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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hello Luis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Certainly. I’ll have to put the GIS 2020 – Introduction to Open Source GIS and Web Mapping course online somewhere and then I’ll send you the link. There is some material on OGC standards for this course.This has only been offered as a face to face course and has never been put online.<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'>The other courses I’ve written (along with Dr. Rick Smith) are available from the GeoAcademy site. <a href="https://foss4geo.wordpress.com/">https://foss4geo.wordpress.com/</a> and on GitHub <a href="https://github.com/FOSS4GAcademy">https://github.com/FOSS4GAcademy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>These 5 courses are currently being updated for QGIS 2.8.1. The updates will be completed by mid-summer.<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 nearing completion of a topical GeoAcademy companion course with a focus on using FOSS4G for public health. The course will be called Community Health Mapping and is part of an initiative funded by the US National Library of Medicine. The blog I author for this project is here: <a href="http://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/">http://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The course material will be available from this site and the GeoAcademy site by early summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><br>Kurt <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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Kurt Menke, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Bird’s Eye View <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/" title="http://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/">www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Work: 505-265-0243<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Cell: 505-362-1776<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><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 #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Luis Bermudez [mailto:lbermudez@opengeospatial.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 31, 2015 8:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> kurt@birdseyeviewgis.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Suchith Anand; ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC standards training<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Kurt<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can you please provide me with links to your courses?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I want to add them as reference and reuse your material if possible.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm also very interested in exercises students need to go through to understand better the concept and technologies.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you very much!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>- Luis<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Luis Bermudez, Ph.D.<br>Executive Director Compliance and E-Learning<br>Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)<br>The OGC: Making Location Count<br><br>Skype: bermudez_luis<br>Twitter: @berdez<br>Tel: +1 301 760 7323<br><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez">http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 17, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Kurt. That is excellent info.<br><br>Could you please try and attend the telemeeting that Luis is organising, so we can discuss details. Please complete the doodle poll at <a href="http://doodle.com/w5sr533xn95ryswu7c9s59mk/admin#table">http://doodle.com/w5sr533xn95ryswu7c9s59mk/admin#table</a> so luis can find the best time convenient for all. Thanks.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Suchith<br>________________________________________<br>From: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Kurt Menke [<a href="mailto:kurt@birdseyeviewgis.com">kurt@birdseyeviewgis.com</a>]<br>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:05 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] ica-osgeo-labs Digest, Vol 24, Issue 65<br><br>Hello all,<br>I've been covering OGC protocols and standards in my Intro to Open Source<br>GIS and Web Mapping course for the past six years. These are critical<br>concepts to anyone wanting to work in the web environment. The standards and<br>protocols are very well documented. I can also share any material I have<br>which includes a lecture and two labs on the topic.<br>Kurt<br><br>**************************<br>Kurt Menke, GISP<br>Bird’s Eye View<br>3016 Santa Clara Ave SE<br>Albuquerque, NM 87106<br><a href="http://www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com">www.BirdsEyeViewGIS.com</a><br>Cell: 505-362-1776<br>Work: 505-265-0243<br>Fax: 505-265-0243<br><br>Grand Canyon Wildlands Council - President<br><a href="http://www.grandcanyonwildlands.org/">www.grandcanyonwildlands.org/</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>[<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-request@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-request@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:08 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Subject: ica-osgeo-labs Digest, Vol 24, Issue 65<br><br>Send ica-osgeo-labs mailing list submissions to<br> <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-request@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-request@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-owner@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-owner@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than<br>"Re: Contents of ica-osgeo-labs digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Documenting OGC standards and OGC standards training<br> (Luis Bermudez)<br> 2. Re: Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar? WoW! Whoa! Or<br> What?! (Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX))<br> 3. Re: Documenting OGC standards and OGC standards training<br> (Suchith Anand)<br> 4. Re: Documenting OGC standards and OGC standards training<br> (Charles Schweik)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:32:25 -0400<br>From: Luis Bermudez <<a href="mailto:lbermudez@opengeospatial.org">lbermudez@opengeospatial.org</a>><br>To: Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>, Suchith Anand<br> <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Cc: George Percivall <<a href="mailto:gpercivall@opengeospatial.org">gpercivall@opengeospatial.org</a>>, Carl Reed<br> <<a href="mailto:creed@opengeospatial.org">creed@opengeospatial.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>"<br> <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, Christopher Tucker<br> <<a href="mailto:christopher.tucker@gmail.com">christopher.tucker@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC<br> standards training<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:1EB06E3E-36AF-46D4-BA52-DFBF2705BDC4@opengeospatial.org">1EB06E3E-36AF-46D4-BA52-DFBF2705BDC4@opengeospatial.org</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8<br><br>Hi Suchith, Cameron and all,<br><br>I'm very happy to see this dialog.<br><br>Now that I have been officially appointed (tasked), I want to leverage,<br>contribute and help move forward e-learning material related to OGC<br>standards.<br><br>I'm wondering, is it worth to schedule a telecon about the next steps?<br><br>Best Regards.<br><br>- Luis<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Luis Bermudez, Ph.D.<br>Executive Director Compliance and E-Learning Open Geospatial Consortium<br>(OGC) The OGC: Making Location Count<br><br>Skype: bermudez_luis<br>Twitter: @berdez<br>Tel: +1 301 760 7323<br><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez">http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez</a><br><br><br><br><br>On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:49 AM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding on Chris' email (with permission), which bounced from this<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>list.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks Chris for the offer of support from yourself and others from the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>OGC. I think this is another great opportunity for OSGeo and the OGC to work<br>together.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>It is also very valuable and motivating for us OSGeo contributors to know<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>that the OGC can help deliver OSGeo concerns to the right people.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Regards, Cameron<br><br>On 15/03/2015 8:06 am, Christopher Tucker wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Cameron,<br><br>As an OGC Board member, I appreciate the subject change. If the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>GeoForAll community wants any particular involvement from the OGC on this or<br>other matters, I am more than happy to help facilitate the interaction with<br>appropriate OGC staff and membership.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Also, coincidently, I happen to do a lot of work with leading US<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>government investors in LiDAR technology, collection and processing - all<br>the way up to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If<br>their attention is required, I am happy to facilitate.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks for all you guys are doing.<br><br>Chris<br>703-981-9373<br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 14, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>I'm bringing this email thread back onto the public ica-osgeo-labs list<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>(CC OGC people) and changing title (with permission of Suchith).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Title was "RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the ?LAZ<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>clone? by ESRI" and a private conversation had started.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi Suchith,<br>I like the idea of bringing OGC standards into education, and would be<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>keen to see authoritative and consistent descriptions of standards<br>available. (We started doing this a while ago on OSGeo Live [1], but these<br>descriptions are incomplete, out of date, and the template needs improving).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There was further discussion about describing standards within the OGC<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>"Ideas4OGC" initiative [2] ~ October 2013, leading to recognition of a need<br>for consistent descriptions of standards: including a one pager description<br>for architects, and an implementation guide for developers.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There is a lot of work in developing such documentation for all<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>standards, but if we create a template for what is required, we can then<br>spread the work across multiple interested parties (as we have done with<br>OSGeo-Live documentation). I'd be happy to help with creating such a<br>template.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>[1] <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html">http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html</a><br>[2]<br><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec</a><br>ommendations#Topic_20:_Quality_versus_Quantity<br>and<br><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec</a><br>ommendations#Topic_28:_Active_Direction<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On 13/03/2015 8:30 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:<br>Hi Cameron, All,<br><br>I am not a standards expert but i am determined that i am going to do<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>my best to improve the education aspects of Open Standards in Geo Eduation<br>curriculum worldwide. This is long term action and we need help from all<br>interested to join this.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>We have done this successfully in Open Source GIS education in a<br>very short time. For example, our GeoAcademy colleagues have not<br>only established a very successful MOOC program ( i understand over<br>4000 students are enrolled for their March 2015 cohort, so the<br>scale of expansion of this amazing) but more importantly they made<br>available the curriculum (lecture materials, tutorials etc)<br>available to all educators to share and share alike under the<br>Creative Commons BY 3.0 license at the GitHub repository at<br><a href="https://gi">https://gi</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br>Cameron Shorter,<br>Software and Data Solutions Manager<br>LISAsoft<br>Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,<br>26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009<br><br>P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 05:18:00 +0000<br>From: "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)" <<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>><br>To: "<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>Cc: MELICK Brandt <<a href="mailto:bmelick@springfield-or.gov">bmelick@springfield-or.gov</a>>, 'G?bor Remetey'<br> <<a href="mailto:gabor.remetey@gmail.com">gabor.remetey@gmail.com</a>>, 'Giuseppe Conti'<br> <<a href="mailto:Giuseppe.Conti@trilogis.it">Giuseppe.Conti@trilogis.it</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar?<br> WoW! Whoa! Or What?!<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:79D76AA488C4C24B8883181318DBB4D4100A5076@NDJSMBX203.ndc.nasa.gov">79D76AA488C4C24B8883181318DBB4D4100A5076@NDJSMBX203.ndc.nasa.gov</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Brandt,<br><br>Once we have an "All Systems Go!" we'll need a couple weeks to prepare.<br><br>So the earliest date, given Suchith's concurrence, is early April.<br><br>We are still trying to gauge level of interest. So far we have . . .<br><br>* Rafael Moreno, University of Colorado Denver, <a href="http://www.ucdenver.edu">www.ucdenver.edu</a><br>* G?bor Remetey, GIS Lead for Hungary, <a href="http://www.hunagi.hu">www.hunagi.hu</a><br>* Nikos Lambrinos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece,<br><a href="http://www.auth.gr/en">www.auth.gr/en</a><br>* Charlie Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst, <a href="http://www.umass.edu">www.umass.edu</a><br>* Bridget Fleming, AfriSpatial Geospatial Education & Training,<br><a href="http://www.afrispatial.co.za">www.afrispatial.co.za</a><br>* Thomas Mueller, California University of Pennsylvania, <a href="http://www.calu.edu">www.calu.edu</a><br>* Brand Melick, City of Springfield Oregon, <a href="http://www.springfield-or.gov">www.springfield-or.gov</a><br>* Phil Davis, Del Mar College and the GeoAcademy, <a href="http://www.delmar.edu">www.delmar.edu</a><br><br>We want more!<br><br>-Patrick<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: MELICK Brandt [<a href="mailto:bmelick@springfield-or.gov">mailto:bmelick@springfield-or.gov</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 6:39 PM<br>To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Cc: 'G?bor Remetey'; 'Giuseppe Conti'<br>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar? WoW!<br>Whoa! Or What?!<br><br>Patrick and others,<br><br>Really appreciate the recognition and interest in youth involvement -<br>empowering future generations and supporting the wonderful people who<br>dedicate their lives to such important and demanding work is the ultimate<br>goal. The greatest honor is serving the future steward of this precious<br>planet. Please let me know should there be opportunities to engage<br>pre-college students.<br><br>9:00AM pacific time works well. Have any dates been proposed? A few key<br>people from our site will be out next week during spring break.<br><br>Look forward to the webinars.<br><br><br>Thank you for your time,<br>Brandt<br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [<a href="mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov">mailto:patrick.hogan@nasa.gov</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 6:51 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Cc: MELICK Brandt; 'G?bor Remetey'; 'Giuseppe Conti'<br>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar? WoW!<br>Whoa! Or What?!<br><br>Nikos and Others,<br><br>Thanks for your response and interesting suggestion.<br><br>There is no reason why we shouldn't challenge all students, given their<br>interest, to make a contribution to society via FOSS4G. The modular<br>componentry architecture for World Wind code is essentially the same across<br>all versions, Java, Android and iOS. The new web version in JavaScript will<br>be no different. And all World Wind code contains plenty of examples. So it<br>is an excellent platform to teach with.<br><br>For teaching World Wind Java, this should be of help,<br><a href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/guidance">http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/guidance</a>. The current JavaScript<br>examples, though meager in terms of the final code, are each also a good<br>teaching exercise.<br><br>That said, though this first webinar will be fairly qualitative and<br>therefore mostly non-technical, any successive webinar, though fundamental,<br>will be purely technical. So, depending on the interest and skill of the<br>student, could certainly help to advance their skill, and provide a template<br>for good software architecture.<br><br>Tomorrow's world needs our children to be as well-equipped as possible.<br>Whatever we can do to accelerate that is dearly needed. Our teachers have<br>the most important job in the world! Good luck!!!<br><br>Would 9AM Pacific time be a reasonable enough hour?<br><br>-Patrick<br>?650.604.5656 (office)<br>?650.269.2788 (cell)<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a> [<a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr">mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a>]<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 12:52 AM<br>To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Cc: 'MELICK Brandt'; 'G?bor Remetey'; 'Giuseppe Conti'<br>Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar? WoW!<br>Whoa! Or What?!<br><br>Dear Patrick,<br><br>I will be glad to join the webinar.<br>As a primary school teacher trainer I would like to ask if you think that<br>the webinar will be simple enough so primary school teachers and<br>undergraduate student teachers could also join. In this case I could<br>motivate a number of teachers and my students.<br>Have you decided on what exactly the webinar will cover?<br>Please take into account the time difference or let us download the webinar<br>later.<br><br>Nikos<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>-----------<br>Dr. Nikos Lambrinos<br>Associate Professor<br>Dept. of Primary Education<br>Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece, GR-54124 Tel. +30<br>2310 991201<br>Email: <a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a><br>Web pages: <a href="http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/">http://labrinos.webpages.auth.gr/digital_geography/</a><br> <a href="http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/">http://www.digital-earth.edu.gr/</a><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>[<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Hogan, Patrick<br>(ARC-PX)<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 1:59 AM<br>To: <a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Cc: MELICK Brandt; G?bor Remetey (<a href="mailto:gabor.remetey@gmail.com">gabor.remetey@gmail.com</a>); Giuseppe Conti<br>Subject: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Interested in a Web World Wind Webinar? WoW! Whoa!<br>Or What?!<br><br>Dear OSGeo/GeoForAll,<br><br>We need your feedback to gauge interest by this community.<br><br>Suchith has recommended a NASA World Wind Webinar where we discuss the new<br>web version of World Wind. . .<br><a href="http://worldwindserver.net/webworldwind/examples/">http://worldwindserver.net/webworldwind/examples/</a><br><a href="http://worldwindserver.net/webworldwind/api-doc/">http://worldwindserver.net/webworldwind/api-doc/</a><br><br>And how to win a NASA Crystal Bull (and Euros) via the Europa Challenge,<br><a href="http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/">http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/</a><br>Awarded this year at <a href="http://europe.FOSS4G.org/2015/">http://europe.FOSS4G.org/2015/</a> (Register now for the<br>best FOSS4G ever!)<br><br>And win another Crystal Bull for the GeoForAll CitySmart Challenge:<br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_UrbanScience_CityAnalytics</a><br><br>Please let me know, who, what and how many, and any questions you might want<br>answered.<br><br>Kind regards,<br>-Patrick<br><br><a href="mailto:Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov">Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov</a><br>Project Manager<br>NASA World Wind<br>650.604.5656 (office)<br>650.269.2788 (cell)<br><br>NASA motto, 'for the benefit of all'<br>World Wind, built to challenge a world<br>for innovative solutions with spatial data.<br>_______________________________________________<br>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 07:07:21 +0000<br>From: Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>To: Luis Bermudez <<a href="mailto:lbermudez@opengeospatial.org">lbermudez@opengeospatial.org</a>>, Cameron Shorter<br> <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>, Suchith Anand<br> <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Cc: George Percivall <<a href="mailto:gpercivall@opengeospatial.org">gpercivall@opengeospatial.org</a>>, Carl Reed<br> <<a href="mailto:creed@opengeospatial.org">creed@opengeospatial.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>"<br> <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>>, Christopher Tucker<br> <<a href="mailto:christopher.tucker@gmail.com">christopher.tucker@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC<br> standards training<br>Message-ID:<br><br><<a href="mailto:DF5C4FB2277FEC4C824FEDC89906CAA85046D6DB50@EXCHANGE3.ad.nottingham.ac.uk">DF5C4FB2277FEC4C824FEDC89906CAA85046D6DB50@EXCHANGE3.ad.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-4"<br><br>Hi Luis,<br><br>That is excellent. Let us schedule a telecon to discuss next steps. May i<br>suggest that you send a doodle poll with your convenient times to this list<br>and we can then find a best time suitable for all.Thanks.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Suchith<br><br><br>________________________________________<br>From: Luis Bermudez [lbermudez@opengeospatial.org]<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 10:32 PM<br>To: Cameron Shorter; Suchith Anand<br>Cc: Christopher Tucker; George Percivall; Carl Reed;<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC standards<br>training<br><br>Hi Suchith, Cameron and all,<br><br>I'm very happy to see this dialog.<br><br>Now that I have been officially appointed (tasked), I want to leverage,<br>contribute and help move forward e-learning material related to OGC<br>standards.<br><br>I'm wondering, is it worth to schedule a telecon about the next steps?<br><br>Best Regards.<br><br>- Luis<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Luis Bermudez, Ph.D.<br>Executive Director Compliance and E-Learning Open Geospatial Consortium<br>(OGC) The OGC: Making Location Count<br><br>Skype: bermudez_luis<br>Twitter: @berdez<br>Tel: +1 301 760 7323<br><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez">http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez</a><br><br><br><br><br>On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:49 AM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding on Chris' email (with permission), which bounced from this<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>list.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks Chris for the offer of support from yourself and others from the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>OGC. I think this is another great opportunity for OSGeo and the OGC to work<br>together.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>It is also very valuable and motivating for us OSGeo contributors to know<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>that the OGC can help deliver OSGeo concerns to the right people.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Regards, Cameron<br><br>On 15/03/2015 8:06 am, Christopher Tucker wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Cameron,<br><br>As an OGC Board member, I appreciate the subject change. If the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>GeoForAll community wants any particular involvement from the OGC on this or<br>other matters, I am more than happy to help facilitate the interaction with<br>appropriate OGC staff and membership.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Also, coincidently, I happen to do a lot of work with leading US<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>government investors in LiDAR technology, collection and processing - all<br>the way up to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. If<br>their attention is required, I am happy to facilitate.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks for all you guys are doing.<br><br>Chris<br>703-981-9373<br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 14, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>I'm bringing this email thread back onto the public ica-osgeo-labs list<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>(CC OGC people) and changing title (with permission of Suchith).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Title was "RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the ?LAZ<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>clone? by ESRI" and a private conversation had started.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi Suchith,<br>I like the idea of bringing OGC standards into education, and would be<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>keen to see authoritative and consistent descriptions of standards<br>available. (We started doing this a while ago on OSGeo Live [1], but these<br>descriptions are incomplete, out of date, and the template needs improving).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There was further discussion about describing standards within the OGC<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>"Ideas4OGC" initiative [2] ~ October 2013, leading to recognition of a need<br>for consistent descriptions of standards: including a one pager description<br>for architects, and an implementation guide for developers.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There is a lot of work in developing such documentation for all<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>standards, but if we create a template for what is required, we can then<br>spread the work across multiple interested parties (as we have done with<br>OSGeo-Live documentation). I'd be happy to help with creating such a<br>template.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>[1] <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html">http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html</a><br>[2]<br><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec</a><br>ommendations#Topic_20:_Quality_versus_Quantity<br>and<br><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRec</a><br>ommendations#Topic_28:_Active_Direction<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On 13/03/2015 8:30 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:<br>Hi Cameron, All,<br><br>I am not a standards expert but i am determined that i am going to do<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>my best to improve the education aspects of Open Standards in Geo Eduation<br>curriculum worldwide. This is long term action and we need help from all<br>interested to join this.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>We have done this successfully in Open Source GIS education in a<br>very short time. For example, our GeoAcademy colleagues have not<br>only established a very successful MOOC program ( i understand over<br>4000 students are enrolled for their March 2015 cohort, so the<br>scale of expansion of this amazing) but more importantly they made<br>available the curriculum (lecture materials, tutorials etc)<br>available to all educators to share and share alike under the<br>Creative Commons BY 3.0 license at the GitHub repository at<br><a href="https://gi">https://gi</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br>Cameron Shorter,<br>Software and Data Solutions Manager<br>LISAsoft<br>Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,<br>26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009<br><br>P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ica-osgeo-labs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs">http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><br>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and<br>may contain confidential information. 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Email communications with the<br>University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:07:48 +0100<br>From: Charles Schweik <<a href="mailto:cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu">cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu</a>><br>To: Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>Cc: "<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a>>,<br> Christopher Tucker <<a href="mailto:christopher.tucker@gmail.com">christopher.tucker@gmail.com</a>>, Carl Reed<br> <<a href="mailto:creed@opengeospatial.org">creed@opengeospatial.org</a>>, George Percivall<br> <<a href="mailto:gpercivall@opengeospatial.org">gpercivall@opengeospatial.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC<br> standards training<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAAqFMQkeBV_2CQF_muv3tuVsWPdBaeeLLRw_FV8x7_4EmP3J4g@mail.gmail.com">CAAqFMQkeBV_2CQF_muv3tuVsWPdBaeeLLRw_FV8x7_4EmP3J4g@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Hi,<br><br>Great Luis! I hope to attend a discussion if I can fit it in. One general<br>point of encouragement:<br><br>*The GeoForAll community should not lose the sight of our long-standing goal<br>of developing a library of educational modules that we can all potentially<br>use in our classes*. So in the OGC standards case, I urge you Luis, or<br>whoever else might develop content, to develop it under a Creative Commons<br>license and either as video (e.g., recorded webinar), text content (that<br>would allow for future new derivatives or translations), or even audio<br>recordings if need-be that we educators can use as modules in various<br>courses.<br><br>This brings us back to the long-standing issue of a GeoForAll\OSGeo<br>educational *content repository*. We still have the older metadata<br>inventory system operational [1], and I've got a ticket request in to the<br>OSGeo website team get the input form [2] up and running again. And the<br>GeoAcademy has created a GitHub repository for storing content [3]. With<br>their permission, we should work on a simple tutorial that outlines to<br>content authors how to submit the course module metadata in [2], and then<br>upload the course content under [3], and develop some kind of "badge"<br>system or regular "GeoForAll educational journal" with links to this content<br>for acknowledging and incentivizing author contributions.<br><br>Finally, Maria Brovelli and I are talking this week, planning for a<br>GeoForAll meeting at FOSS4G, where we can take up this and other topics.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Charlie<br><br>[1] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content">http://www.osgeo.org/educational_content</a> (operational) [2]<br><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content">https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content</a> (not operational, ticket<br>submitted)<br>[3] <a href="https://github.com/FOSS4GAcademy">https://github.com/FOSS4GAcademy</a><br><br><br><br>On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Suchith Anand <<br><a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Luis,<br><br>That is excellent. Let us schedule a telecon to discuss next steps.<br>May i suggest that you send a doodle poll with your convenient times<br>to this list and we can then find a best time suitable for all.Thanks.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Suchith<br><br><br>________________________________________<br>From: Luis Bermudez [lbermudez@opengeospatial.org]<br>Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 10:32 PM<br>To: Cameron Shorter; Suchith Anand<br>Cc: Christopher Tucker; George Percivall; Carl Reed;<br><a href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Documenting OGC standards and OGC<br>standards training<br><br>Hi Suchith, Cameron and all,<br><br>I'm very happy to see this dialog.<br><br>Now that I have been officially appointed (tasked), I want to<br>leverage, contribute and help move forward e-learning material related<br>to OGC standards.<br><br>I'm wondering, is it worth to schedule a telecon about the next steps?<br><br>Best Regards.<br><br>- Luis<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Luis Bermudez, Ph.D.<br>Executive Director Compliance and E-Learning Open Geospatial<br>Consortium (OGC) The OGC: Making Location Count<br><br>Skype: bermudez_luis<br>Twitter: @berdez<br>Tel: +1 301 760 7323<br><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez">http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/organization/staff/lbermudez</a><br><br><br><br><br>On Mar 15, 2015, at 4:49 AM, Cameron Shorter<br><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>><br>wrote:<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Forwarding on Chris' email (with permission), which bounced from<br>this<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>list.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks Chris for the offer of support from yourself and others from<br>the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>OGC. I think this is another great opportunity for OSGeo and the OGC<br>to work together.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>It is also very valuable and motivating for us OSGeo contributors to<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>know that the OGC can help deliver OSGeo concerns to the right people.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Regards, Cameron<br><br>On 15/03/2015 8:06 am, Christopher Tucker wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Cameron,<br><br>As an OGC Board member, I appreciate the subject change. If the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>GeoForAll community wants any particular involvement from the OGC on<br>this or other matters, I am more than happy to help facilitate the<br>interaction with appropriate OGC staff and membership.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Also, coincidently, I happen to do a lot of work with leading US<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>government investors in LiDAR technology, collection and processing -<br>all the way up to the White House Office of Science and Technology<br>Policy. If their attention is required, I am happy to facilitate.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks for all you guys are doing.<br><br>Chris<br>703-981-9373<br><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 14, 2015, at 4:36 PM, Cameron Shorter <<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>I'm bringing this email thread back onto the public ica-osgeo-labs<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>list (CC OGC people) and changing title (with permission of Suchith).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Title was "RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>?LAZ clone? by ESRI" and a private conversation had started.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Hi Suchith,<br>I like the idea of bringing OGC standards into education, and<br>would be<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>keen to see authoritative and consistent descriptions of standards<br>available. (We started doing this a while ago on OSGeo Live [1], but<br>these descriptions are incomplete, out of date, and the template needs<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>improving).<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There was further discussion about describing standards within the<br>OGC<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>"Ideas4OGC" initiative [2] ~ October 2013, leading to recognition of a<br>need for consistent descriptions of standards: including a one pager<br>description for architects, and an implementation guide for developers.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>There is a lot of work in developing such documentation for all<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>standards, but if we create a template for what is required, we can<br>then spread the work across multiple interested parties (as we have<br>done with OSGeo-Live documentation). I'd be happy to help with<br>creating such a template.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>[1] <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html">http://live.osgeo.org/en/standards/standards.html</a><br>[2]<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRecom">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRecom</a><br>mendations#Topic_20:_Quality_versus_Quantity<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>and<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRecom">http://external.opengeospatial.org/twiki_public/Ideas4OGC/InitialRecom</a><br>mendations#Topic_28:_Active_Direction<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On 13/03/2015 8:30 pm, Suchith Anand wrote:<br>Hi Cameron, All,<br><br>I am not a standards expert but i am determined that i am going<br>to do<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>my best to improve the education aspects of Open Standards in Geo<br>Eduation curriculum worldwide. This is long term action and we need<br>help from all interested to join this.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>We have done this successfully in Open Source GIS education in a<br>very<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>short time. 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