[OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!

[Suchith Anand]

Dear colleagues,

I am requesting all  universities and SMEs to please inform this challenge to their students and staff and encourage active participation. It is a great opportunity for everyone to contribute and collaborate in a global challenge.

So please share the Europa  worldwide international challenge http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/  with your students and SMEs worldwide. It will also be a great dissertation project for your undergraduate , master students etc as well as contribute to help build open innovation tools  for the benefit of cities  worldwide.

For education,  i believe that  Open educational Principles are fundamental to empower people and communities to make sure future generations are fully empowered [1]. There are many examples that helped us reach this decision.  Randal Hale gave of one example [2] on the issues on updates etc faced by a particular high school in USA.  I thought it is NOT a local problem but  a wider education problem that as educators we need to be aware of. That example was a real eye opener of the long term costs/sustainability issues of properitory GIS software in geoeducation and hence i decided to take action and contact AAG [3] when i learnt they were planning to use properitery GIS only for their geoeducation program and humbly requesting AAG to include open principles in Geoeducation and make use of FOSS4G tools. If the vendor decides to withdraw or change the conditions of thier offer to schools now or at any stage in the future what will happen to the poor schools. This is my biggest worry. Basically schools will be at the mercy of the  vendor. The vendor can change thier mind any time.

As part of my research work at the University of Nottingham over the last 10 years,  i have worked with many different organisations in various research projects from not for profit foundations to properitary companies and i think everyone has their right to be part and contribute thier value addition to the wider geo ecosystem . Having many players is key for ensuring strong competition and making sure there are no monopolies created.

It is also important they all companies play by the rules (it doesn't matter if they are open source company or properitary company) , noone should not use thier dominant market position to create monopoly directly or indirectly. That was why we decided to educate the geocommunity when there was efforts to undermine Open standards in LiDAR for example [4], [5]. All this is based on our supporting Open principles in education and working for Openness can help to reduce inequality and create quality education and digital economy opportunities for our bottom billions brothers and sisters worldwide   [6] and  help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone.


Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/02/future-of-gis-should-be-empowerment-not-enslavement-examples-needed-for-geo4all-newsletter/
[2] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-June/014310.html <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-June/014310.htm>
[3] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2015-June/001742.html
[4] http://www.osgeo.org/node/1518
[5] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
[6] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2016-February/005083.html



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From: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Finn, Michael [mfinn at usgs.gov]
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:41 PM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
Cc: MELICK Brandt; Jim Miller (miller at eecs.ku.edu); ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!

https://twitter.com/muttmike22/status/700371670234583042



On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>> wrote:
A Challenge for All of YOU,

Anybody who gets three teams to participate in the Europa Challenge,
as long as those teams end up in the top 20, not too tough to do,
I will see that person gets their own NASA Crystal Bull!

http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/

That is how important I believe this challenge is, for the students,
the SMEs and all the rest of us who will benefit from the progress
those teams provide to our world.

Providing for cities and helping them to work together is essential!
If we are ever to move forward together into a sustainable world!

-Patrick
(650) 604-5656 (office)
(650) 269-2788 (cell)

From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 5:15 AM
To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>; MELICK Brandt; Jim Miller (miller at eecs.ku.edu<mailto:miller at eecs.ku.edu>)
Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!


​Ok, thanks to both of you. I`ll share the information in other professional networks.

Cheers,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
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De: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>>
Enviado: viernes, 12 de febrero de 2016 10:00
Para: Polimi; SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>; MELICK Brandt; Jim Miller (miller at eecs.ku.edu<mailto:miller at eecs.ku.edu>)
Asunto: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!

Yes, yes, it is ^Open^ to everybody!

In previous years we have had candidates form India, China and USA, as well as several European countries.

Anyone can take home the NASA Crystal Bull!

The Europa Challenge, now in its fourth year, is a worldwide international challenge.
http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/

Europa is daughter of the deities Oceanus<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanus> and Tethys<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys_%28mythology%29>,
and also known for being a paramour of Zeus,
who came to her as a bull.

-Patrick

From: Polimi [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 4:42 AM
To: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
Cc: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>; MELICK Brandt; Jim Miller (miller at eecs.ku.edu<mailto:miller at eecs.ku.edu>)
Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!

No, no it is Open to everybody! And your students are more than welcome!
Maria
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Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
Politecnico di Milano
Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY)
e-mail1: maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
e-mail2: prorettrice at como.polimi.it<mailto:prorettrice at como.polimi.it>


Il giorno 12 feb 2016, alle ore 13:14, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>> ha scritto:

​Hi Patrick. Is the Europa Challenge close to Europeans? I'm almost sure it isn't but it will be better to clarify upon this. Thanks,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
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De: ica-osgeo-labs <ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>> en nombre de Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>>
Enviado: lunes, 08 de febrero de 2016 16:50
Para: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
Cc: MELICK Brandt; Jim Miller (miller at eecs.ku.edu<mailto:miller at eecs.ku.edu>)
Asunto: [Ica-osgeo-labs] OpenCitySmart the UN and LiDAR and every City on Earth!

Progress! Defining the CitySmart target. . .

We are further defining what we need for a CitySmart platform.
Thanks to a University Professor (University of Kansas) and
the IT Director for a City (Springfield Oregon USA).
ftp://ftp.springfield-or.gov/sp/Outgoing/New%20Folder%20(2)/Analysis_Use_Lidar_CityPlaning_01.pptx

Prof Jim Miller’s historical Lidar ‘city’ work, open source!
http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~miller/WorldWindProjects/lidar/

Director Brandt Melick historical Lidar ‘city’ work, open source!
http://nsdinow.org/SDI_Now_02/Technical_Support.html

Wish the UN GGIM would play with us. We could help them get results!
These identify the same needs we want to address with OpenCitySmart,
http://ggim.un.org/docs/UN-GGIM-Future-trends_Second%20edition.pdf

Our OpenCitySmart, please join us and help this effort!
We need to get our cities working together to address their common needs,
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart

Let’s get to work please, start here,
http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/

-Patrick

Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov<mailto:Patrick.Hogan at nasa.gov>
 Program Manager
NASA World Wind
(650) 604-5656 (office)
(650) 269-2788 (cell)

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