[OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Can anyone please update on OSGeo interactions with GEO?

[Suchith Anand]

Dear Gilberto,

Thank you for the information. I also think it will be good to have formal relationship between OSGeo and GEO. I will email the OSGeo Board and discuss ideas on how we can plan to move forward on this.

I fully agree with your assessment on data access problems . Within OSGeo, I am trying to reactivate the Public Geospatial Data Committee [1]to bring key like minded colleagues to start planning actions forward for this. In fact, this is the reason we need to work synergies with wider initiatives for maximum global impact.

I am looking forward with working with you on expanding ideas and actions.

Best wishes,

Suchith


[1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/public-geospatial-data-committee/



From: Gilberto Camara <gilberto.camara.inpe at gmail.com>
Sent: 23 January 2018 12:17
To: Suchith Anand
Cc: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Geo4All] Can anyone please update on OSGeo interactions with GEO?


Dear Suchith

I have no information about the relationship of OSGEO and GEO, which would be a good thing to happen. On the positive side, the use of open source tools such as QGIS, R, and PostGIS is now spread worldwide, and OSGEO already does a strong jog of advocating  for  FOSS4GIS. Despite important advances in policy, the main problem of GEO continues to be data access. Although the open data policies are now being adopted worldwide, access to the data continues to be a painful process. With a few exceptions (such as  NASA's MODIS), the access to analysis-ready data continues to be a problem.


Best
Gilberto



On Sat, 20 Jan 2018 at 12:34 Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:


Hi all,

I vaguely remember some discussions in one of the OSGeo mailing lists some time back  planning to apply for Participating Organisation (PO) in Group on Earth Observations (GEO) [1] . Can someone who knows on this please  update on this. Did OSGeo apply or was it just a discussion ideas. Who was the main contact leading this?

I will appreciate info on this as I am new to GEO. I have been nominated to Program Board of GEO and I will be attending the PB meeting in Geneva later this month, so I am trying to learn as much info. Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Suchith

[1] https://www.earthobservations.org/

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