[OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open

[Suchith Anand]

Hi Andrea,

Thank you for your inputs. I meant Openness in the broadest  sense not just software or data. I put “Geo” to have the emphasis on people and our planet . I am interested in the philosophy of openness in education and science.

We are living  at a time when our planet is struggling with major obstacles such as climate change, deforestation, land degradation and loss of agricultural land. While there is lot of technological advancements happening, we still have not solved very basic fundamental problems . Even today  hundreds of millions of families are struggling from hunger and malnutrition.  It is not  that we do not have the resources to solve this but we still are not able to bring full focus and determination for solve this . Wealth inequalities are rising at a large pace. Wealth is concentrated on few billionares while Billions of families are struggling for basic human needs everyday and do not have access to basic facilities (access to clean water, sanitation , electricity , quality education opportunities etc) .

In some developing countries , it is a sad fact that  corruption is a big problem and  the biggest sufferers are the poorest people. Corruption cannot be fully solved by technology , or new laws or regulations (as the corrupt and greedy will always find loopholes)  but it needs spiritual awakening at all levels and everyone should take a moral pledge to not to do any unethical business practices either directly or indirectly. This is key to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

Openness means being open to different perspectives ,ideas, viewpoints, cultures  and learning and improving to be a better human every day. We need to be open to make the right choices now to protect our planet and improve life in a sustainable way for our future generations.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Andrea Giacomelli <pibinko at gmail.com>
Sent: 15 July 2017 8:41 AM
To: Anand Suchith; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of Geo is Open

Hi Suchit -

It is very unlikely that I will make it to FOSS4G-Europe, as we will be quite busy during the Summer with projects here in Southern Tuscany...but in relation to the the issue you would like to discuss I would like to ask if, in addition to openness of Software and data you have been considering the openness of the people who are in any case part of the system.

With our team we have been monitoring these aspects, and we have oftern recorded the fact that the bottleneck towards progress in the open direction comes from people (individuals, even before organizations).

I was hinting to this towards the end of our Apr 7 Geoforall/APSRS webinar<http://www.pibinko.org/the-recording-of-the-webinar-of-open-source-geomatics-environment-and-music-from-southern-tuscany/> .

I will be glad to further elaborate on the topic if you think this is of interest, and I would also be interested to learn if other teams have been considering this aspect.

Best regards


Andrea Giacomelli
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2017-07-06 10:24 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>>:
Dear colleagues,

This is a request for help as I need inputs from the wider community to get more ideas for my presentation at FOSS4G-Europe 2017 later this month.

My keynote presentation will be on “The future of Geo is Open” and I would like to invite ideas/inputs for this. It is also an good time to reflect on the developments in Open Geospatial Science [1],[2],[3] as it is over a decade now since we started working on the philosophy of Openness in Geospatial Science  and Education.

I am looking forward to discussing new ideas with you all at FOSS4G-Europe 2017.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/science-applications
[2] http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geography/journal/40965
[3] http://www.geoconnexion.com/uploads/publication_pdfs/uk_v15i18-058-059-Op951AF3.pdf

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