[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge
Christian Willmes
c.willmes at uni-koeln.de
Tue Apr 3 04:37:29 PDT 2018
Dear Maria,
thanks, I know and I have absolutely no problem with the UN! I just
thought they have a multi billion dollar budget, so I they could support
with some money, but I understand fully your arguments in this regard...
And we met before at ISPRS 2016 in Prague, I had a talk in the OSGeo
Session you and Helena organized. :-)
Best,
Christian
Am 03.04.2018 um 13:28 schrieb Maria Antonia Brovelli:
> Dear Christian
> UN Open GIS is a big Initiative, where many are contributing. UN is
> also contributing, obviously. This that you see now is only part of
> the contribution that OSGeo gives. The greatest contribution is in
> our volunteer time, which overpasses definitely the budget that OSGeo
> is investing. Please consider that all mentors, administrators and
> people of the UN Committee are putting a lot of energy in this
> Initiative, which will create the first official open source solution
> for UN. The Initiative is inclusive, therefore is there are people who
> want to contribute, they are more than welcome. As an example, you
> can consider the training effort in QGIS and PostGIS that we offered
> to the Initiative. Many people where voluntarily involved and they
> deserve our estimate.
> About Charter Member, this is something related to the life of our
> Community and it is considered as a way of aknowledging people showing
> themselves for their activity at local, regional or global level.
> I don't know if this is the best mechanism we can, as Community,
> implement. As a matter of fact, by now, it is what we have chosen. But
> discussion can be opened and, if we find something better, next
> challenges will take into account new modalities.
> Thanks for your comments. I'm happy also to know you (we have not
> occasion of meeting each other before). I invite everybody, until we
> have the Charter Member way of including new members, to nominate
> them. It is vital for our organization to promote and aknowledge the
> activity of our volunteers. And this is a way (or, better, at the
> moment, the official way).
> Have a good day!
> Maria
>
>
>
>
> Have a good reading:
>
> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>
>
> *----------------------------------------------------*
> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
> Politecnico di Milano
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob.+39-328-0023867, maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Da:* Christian Willmes <c.willmes at uni-koeln.de>
> *Inviato:* martedì 3 aprile 2018 10:58:37
> *A:* Maria Antonia Brovelli; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> *Oggetto:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN
> Committee Educational Challenge
>
> Dear Maria,
>
>
> thank you for your answers. The first answer makes sense now, even if
> I think the UN could add some money to the prices, if we promote their
> things in our name. But its fine...
>
>
> The second thing about Charter Members is still not clear. I know the
> membership process for OSGeo, I can claim for my own, that I fulfill
> all the listed criteria for being a member. But I never stood for
> election for Charter membership, because I do not like to ask someone
> for nominating me for an election and then for votes from the
> community to confirm me being a Charter member. This process had and
> has a "funny" taste to me (but this is maybe just my personal
> peculiarity).
>
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
>
> Am 03.04.2018 um 10:35 schrieb Maria Antonia Brovelli:
>>
>> Dear Christian
>>
>> Thanks for your interest; here my answers.
>>
>> 1. Why is this call connected to the UN, if they do not sponsor it?
>>
>> /Because OSGeo is partner of an Initiative leaded by UN (UN Open GIS
>> Initiative, you find the link to the initiative in the call). /
>>
>>
>> 2. And this is a more basic thing about OSGeo itself. The "Criteria
>> for evaluation" states as first criteria "Proposer is an OSGeo
>> Charter Member".
>>
>> May I ask how do you came to this criteria? Was it maybe an arbitrary
>> decision? Or did thought about this? If you thought about this, I
>> would be very interested in your arguments for having this criteria?
>>
>>
>> /Charter members are "special" members of OSGeo and every year we
>> have, as Community, the nomination of the new Charter members./
>>
>> /They participate to the OSGeo elections (and therefore vote for
>> OSGeo governance) and /
>>
>> /
>> /
>>
>> /Promote OSGeo through the use of FOSS4G tools
>> Register as an OSGeo Member See Getting Started
>> Take active part in OSGeo Mailing Lists
>> Hack the OSGeo Wiki
>> Help build a stronger OSGeo community through interactions with
>> academia, businesses and research organizations
>> Help organize workshops, trainings, conferences related to FOSS4G/
>> /Find an opportunity/reason to wear an OSGeo T-shirt
>> Ask good questions and provide answers when possible/
>> /
>> /
>>
>> /(https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction)/
>>
>>
>> /Obviously this criteria was thought, exactly like the other parts of
>> the Call (it has taken a lot of time in thinking and discussing). We
>> want to award people with a recognisable role in our community but we
>> don't exclude the other people./
>>
>>
>> For me personally this means, I can not take part in this challenge,
>> because I never saw a sense in becoming a charter member of OSGeo.
>> Also, I never saw / read the OSGeo Charter, and I am also not able to
>> find it via google, may you help me with a link here?
>>
>>
>> /Here the Membership Process./
>>
>> /https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process . /
>>
>> /In any case, you can participate to the Challenge, because it is not
>> mandatory to be a Charter Member. Being a Charter Member gives you 10
>> scores, but everybody is free of participating./
>>
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Christian
>>
>>
>> Thank to you.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> Have a good reading:
>>
>> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>>
>>
>> *----------------------------------------------------*
>> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
>> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob.+39-328-0023867, maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>> <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> *Da:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
>> <mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Christian
>> Willmes <c.willmes at uni-koeln.de> <mailto:c.willmes at uni-koeln.de>
>> *Inviato:* martedì 3 aprile 2018 09:57:34
>> *A:* discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee
>> Educational Challenge
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> this is a very nice initiative. But I have two remarks/questions
>> about this call:
>>
>> 1. Why is this call connected to the UN, if they do not sponsor it?
>>
>> 2. And this is a more basic thing about OSGeo itself. The "Criteria
>> for evaluation" states as first criteria "Proposer is an OSGeo
>> Charter Member".
>>
>> May I ask how do you came to this criteria? Was it maybe an arbitrary
>> decision? Or did thought about this? If you thought about this, I
>> would be very interested in your arguments for having this criteria?
>>
>> For me personally this means, I can not take part in this challenge,
>> because I never saw a sense in becoming a charter member of OSGeo.
>> Also, I never saw / read the OSGeo Charter, and I am also not able to
>> find it via google, may you help me with a link here?
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Christian
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>> Betreff: [OSGeo-Announce] OSGeo UN Committee Educational Challenge
>> Datum: Mon, 02 Apr 2018 18:25:53 +0200
>> Von: Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
>> <mailto:astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
>> Antwort an: astrid_emde at osgeo.org <mailto:astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
>> An: Announce <announce at lists.osgeo.org>
>> <mailto:announce at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> Link to the OSGeo Foundation News:
>> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeo-un-committee-educational-challenge/
>>
>> Proposals for developing open geospatial educational material for three
>> challenges are invited. Prize money of USD 3,000 for each challenge is
>> sponsored by OSGeo and Boundless.
>>
>> The OSGeo UN Committee promotes the development and use of open source
>> software that meets UN needs and supports the aims of the UN. In the
>> last few years, the Committee has mainly worked on the UN Open GIS
>> Initiative (https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/un-initiative/), a project
>> "... to identify and develop an Open Source GIS bundle that meets the
>> requirements of UN operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of
>> mission partners (partner nations, technology contributing countries,
>> international organizations, academia, NGOs, private sector). The
>> strategic approach shall be developed with best and shared principles,
>> standards and ownership, in a prioritized manner that addresses
>> capability gaps and needs without duplicating efforts of other Member
>> States or entities. The UN Open GIS Initiative strategy shall
>> collaboratively and cooperatively develop, validate, assess, migrate,
>> and implement sound technical capabilities with all the appropriate
>> documentation and training that in the end provides a united effort to
>> improve the effectiveness and efficiency of utilizing Open Source GIS
>> around the world." (more details at [1]).
>>
>> The first two challenges (one of them sponsored by Boundless) are
>> related to the UN Open GIS Initiative. The third challenge is more
>> general and relates to the use of high resolution and high quality
>> global datasets available for environmental, social and economical
>> analysis everywhere, especially in developing countries. This challenge
>> is aimed at addressing the current lack of training material for using
>> such data with open source software in support of UN Sustainable
>> Development Goals (SDGs).
>>
>> Winners will be guided by mentors from Boundless [2], the UN Open GIS
>> Initiative [3] and OSGeo [4] to ensure that the material meets the
>> requirements of the target audience. Winning material will be included
>> and distributed in OSGeoLive [5], a freely available and self-contained
>> bootable DVD, USB thumb drive or Virtual Machine based on Lubuntu,
>> containing a wide variety of open source geospatial software that can be
>> tried out without installing anything.
>>
>>
>> Challenge 1: Spiral 1 of UN - GeoSHAPE platform for data collection
>>
>> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by Boundless
>>
>> Requirements: This call is for the development of education material
>> that teaches the user how to apply the GeoSHAPE platform [6] to assist
>> in a real-life scenario involving a relevant theme in today’s world.
>> Themes could include humanitarian aid, disaster management, emergency
>> management, or sustainable development. The scenario could be an
>> ongoing, recent, or historical event or could be created for the
>> purposes of the challenge. If the scenario is created, it should be as
>> realistic and relevant to today’s challenges as possible and use data
>> relevant to a geographic location on the earth. The instructional
>> materials should teach the user how to perform specific workflows
>> relevant to the scenario. The proposal should specify:
>>
>> 1. A description of the applied scenario.
>> 2. A list of workflows to be included in the scenario. The list should
>> be specific enough to highlight how the platform can be used in assist
>> in the effort. For example, distributed editing could be used to track
>> and share the location of resources in the field in real-time.
>> 3. A list of the types of relevant datasets to be used with a short
>> description. The datasets should include freely available and open
>> geodatasets. Given the nature of the challenge, datasets may need to be
>> created for the purposes of the scenario.
>>
>> Target audience: professionals at local, regional, national or
>> international agencies, especially those in developing countries that
>> may use in the platform in one of the above mentioned themes.
>>
>> Mentors: Christina Hupychupy at boundlessgeo.com <mailto:chupy at boundlessgeo.com>
>>
>>
>> Challenge 2: Spiral 3 of UN - Functionalities for UN Operations
>>
>> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by OSGeo
>>
>> Requirements: Do you analyze geospatial data for your business/research?
>> There are several geospatial-analysis-functions available in open source
>> for geospatial community. GeoAnalysis library [7] is a java-based open
>> source for geospatial analysis. This call is for development of an
>> educational material using GeoAnalysis library
>>
>> Please assume that you would like to teach your students/folks how to
>> use the GeoAnalysis library by using desktop SW like uDig or through
>> Internet, and how to use geo-analysis functions for their
>> business/research. Proposal should specify:
>>
>> 1. Description of a business (purpose of using GeoAnalysis, scenario,
>> etcs)
>> 2. Description of analysis model (analysis flow, analysis functions,
>> input/output dataset) of the business described in 1)
>> 3. List of datasets to be used for the analysis
>> 4. Others
>>
>> Target audience: Researchers, educators and professionals at local,
>> regional, national or international agencies, especially those in
>> developing countries.
>>
>> Mentors: HaeKyong Kanghkkang at krihs.re.kr <mailto:hkkang at krihs.re.kr>, MinPa Lee
>> minpa.lee at mangosystem.com <mailto:minpa.lee at mangosystem.com> and DHN Chodhncho at gmail.com <mailto:dhncho at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Challenge 3: Open geospatial data and software for UN sustainable
>> development goals
>>
>> Prize: USD 3,000 sponsored by OSGeo
>>
>> Requirements: This call is for the development of educational material
>> that teaches users how to work with with free and open source geospatial
>> software and freely available global open datasets (higher interest in
>> high resolution datasets) on tasks that contribute towards achieving at
>> least one of the UN Sustainable Development Goal [8]. The proposal
>> should specify
>>
>> 1. A description of the tasks and how they contribute to achieving one
>> or more UN Sustainable Development Goals.
>> 2. The list of freely available global open geodatasets that will be
>> included in the educational material, with a short description of each
>> dataset, its spatial and temporal resolution and a link (URL) to the
>> dataset.
>> 3. The list of free and open source geospatial software for which the
>> educational material will be developed, with a short description for
>> each software and a link (URL) to its website.
>>
>> Target audience: Researchers, educators and professionals at local,
>> regional, national or international agencies, especially those in
>> developing countries.
>>
>> Mentors: Maria Brovellimaria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> and Serena Coetzee
>> serena.coetzee at up.ac.za <mailto:serena.coetzee at up.ac.za>
>>
>>
>> Inclusion of winning material in OSGeoLive
>>
>> Educational material for all three challenges can be included in
>> OSGeoLive in one of two ways:
>>
>> 1. As a Quickstart Tutorial for a software project included in OSGeoLive
>> (e.g. GeoServer, QGIS etc). Current Quickstart Tutorials are listed at
>> [9]. Quickstart Tutorials are licensed under the Creative Commons
>> Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License for Quickstarts.
>> 2. As Workshop Material. Current Workshop Material is listed at [10].
>> Workshop Material is licensed under the Creative Commons ByAttribution
>> (CC-BY) License.
>>
>>
>> Proposals
>>
>> Proposals (in English) of not more than 5 pages should describe the
>> material that you plan to develop, comprising:
>>
>> 1. A title for the proposed open geospatial educational material.
>> 2. Identification of the challenge (1, 2 or 3).
>> 3. Name, address, e-mail address, CV of the proposer.
>> 4. Full outline of the proposed geospatial educational material,
>> including learning outcomes, prerequisite knowledge, educational
>> approach and content.
>> 5. Any additional information requested for the specific challenge (see
>> above).
>> 6. A signed statement agreeing that the winning educational material may
>> be published in OSGeoLive. Your proposal should clearly indicate whether
>> you propose to provide material for OSGeoLive as QuickStart Tutorial or
>> Workshop Material or both, and that you agree to publish it with the
>> respective Creative Commons license.
>> 7. A schedule for the development of the training material, indicating
>> important milestones. For start and end dates, see important dates
>> below.
>>
>> See the following examples of related educational material: training
>> material used by GeoForAll to support the United Nations in their
>> migration to geospatial open source applications [11] and courses
>> developed by the GeoAcademy [12].
>>
>> You can submit proposals for more than one challenge. However, one
>> proposal should be for one challenge only. Only proposals by individuals
>> will be accepted (no proposals by teams). Proposals should be submitted
>> toun at osgeo.org <mailto:un at osgeo.org>.
>>
>>
>> Evaluation
>>
>> Criteria for evaluation:
>>
>> 1. Proposer is an OSGeo Charter Member: 10 (max)
>> 2. Proposer’s documented experience in education and training: 20 (max)
>> 3. Proposer’s age (20 if < 40 years old; 0 if >40 years old): 20 (max)
>> 4. Experience with respect to what is proposed by the specific
>> challenge: 10 (max)
>> 5. Proposal: 40 (max)
>>
>> Proposals will be evaluated by the OSGeo UN Committee Educational
>> Challenge Judging Commission comprising representatives from OSGeo,
>> Boundless and UN Open GIS. The proposal will be shortlisted and its
>> content reviewed only if the sum of the first four criteria is at least
>> 40. Evaluation criteria for the content include the suitability of the
>> proposed material for the target audience and requirements, feasibility
>> of the proposal, as well as the gender, relevant experience,
>> qualifications and language proficiency of the proposer.
>>
>>
>> Important dates
>>
>> * Announcement of the OSGeo Educational Challenge 30 March
>> 2018
>> * Deadline for submission of proposals:
>> 30 April 2018
>> * Announcement of the winners:
>> 31 May 2018
>> * Winners receive first third (USD 1,000) of the prize money: 15 June
>> 2018
>> * Submission of educational material by the winners: 15
>> August 2018
>> * Evaluation of the educational material by mentors:
>> 30 September 2018
>>
>> Subsequent to a positive evaluation, winners receive the remaining prize
>> money (USD 2,000). Prize money will be transferred in one of two ways:
>>
>> 1. Winners provide their IBAN/Swift info and OSGeo/Boundless deposits
>> the money directly into their bank account via Wire Transfer.
>> 2. Winners provide their PayPal info and OSGeo/Boundless transfers the
>> money into their PayPal account.
>>
>>
>> Queries
>>
>> For queries on specific challenges, contact the mentors of respective
>> challenges (see above). Any other queries can be addressed to
>> un at osgeo.org <mailto:un at osgeo.org>.
>>
>>
>> References
>>
>> [1]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UnitedNations_Committee
>>
>> [2]https://boundlessgeo.com/
>>
>> [3]http://unopengis.org/
>>
>> [4]https://www.osgeo.org/
>>
>> [5]https://live.osgeo.org
>>
>> [6]http://geoshape.org/
>>
>> [7]https://github.com/MapPlus/spatial_statistics_for_geotools_udig
>>
>> [8]
>> http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
>>
>> [9]http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UNTraining
>>
>> [10]https://fossgeo.org/
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> Christian Willmes
> AG GIS & Fernerkundung | GIS & RS Group
> Geographisches Institut | Institute of Geography
> Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne
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Universität zu Köln | University of Cologne
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