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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As per the MoU between the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) and the Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS) [ <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/1071">http://www.osgeo.org/node/1071</a> ] ,we are pleased to announce the 11 member Advisory board comprised of eminent academics, industry leaders and government organisations to give strategic input and direction for Open Source Geospatial Lab and its open source activities. This was based on nominations from OSGeo Board, OSGeo:UK community, OSGeo:Edu community and CGS to fill these positions and i am pleased to inform the members. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Arnulf Christl (OSGeo President)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Prof. Ari Jolma (Aalto University, Finland)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Martin Daly (Cadcorp, UK)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Chris Holcroft(Association for Geographic Information)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Steven Feldman(KnowWhere Consulting Ltd)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># James Passmore (British Geological Survey)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Ian Holt (Ordnance Survey, UK)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Dr Gobe Hobona (Envitia, UK)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Jo Cook (Astun Technology, UK) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Prof. Maria Brovelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal># Phil Davis (GeoTech Center, USA) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our aim is for developing collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data in the UK. The lab will build up the profile of OSGeo activities in the UK and provide opportunities for excellent students to work on various OSGeo projects. We are pleased to inform that within this short time, some of our students have won awards for their excellent research carried out at the lab (For example- Best spatial analysis paper award at GISRUK 2011, prestigious fully funded PhD scholarships etc) . We are hoping to provide more opportunities for staff and students to work on various open source projects and build collaboration opportunities in the future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Details of some of our recent work at <a href="http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/Opensource_ukv9i3.pdf">http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/Opensource_ukv9i3.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best Wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><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>Centre for Geospatial Science<br>The 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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm</a><br><a href="http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/</span></a><br><a href="http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OSGIS 2011</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis11/os_home.html">http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~osgis11/os_home.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research for bridging the digital divide</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br/>
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