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color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>H<SPAN class=368342416-04102009>i
Eric, </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Maybe we should focus on a GIS on a stick product rather than a
LiveDVD?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=368342416-04102009>We
(CASCADOSS project) have been using our own distro for the training. You will
find it here: <A
href="http://cascadoss.competterra.com/cascadoss.php?livedvd_en">http://cascadoss.competterra.com/cascadoss.php?livedvd_en</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=368342416-04102009>I am
not entirely sure, but I think Compet-Terra developed a verison working from the
USB-Stick.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=368342416-04102009>Some
excercises based upon this LiveDVD: <A
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Wawer_Rafal">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Wawer_Rafal</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=368342416-04102009>Best
regards:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=368342416-04102009>Raf</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig>Dr. Rafal Wawer<BR>K.U.Leuven<BR>R&D Division SADL
(Spatial Application Division)<BR>Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224<BR>BE-3001
Leuven-Heverlee<BR>Belgium<BR>tel. 0032 16 329731</P>
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<DIV>-Eric</DIV>
<DIV><BR clear=all>-=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=-<BR>Eric B.
Wolf New!
720-334-7734<BR>USGS Geographer<BR>Center of Excellence in GIScience<BR>PhD
Student <BR>CU-Boulder - Geography<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Ian Turton <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:ijturton@gmail.com">ijturton@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=im>On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Peter Batty <<A
href="mailto:peter@ebatty.com">peter@ebatty.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> I
think that programs to encourage greater use of OSGeo products in<BR>>
universities would be a great idea too - ESRI dominate in this area at
the<BR>> moment, but this would be another way to get the word out to a
broader<BR>> audience.<BR><BR></DIV>Currently universities are locked in a
vicious circle with GIS<BR>software in that the students demand we teach them
on ESRI software<BR>because that's what employers want and employers use ESRI
software as<BR>that is what the universities are teaching the students
on.<BR><BR>The fact that ESRI are giving the software away for free (or
nearly<BR>free) doesn't help. I'd love to teach more (undergraduate)
students<BR>with FOSS but first I have to find technician time to install
the<BR>software on all the lab machines in the university (which is
where<BR>ArcMap is provided) for just one course (and any way why can't I
use<BR>Arc like everyone else will be the question). Of course we're
supposed<BR>to be teaching techniques not software packages but you still
spend<BR>most of your time sorting out the software issues.<BR><BR>So *I*
think that universities are a lost cause and we should focus on<BR>high
schools - but in many states ESRI has got there before us and has<BR>signed
deals with the state to provide arc in schools at no cost to<BR>the school.
When I query teachers as to how the kids will do their<BR>homework they
usually shrug and point out it's too hard for them to do<BR>on their own or
that they can use the school library. May be<BR>elementary schools are the
winnable battlefield?<BR><BR>Ian<BR><FONT color=#888888>--<BR>Ian
Turton<BR>These are definitely my views and not Penn States!<BR></FONT>
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