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--></style></head><body lang=KO link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi all,</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If I add one thing to Maria’s report as one of participants to the meeting, there was strong consensus that UN Open GIS needs to embrace open geodata community – e.g. OSM – in some way since crowd sourced map data is very essential at the UN peace keeping area where map data is not available nor up-to-dated in many cases. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cheers, </span></p><p class=MsoNormal>신상희 드림<span lang=EN-US> <br>---<br>Shin, Sanghee<br>Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br>http://www.gaia3d.com </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"굴림",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>보낸 사람<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it">Maria Antonia Brovelli</a><br></span><b>보낸 날짜<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>2017</span>년<span lang=EN-US> 5</span>월<span lang=EN-US> 4</span>일 목요일 오전<span lang=EN-US> 4:52<br></span><b>받는 사람<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:un@lists.osgeo.org">un@lists.osgeo.org</a>; <a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>; <a href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a><br></span><b>제목<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>[UN] UN Open GIS Initiative -Short Report after the Brindisi meeting</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"굴림",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear All</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>below a short report about the main outcomes of the meeting I attended on behalf of OSGeo.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Maria</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Meeting at United Nations Global Service Centre - Brindisi, Italy, 27-28 April 2017</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The meeting was organized in two days and included </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>the combined demonstration and field test of the Modular Command Centre and mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Rapid Geospatial Solution</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>the presentation (and discussion) of the UN Open GIS project to UN, Member States, other international organisations and academia [1]</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Main elements of interest by OSGeo UN Committee and GeoForAll:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Spiral 1 (WG1): the UN Open GIS Initiative GeoPortal. The Platform is based on Geoshape-Exchange, developed by Boundless and supported by US DoD.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Spiral 2 (WG2): capacity building for UN staff members on open source geospatial technologies. The initiative is supported by volunteer activity of OSGeo and GeoForAll members. QGIS (concluded) and PostGIS (in progress) have been taught by using as educational platform that of Politecnico di Milano.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Spiral 3 (WG3): geospatial analysis. More than </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt'>140 new geospatial functions for Web and Desktop available at [2]. Those pieces of software were made avaialable by </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>OpenGDS </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt'> (South Korea). Educational material will be provided soon. The original material is available in Korean. It will be translated in English but some help in cleaning it by English native speakers is more than welcome.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt'>Spiral 4 (WG4): tools for data collection. The </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based Rapid Geospatial Solution is part of the WG activities and the software will be available soon. The development is part of the activity of OpenGDS (South Korea). Some South Korean companies are contributing to the development; among them Gaia3D, Inc. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;text-align:left;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>I discussed with Kyoung-Soo Eom and Ki-Joune Li (the two chairs of UN Open GIS Initiative) the document “</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'>Resourcing Open Source Geospatial Training for the United Nations”</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt'> [3]. The theme of sustainability is very relevant to UN Open GIS initiative (and more in general to UN). We agreed to organize a first exploratory Skype or hangout meeting, together with Cameron Shorter (who promoted this initiative) to discuss the document before presenting it to the next UN Open GIS Initiative VTC. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I recall you that the UN Open GIS Initiative VTC meeting is scheduled the second Wednesday of every month at 1 pm UTC. People interested can attend. Just let me know in such a way that I communicate your interest to the chairs.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>[1] <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3dBcNKACjRlcDZTa0JsNUlab0U/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3dBcNKACjRlcDZTa0JsNUlab0U/view?usp=sharing</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>[2] <a href="https://github.com/MapPlus/spatial_statistics_for_geotools_udig">https://github.com/MapPlus/spatial_statistics_for_geotools_udig</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>[3] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Di-WxImfPq5oF2jeBblxNjY0JYJoXegLc5jaTPjufM/edit#heading=h.g1mf7fn4rfea">https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Di-WxImfPq5oF2jeBblxNjY0JYJoXegLc5jaTPjufM/edit#heading=h.g1mf7fn4rfea</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies">http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>----------------------------------------------------</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing<br>Politecnico di Milano</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><a href="http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html">http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html</a>, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Board</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sol Katz Award 2015</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867, </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>maria.brovelli@polimi.it</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>