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

[Victoria Rautenbach]

+1

Victoria


On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Simone Dalmasso
<simone.dalmasso at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 for me too.
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> 2017-08-26 22:36 GMT+02:00 Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>:
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>> 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
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>> 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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>> ----------------------------------------------------
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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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>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
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>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  maria.brovelli at polimi.it
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