[Belgium] Academic reflection on open source software in geomatics | FOSS4GeoEducation

[Maelle Vercauteren]

Dear all,

To have keynote speakers in our "FOSS4GeoEducation" track, I would contact

the authors of this interesting paper "FOSS Tools and Applications for
Education in Geospatial Sciences" : http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/7/225

& Suchith Anand (from Nottingham, UK), who is the main driving force behind
Geo4all : https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Sanand

Is that OK for you ?

And if I get no answer, I will send the mail on Monday.

Don't hesitate to tell us if you want to ask other people or send us any
suggestion.

Cheers, Maë//e

2017-06-19 1:09 GMT+02:00 Maelle Vercauteren <mavercau at ulb.ac.be>:

> Hello everyone,
> For your information, the results of the survey  are available on line and
> editable so you are able to supplement the information [1].
>
> Sadly until now we did not receive any answer from the following
> Universities: UMons, UNamur, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, UAntwerpen and
> UGent. They still may send us their answers even if they would not use free
> softwares !
>
> We are sincerely grateful to the 5 Universities (ULB, KULeuven, VUB, UCL
> and ULg) which already answered.
>
> With their returns, we have already some encouraging and interesting
> tracks that we can deduce:
> From a research point of view:  R software is used in all these Belgian
> universities (ULB, KULeuven, VUB, UCL and ULg). With the exception of the
> VUB, they all also use PostGIS (PostgreSQL, PgAdmin ... ) and  the Grass
> software. The QGIS software is used in all the research groups of these
> universities (about 105 researchers)!
>
> On the teaching side: QGIS is taught in all these universities. These
> courses cover about 720 students.
> Among these courses several teaching materials are developed and already
> accessible freely on the Internet (see Academic Section Tab).
>
> If some of you want to go further in analyzing the answers we already
> received, I invite you to send your comments by writing (to all)  and / or
> by giving your availabilities for a face-to-face meeting in order to set a
> date [2].
>
> All the best, Maë//e
>
>
> [1] https://framacalc.org/=FOSS4G_University_2017
>
> [2] https://framadate.org/xPSyfSXqi4rBia14sV7VKFMc/admin
>
>
> --
> Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
>
> Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
> Campus du Solbosch
> Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
> B-1050 Bruxelles
> Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
>



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Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES

Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
Campus du Solbosch
Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 Bruxelles
Tél.: 02/650.68.14 Fax: 02/650.50.92 Local: DB6.143
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