[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Inauguration of two OSGeo labs in Sri Lanka

[nimalika fernando]

Dear Ravi,

Thank you for your wishes ! We are looking forward to work closely with OSGeo
India .
Cheers

Nimalika


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Ravi Kumar <ravivundavalli48 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi
> OSGeo India wishes all the best to this Sri Lankan effort. Hope this can
> lead to OSGeo-ICA labs in other countries of south Asia.
> Cheers
> Ravi Kumar
>
>
>   On Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:52 PM, Jeff McKenna <
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     [SriLanka] Inauguration of two OSGeo labs in Sri Lanka
> Date:     Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:44:40 +0600
> From:     nimalika fernando <nimalikaf at gmail.com>
> To:     srilanka at lists.osgeo.org
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
> I am happy to announce that two OSGeo labs will be inaugurated in Sri
> Lanka in the next month.
> Actual dates and time will be announced here shortly.
>
>
> One OSGeo lab will be established at the University of Moratuwa and
> another will be established at the Sri Lanka Institute of information
> Technology. They will become a part of worldwide network of OSGeo
> labs.The aim of these labs is promoting the use of free and open source
> GIS tools among students and the Sri Lankan community. They will be used
> for teaching and research activities related to open source GIS.
>
>
> OSGeo labs are being established around the world based on  ICA-OSGeo
> Lab initiative.  In 2011, OSGeo and the International Cartographic
> Association (ICA) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim
> of developing on global basis collaboration opportunities for academia,
> industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and
> data. The motto of ICA-OSGeo Lab initiative is "Geo For All". This
> initiative aims at providing expertise and support for the establishment
> of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centers across the
> world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software
> technologies, training and expertise. Over 40 Open Source Geospatial
> Labs have already been established in universities around the world.
> (http://www.geoforall.org/about/)
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Nimalika
>
>
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Nimalika Fernando
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