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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='color:#1F497D'>Two more additions to the Events section:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Addy attending AGI Scotland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jenni Fletcher (EDINA) attended OpenLayers Code Sprint in Lusanne to focus on improving mobile deployment of OpenLayers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> uk-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:uk-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suchith Anand<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 March 2011 15:26<br><b>To:</b> uk@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK February meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trying to summarize key points from yesterday's meeting. Details below. Please add/correct if i missed anything. Many thanks to all who attended and contributed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#####################################################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date:28 February 2011 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Participants:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saber Razmjooei - Faunalia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Antony Scott- Sustain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Addy Pope - EDINA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith Anand- CGS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Apologies - Jo Cook, Mike Saunt, Matt Walker<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Summary <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># Casestudy update <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Antony has emailed proposal for casestudies, please send casestudy examples to Antony. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># Events update<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Addy attended AGI Scotland in April, local government focus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saab attended linked data workshop<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saab attending QGIS hackfest in Portugal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GISRUK in April<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Antony attending AGI Environment Special interest group on Mar 23 in London<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Open Source Geospatial Health Informatics (UK) Conference in Nottingham on April 5th. This is free event but you need to register to Mark Elkins via <a href="mailto:mark_elkins@bcs.org">mark_elkins@bcs.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Action (All): To promote all open source GIS events widely as possible<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># Marketing update<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith said that there is need to more promotional materials for all of us to take to events. Will need to discuss in our next meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># Research and academic update<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith updated about the ELOGeo project which has just started at CGS . This is important for the building the educational agenda of Open Source GIS. Details at <a href="http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~elogeo/">http://cgs.nottingham.ac.uk/~elogeo/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All inputs and suggestions welcome. Saab to contact Suchith to contribute adding tutorials for the ELOGeo project.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internship students at the Open Source Geospatial Lab at CGS have their papers accepted for many conferences ( ICC 2011, GISRUK 2011 etc ) highlighting the excellent research outputs produced. Suchith also working actively in promoting OSGeo at all levels.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># OSGIS 2011 update<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Suchith updated on excellent response for the OSGeo-OGC Interoperability day at OSGIS. All workshop slots now taken. Tyler leading this workshop and updates at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OGC_OSGeo_Interoperability_Day_2011">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OGC_OSGeo_Interoperability_Day_2011</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b># Next OSGeo:UK IRC meeting time<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>28th March (Mon) 13:00-14:00<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>###########################################################<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr Suchith Anand</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Centre for Geospatial Science<br>The Nottingham Geospatial Building <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Nottingham NG7 2 TU<br>Tel: (0)115 82 32750<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm</a><br><a href="http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/</span></a><br><a href="http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research for bridging the digital divide</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p>This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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