The Biodiversity project of India is going to use Opensource GIS for implementing GIS, using their tabulated data. OSGeo India has plans to help the same. <br><br>Ravi Kumar<br><br><b><i>Sean Gillies <sgillies@frii.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Ned Horning wrote:<br>> Frank Warmerdam wrote:<br>>> I'd like to see OSGeo support socially relavent organizations in use of<br>> open source<br>>> software<br>> <br>> This is along the lines of what I'm working on so I figure this is a good<br>> time to chime in to get feedback. I'm involved in a discussion between the<br>> Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) and the Society for Conservation<br>> Biology (SCB) to enhance an international Conservation GIS training program<br>> sponsored by SCGIS. The SCGIS has a scholarship program that brings<br>> international conservation
practitioners to the States to receive ESRI<br>> training, ESRI software, attend the ESRI conference, and sometimes get free<br>> hardware. It is a great program but it's costly and only meets a fraction of<br>> the demand.<br>> <br>> In principle having an SCB/SCGIS partnership is a good idea but it shouldn't<br>> be ESRI-centric. I talked about OSGeo and this seemed to raise some interest<br>> (curiosity?) but I sense skepticism. The (inaccurate) perception that ESRI<br>> will donate software to any conservation group, largely negating advantages<br>> of FOSS4G, doesn't help. The SCB has over 10,000 members and I think this<br>> could be a great opportunity for OSGeo to increase global exposure and<br>> possibly use it to solicit grant money to support training and software<br>> development around the world. <br>> <br>> SCGIS has a small international network of user groups that can be used to<br>> expand this program and I'm
trying to figure out if OSGeo could help build a<br>> similar or partnered network for open source offerings. The OSGeo education<br>> committee members are creating course materials that will be leveraged for<br>> this conservation-focused training. I addition to that we need to develop a<br>> network of trainers. How much interest is there among the OSGeo<br>> community/user groups to support and provide conservation-focused geospatial<br>> training? I'd like to hear from anyone but I'm particularly interested in<br>> hearing from people with connections outside of North America. <br>> <br>> Distance learning methods would help overcome the problem of distributing<br>> this training globally but there is a strong interest in sponsoring<br>> in-person workshops in addition to on-line offerings. Our group at the AMNH<br>> is working on addressing both of these needs.<br>> <br>> Any feedback is appreciated.<br>> <br>> All the
best,<br>> <br>> Ned <br><br>Ned,<br><br>I accidentally attended the SCGIS summer camp in 2005. I was visiting <br>Mike Hamilton, Director of the James Reserve and SCGIS activist, who <br>often hosts this thing. He's very interested in open source, and I think <br>he'd be happy to add open source to the camp syllabus if the attendees <br>wanted it. If you're not already in contact with Mike, you should give <br>him a call.<br><br>His ESRI partners, of course, had zero interest in open source, but this <br>might have changed a bit over the past 2 years.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Sean<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br>Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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