[OSGeo-Announce] ICA-OSGeo lab established at The Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology of Chinese Academy of Science

[Anne Ghisla]

We are pleased to welcome our second ICA-OSGeo lab in China (and our
79th lab worldwide) at the Northeast Institute of Geography and
Agroecology of Chinese Academy of Science located in Changchun city,
Jilin Province of China.

Their key research areas  are on agro-ecology, wetland ecology,
regional development disciplines, environmental science and
technology. GIS is one of their main research themes and they have
done a lot of  research in the past few decades to expand this.
Currently, there are about 30 researchers engaging in GIS, and they
also have a doctorates and masters programs in Cartography and
geographic information system. 
Besides, the Institute has established international partnership with
Indiana University, University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland,
University of Georgia, University of Toronto, and the Pacific Institute
of Geography of Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences to carry
out research in GIS.

In order to meet the demand of the Institute, GIS has been widely used
in many areas. In agriculture, GIS is one of the essential tools to
investigate, analysis and manage the agricultural resources. In the
subject of ecologic and environment, GIS is the primary means to
conduct a survey, which can evaluate the influence of environment and
perform ecological regionalization. So it can surely promote national
environment protection work and decision-making. In region development,
GIS can effectively manage quite a lot information with spatial
attributes, which serve as a powerful tool. 

The Open GIS research team in the Institute are very interested in the
work related to OSGeo. The Institute has fully taken over OSGeo China
Center website since 2014 by communication and consultation with
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research. CAS
will spend much efforts on developing network platform, including
document translation, website establishment, education and training.
The institute has established the “Open Geospatial Laboratory”
supported by the Information Centre of the Institute and Jingyuetan
Remote Sensing Experiment Staiton. The laboratory is equipped with
professional hardware and software and can operate Open Source GIS
applications, which can serve as a model for the use of OSGeo software
in China. The Open Geospatial Laboratory will explore the theory,
methods, technology and application of Open Source GIS. It  will help
in the development of Open Source GIS in China and improve the
technology of GIS. The lab will be led by Dr. Bu Kun (Email
-bukun at osgeo.cn). The ICA-OSGeo lab in China welcomes collaborations
from all interested and for making contributions to the wider society. 

Website: http://lab.osgeo.cn/
http://lab.osgeo.cn/en
http://www.geoforall.org

Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit
organisation founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote
the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies
and data.


International Cartographic Association (ICA) is the world authoritative
body for cartography and GIScience.
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