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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rajan, that is excellent to hear and congrats to you on the award. It is truly deserving recognition for you and your lab members for the excellent work you all are doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is great to see Open Source GIS Summer and Winter schools now getting established in many regions around the world. In 2014, there will be in ISPRS-ICA Summer Camp in China , the 5th Summer School in Girona led by SIGTE <a href="http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2013/">http://www.sigte.udg.edu/summerschool2013/</a> (which is now growing in strength each year and is now grown as the main summer school in Europe for Open GIS) etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am also pleased to hear that tomorrow (19th Dec) at AGSE 2013 at Ahmedabad, India <a href="http://agse2013-cept.in/">http://agse2013-cept.in/</a> is also the Inaugural launch event of ICA-OSGeo Lab at CEPT University. I congratulate Prof. Anjana Vyas and her team and wish them all success. Also thanks to Prof. Franz-Josef Behr who is the key person behind AGSE (Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment) series of conferences which is an interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge and expertise among the scientists, academia, researchers, professionals and industry about Geoinformatics with specific focus on its applications. These kinds of events also builds long term research collaborations. For example, Franz Josef's lab at Stuttgart University and Universities in India who are establishing OSGeo labs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en">http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am sure there will be summer schools started in other key countries and regions (USA, Brazil, Canada etc ) in the near future to further provide opportunities to more students as well as provide opportunities for staff to meet and build new ideas for future research and teaching collaborations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> K S Rajan [mailto:rajan@iiit.ac.in] <br><b>Sent:</b> 18 December 2013 04:47<br><b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br><b>Cc:</b> ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Winter School on "Open Source Development of Geospatial Technology"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks Suchith.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Well, this will be a first initiative of its kind here to help encourage people to understand and modify a tool, rather than be passive users of the toolset. We plan to open up the world of Open Source Coding in Geospatial tech and try to get users to be part of the application design/requirements definition process. Hoping that it will be a good experiment to connect theory, practice and utility. Will share the experiences later.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Also, happy to share that I received the Indian National Geospatial Award 2013 from the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, early this month. <span style='background:white'>This award is towards recognition of contribution in the field of geo-spatial science, technology and applications for work done in India.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>And well I consider this a recognition of all the contributions that by current and past members/students of the Lab, have done.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Rajan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>-- <br>1. Please use VRGeo.in (<a href="http://vrgeo.in">http://vrgeo.in</a>) - the Collaborative Mapping Platform for Researchers and All<br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>K S Rajan, Ph.D.<br><br>Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics,<br>Associate Professor,<br>International Institute of Information Technology<br>Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India<br>Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276<br>Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:rajan@iiit.ac.in">rajan@iiit.ac.in</a><br><br>GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=zwchr></span></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This 3 week winter school on “Open Source Development of Geospatial Technology" is an excellent initiative. Well done to OSGeo India and Dr K.S Rajan and staff at IIIT-H who are organising this. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best wishes,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Suchith</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ravi Kumar<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 December 2013 05:33<br><b>To:</b> osgeo-discuss<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black'>Researchers / students may choose to attend a completely funded OSGeo India, FOSS GIS -3- week winter school at IIIT Hyderabad, India.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>We would like to request you to please send in Applications/Nominations (Indian Nationals) of potential participants who can benefit from attending this winter school using the online Registration form at <a href="http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/registration.php" target="_blank"><span style='color:#196AD4'>http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/registration.php</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Participants will be selected by a Selection Committee. The last date for Applications are 29th Dec 2013(sunday)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>For more details, including course content, please see <a href="http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#196AD4'>http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Ravi Kumar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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