[Board] FOSS4G Argentina

[Ravi Kumar]

Hi,
the 'Developing World', has this problem of dependency on Proprietary GIS
Software.
Just Google GIS jobs and you for sure will hit the Proprietary kind.

It is pertinent to demonstrate:
1. That what we build on gvSIG, Qgis etc can be equally used on propreitary
GIS, thus cutting costs.
2. Choose a GNU-Linux Operating System along with Open Source GIS, and you
will never(be hit by), 'WannaCRY'.
3. Having a DEMONSTRATION, of ESRI, AUTOCAD, Bentley clients networked
(SAMBA) with systems using GNU-Linux with Open Source GIS will take our
cause a long way.

FINALLY

4. Software Piracy.. This is like fighting Cancer, the self inflicted
software malice.
'Clean Pirated GIS and the Open Source GIS will bloom'.
Not sure if the 1998 Argentinian court ruling still prevails.
http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19980207/03855554.html

Ravi Kumar


On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:

> Dear All
>
>
> I was invited as key note speaker for Geo4All (and OSGeo) at the FOSS4G
> Argentina [1].
>
>
> Malena, the chair of the Conference, wrote:
> ...
> Geo4All: I said before that we have a lot of users. Most of them are
> government employees that have started to work with FOSS just because of
> money issues in their agencies or institutions. Argentina is not different
> from any other country, we have the same problems: all Universities only
> teach with proprietary software so every professional that cames out to the
> market only knows about some specific tools. Definitively we want, and we
> must, to change that. Our plan is to organize a specific activity related
> with Geo4All where we put together people from different Universities with
> people that already have good experience working and teaching with FOSS4G.
> We think this would be a "mind change" event, we need to evangelize people
> to make them know that FOSS is the way to go, not because of money, because
> of freedom. I, and some others here, can talk a lot about this but no one
> will pay as much attention as they will to someone like María. She's not
> only the Queen of FOSS4G, she is a great leader and an awesome speaker. We
> need her here to convince those all professors and decision takers from
> Universities to move into the FOSS4G world.
>
> ....
>
>  Besides these specific activities,  I will have a keynote about OSGeo and
> our activity.
>
> I'm able to organize my first semester teachings in such a way to have one
> free week  and therefore I'm able to go. Argentina is far, the travel will
> be tiring  but the Latino American people are wonderful and I will have
> great time there. And definitey we need to strenghten our presence there.
>
>
> I want to ask the Board if I can be provided economic support because the
> LOC is not able to pay my travel and I have great difficulties in covering
> it.
>
> In any case, many many thanks to Malena and the Argentinian friends for
> their sweet words and their kind offer.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Maria
>
>
> [1] http://www.foss4g-ar.org/
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_
> Studies
>
>
>
> *----------------------------------------------------*
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.
> isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of OSGeo;
> GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory
> Board
>
>
> UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS Initiative
> (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>
>
> *Sol Katz Award 2015*
>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>maria.
> brovelli at polimi.it
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