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Suchith,<br>
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Tonnes of thanks for sharing this. It is an inspiration for us here
in the Pacific Islands.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Edwin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/22/2012 4:18 AM, Suchith Anand
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b>Open
Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at
the Czech Technical University in Prague</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">We are
pleased to announce the establishment of Open Source
Geospatial Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the
Czech Republic at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech
Technical University in Prague. The laboratory is one of the
members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of
the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">In 2011, the
International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) with a view to develop global
collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and
government organisations in the field of 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 to support
the development of open source geospatial software
technologies, training and expertise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">OSGeoREL at
the CTU in Prague is led by Martin Landa, Department of
Mapping and Cartography. The laboratory is devoted to
education in geoinformatics using FOSS4G, and to research in
open source software development for geospatial applications.
Martin Landa is an OSGeo charter member since 2011 and a
member of the GRASS Development Team since 2006. He is
actively involved in the GRASS project as the lead architect
of graphical user interface (GUI) development and PostGIS
integration in GRASS vector architecture.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Geoinformatics
at the CTU in Prague: Prof. Aleš Čepek has established a study
program in geoinformatics since 2005 (originally with Prof.
Leoš Mervart), he is the author of project GNU Gama and of a
minor project GNU Sqltutor (both hosted at GNU servers) and
the editor in chief of Geoinformatics FCE CTU journal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">More details
of the lab at<span style="font-family:"DejaVu
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dr
Suchith Anand</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nottingham Geospatial Institute<br>
Nottingham Geospatial Building <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU<br>
Tel: (0)115 82 32750<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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part of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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All</a>" <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Open Geospatial Science through ICA Commission on Open
Source Geospatial Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"
lang="EN-US">Mission - Building up Open Source, Open
Standards, Open Data research for bridging the digital
divide</span><span
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