toset-upa Local OSGeo Chapter to assist our current drive of increasing FOSS4G and Opensource awareness in Nigeria.I have looked at the guidelines, OSGeo mission and according to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Starting a page has beenset-upat http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:AyolagosTo grow our potential user base, we want to adopt the Ubuntu Linux model of distributing CDs/Flash drives with FOSS4G videos and software to interested people and organisationsacrossour country. These costs will be borne by us. We would like to put the OSGeo logo on all these items.A training facility in Lagos Island, Lagos has given us access to one oftheirtraining rooms that can seat 50 people. The room has all the facilities required for workshops and trainings. This will form our Lagos base for now while we will look for otherfacilitiesin other parts of the country as we move along. We intend to start monthly workshops within the next 6 weeks. We intend to have movable banners at all our events, and would like to put OSGEO logo on these banners.We also have a couple of businesses (including our company) who have pledged at least 2 PCs in each of our offices which we will encourage potential users to come to use for specified periods, to mitigate the issue of users not having access to an internet facing computer. These will be managed by a booking system so we do not disturb the commercial activities of these businesses.We have started discussing with 5 UniversitiesacrossNigeria (as a start) about including Opensource and FOSS4G courses intheirrelated departments. We actually found one university already using QGIS!. Introduction letters have been requested from these organisations and we would like to use the OSGeo logo as part of these letters.We have started development of a website and still working on the most suitabledomainname. Suggestions are welcome so we are in line with OSGeo best practises. We will also like to put the OSGeo logo on the website.We would also like a mailing listset-upso we can start holding conversations outside of this main list.I joined this list around January this year and have been reading the posts to get a proper feel of how things are done. I realise that there will be other Nigeria residents here and use this as a reach out for them to join us and participate, since we are looking for more members to follow through on specific sectors based on the OSGeo mission and ours as well.I also solicit any support and assistance that can make our mission easier to achieve.Thank you.RegardsAyo Akinseye ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nigeria OSGeo Local Chapter
This is excellent news, nothing to add to Alex suggestions except a warm welcome. Cheers! -- Jorge Sanz Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity. El 01/06/2015 04:22, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com escribió: On 05/31/2015 04:25 PM, Ayo Akinseye DSS wrote: Hello All, I hold a Masters in GIS from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria (1997) and have worked on GIS projects in Nigeria ever since. My transition to Opensource software (operating systems, Server, Desktop and Web) began about 5 years ago. Over time I have acquired most of the basic skills required for Opensource (java, python, javascript, html5, CSS etc) and have become an Opensource advocate of some sort (in public and private sectors in Nigeria). I have a group of people that we have held informal meetings and we are passionate about Open Source software, GIS, and our part of the world. We have people from all walks of life - academia, government and business. We have decided to set-up a Local OSGeo Chapter to assist our current drive of increasing FOSS4G and Opensource awareness in Nigeria. I have looked at the guidelines, OSGeo mission and according to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Starting a page has been set-up at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:Ayolagos Please consider moving the content to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nigeria To grow our potential user base, we want to adopt the Ubuntu Linux model of distributing CDs/Flash drives with FOSS4G videos and software to interested people and organisations across our country. These costs will be borne by us. We would like to put the OSGeo logo on all these items. Please consider building from OSGeoLive http://live.osgeo.org A training facility in Lagos Island, Lagos has given us access to one of their training rooms that can seat 50 people. The room has all the facilities required for workshops and trainings. This will form our Lagos base for now while we will look for other facilities in other parts of the country as we move along. We intend to start monthly workshops within the next 6 weeks. We intend to have movable banners at all our events, and would like to put OSGEO logo on these banners. Absolutely, you will find example materials for this at https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/exhibitionpack https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/logo/svg If you need additional matching funds please contact the Marketing and Outreach Committee. We also have a couple of businesses (including our company) who have pledged at least 2 PCs in each of our offices which we will encourage potential users to come to use for specified periods, to mitigate the issue of users not having access to an internet facing computer. These will be managed by a booking system so we do not disturb the commercial activities of these businesses. We have started discussing with 5 Universities across Nigeria (as a start) about including Opensource and FOSS4G courses in their related departments. We actually found one university already using QGIS!. Introduction letters have been requested from these organisations and we would like to use the OSGeo logo as part of these letters. Please invite them to join the OSGeo-ICE-ISPRS initiative http://www.geoforall.org/ We have started development of a website and still working on the most suitable domain name. Suggestions are welcome so we are in line with OSGeo best practises. We will also like to put the OSGeo logo on the website. We would also like a mailing list set-up so we can start holding conversations outside of this main list. Please file a ticket on https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ to have a mailing list created. Example: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1487 I joined this list around January this year and have been reading the posts to get a proper feel of how things are done. I realise that there will be other Nigeria residents here and use this as a reach out for them to join us and participate, since we are looking for more members to follow through on specific sectors based on the OSGeo mission and ours as well. I also solicit any support and assistance that can make our mission easier to achieve. Thank you. Regards Ayo Akinseye Thanks, Alex OSGeo System Administration Committee ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inputs needed from Open Geo community for AAG New AP Course in GIST
May i also request if you are planning to apply for this, please do let me or Charlie Schweik know, so we can keep a track of developments. This is a key educational strategic objective to make sure students get broader geospatial education and knowledge , so please contribute if you are able to. Best wishes, Suchith btw Charlie - with your newly recieved grant for developing WebGIS courses, do you think there are synergies to be build with AAG esp. on teacher training? From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Suchith Anand [suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk] Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:31 AM To: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inputs needed from Open Geo community for AAG New AP Course in GIST Hi all, AAG is seeking proposals for Authors, Reviewers for thier new AP Course in GIST (Thanks to Adena Schutzberg for informing me about this opportunity) We need to make sure Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data in Geospatial Education is clearly inputted into this course and i request esp. our US colleagues to take lead for this. GeoAcademy's work can give us momentum for this. To apply for consideration as a proposal author and/or reviewer, please submit a short (250-word maximum) statement of interest and a current resume/CV to Dr. Michael Solem, AAG Director of Educational Research and Programs, at msolem [at] aag [dot] org by June 15, 2015. Proposal authors and reviewers will receive a stipend to support their work. Applications are sought from AP teachers, faculty from all-types of postsecondary institutions (2-year and 4-year undergraduate, master’s and research-doctoral), instructional design specialists and GIS industry professionals with interests in GIS education. GENIP will review applications and make final selections for the AP GIST writing and review committees by July 10. The first face-to-face meeting of the proposal writing committee will be held during the NCGE Annual Conference in Washington, DC (August 6-9, 2015). More details at http://news.aag.org/2015/05/aag-seeks-proposal-authors-reviewers-for-new-ap-course-in-gist/ Best wishes, Suchith This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] spatial-science good-practice exemplars?
Tom Roche Fri, 29 May 2015 18:37:09 -0400[0] Nature Physics commentary [Hey and Payne 2015[1]] claiming that ''[one] of the first scientists to recognize the need for reproducibility in computational science was the geophysicist Jon Claerbout. As early as 1990, he set a goal of reproducibility for all the (non-open-access) reports coming out of his Stanford Exploration Project[2], identifying reproducibility as 'a way of organizing computational research that allows both the author and the reader of a publication to verify the reported results'[3].'' My original post reversed the footnoted links, which are corrected (and DOIed) below. Tom Roche Fri, 29 May 2015 18:37:09 -0400[0] an ostensive/exemplary definition of [spatial-science good-practice, (SSGP)] should be both feasible and useful. E.g., Hey and Payne 2015 cite ATLAS[4] and CMS[5] (from CERN LHC) and CASTEP[6] (from a UK academic group) as examples of best-practice (e.g., most open-science) particle-physics projects. What would be examples of best-practice spatial-science projects? NB: UK readers may find Hey and Payne 2015 especially interesting since much of its content is UK-oriented (probably because Payne is at Cambridge). E.g., Hey and Payne 2015[1] [UK 'community' software] projects are exemplified by the Collaborative Computational Projects (CCPs) supported by a team at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The team assists universities in developing, maintaining and distributing computer programs, and in promoting the best computational methods. Each CCP focuses on a specific area of research and they are funded by the UK Research Councils. There are probably more than 1,000 individual researchers and research students supported by the CCPs. ... the [UK] Research Councils have also recently changed their policy on software-development costs. In addition to providing support for the UK Software Sustainability Institute, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) now issues regular calls for proposals that are focused purely on either developing new and innovative software--adding novel functionality to existing software, or simply making widely used software packages more efficient and/or robust[7]. The EPSRC also now offers personal fellowships specifically for individuals who specialize in software development. HTH, Tom Roche tom_ro...@pobox.com [0]: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/014272.html [1]: Hey, T. and Payne, M.C., Open science decoded, Nature Physics 11, 367–369 (2015) ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3313 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Exploration_Project [3]: http://sepwww.stanford.edu/data/media/public/sep//jon/repropreface.html [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATLAS_experiment#Data_systems_and_analysis [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Muon_Solenoid#Collecting_and_collating_the_data [6]: http://www.castep.org/CASTEP/CASTEP [7]: https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/research/ourportfolio/themes/researchinfrastructure/subthemes/einfrastructure/software/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
