<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>On the US side, one program we might consider a submission to is the National Science Foundation's GENERAL Research Coordination Network program [1]. The geosciences directorate is involved in this. </div><div><br></div><div>The negative is that while they encourage international participation, the funding primarily goes to US participants, but we might be able to organize workshops and travel funds to US institutions. </div><div><br></div><div>I think we should try and sketch out what we want to do -- e.g., key research questions or the network research agenda, etc. -- and then we approach the appropriate program officer to see if they would be willing to entertain a full proposal. </div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, are there any other such network-building funding RFPs in other countries or the EU that we should look into?</div><div><br></div><div>Suchith - do you want me to start the OSGeo wiki page?</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie </div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15527/nsf15527.htm">http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15527/nsf15527.htm</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Chris Pettit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cpettit@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">cpettit@unimelb.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Great there is such enthusiasm for this thematic and I look forward to working with you all on it.</div>
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<div>Suchith is helping us set up our own OSGeo mail server and OSGeo wiki to support use. So I think once we have these sorted we can really start contributing and documenting all ideas on the wiki so we don’t lose any of these.</div>
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<div>Charlie, like your 4 direction points. I would like to see we keep point 3 around inventory of key education needs/desires as a number of us will be keen to look at using the open source tools and data for teaching and researching into the area of urban
science – city analytics, which in turn aim to address a number of real world issues facing our cities and built environment.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Hogan>, "Patrick (ARC-PX)" <<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov" target="_blank">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, 23 February 2015 7:23 am<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>Charles Schweik <<a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu" target="_blank">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a>>, "Chandola, Varun" <<a href="mailto:chandola@buffalo.edu" target="_blank">chandola@buffalo.edu</a>>, Anthony Beck <<a href="mailto:ant.beck@gmail.com" target="_blank">ant.beck@gmail.com</a>>,
Jeremy Morley <<a href="mailto:Jeremy.Morley@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Jeremy.Morley@nottingham.ac.uk</a>>, cpettit <<a href="mailto:cpettit@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">cpettit@unimelb.edu.au</a>>, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <<a href="mailto:sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy" target="_blank">sergio.acostaylara@mtop.gub.uy</a>>,
Antoni Pérez Navarro <<a href="mailto:aperezn@uoc.edu" target="_blank">aperezn@uoc.edu</a>>, Doreen Boyd <<a href="mailto:Doreen.Boyd@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">Doreen.Boyd@nottingham.ac.uk</a>>, "Phil Davis (<a href="mailto:pdavis@delmar.edu" target="_blank">pdavis@delmar.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:pdavis@delmar.edu" target="_blank">pdavis@delmar.edu</a>>,
"Suchith Anand (<a href="mailto:suchith_anand@yahoo.com" target="_blank">suchith_anand@yahoo.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:suchith_anand@yahoo.com" target="_blank">suchith_anand@yahoo.com</a>>, "Jim Miller (<a href="mailto:miller@ittc.ku.edu" target="_blank">miller@ittc.ku.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:miller@ittc.ku.edu" target="_blank">miller@ittc.ku.edu</a>>,
MELICK Brandt <<a href="mailto:bmelick@springfield-or.gov" target="_blank">bmelick@springfield-or.gov</a>>, "Mueller, Thomas" <<a href="mailto:Mueller@calu.edu" target="_blank">Mueller@calu.edu</a>>, "Tkachenko, Nataliya" <<a href="mailto:N.Tkachenko@warwick.ac.uk" target="_blank">N.Tkachenko@warwick.ac.uk</a>>,
"Ye, Xinyue" <<a href="mailto:xye5@kent.edu" target="_blank">xye5@kent.edu</a>>, Ruslan Rainis <<a href="mailto:rruslan@usm.my" target="_blank">rruslan@usm.my</a>>, Ingo Simonis <<a href="mailto:isimonis@opengeospatial.org" target="_blank">isimonis@opengeospatial.org</a>>, Gabor Remetey <<a href="mailto:gabor.remetey@gmail.com" target="_blank">gabor.remetey@gmail.com</a>>,
"Maria Brovelli (<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>)" <<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>>, Giuseppe Conti <<a href="mailto:Giuseppe.Conti@trilogis.it" target="_blank">Giuseppe.Conti@trilogis.it</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">Yes! We need a list of use cases that cities have for addressing their needs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">Then we need to boil that down into a set of requirements/functionalities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">We need to assess which are of more common interest and which might be easier or smarter (more fundamental) to build first.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">And we’ll want real cities interested in participating, to be testing this out and providing feedback.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">As for a foundational platform, yes World Wind is there, Java, iOS and Android. The interesting thing about the web version (JavaScript/HTML5/WebGL)
we are developing now is that it will provide visualization for the subsurface. Much of a city’s infrastructure is underground, so this would seem an essential element. I think the only requirement should be that the OSGEO solution does not require proprietary
software and has an open source license that allows others to continually advance the platform as needed.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">And I don’t think this effort requires an education component (your item 3). It certainly would be free for GIS courses to include it in their real-world
teaching experience. That will happen all on its own, especially if what we are doing proves valuable to the municipalities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)">As for Goog docs or OSGEO wiki, the only reason Goog is being ‘nice’ is to sift you and sell you out. So I would prefer an OSGEo wiki.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Charles Schweik [<a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu" target="_blank">mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chandola, Varun; Anthony Beck; Jeremy Morley; Chris Pettit; SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; Antoni Pérez Navarro; Doreen Boyd; Phil Davis (<a href="mailto:pdavis@delmar.edu" target="_blank">pdavis@delmar.edu</a>); Suchith Anand (<a href="mailto:suchith_anand@yahoo.com" target="_blank">suchith_anand@yahoo.com</a>);
Jim Miller (<a href="mailto:miller@ittc.ku.edu" target="_blank">miller@ittc.ku.edu</a>); MELICK Brandt; Mueller, Thomas; Tkachenko, Nataliya; Ye, Xinyue; Ruslan Rainis; Ingo Simonis; Gabor Remetey; Maria Brovelli (<a href="mailto:maria.brovelli@polimi.it" target="_blank">maria.brovelli@polimi.it</a>);
Giuseppe Conti; <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Urban Science - City Analytics - first thoughts<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear Urban Science - City Analytics Folks,<br>
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Chris Pettit is leading this and I am here to help. Each of you who are personally addressed, have expressed interest in moving this Urban Science - City Analytics theme into a bright future. If we think of this as putting the planet on track from the ground
up, this is it, one city at a time! Solutions that we collectively share!!! To become a groundswell for all!<br>
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I think there may be a better name for this than "Urban Science - City Analytics" maybe 'Municipal Munificence' (just kidding) but at lease something less techno, i.e., SmartCity? This enterprise will not only address management of city infrastructure, zoning,
permit process, taxation, flooding, traffic, routing of garbage trucks, and all the other munificent things integral to community living, but it will do this with an eye for constant improvement (analytics) to increase sustainability, prepare for climate change,
and simply orient ongoing repair and growth in ways that continually improve the quality of city life.<br>
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This will necessarily decrease vehicle traffic, increase bicycle and pedestrian traffic, enhance more self-sufficient communities, increase cooperatives, and make schools, stores and services more accessible to more 'localized' communities. Then connect those
local communities with each other via major public transportation arteries.<br>
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Okay, however ideal we orient, we must first address ^basic^ city management issues. Let's put together a list of what those are and then together prioritize them. At least that will establish the target. I see a lot of activity out there already thinking about
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Master programme in Sustainable Cities at Aalborg University Copenhagen<br>
<a href="http://sustainablecities.aau.dk/" target="_blank">http://sustainablecities.aau.dk/</a><br>
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Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities<br>
<a href="http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/14193/FY13-0119+Climate+Adaptation+toolkit+lowres.pdf</a><br>
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General background info:<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_energy</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transport</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living</a><br>
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WoW! A place where I would like to live!<br>
A rural town in Italy, a leader in energy sustainability:<br>
<a href="http://reregions.blogspot.com/2010/03/varese-ligure-italy.html" target="_blank">http://reregions.blogspot.com/2010/03/varese-ligure-italy.html</a><br>
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Local Grocery<br>
<a href="http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/2004-01-08/mondragons-eroski-mass-retailer" target="_blank">http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/2004-01-08/mondragons-eroski-mass-retailer</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-new-economy/mondragon-worker-cooperatives-decide-how-to-ride-out-a-downturn" target="_blank">http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-new-economy/mondragon-worker-cooperatives-decide-how-to-ride-out-a-downturn</a><br>
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Local Agriculture & Industrial Equipment<br>
<a href="http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/gvcs-machine-index/" target="_blank">http://opensourceecology.org/gvcs/gvcs-machine-index/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski</a><br>
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Anyway, just a shot over our bow.<br>
What shall we do? Where to from here?<br>
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-Patrick<br>
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