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

[Edwin Liava'a]

Suchith,

Tonnes of thanks for sharing this. It is an inspiration for us here in 
the Pacific Islands.

Thanks,

Edwin

On 11/22/2012 4:18 AM, Suchith Anand wrote:
>
> *Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at the 
> Czech Technical University in Prague*
>
> 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).
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Geoinformatics at the CTU in Prague: Prof. Ales( C(epek has 
> established a study program in geoinformatics since 2005 (originally 
> with Prof. Leos( 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.
>
> 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>. 
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>cz 
> <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 
> <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/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 
> <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Elgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm>
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> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-science.aspx 
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> Geospatial Technologies
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> for bridging the digital divide
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