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FOSS4G 2013 BirdsOfAFeather

2013-09-19T22:42:28Z

Wiki-Philjames: /* Education and ICA-OSGeo Labs meeting */

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:FOSS4G2013]]

= Introduction =
During the [http://2013.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G2013 conference] in Nottingham, UK, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

Birds of a Feather sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

==Organising Contact==
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]

==Timeslots Available==

We'll update this page soon with details of the sessions slots available.



= BOF sessions =

== Early Birds ==

* When - Sunday 15th September, 21:00 in '''Orchard Hotel Bar'''

A chance to meet up preconference for those of us who are arriving extra early.

Who is coming:
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]
* [[Jorge Sanz]]

== Education and ICA-OSGeo Labs meeting ==

The aim is to update latest developments in the education efforts and progress update on the ICA-OSGeo Labs network and update members on future plans

* When - Friday 20th September at 09:00 -10:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Specific topics:

* Welcome and overview -Suchith
* ICC 2013 update- Suchith
* "Open Geospatial Science & Applications Webinar Series" plans - All
* GeoMOOC ideas - Phillip Davis
* Curriculum discussion - All
* ELOGeo update - Suchith, Jeremy
* Setting up an Advisory Board - All
* Website update - All
* NASA Europa Challenge - Maria
* Responsibilities (moving forward (subcommittee chairs))
* COST Action - Maria
* Updates on bid opportunities focusing on H2020 -All
* Updates on relevant training opportunities -All
* AOB
* Next telemeeting date

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]], OSGeo President
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]], University of Nottingham
* [[User:Jds|Jason Sadler]], GeoData Institute, University of Southampton
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]], SIGTE - Universitat de Girona
* [[User:Lu_delazari|Luciene Delazari]], UFPR/Brazil
* [[User:fjbehr|Franz-Josef Behr]], Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
* [[Arnulf Christl]], metaspatial Institute
* [[Phil James]], Newcastle University

Apologies:
* [[User:BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]] - Sorry, chairing a session...

== COST Action meeting ==

The aim is to discuss about next COST Action proposal "Smart environmental applications using free and open data and technologies"

* When - Friday 20th September at 10:00 -11:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Who is coming:

* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* Marco Minghini, Politecnico di Milano
* Peter Baumann, Jacobs University
* [[User:BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]], ITC - University Twente (when not busy on LOC duties...)
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
* [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]], SIGTE - University of Girona
* [[User:philjames|Phil James]], Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK

== OSGeo Local Chapter meetup ==

* When - Saturday 21st September, '''Breakfast meeting''': 08:00 - 09:00 in '''Restaurant of Rutland Hall'''

* We'll have a table / space for each local chapter
* Existing members can hang out, and new people can find out about their local chapter, while having breakfast...
* Consider bringing something local to decorate your space - a small table-top flag, cloth or just leaflets describing your chapter
* Contact [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]] or update your chapter details below to take part

Who is coming:
* [http://www.osgeo.org/uk OSGeo:UK]. (chapter contact: [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]) [''We'll be holding our Annual General Meeting - join us'']
* Dutch Language Chapter [http://osgeo.nl OSGEO.nl]. (chapter contact: [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]], [[BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]])
* German Language Chapter [http://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.]. (chapter contact: [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]])
* Korean Language Chapter [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter]. (chapter contact:[[User:endofcap|Sanghee Shin]])
* [[Español|Spanish Language Chapter]] (chapter contact: [[User:Delawen|María Arias]], [[OSGeo-es en el FOSS4G2013|coordination]])
* [http://www.osgeopt.pt/ Chapter of Portugal]. Contact: [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Rocha]]
* Add your chapter details here...
* [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]] Australia/NZ (depends on timing)
Note: The '''OSGeo AGM''' is taking place on Friday evening from 6pm-7pm, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2013

== Sensor Web BOF ==

Time Slot: Sometime during Friday

Topics:
* Sensor Web is gaining more and more relevance in many SDI frameworks as well as in the INSPIRE context
* Discuss on-going implementation activities
* Exchange on practical experiences how to bring sensor and observation data into SDIs
* What are new, upcoming challenges?

Who is coming:
* Simon Jirka (52°North)
* Paul van Genuchten (Geocat)
* Peter Baumann (rasdaman), if ever possible
* Brent Wood (NIWA) depending when
* Massimiliano Cannata (SUPSI) depending when

== Maps and Metadata BOF ==

Time Slot: Currently planned for Friday 20th September at 17:30 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Topics:
* improving interoperability between the open source metadata servers (pycsw, ckan, hs, geonetwork, gicat, 52north, deegree, ...) and clients (catmdedit, hs, geonode, qgis, esri, mapwindow, openlayers, geoext/gxp/heron, ...)
** CSW OSGeo profile?
* Faceted search extensions
* metadata links articulation
* spatial relevance algorithms
* CSW 3, OpenSearch, Mass Market, Linked Data (rdf/sparql)
* future CSW Shootout?

Who is coming:
* [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] (pycsw) (via irc)
* [[User:ortelius|Jeffrey Johnson]] (GeoNode maintainer)
* [[User:Genuchten|Paul van Genuchten]] (GeoCat/Geonetwork)
* [[User:juanluisrp|Juan Luis Rodríguez]] (GeoCat/Geonetwork)
* [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (pycsw)
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:bartvde|Bart van den Eijnden]]
* [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] (GeoNode)
* [[Arnulf Christl]] (metaspatial)
* [[User:Amercader|Adrià Mercader]] (CKAN)
* [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]] (NIWA)
* [[User:Thomas_G|Thomas Gratier]]

== Join a Software Foundation - OSGeo and LocationTech BOF ==

You owe it to your project, your users and yourself. Discussion and Q & A with OSGeo Incubation (and LocationTech?).

* When - TBC

Who is coming:
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]]
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]
* [[User:Fgdrf|Frank Gasdorf]]
* [[User:rcheetham|Robert Cheetham]]

== Mind the gaps ==

A hopefully fun brainstorming session and technology geek-out. As technology continues to evolve what are some of the gaps (& esp. open source) that may emerge in the future?

* When - TBC

Who is coming:
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]

== OSGeo INSPIRE/SDI activities ==
Based on the discussion in OSGeo-Discuss list [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011709.html], the INPIRE/SDI BoF shall be a starting point for OSGeo being more active in SDIs. In particular [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ europes INSPIRE directive] has a big impact in all days work with geodata and national SDIs.

Time Slot: Currently planned for Friday 20th September during luchtime (13:30-14:00/14:15) - place will be announced soon

Who is coming:
* [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]], [http://www.fossgis.de OSGeo D-A-CH/FOSSGIS e.V.]
* [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]], [http://www.geomajas.org geomajas.org]
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]]
* [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

* ...

== OGC/OSGeo meet up ==
OGC and OSGeo have always been strongly linked, from our common roots in the early open source geospatial community, our 2008 MoU, and the ongoing benefits we continue to realize from each other's activities. As both organisations continue to lead at the top of their respective fields, are there ways that we can work more closely and provide greater support for each other's work?

This BoF is intended as an informal meet up to hear people's thoughts and suggestions.

* When - Friday 20th September, 08:00 - 09:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee.
'''since this page has always said that the OSGeo/OGC BoF will be in the marquee we will go ahead and meet there. Please ignore the confusion of the suggestion to meet in student halls'''

Who is coming:
* Denise McKenzie, OGC Marketing and Communications
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]], OSGeo UK/WebCom, OGC member
* [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]], [http://www.fossgis.de OSGeo D-A-CH/FOSSGIS e.V.]
* [[Jeff McKenna]], OSGeo President
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]], OSGeo member, OGC member
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano, OSGeo member, OGC member
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* Peter Baumann (rasdaman)
* [[User:pcreso|Brent Wood]] (NIWA, OGC member)

== OSGeo-Live ==
Ideas for [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] BOF (which might spill into a [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2013_Code_Sprint Code Sprint] with sufficient interest):
* Discuss strategy for improving translation process
* Work out a strategy for printing and distributing DVDs / USBs, and paying for them. The hard part is working out how to process 50+ requests for DVDs per year.
* Many of the quickstarts need review/tweaks. A day of people running quickstarts, reporting issues, capturing screen shots, would greatly benefit the project. It would be a great introduction for someone to both OSGeo software, and the Open Source development process, as well as being a very valuable contribution to the community.

;Topics
* How to create PDF documentation.
* PostCards

Time Slot: Thursday, 19th, 6-7pm (Room : 3 at EMCC)

Who is coming:
* [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (OSGeoLive developer)
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - OSGeo Live gvSIG package maintainer and Spanish translator
* [[User:lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] - OSGeo Live Italian translator
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:Fgdrf|Frank Gasdorf]] - uDIG and GeoServer maintainer & German translator
* [[User:johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] - maintainer and dev
* [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] - Mapbender maintainer & German translator
* [[User:Thomas_G|Thomas Gratier]] - Mapserver & Osgeo Live French translator

Please join also the [[FOSS4G_2013_BirdsOfAFeather#Education_and_ICA-OSGeo_Labs_meeting]] Fr 9-10 am

== InaSAFE BOF ==

Time Slot and location: Thursday 19th 5:30 - 6:30pm at GeoCamp Marquee; Please fill the [http://doodle.com/6g2x2umpwwarazs9 Doodle]

Great opportunity for the distributed network of developers and users to meet each other and discuss InaSAFE [http://inasafe.org/] as well as for newcomers and workshop attendants [http://2013.foss4g.org/conf/programme/workshops/9/] to become involved in the community.

Topics:
* use cases: past experiences, future plans
* documentation and training material
* road map

Who is coming:
* [[User:vdeparday| Vivien Deparday]] (GFDRR - World Bank)
* [[User:amaneiro| Andrés Maneiro]], developer @ [http://icarto.es iCarto]
* [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] (GeoNode)
* [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] (Linfiniti)
* [[User:vanpuk|Kristy Van Putten]] (AIFDR-GA)

== ELOGeo - learning materials for FOSS-GIS ==

Time Slot and location: Friday, 1-1:30pm, GeoCamp (marquee)

The ELOGeo platform has been set up as a means for the community to share learning resources for FOSS GIS under a Creative Commons 3 licence. We at the University of Nottingham have some additional funding to work on functionality and design of the system, and we're interested in some community views on this. Please come along to say what you think! (Not usually a problem in OSGeo...) We'll have some design ideas for you to think about, and questions about the content & access.

Topics:
* how useful is the current collection of materials?
* organisation: what are good ways to tag or organise the collection?
* design: how could this be improved?

Who is coming:
* [[User:jmorley| Jeremy Morley]] (Nottingham Geospatial Institute)
* Adam Rousell (Nottingham Geospatial Institute)

== The Future of GeoExt BOF ==

Time Slot and location: Friday, 15:30-16:30pm, GeoCamp (marquee)

GeoExt brings together the geospatial know how of OpenLayers with the user interface savvy of Ext JS to help you build powerful desktop style GIS apps on the web with JavaScript. With the development of OpenLayers 3, does it make sense to create GeoExt 3 ?

Topics:
* GeoExt 3 ?
* Possible alternatives ?
* is it possible to implement a front-end GeoServer client via REST?

Who is coming:
* [[User:cmoullet| Cédric Moullet]] (swisstopo)
* [[User:IanMayo|Ian Mayo]]
* [[User:Delawen|Maria Arias de Reyna]] (geocat/geonetwork) if I can make it
* [[User:Lads| Luís de Sousa (CRP Henri Tudor)]]
* [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]]
----

More information on other Birds of a Feather sessions will be added here before the event
See [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather] for inspiration!

FOSS4G 2013 BirdsOfAFeather

2013-09-13T08:07:25Z

Wiki-Philjames: /* COST Action meeting */

[[Category:FOSS4G]]
[[Category:FOSS4G2013]]

= Introduction =
During the [http://2013.foss4g.org/ FOSS4G2013 conference] in Nottingham, UK, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.

Birds of a Feather sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

==Organising Contact==
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]

==Timeslots Available==

We'll update this page soon with details of the sessions slots available.



= BOF sessions =

== Early Birds ==

* When - Sunday 15th September, 21:00 in '''Orchard Hotel Bar'''

A chance to meet up preconference for those of us who are arriving extra early.

Who is coming:
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]
* [[Jorge Sanz]]

== Education and ICA-OSGeo Labs meeting ==

The aim is to update latest developments in the education efforts and progress update on the ICA-OSGeo Labs network and update members on future plans

* When - Friday 20th September at 09:00 -10:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Specific topics:

* Current updates -Suchith
* Updates on bid opportunities focusing on H2020(All)
* Updates on relevant training opportunities (All)
* GeoMOOC ideas - Phillip Davis
* Webinar series plans - (All)
* Curriculum discussion - (All)
* ELOGeo update - Suchith, Jeremy
* Responsibilities (moving forward (subcommittee chairs))
* COST Action - Maria

Who is coming:
* [[Jeff McKenna]], OSGeo President
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]], University of Nottingham
* [[User:Jds|Jason Sadler]], GeoData Institute, University of Southampton
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]], SIGTE - Universitat de Girona
* [[User:Lu_delazari|Luciene Delazari]], UFPR/Brazil
* [[User:fjbehr|Franz-Josef Behr]], Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

Apologies:
* [[User:BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]] - Sorry, chairing a session...

== COST Action meeting ==

The aim is to discuss about next COST Action proposal "Smart environmental applications using free and open data and technologies"

* When - Friday 20th September at 10:00 -11:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Who is coming:

* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* [[User:mingo|Marco Minghini]], Politecnico di Milano
* Peter Baumann, Jacobs University
* [[User:BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]], ITC - University Twente (when not busy on LOC duties...)
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
* [[User:Lluís|Lluís Vicens]], SIGTE - University of Girona
* [[User:philjames|Phil James]], Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, UK

== OSGeo Local Chapter meetup ==

* When - Saturday 21st September, '''Breakfast meeting''': 08:00 - 09:00 in '''Restaurant of Rutland Hall'''

* We'll have a table / space for each local chapter
* Existing members can hang out, and new people can find out about their local chapter, while having breakfast...
* Consider bringing something local to decorate your space - a small table-top flag, cloth or just leaflets describing your chapter
* Contact [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]] or update your chapter details below to take part

Who is coming:
* [http://www.osgeo.org/uk OSGeo:UK]. (chapter contact: [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]]) [''We'll be holding our Annual General Meeting - join us'']
* Dutch Language Chapter [http://osgeo.nl OSGEO.nl]. (chapter contact: [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]], [[BarendKobben|Barend Köbben]])
* German Language Chapter [http://www.fossgis.de FOSSGIS e.V.]. (chapter contact: [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]])
* Korean Language Chapter [http://www.osgeo.kr OSGeo Korean Chapter]. (chapter contact:[[User:endofcap|Sanghee Shin]])
* [[Español|Spanish Language Chapter]] (chapter contact: [[User:Delawen|María Arias]], [[OSGeo-es en el FOSS4G2013|coordination]])
* [http://www.osgeopt.pt/ Chapter of Portugal]. Contact: [[User:Jgrocha|Jorge Rocha]]
* Add your chapter details here...

Note: The '''OSGeo AGM''' is taking place on Friday evening from 6pm-7pm, see: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2013

== Sensor Web BOF ==

Time Slot: Sometime during Friday

Topics:
* Sensor Web is gaining more and more relevance in many SDI frameworks as well as in the INSPIRE context
* Discuss on-going implementation activities
* Exchange on practical experiences how to bring sensor and observation data into SDIs
* What are new, upcoming challenges?

Who is coming:
* Simon Jirka (52°North)
* Paul van Genuchten (Geocat)
* Peter Baumann (rasdaman), if ever possible

== Maps and Metadata BOF ==

Time Slot: Currently planned for Friday 20th September at 17:30 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Topics:
* improving interoperability between the open source metadata servers (pycsw, ckan, hs, geonetwork, gicat, 52north, deegree, ...) and clients (catmdedit, hs, geonode, qgis, esri, mapwindow, openlayers, geoext/gxp/heron, ...)
** CSW OSGeo profile?
* Faceted search extensions
* metadata links articulation
* spatial relevance algorithms
* CSW 3, OpenSearch, Mass Market, Linked Data (rdf/sparql)
* future CSW Shootout?

Who is coming:
* [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] (pycsw) (via irc)
* [[User:ortelius|Jeffrey Johnson]] (GeoNode maintainer)
* [[User:Genuchten|Paul van Genuchten]] (GeoCat/Geonetwork)
* [[User:Delawen|María Arias de Reyna]] (GeoCat/Geonetwork)
* [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (pycsw)
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:bartvde|Bart van den Eijnden]]
* [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] (GeoNode)
* [[Arnulf Christl]] (metaspatial)

== Join a Software Foundation - OSGeo and LocationTech BOF ==

You owe it to your project, your users and yourself. Discussion and Q & A with OSGeo Incubation (and LocationTech?).

* When - TBC

Who is coming:
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]]
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]
* [[User:Fgdrf|Frank Gasdorf]]
* [[User:rcheetham|Robert Cheetham]]

== Mind the gaps ==

A hopefully fun brainstorming session and technology geek-out. As technology continues to evolve what are some of the gaps (& esp. open source) that may emerge in the future?

* When - TBC

Who is coming:
* [[User:aross|Andrew Ross]]

== OSGeo INSPIRE/SDI activities ==
Based on the discussion in OSGeo-Discuss list [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/011709.html], the INPIRE/SDI BoF shall be a starting point for OSGeo being more active in SDIs. In particular [http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ europes INSPIRE directive] has a big impact in all days work with geodata and national SDIs.

Who is coming:
* [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]], [http://www.fossgis.de OSGeo D-A-CH/FOSSGIS e.V.]
* [[User:dirkf|Dirk Frigne]], [http://www.geomajas.org geomajas.org]
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]]
* [[User:Just|Just van den Broecke]]
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:Maxi71|Massimiliano Cannata]], University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

* ...

== OGC/OSGeo meet up ==
OGC and OSGeo have always been strongly linked, from our common roots in the early open source geospatial community, our 2008 MoU, and the ongoing benefits we continue to realize from each other's activities. As both organisations continue to lead at the top of their respective fields, are there ways that we can work more closely and provide greater support for each other's work?

This BoF is intended as an informal meet up to hear people's thoughts and suggestions.

* When - Friday 20th September, 08:00 - 09:00 in the GeoCamp Marquee

Who is coming:
* Denise McKenzie, OGC Marketing and Communications
* [[User:ian|Ian Edwards]], OSGeo UK/WebCom, OGC member
* [[User:Mlechner|Marco Lechner]], [http://www.fossgis.de OSGeo D-A-CH/FOSSGIS e.V.]
* [[Jeff McKenna]], OSGeo President
* [[User:Sanand|Suchith Anand]], OSGeo member, OGC member
* [[User:maria|Maria Antonia Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano, OSGeo member, OGC member
* [[User:jachym|Jachym Cepicky]]
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* Peter Baumann (rasdaman)

== OSGeo-Live ==
Ideas for [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] BOF (which might spill into a [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2013_Code_Sprint Code Sprint] with sufficient interest):
* Discuss strategy for improving translation process
* Work out a strategy for printing and distributing DVDs / USBs, and paying for them. The hard part is working out how to process 50+ requests for DVDs per year.
* Many of the quickstarts need review/tweaks. A day of people running quickstarts, reporting issues, capturing screen shots, would greatly benefit the project. It would be a great introduction for someone to both OSGeo software, and the Open Source development process, as well as being a very valuable contribution to the community.
* How to create PDF documentation.

Time Slot: ??

Who is coming:
* [[User:kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]] (OSGeoLive developer)
* [[Jorge Sanz]] - OSGeo Live gvSIG package maintainer and Spanish translator
* [[User:lucadelu|Luca Delucchi]] - OSGeo Live Italian translator
* [[User:Schpidi|Stephan Meissl]]
* [[User:Fgdrf|Frank Gasdorf]] - uDIG and GeoServer maintainer & German translator
* [[User:johanvdw|Johan Van de Wauw]] - maintainer and dev
* [[User:Astrid Emde|Astrid Emde]] - Mapbender maintainer & German translator

== InaSAFE BOF ==

Time Slot and location: TBD; Please fill the [http://doodle.com/6g2x2umpwwarazs9 Doodle]

Great opportunity for the distributed network of developers and users to meet each other and discuss InaSAFE [http://inasafe.org/] as well as for newcomers and workshop attendants [http://2013.foss4g.org/conf/programme/workshops/9/] to become involved in the community.

Topics:
* use cases: past experiences, future plans
* documentation and training material
* road map

Who is coming:
* [[User:vdeparday| Vivien Deparday]] (GFDRR - World Bank)
* [[User:amaneiro| Andrés Maneiro]], developer @ [http://icarto.es iCarto]
* [[User:capooti|Paolo Corti]] (GeoNode)
* [[User:timlinux|Tim Sutton]] (Linfiniti)

== ELOGeo - learning materials for FOSS-GIS ==

Time Slot and location: Friday, 1-1:30pm, GeoCamp (marquee)

The ELOGeo platform has been set up as a means for the community to share learning resources for FOSS GIS under a Creative Commons 3 licence. We at the University of Nottingham have some additional funding to work on functionality and design of the system, and we're interested in some community views on this. Please come along to say what you think! (Not usually a problem in OSGeo...) We'll have some design ideas for you to think about, and questions about the content & access.

Topics:
* how useful is the current collection of materials?
* organisation: what are good ways to tag or organise the collection?
* design: how could this be improved?

Who is coming:
* [[User:jmorley| Jeremy Morley]] (Nottingham Geospatial Institute)
* Adam Rousell (Nottingham Geospatial Institute)

----

More information on other Birds of a Feather sessions will be added here before the event
See [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_BirdsOfAFeather FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather] for inspiration!

Edu current initiatives

2013-06-06T14:45:48Z

Wiki-Philjames: /* Europe */

== 2012-2013 OSGeo Education and Curriculum Current Initiatives ==

=== 1) Continue to build up our educational material federated content databases ===

[http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content OSGeo edu's educational content metadatabase] -- a place for metadata and links to external material we are posting on our own websites<br>
[http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/xmlui/ University of Nottingham's educational content database] (ELOGeo) -- a place for us to store education content (the source code) to share

===2) Continue to expand the ICA-OSGeo Labs Network ===

This effort is led by Suchith Anand at the University of Nottingham, UK.

In September 2011, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of developing on a global basis collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide expertise and support for the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centres across the world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software technologies, training and expertise. It also aims to provide support for building-up and supporting development of open source GIS teaching and training materials, joint organization of open source GIS events, workshops through the ICA network for wider participation globally etc. Details at [[MOU_ICA]].

[https://maps.google.de/maps/ms?msid=217919488281947849251.0004da7def3b647f010c4&msa=0&ll=-27.332735,-43.330078&spn=18.234488,25.158691 Map of the ICA-OSGeo Labs](thanks to Franz-Josef)

It is really good to see our rapidly expanding global spread.

Feel free to join the mailing list http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs to follow the discussions among the participants of this initiative.

The current list of labs in the network are:

===== Europe =====

# University of Nottingham, UK http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx
# University of Girona, Spain http://www.sigte.udg.edu/ , Coordinates: 41°59′04″N 02°49′16″E
# University of Southampton, UK http://www.osgl.soton.ac.uk/
# Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/Osgeorel
# Newcastle University, UK http://research.ncl.ac.uk/osgeolab/ coordinates: 54.981189 -1.614617
# Laboratorio di Geomatica , Politecnico di Milano, Italy, http://geomatica.como.polimi.it/index.php?lang=en
# University of Warwick, UK http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/research/facilities/geolab/
# UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre, Poland http://www.gridw.pl [new website under development]

===== South America =====

# Federal University of Paraná, Brazil http://www.geomatica.ufpr.br/index.html [new website under development, Coordinates: 25°26'54"S, 49°13'51"W
# São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil http://www.unesp.br/ [process of being established]
# National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios (UNAMAD), Peru [process of being established]
# Universidad de la República, Uruguay http://ltaat.fcien.edu.uy [new website under development]

===== North America =====

# 35:46:54.14 78:40:33.79 North Carolina State University, USA http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/
# University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA http://www.umass.edu/ [new website being established]
# Information Center for the Environment, University of California, Davis, USA http://ice.ucdavis.edu/[in process of being established]
# Laboratorio de Software Libre, Zacatecas, Mexico http://www.cozcyt.gob.mx/labsol/ [in process of being established]

===== Asia =====

# UNMC, Malaysia [website in development] http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Geography/Newsitems/Establishing-Open-Source-Geospatial-Lab.aspx
# Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia http://www.utm.my/ [process of being established]
# National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), University of the Philippines [process of being established]
# Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), Philippines [process of being established]
# Lab for Spatial Informatics , IIIT Hyderabad, India http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/labinfo/

===== Africa =====

# University of Pretoria ,South Africa http://www.up.ac.za/cgis
# Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Kenya http://www.rcmrd.org/ [process of being established]
# University of Ghana, Ghana [process of being established]

===== Australia =====
# University of Melbourne, Australia [process of being established]

== Interested in adding your own node into the ICA-OSGeo Labs network? ==

As the lab network is expanding fast ,we have also setup nodal contacts for each regions

# Anne Ghisla - Asia & Australia
# Helena Mitasova - North America
# Charlie Schweik - South America
# Suchith Anand - Europe & Africa

Email Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk and cc Helena Mitasova ‎[hmitaso at ncsu.edu]‎, Charlie Schweik ‎[cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu]‎, Anne Ghisla [a.ghisla at gmail.com] to start the conversation and they will be happy to discuss details and guide you through the process.

The key requirements for establishing a local OSGL are:

(A) Both parties should work for the vision of the [[MOU_ICA|ICA-OSGeo MoU]] to develop collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data in the future.

(B) Someone at your institution or organization should have a strong Geospatial knowledge and vision to lead this activity and build a team of people, locally.

(C) There should be a website established for your Open Source Geospatial Laboratory listing current research, people, and training information. This web presence will allow the other nodes in the network and others to understand and promote your local efforts around research and teaching of open source geospatial technologies and approaches.

From our end, we will promote the initiative widely through both OSGeo and ICA channels to help build up collaboration opportunities for the future. We will also do a joint press release to announce the initiative and start building collaborations. A primary collaborative initiative continues to be the creation and maintenance of shared open access educational resources (for example [http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/ the ELOGeo platform]). We will also add the info of all labs in the Open Geospatial Lab network node site within OSGeo website so that all participating labs urls are added and linked.

We especially welcome applications from universities, educational institutes, government organisations in developing countries to help develop capacity building in geospatial education by establishing Open Source Geo Labs.

== Meetings ==
; Next meeting:
* [[ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-05-02]] 14.00 UTC
* [[ICA OSGeo Lab Network 2013-06-06]] 14.00 UTC

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