Congratulations !!! 2012/10/26 Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com>
> Congratulations Venka! > > Thank you for your contributions. > > Best, > Angelos > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) <se...@arnulf.us>wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Congratulations Venka! >> >> On 26.10.2012 04:47, Gérald Fenoy wrote: >> > Congratulations Venka for getting the Soltz Katz Award ! >> > >> > Congratulations to OSGeo for making this choice, choosing the >> > place and an event which fit just perfectly i feel. >> > >> > Gérald Fenoy gerald.fe...@geolabs.fr >> > >> > Le 25 oct. 2012 à 19:00, Jeff McKenna >> > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> a écrit : >> > >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan was honored today with the 2012 Sol >> >> Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software during >> >> the inaugural session of the FOSS4G-India 2012 >> >> (http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia/) conference in Hyderabad, >> >> India. The award was presented by Ravi Kumar and Vundavallu >> >> Aruna Kumar, Member of Parliament. Venka received a memento on >> >> behalf of the OSGeo-India Chapter. Venka's dedication to FOSS4G >> >> and his community work around the world, promoting open source >> >> geospatial, is second to none. He has been involved in OSGeo >> >> since the foundation was formed in 2006, and we are lucky to have >> >> such a strong global voice in him. The OSGeo foundation wishes >> >> to thank Venka for his wonderful dedication. >> >> >> >> Background >> >> >> >> The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software >> >> is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have demonstrated >> >> leadership in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will >> >> have contributed significantly through their activities to >> >> advance open source ideals in the geospatial realm. The hope is >> >> that the award will both acknowledge the work of community >> >> members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to >> >> come. Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a >> >> large body of work in the form of applications, format >> >> specifications, and utilities. In the early 80's, Sol assisted in >> >> the development of a public domain GIS package called MOSS (Map >> >> Overlay and Statistical System). This software was arguably the >> >> first open source GIS software in the world. Sol would later go >> >> on to release and maintain PC MOSS. He was also one of the first >> >> involved in public data translator utilities. Utilities that he >> >> developed for converting DEMs and reading SDTS files were >> >> contributed back to the geospatial community, and are still >> >> available today. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many >> >> geospatial list servers, providing much guidance to the >> >> geospatial community at large. Sol Katz's collection of GIS >> >> utilities at the BLM is still available at >> >> ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/. Sadly, after fighting Non-Hodgkin's >> >> Lymphoma for almost a decade, Sol died April 23, 1999 in bed. >> >> His legacy will always live on in the GFOSS world. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ 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 >> > >> >> >> - -- >> Exploring Space, Time and Mind >> http://arnulf.us >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAlCKGyYACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b2UPQCfYDuLWD1bZWJ0sf6aY3AHHxaL >> Q0EAnRYTM+seBpgDtVc8+n7v1l56ZNr9 >> =Ralg >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos > Remote Sensing Laboratory > National Technical University of Athens > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Alvaro Galeano Cifuentes Ingeniero Topográfico
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