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Mobile Solutions

2010-10-11T07:01:09Z

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== Overview ==
This is not a formal OSGeo project, just a spot for a few OSGeo folks to share some ideas.
The idea is to elaborate foundations of design and implementation of [http://www.opensource.org Open Source] GIS application(s) for mobile devices. The homepage for this project can be found at [http://mobile.maptools.org/ Mobile GIS]. If you have any comments about the homepage, please visit the [http://mobile.maptools.org/index.phtml?page=mailinglist.html Mobile GIS Support] page, and post/subscribe to the mailing list.

Our main objectives are to discuss:
* principles of mobile software design
* high usable User Interface on mobile devices
* key functions automation
* usage of latest communication techniques
* portability

== Mobile GIS project ==

Homepage: http://mobile.maptools.org/

== Hardware ==

Mobile GIS will be made to work on a variety of hardware platforms. It should be usable on desktop systems, laptops, tablet PCs, and other various pocket computers. Support for cell phones with Java capability is also an option.

''TODO: List pros/cons for devices on which Mobile GIS can be run.''

== Operating Systems / Platforms ==

This section is devoted to discuss features as well as pros and cons (+/-) of various mobile operating systems and software platforms.

Here are listed platforms we have discussed, in alphabetical order:

=== Linux ===

From [http://www.openembedded.org/project-overview OpenEmbedded Overview]:

''OpenEmbedded is a full-featured development environment allowing users to target a wide variety of devices.(...)OpenEmbedded is a tool which allows developers to create a fully usable Linux base for various embedded systems. It has been designed to be able to handle different hardware architectures, support multiple releases for those architectures, and utilize tools for speeding up the process of recreating the base after changes have been made. Currently it can run on any Linux distribution, and plans are in place to allow it to work under Windows.''

'''Note:''' Familiar's Linux distribution is entirely based on OpenEmbedded system.

See:
* http://familiar.handhelds.org
* http://intimate.handhelds.org
* http://www.microwindows.org
* http://www.openembedded.org

See also:
* http://www.linuxdevices.com
* http://tuxmobil.org/pda_linux.html

===== Pros and Cons =====

* '''+'''
** choice of user environments: [http://gpe.handhelds.org GPE], [http://opie.handhelds.org/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ Opie] and [http://www.trolltech.com/products/qtopia/index Qtopia]
** compatible with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX POSIX]
** easy software portability
** Open Source Software
** prototypes available: e.g. [http://grass.itc.it/platforms/grasshandheld.html GRASS on Handhelds]

* '''-'''
** less popular

=== OpenMoKo ===
OpenMoKo is an open-source mobile communications platform. Most importantly, it comes with built-in AGPS receiver, touch-screen, and GSM data connection.

* [http://www.openmoko.com/ OpenMoKo homepage]
* [http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/OpenMoko OpenMoKo wiki]

It will run [http://www.openembedded.org OpenEmbedded].

=== Palm OS ===

See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS

===== Pros and Cons =====

* '''+'''
** available Open Source tool chain - [http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net called]
** available VMs are primarily J2ME and SuperWaba.
** Palm official development environment is C/C++ based

* '''-'''
** dedicated for a very specific hardware platform designed entirely by [http://www.palm.com Palm Inc.]
** no choice of user environments
** no multitasking support in versions prior to [http://www.palmsource.com/palmos/cobalt.html Palm OS Cobalt], version 6.x
** proprietary

=== Symbian OS ===

See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS

===== Pros and Cons =====

* '''+'''
** dedicated to devices with very limited resources
** good support for popular IDEs on Linux, Mac OS and Windows
** open in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Standard Open Standards]
** very popular on smartphones
** very well documented APIs
** very good support for Java
** wide variety of programming languages: C++, Java, Perl, Python, OPL, Visual Basic

* '''-'''
** no choice of user environments
** proprietary

=== Windows CE ===

See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/windowsce/default.aspx

See also:
* http://www.windowsfordevices.com
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperWaba
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Java_virtual_machines

===== Pros and Cons =====

* '''+'''
** Real-Time Operating System, with full multithreading and multitasking support
** supports wide range of hardware
** file system is easily accessible: does not require "conduits" for data/file transfer.
** very popular on PDAs currently on the market / widely used
** very well supported by Visual Studio 2005
** [http://blog.vikdavid.com/2004/12/java_on_pocketp.html Available JVMs] include, [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/zones/wireless/weme_eval_runtimes.html IBM J9 JVM], [http://www.nsicom.com/Default.aspx?tabid=138 NSICOM CrEme JVM] and [http://www.superwaba.com.br SuperWaba VM]
** SuperWaba VM is free and has an active developer news group. The SuperWaba VM has a more liberal "sandbox" than some of the other VMs that adhere strictly to Sun Microsystems CDC and CLDC specs. Consequently accessing serial devices, (barcode scanners, RFID readers, bluetooth GIS units, etc) in SuperWaba is more straight forward than w/some of the other VMs.

* '''-'''
** no choice of user environments
** not compatible with POSIX
** very limited version of C Run-Time library
** Visual Studio 2005 is expensive / no replacement
** WinCE is less stable and user friendly (than the PalmOS).

=== Windows XP Embedded ===

From [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xeconAboutWindowsXPEmbeddedTop.asp About Windows XP Embedded]:

''Windows XP Embedded is a componentized version of Windows XP Professional that contains all of the features, functionality, and familiarity of Windows XP Professional.''

See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Embedded
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/windowsxpembedded/default.aspx

===== Pros and Cons =====

* '''+'''
''TODO''
* '''-'''
** proprietary

== Development Platforms/Languages ==

''TODO: Different options for development platforms on which the software can be developed for maximum portability''

=== C/C++ ===
==== Pros and Cons ====

* '''+'''
** Excellent performance
** An industry standard for developing application
** Quite portable, as long as portability is taken into account throughout development
* '''-'''
** Requires more work to compile on various OS
** GUI is not portable to various OS, so it would most likely need to be developed separately for several different OS's

=== Java ===
==== Pros and Cons ====

* '''+'''
** Excellent portability
** Should technically work on any Operating System as long as a Java VM is available for it
** Should work with Java-enabled cell phones as well
* '''-'''
** Worse performance than C/C++
** Not all Mobile hardware has Java VM pre-installed

=== wxWidgets ===
''TODO: Anyone with experience using wxWidgets, please add your thoughts''
* http://www.wxwidgets.org (and for embedded apps: http://www.wxwidgets.org/docs/embedded.htm)
* Seems an excellent GUI toolkit which is highly portable
* Usable from variety of languages such as C++, Python, Perl, and C#/.NET.
* GRASS GIS is using wxPython for its new GUI.

== Open Source GIS for Mobile Devices ==

''TODO: Details of mobile GIS application design and implementation''

=== Key Features ===

''TODO: List of key features''

==== Brainstorm ====

'''Note:''' ''Please, feel free to extend the list of features here.''

'''Question:''' ''What do you think about rank features listed in this brainstorm section? It could be achived by putting asterix (*) next to features you think are important. Any other ideas?''

This section is devoted to a summary of our discussion on the OSGeo mailing list.
List of ideas of Open Source Mobile GIS features:

* User Interface
** configurable UI: turn on/off UI elements, switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk_software kiosk mode]
** create a wizard type tool for the desktop (for example in [http://www.qgis.org QGIS]) to create data collection forms, etc. to be transported to the handheld device (similar to as [http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcpad-appbldr/about/forms.html ArcPad Forms])
** binding UI action to hardware elements, for example zooming with hardware keys or scrolls
** use of voice capabilities
*** ask for operation confirmations (Yes, No, Cancel) and accept answering by speech recognition or by pushing hardware keys
** use of LEDs, for example to indicate states of various operations: GPS location accuracy/low PDOP, edited layer has not been saved, no network connection, synchronization is in progress, catching tracklog/feature vertices with GPS, etc.
** Internationalization
** Client UI should have an option for a 'simplified' UI, so that those with less computer experience can still use the software effectively. Advanced option can be used by those with more experience/who need the most functionality from the client.

* GIS functionality
** map tools: zoom-in, zoom-out, pan
** integration of map and attributes database
** data query tool
** features editing
*** automated and configurable functions like: snapping, polygon closing, layers autosave
** measures
** projections, for example [http://mateusz.loskot.net/projects/proj4/ PROJ.4 for Windows CE]

* data sources and providers, see [[#Spatial Data Formats]]
** remote
*** accessed via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Feature_Service Web Feature Service]
** local
*** file based
*** local RDBMS, for example [[#SQLite]]

* data synchronization
** network-based:
*** on-demand - temporal network connection required
*** continuous - permanent network connection required
** file-based:
*** with files copied from flash memory card
*** with files transfered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_Data_Association IrDA], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Bluetooth] or cable

* GPS functionality
** navigation
** routing from current position
** querying data based on current position
** catch location from GPS, for example to create point on a layer
** signal/protocol logging
** automated map large-scale switching while measuring/catching features with GPS, for example from 1:500 or 1:1000
** real-time correction via WAAS or EGNOS

* Data Compression
** including Spatial and Attribute data
*** Catagraphy-generalization-based compression for vector data
*** Huffman-Code-based method for attribute data
*** Wavelet-based method for raster data
* Layer map management accrording to application theme
** for vehicle navigation specification like ISO GDF40

* Other
** ''some kind of'' integration with external devices, for example laser range finder, camera

=== Spatial Data Formats ===

This section discusses data formats considered for local spatial datastore on a mobile device.
Proposed formats are listed in alphabetical order.

==== ESRI Shapefile ====

ESRI Shapefile is a file-based format, simple and easy to use in mobile application, though it does not support complex data relations natively.
Important features of ESRI Shapefile format:
* availability of portable libraries: [http://shapelib.maptools.org Shapelib] and [http://ogr.maptools.org/drv_shapefile.html OGR], both work on Windows CE and Linux
* easy to use and create on mobile devices
* very popular format in GIS world
* well-documented format

See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile
* [http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf ESRI Shapefile Technical Description]

==== Spatial Data File (SDF) ====

From [http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5169479#section4 Autodesk's FAQ] about the SDF format:

''Autodesk’s new spatial data file (SDF) is a powerful single file that provides many of the capabilities of a relational database (RDBMS). Each SDF file can contain multiple geometry types (lines, polygons, and points) as well as feature attributes. A spatial data file enables you to organize and manage your data as GIS features, providing a solid foundation for a smooth transition to an RDBMS in the future if the need arises.''

Some additional info on the SDF format available at [https://fdo.osgeo.org/nonav/docs/SDF/index.html https://fdo.osgeo.org/nonav/docs/SDF/index.html]

''TODO: We need more details about SDF format! If you know anything about this format, please share your knowledge here. Thanks!''

''TODO: Is there any specification available to download?''

==== SQLite ====

From the [http://www.sqlite.org SQLite] website:

''SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine.''

SQLite engine seems to be a good candidate for a local geospatial database managed on a mobile device. SQLite features which are mostly interesting for Open Source GIS system for mobile devices include:

* easy to use and create on mobile devices
* highly portable library, works well on Linux PDAs and Windows CE devices (see [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-wince sqlite-wince])
* Open Source Software
* single-file format
* it's been used in GIS, see [http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_sqlite.html SQLite driver for OGR] and [http://grass.itc.it/grass61/manuals/html61_user/sqlite.html SQLite driver for GRASS]

==== SVGMobile ====

It is a subset of classes fron SVG. It an standard [http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGMobile/ released by the W3C] and provide scalable vector graphics to mobile devices. It is XML based and it is main features are:

*Adaptability: content can adapt to any screen size and display properties. The same content can be displayed on desktop, handlet or phone.
*Zooming capabilities: content can be zoomed with no losss of quality or need to reload.
*Animation: content can be animated in a variety of ways (not just frame based).
*Interactivity: content can be interactive.
*Searchability: content can be searched for text or shapes.
*Efficiency: content can be compressed using gzip (standard). Animation compresses ten times better than animated GIF.

J2ME provieds the JSR 226 to manage this type of content in midlets.

== Existing Projects ==

Here is the list of various existing GIS projects for mobile platforms:

=== Open Source ===

* [http://www.bluemapia.com/ Bluemapia]: Multi-Map(Google,Microsoft,Open Street Map, NOAA/BSB Charts,self-calibrated raster) location-based GPS app for Windows Mobile
* [http://www.gvsig.gva.es/index.php?id=gvsig-mobile&L=2%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D gvSIG Mobile], already functional shp, ecw image display and GPS tracking (Win Mobile Devices with J9 JavaVM from IBM)
* [http://gpsd.berlios.de Gpsd] - Back end daemon which reads data from a NMEA or binary protocol GPS and multicasts that information on a TCP port for a variety of client apps.
* [http://www.gpsdrive.de GpsDrive] - Real-time navigation software. Supports creation of waypoints and tracks in a SQLite DB, and import/export of GPX files. OpenStreetMap data can automatically be rendered into map tiles via the Mapnik engine, and NASA Landsat data can automatically be downloaded for the current position.
* [http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/viewabstract.php?id=30 GRASS Server] by Radim Blazek and Luca Nardelli - client-server system providing access to geographic information from different kinds of devices: PCs, PDAs, mobile phones; with speech recognition support.
* [http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/video/grass-server-divx.avi GRASS Server Video] by Radim Blazek and Luca Nardelli - Video Demo (AVI File 31MB).
* [http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/j2me_wms_client.html J2ME OGC WMS Client] - it is a tool, implemented in J2ME, to communicate with OGC conform WMS servers and display the requested maps.
* [http://code.google.com/p/jvnmobilegis/ JVNMobileGIS] - It is a Java map mobile viewer which is small in size. JVNMobileGIS fetches map data from remote OGC WMS compliant servers instead of included map data in mobile device.
* [http://www.wmsmobil.de WMSMobil J2ME] - simple OGC WMS Client for Java Micro-Edition enabled mobile phones from University of Regensburg, featuring GetMap and GetFeatureInfo.
* [http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/ Maemo Mapper] - Maemo Mapper is geographical mapping software specifically designed for the [https://maemo.org/about.html Maemo platform] and the [http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,74866,00.html Nokia 770] form factor
* [http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e9825234/mapview/index.html mapview] - mapview is a package for viewing maps on a Palm OS handheld.
* [http://www.navlet.org Navlet] - it is a navigation system for mobile devices, gets the positioning from a GPS receiver and displays it on a digital map.
* [http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/spot.php Spot] - combine the power of GPS with worldwide maps and a flexible waypoint management on mobile phone or PDA.
* [http://www.geotracing.com GeoTracing] - GPS/Mobile tracking, tracing with locative media platform
* [http://www.smita.eu.com Smita] - Interreg IIIB (Atlantic Area) European project called SMITA (Turistic Information System for Mobile Devices in the Atlantic Area). It is based in open source software and OGC standars and it is developing a system to enable users of mobile computing devices to access tourism, cultural and citizen information in all partner regions.
* [http://www.fh-oow.de/institute/iapg/projekte/svgmobil/open/ SVG kernel] for mobile devices
* [http://www.tangogps.org tangoGPS] - Real-time navigation software for mobile platforms (eeePC, smartphones, OpenMoko etc)
* [http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/gps-datalogger gpsDataLogger] Designed to collect fisheries data linked to GPS coordinates from small fixed wing aircraft. SQL database runs on WinCE, Palm PDA & Linux and Win32 lap/desktops. Program was written using SuperWaba: a robust java-like development environment for handheld devices.
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OSMtracker OSMTracker], the Openstreetmap Mobile Tracker, generates tracks and waypoints (nmea raw + gpx), audio recording.

=== Closed Source ===

* [http://www.i-locate.de/mobil_anbieter.htm Overview of mobile geodata services for cell phone/smartphone or pda. Inquiry by Ralph Buchfelder for WMSMobil Project at University of Regensburg.]
* [http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Gallery/VEMobile.ashx Virtual Earth Mobile]
* [http://www.oziexplorer.com OziExplorer]
* [http://www.fugawi.com/docs/navframe.html Fugawi Global Navigator]
* [http://www.gomogi.com/products/ GOMOGI Simple One Touch data collection]
* [http://www.hqessays.com Buy Essays]
* [http://www.digitalmobilemap.com www.digitalmobilemap.com Provides J2ME application for mobile phone that supports routable vector maps and uses A* algorithm for AutoRouting.]

== Events ==

[http://www.foss4g2006.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=231&sessionId=57&confId=1 FOSS4G2006 Mobile GIS BOF]

[[FOSS4G2006 Mobile GIS BOF Minutes]]

[[Category: Software Stack]]

OSGeo education interested participants

2010-10-11T06:58:52Z

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== Contributors by Interest ==
The following are individuals who have self-identified themselves as interested in contributing or assisting with [[Education and Curriculum Committee]] projects. You are welcome to add yourself to the list and identify areas that you are particular familiar with or interested in contributing to.
* [[User:pimpaa | George R. C. Silva]] (TZ GMT-3)
* [[User:Punkish | Puneet Kishor]] (TZ GMT-6)
* [[User: ajolma | Ari Jolma]] (TZ GMT+2) (graduate level education MS, PhD; academic research; primary school education)
* [[User:Neteler | Markus Neteler ]] (TZ GMT+1) (general training/education materials; [http://www.grassbook.org/data_menu3rd.php educational datasets])
* [[User:Venkat | Venkatesh Raghavan ]] (TZ GMT+9)(training/education material; educational datasets, software packaging, translation, e-learning Course Management Systems, Moodle,Certification Mechanisms, experience in international training)
* [[User:Schweik | Charlie Schweik]] (Chair) (TZ GMT-5) (undergraduate and graduate level education; academic research on open source collaboration, public sector information technology, natural resource management)
* [[User:Pnaciona|Pericles Nacionales]] (general training/education materials; conservation and natural resource management)
* Ned Horning (Winter: GMT-5 Summer: GMT -4) (Interested in promoting open source software development and integrating open source into the conservation community)
* OSGeo Educational [http://www.professays.com/ Custom Essay]
* [[User:Tmitchell | Tyler Mitchell]] (TZ GMT-8) (interested in workshop material and curriculum development for high school through to university)
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (TZ GMT+2) (Experience as GIS instructor for fulltime workshops, trainings and courses. Organization of commercial training courses with Open Source Geospatial Software. Preparation of course and presentation material, tutorials). (Interest in enhancing presentation material, publishing under Free license, in time hardcopy production, maintenance and update of content just as any OS dev project)
* [[User:Scw | Shaun Walbridge]] (TZ GMT-8) (academic research on open source collaboration; general training/education materials; educational datasets)
* [[User:Perrygeo | Matthew Perry]] (TZ GMT-8) (primarily interested in workshops/lab materials for university students, NGOs and using open source software to demonstrate all fundamental aspects of GIS (theory and practice). Also interested in seeing 'official' training courses and certification)
* [[User:ianturton|Ian Turton]] : Penn State Uni, State College, developed Open Web Mapping course at Uni of Leeds, UK [http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/courses/postgrad/geog5780/] now modifying it for PennState. ianturton at gmail com [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/members/turton/index.html work] [http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ blog]
* [[User:Aaronr | Aaron Racicot]] (TZ GMT-8) (Interested in fostering more collaboration with academia through the introduction of open source GIS in the curriculum. Mainly interested in Undergraduate and Graduate level education and industry (NGO's and for-profit) collaboration. Certification is also an interest.)
* [[User:helena| Helena Mitasova]] (TZ GMT-5) NCSU, Raleigh,NC, GRASS PSC member, interested in graduate level education and research, development of tutorials and workshops, educational dataset, publishing books and journal articles
* [[User:maria | Maria Antonia Brovelli]] (TZ GMT+1) (Polytechnic of Milan and Polytecnic of Zurich, interested in Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorat level education; academic research on new algorithms developed within open source GIS, on public sector information technology and NSDI, on environment and territory management)
* [[User:volaya| Victor Olaya]] (TZ GMT+1) Spanish Free GIS Book PSC Member. University of Extremadura, Spain. Sextante Proyect [http://www.sextantegis.com]. Interested in creating a free GIS book in spanish and english, and in finding out how both the spanish and the english teams can collaborate and help each other.
* [[User:Maxi71| Massimiliano Cannata]] (TZ GMT+1) (Institute of Earth Sciences - University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland, Graduate and Continuing education; research and development in the field of Web-GIS and Environmental Modelling; consultant for the public administration authorities on environment, land and natural resources management)
* [[User:rob.braswell | Bobby H. Braswell]] (TZ GMT-5) (developing documentation in the form of tutorial modules for training and education, especially related to earth science and remote sensing research)
* [[User:VincentP | Vincent Picavet]] (TZ GMT+1) OSGeo Francophone local chapter and Makina Corpus, FLOSS company. Interested in workshops and courses for FOSS GIS web applications and infrastructures. Particular interest in French language material, translation, and coordination between multi-languages groups.
* [[User:Bwoodall | Bill Woodall]] (TZ GMT-8) (Interested in workshops/labs for Youth, primarily for 4-H Youth Development Program )
* [[User:Mleslie | Mark Leslie]] (TZ GMT+10) Interested in workshop and lab material for a general or technical audience.
* [[User:mlennert | Moritz Lennert ]] (TZ GMT+1) (University undergraduate GIS teaching lab and training course for professionals from "developing" countries; e-learning)
* [[User:nigeltrodd | Nigel Trodd]] (TZ GMT+0) (Developed University undergraduate and postgraduate GIS and remote sensing courses for UNIGIS [http://www.unigis.org.uk] and Coventry University (UK) campus for geoimaging and geoinformatics [http://www.giscampus.f2s.com/gigi/topics.htm]; curriculum development, pedagogic and design issues as they pertain to GI novices and professionals; e-learning; interested in collaborating to develop courses for niche application domains, such as environmental hazards, that build on common materials)
* [[User:ominiverdi | Lorenzo Becchi ]] (TZ GMT+1) (Web GIS developer, FAO cunsultant, interested in everything that can help reducing Digital Divide worldwide and support open knowledge, supporting the spanish GIS book)
* [[User:Martinweis | Martin Weis]] (TZ GMT+1) Geodesy/GIS in the agricultural sector/university: I would like to prepare courses and material for the use of FOSS in precision farming. Desktop GIS and SDI are to be integrated for this. 2008 I will have a GIS course, let's see what can be done...
* [[User:Smitch | Scott Mitchell ]] (TZ GMT-5) Courseware, tutorials and workshops for FOSS4G tools in general, but have been especially interested / involved in GRASS, GDAL/OGR (user perspective), QGIS, Mapserver; would be interested in contributing to books projects, but time commitments prevent much from me until 2008.
* [[User:kevin1216 | Kevin Yam]] (TZ GMT-5) Primarily interested in promoting open source software training, workshop and lab materials for university students, NGOs, public sectors.
* [[User:Marco | Marco Ciolli]] (TZ GMT+1) (University of Trento. General training/education materials; graduate level education MS, PhD; academic research; forestry; natural resource management and environmental hazard.)
* [[User:clara | Clara Tattoni]] (TZ GMT+1) (University of Trento. General training/education materials; graduate level education MS; research; natural resource management; wildlife conservation and management.)
*[[User:Astrid Emde]] (TZ GMT+2) (Experience as GIS instructor for workshops and courses. Organization of commercial training courses with Open Source Geospatial Software.(Mapbender, UMN MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, WMS/WFS, GeoServer) Preparation of course and presentation material, tutorials. Interest in enhancing presentation material)
*[[User: Mardresen | Martin Dresen]] (TZ GMT+1) (Interest in developing Desktop GIS tutorials, exercises, presentations for university courses, further education, advanced training - especially in german!)
* Suchith Anand [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm] (TZ GMT+0) (Interested in Open source GIS course and curriculum development, GIS education and training, Primary research interests in location based services, mobile GIS, automated generalization, optimization techniques etc)
*[[User: Dreamcon | Paul Flemming]] (TZ GMT-5) (Would be interested in helping to develop material for use in Senior elementary, grades 5 to 8, and High Schools to promote and explain the use of GIS in the real world)
*[[User: doktoreas | Luca Casagrande]] (TZ GMT+1) Main developer of the Ominiverdi Livecd Project
*[[User:vasile|Vasile Crăciunescu]] (TZ GMT+2) Manager of the geo-spatial.org project (a collaborative effort by and for the Romanian community to facilitate the sharing of geospatial knowledge and the discovery and publishing of free geographic datasets and maps)
*[[User:robert|Robert Szczepanek]] (TZ GMT+1) tutorials, exercises for QGIS and GRASS; lab materials and datasets for students and public sector; hydrometeo processes modelling
*[[User:Gezjames|Gerry James]] (TZ GMT-8) Interested in workshop and course materials that can be used by educators and consultants.
*[[User: Putler | Dan Putler]] (TZ GMT-8) (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, PSC member of PAGC). Interested in course materials for undergraduate and graduate instruction on both basic GIS understanding and skills, and the use of GIS to address business problems. Research on new methods to improve geospatial analysis to address business problems, particularly as they relate to marketing).
*[[User: palousegeo | Rick Rupp]] (TZ GMT-8) (GIS/Remote Sensing instructor at Washington State University) I'm interested in geospatial teaching materials and methods for undergraduate and graduate education. My research interests are in natural resources and data infrastructures.
*[[User: Nimalika | Nimalika Fernando]] (TZ GMT+5.30) Interested and involved in developing teaching materiel on introductory level GIS,Basic web-GIS,lab worksheets based on QGIS/MapServer
*[[User:ahunter | Andrew Hunter]] (TZ GMT-7) (Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary) General GIS training and education. Interests in open source and open data
* [[User:camerons| Cameron Shorter]] (TZ GMT+10) One of the coordinators of [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live DVD], and we at [http://lisasoft.com LISAsoft] are providing GeoSpatial Open Source training in Australia.

== Contributors by Time Zones ==

This should help in planning meetings. If you are not here yet, please add your info, or let me know and I will do so. Going from East to West, we have --

* TZ GMT+10
** Cameron Shorter
*TZ GMT+9
**Venkatesh Raghavan
*TZ GMT+2
**Ari Jolma
**Arnulf Christl
**Vasile Crăciunescu
*TZ GMT+1
**Markus Neteler
**Maria Antonia Brovelli
**Massimiliano Cannata
**Vincent Picavet
**Marco Ciolli
**Clara Tattoni
**Olutoyin Justus Oloniteru
**Martin Dresen
**Luca Casagrande
**Robert Szczepanek
*TZ GMT+0
**Suchith Anand
**Nigel Trodd
*TZ GMT-3
**George R. C. Silva
*TZ GMT-5
**Ian Turton
**Ned Horning
**Charlie Schweik, Maria Fernandez, Alexander Stepanov, Rob Braswell
**Scott Mitchell
*TZ GMT-6
**Phillip Davis
**Puneet Kishor
**Pericles Nacionales
*TX GMT-7
**Andrew Hunter
*TZ GMT-8
**Tyler Mitchell
**Shaun Walbridge
**Matthew Perry
**Aaron Racicot
**Bill Woodall
**Gerry James
**Dan Putler
**Rick Rupp

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