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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>De:</b> GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Enviado:</b> domingo, 30 de octubre de 2016 15:19<br>
<b>Para:</b> Helena Mitasova; Follett, Cassandra<br>
<b>Cc:</b> geoforall@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Welcome to DePaul University - 112 member of Geoforall</font>
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<p>Welcome Cassie. We are looking forward to work with you and your colleagues. The mailing list is at
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk876608">
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/geoforall</a> <br>
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From: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Helena Mitasova <hmitaso@ncsu.edu><br>
Sent: 30 October 2016 12:37 AM<br>
To: Follett, Cassandra<br>
Cc: geoforall@lists.osgeo.org<br>
Subject: [Geo4All] Welcome to DePaul University - 112 member of Geoforall<br>
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Cassie,<br>
<br>
Thank you for your email - your goals to adhere your GIS usage and curriculum to social<br>
justice focus and mission are wonderful contribution to the geoforall mission.<br>
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I have added DePaul University, Department of Geography to the GeoForAll laboratories network table<br>
with a warm welcome to our community.<br>
We hope you will participate in promoting the vision of GeoForAll and share the goal of developing<br>
global collaboration opportunities for education and research with open source GIS software and data.<br>
You are welcome to contact other GeoForAll Labs to exchange experiences<br>
and collaborate in teaching and research programs based on open source GIS software. You can find<br>
contact information in the table at<br>
<p><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk486912">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives</a> .<br>
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I assume that you are already subscribed to our mailing list,<br>
if not, here is the link, to make sure you get updated on the latest developments<br>
<p><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk255185">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a>
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I have added your lab to the network table as #112. Please<br>
create a login on the OSGeo wiki (unless you already have one)<br>
<p>(<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk564458">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives</a> ) and edit the table<br>
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with your lab information (coordinates longitude/latitude, brief descriprion<br>
of you activities/competencies and link to your website when you have it ready).<br>
Please also add your lab in the relevant sections of these pages:<br>
<p><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Teaching_areas" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk441446">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Teaching_areas</a>
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<p><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Research_areas" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk880087">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/ICA_OSGeo_Lab_Research_areas</a>
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Finally, you should set up a webpage page on your website that<br>
provides information about your open source geospatial activities<br>
and a list of active participants among your staff.<br>
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We look forward to your participation in the network!<br>
Let me know if you have any further questions,<br>
or need any help with the wiki,<br>
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best regards, Helena<br>
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> On Oct 26, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Follett, Cassandra <CFOLLETT@depaul.edu> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hello Helena,<br>
><br>
> Thank you for your email. After our faculty meeting I have had interest<br>
> from other faculty and instructors, as well as the Dean, in supporting<br>
> this.<br>
><br>
> At DePaul, we are expanding our Geography program and our GIS offerings.<br>
> We have a new dedicated GIS Lab where we have GRASS, QGIS, and other open<br>
> source GIS programs such as GeoDA. Every couple quarters we also offer a<br>
> GIS course specifically on using QGIS. We are expanding our curriculum in<br>
> coming quarters to teach interactive GIS mapping, and are developing<br>
> coursework that will incorporate open geospatial software for online<br>
> mapping and other alternatives to commercial software offerings. We<br>
> support local community organizations by offering courses in community<br>
> GIS, and due to organizational resources teaching sustainable GIS<br>
> practices such as adopting open source GIS is often a goal in those<br>
> collaborations. Furthermore we employ open data such as the Chicago Data<br>
> Portal often in our projects, as well as freely available remote sensing<br>
> products and other data products.<br>
><br>
> As my position in the program is a GIS Coordinator and adjunct instructor,<br>
> my interest is in being a point of contact for Geo4All and fostering<br>
> adoption and teaching of open GIS on campus. This is because I believe<br>
> that offering alternatives to students in this way is beneficial to<br>
> students and gaining relevant skills. Long term goals discussed by our<br>
> program include ways to adhere our GIS usage and curriculum to social<br>
> justice focus and mission.<br>
><br>
> Thank you for your time,<br>
> -Cassie<br>
><br>
><br>
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Helena Mitasova<br>
Professor at the Department of Marine,<br>
Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences<br>
and Center for Geospatial Analytics<br>
North Carolina State University<br>
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208<br>
hmitaso@ncsu.edu<br>
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