<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi,<br>This is a nice development by ICA.<br>pl give location of this information (website).<br>Would like INCA (the Indian counterpart of ICA) informed about this.<br>Cheers<br>Ravi Kumar<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/9/08, Suchith Anand <i><Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br>Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] ICA Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies<br>To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 9:29 PM<br><br><pre>Hi All,<br><br>The International Cartographic Association's Executive Committee<br>http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/ica/ has approved the establishment of<br>Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies at its meeting last<br>week in Chile.
<br><br>The Open Source Geospatial Technologies Working Group aims to promote<br>multi-national holistic research in open source geospatial technologies<br>in order to make accessible the latest developments in open source tools<br>to the wider cartographic community. The WG attempts to enhance the<br>usage of open source geospatial tools among the cartographic community<br>worldwide, especially for education. Finally, the working group will<br>promote the usage of professional and technical standards (ISO TC 211,<br>OGC) for the development of open source geospatial software. Working<br>group membership is open to all interested parties and we aim for<br>representation by as many countries. Promotional strategies of the<br>working group include regular e-mails to members, meetings, conferences,<br>workshops, promotion of geospatial standards and publications.<br><br>Terms of Reference - Working Group on Open Source Geospatial<br>Technologies<br><br>1.
To promote the widespread use of open source geospatial software <br>2. To provide support for the use of open source geospatial software in<br>education through relevant publications <br>3. To organise conferences, workshops and training sessions for open<br>source geospatial technologies <br>4. To organise special lectures and demonstrations on open source<br>geospatial technologies <br>5. To make open source geospatial software more accessible to end users <br>6. To serve as a network for ICA members interested in open source<br>geospatial technologies by the use of mailing lists, wiki etc <br>7. Through collaboration with other ICA commissions and working groups<br>promote coordination with different open source geospatial organisations<br>(eg. Open Source Geospatial Foundation) and developer communities.<br>8. Develop and keep updated the working group's website to disseminate<br>the working group activities.<br>9. Produce annual reports of the
working group activities.<br><br>ICA have adopted a policy of approving WGs on a one year approval period<br>and within this period it is essential to prove sufficient activity and<br>the First Open Source GIS UK Conference to be jointly organised with<br>OSGeo UK Chapter and Open Knowledge Foundation on 22nd June 2009 at CGS,<br>University of Nottingham will be one of the key events planned as part<br>of the WG activities. We are inviting expressions of interest from<br>interested people to become members of the Working Group and to help<br>steer its activities. If interested to join the WG please email<br>Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk<br><br>The Working Group's website and mailing lists will be activated in<br>January 2009. Please contact me for any information needed.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Suchith<br><br>Dr Suchith Anand<br>Centre for Geospatial Science<br>Sir Clive Granger Building<br>University of Nottingham<br>Tel: (0)115 846 8408<br>url:
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