<div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr">Hi lab colleagues:</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">37 Labs -- fantastic! Thanks especially to Suchith for his leadersip growing the network. Thanks also to Helena for this wiki work and Maria and others on the Cost proposal.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr">
Questions:</p><p dir="ltr">1) Is there anyone in our network who can implement a network web map using open layers or leaflet?</p><p dir="ltr">2) With such an amazing network established, the next step is how to move us forward as a group on the coordinated research and education fronts. The EU COST activity is just the kind of thing we need. On the US side there's been activity too. We had one grant around education activities *just miss* getting funded and will be resubmitted. I'm contemplating another idea currently... </p>
<p>3) Collaborative writing and new derivate testing: </p><p>I'd like to try out a very simple collaborative writing effort using the system Luis has proposed. My idea is to develop some simple, short spatial analysis "analytic puzzlers" that are conceptual (not technology specific) that we could use in our classes. For instance, a puzzle about how to analyze the shortest walking travel route between two points, or a puzzle on how to calculate landcover change areas (e.g., agriculture to development) using two different landcover layers (e.g., 2000, 2010). I'd like to see if we can use Luis' proposed system (Github) for testing how we'd share "educational source" and new versions of documents... Anyone willing to help with "analytic puzzler" ideas? </p>
<p dir="ltr">I WISH I was going to be at FOSS4G this month. I'm sorry I won't be. But I hope those who meet can brainstorm on how we can work together in new research and teaching activities.</p><p dir="ltr">This is an awesome network! </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers,<br>Charlie</p></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Suchith Anand <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have now updated the meeting minutes of our yesterday's teleconference at <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Network_2013-09-05" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Network_2013-09-05</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please check/modify anything I missed.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to Luis for presenting his excellent work on OGC Schools for GitHub. Once Phil sends the recording of the url please do have a look at the presentation as it is really interesting work and we all can think of ideas for taking this forward.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will now go-ahead with the OpenGIS Webinar program starting with "OSGeo Live DVD for Education" and we will plan the webinar course structure for future webinars. I will be in contact with Eduardo on this. So please send me your ideas for topics for the webinar program.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately we don’t have any updates on the website which is a pity. I have put this as an urgent item on our agenda for our F2F meeting on 20th Sep at FOSS4G 2013. Thanks to Helena for building an excellent table for our network. It is pretty amazing so see the expanding list. I remember when we started the initiative one year back our aim was to setup 5 labs in 5 years! We now have 6 labs in the USA alone with 37 labs in total spread over the world. Thanks to all of you and great to see this. We will be having over 100 labs established worldwide this time next year and we need a good website in place to keep building the momentum. All ideas /suggestions welcome.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to seeing many of you at FOSS4G in just over a week's time at Nottingham<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Suchith<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
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