[OSGeo-Announce] Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at North Carolina State University

[Frank Warmerdam]

*Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at North
Carolina State University*

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We are pleased to announce the establishment of first Open Source
Geospatial Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the United
States at the Center for Earth Observation, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh.  The laboratory is one of the founding members of a
worldwide network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU).****

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In 2011, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open Source Geospatial
Foundation (OSGeo) with a view to develop global collaboration
opportunities for academia, industry and government organisations in the
field of open source GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide
expertise and support for the establishment of Open Source Geospatial
Laboratories and Research Centres across the world to support the
development of open source geospatial software technologies, training and
expertise.****

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OSGeoREL at NCSU is led by Dr. Helena Mitasova and Dr. Laura Tateosian.
 The laboratory has an established program in graduate education in
geospatial information science and technology using FOSS4G and extensive
research in geospatial analysis, modelling and visualization with focus on
natural resources.****

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Dr. Helena Mitasova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marine,
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, OSGeo charter member since 2006, member of
the OSGeo education and conference committees and Sol Katz award recipient
http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz. She has been actively involved in the GRASS
GIS development since 1991 and together with Markus Neteler she has
co-authored the first book about GRASS GIS.****

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Dr. Laura Tateosian is Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Earth
Observation Her research interest focus is on visualization, human visual
perception, computer graphics, geospatial sciences, non-photorealistic
rendering, and human-computer interaction.****

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More details of the lab at http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/****

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For those of you attending the Open Source Geospatial Research and
Education Symposium (OGRS 2012)http://www.ogrs2012.org/  later this month
it will be good opportunity to also hear  Helena's Keynote presentation  on
"Building open source geospatial education at research universities" to get
more ideas on future research activities.****

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Our aim is to  establish 20 new research labs in the next 3 years. These
new research labs are strategic to  help us accelerate research
developments in this research area for the future. If your university
wishes to establish Open Source Geospatial Lab, please contact
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk  ****

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We look forward for your active participation for building up Open Source,
Open Standards, Open Data research globally and helping share the benefits
of geospatial technologies to all.****

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