Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

Or an historical noncolonial or postcolonial map of Tanzania or Dar es Salaam? Or is this even a concern? I would like advice from the LOC. It would be great to give Dar es Salaam the same prominence (OSGeoLive background) as previous FOSS4G hosts. The Africa list rejects email from

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

Hello all, Ben you are with your comment. What do you think instead about an actual OSM Map from Dar Es Salaam - that shows how great the region is mapped https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472 or maybe a nice photo instead of a map. Astrid Am 28.07.2018 00:17 schrieb Ben

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

Dear Peter, Thanks for the explanation, I'm a software engineer and I know very well how the process work. SQL is indeed a good example of a good standard almost everyone follows. But I would bet that's an exception in software. I raised the intended bugs thing because in recent years it had

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 OSGeo Booth - we need you for a shift at the booth

Hello all, FOSS4G 2018 is coming closer and I am already excited to see you all in Dar Es Salaam soon. We will have an OSGeo Booth at the conference. With the OSGeo booth we want to welcome newcomers, provide information by flyers, brochures, stickers, provide space to ask questions, get

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

Hi Christian, for sure a topic with lots of facets for discussion. Allow me to discontinue here, though - reason being that (i) there was a very wise, unsurpassable post by Mark Gahagan and (ii) Suchith has asked to close this thread, and as it is "his" thread I want to respect it. Hope for your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the importance to protecting independent peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations

Dear Maria, On 25.07.2018 10:06, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Peter Baumann > wrote: > > Hi Christian, > > > while I could not agree more to what you say there is one point to > disagree with: > > > On