[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Msilikale Msilanga as OSGeo Charter Member

[Simone Dalmasso]

+1 for me too.

2017-08-26 22:36 GMT+02:00 Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>:

> I'm honored of nominating Msilikale  Msilanga as OSGeo Charter Member.
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> He is consulting the World Bank on Transportation and ICT by collecting in
> Tanzania geospatial information on transportation,  education, and public
> facilities and by training the government on Open Data. He has a huge
> experience in community based projects (using FOSS) for flooding resilience
> in informal settlements.
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> He has been working with the local community since 2011 helping them to
> understand how to use the mapping equipment for collaborative projects.
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> After the experience in Tanzania, he also helped the creation of the first
> community mapping in Mozambique.
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> Moreover, Msilikale is one of the two chairs of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Er
> Salaam. I believe that his experience on collaborative mapping is
> fundamental for our OSGeo Community.
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> Many thanks and best regards,
>
> Maria
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
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> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_
> Studies
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> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
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> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
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> 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
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> UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS Initiative
> (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
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> *Sol Katz Award 2015*
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Simone
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