[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at the Czech Technical University in Prague

[Jeff McKenna]

Wonderful news, thank you Martin and Aleš for your FOSS4G passion.

-jeff



On 12-11-22 8:18 AM, Suchith Anand wrote:
> *Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at the
> Czech Technical University in Prague*
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> We are pleased to announce the establishment of Open Source Geospatial
> Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the Czech Republic at
> the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague.
> The laboratory is one of the 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 the CTU in Prague is led by Martin Landa, Department of
> Mapping and Cartography. The laboratory is devoted to education in
> geoinformatics using FOSS4G, and to research in open source software
> development for geospatial applications. Martin Landa is an OSGeo
> charter member since 2011 and a member of the GRASS Development Team
> since 2006. He is actively involved in the GRASS project as the lead
> architect of graphical user interface (GUI) development and PostGIS
> integration in GRASS vector architecture.
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> Geoinformatics at the CTU in Prague: Prof. Aleš Čepek has established a
> study program in geoinformatics since 2005 (originally with Prof. Leoš
> Mervart), he is the author of project GNU Gama and of a minor project
> GNU Sqltutor (both hosted at GNU servers) and the editor in chief of
> Geoinformatics FCE CTU journal.
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> More details of the lab athttp
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>://
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>geo
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>.
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> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>.
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>cvut
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>.
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> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>/
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>gwiki
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>/
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>osgeorel
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> Dr Suchith Anand//
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> Nottingham Geospatial Institute
> Nottingham Geospatial Building
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> University of Nottingham  NG7 2 TU
> Tel: (0)115 82 32750
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> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm
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> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx
> <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx> 
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> http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/
> http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/
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> http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/
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> *Be part of   FOSS4G 2013 - "Geo for All <http://2013.foss4g.org/>" *
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> Leading Open Geospatial Science through ICA Commission on Open Source
> Geospatial Technologies
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> Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research
> for bridging the digital divide
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Jeff McKenna
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