[Ica-osgeo-labs] Urban Science - City analytics - thematic labs
Tkachenko, Nataliya
N.Tkachenko at warwick.ac.uk
Sun Feb 15 12:16:28 PST 2015
Hi Chris,
We (Warwick Institute for Science of Cities) are definitely interested!
Thank you.
Nataliya
> On 14 Feb 2015, at 02:13, Chris Pettit <cpettit at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am keen to know which other labs might be interested and have a focus in
> the area of urban science / city analytics and might be interested in
> establishing such a thematic?
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On 14/02/2015 3:44 am, "Suchith Anand" <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Sergio, this is good idea to build thematic networks within the Geo4All
>> initiative to support different needs such as language etc.
>>
>> I suggest you take the lead to establish Spanish thematic and setup
>> separate maillists etc in Spanish (in the osgeo maillist like
>> geoforall-spanish at lists.osgeo.org ) but feedback the important ideas
>> back to all of us also to build synergies.
>>
>> Also any others who wish to setup other thematic networks, please take
>> the initiative and establish it.
>>
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA [sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy]
>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 2:57 PM
>> To: Antoni Pérez Navarro; patrick.hogan at nasa.gov;
>> maria.brovelli at polimi.it; Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> Hi. I would like to bring -again- attention to something related to this
>> thread and is my concern with translation efforts (in both ways) that are
>> needed to achieve a true efficient global lab network. I also suggested
>> some time ago (related to this also) the need to build thematic networks
>> within the Geo4all initiative, for example regional networks that share a
>> language and/or similar economic, cultural or social characteristics. In
>> my opinion this can strengthen the initiative by widening the possibility
>> of joining the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS lab network. It will be easier and more
>> effective for instance if Spanish speaking members discuss these and
>> other topics between each other and give their point of view. If any in
>> the list agrees with this please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
>> Sección Sistemas de Información Geográfica
>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
>> URUGUAY
>> ________________________________
>> De: ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> <ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Antoni Pérez
>> Navarro <aperezn at uoc.edu>
>> Enviado: lunes, 09 de febrero de 2015 14:59
>> Para: patrick.hogan at nasa.gov; maria.brovelli at polimi.it;
>> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Asunto: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
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>> Thank you Suchit.
>> Therefore, the template would be:
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>> + Title in english
>> + Language
>> + Original title.
>> + ECTS credits/Hours
>> + Number of editions
>> + Kind: Virtual, face-to-face, blended
>> + Target (professionals, technical students, children, teenager, embedded
>> in a wider program, etc.)
>> + Medium number of students per edition
>> + Goal (maximu 150 words): what is the goal of this course in its
>> socio-economical context and why the course was created?
>> + Contents
>> + Links to course, materials, contents, etc.
>> + Licenses of every single material
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>> Antoni Pérez Navarro
>> Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les
>> assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]
>> Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
>>
>> aperezn at uoc.edu
>> 22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)
>> @tonipereznavarr
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>> [https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif]
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>> Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir
>> informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la
>> difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de
>> dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la
>> persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va
>> destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per
>> cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit
>> per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per
>> aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.
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>> Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.
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>> --- Missatge original de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> per a "patrick.hogan at nasa.gov" <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>,Antoni Pérez
>> Navarro (aperezn at uoc.edu),"maria.brovelli at polimi.it"
>> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> amb còpia a "ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org"
>> <ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org> enviat el 09.02.2015 13:32
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>> Thanks Antoni. This is a good template for sending nominations to
>> Charlie. Only thing i will add is also info if the teaching materials are
>> available in Open Licences (Creative Commons) for others to use/reuse as
>> needed .If there is url/weblinks it will help a lot to get some overview
>> of the course irrespective of the language/regions.
>>
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Antoni Pérez Navarro [aperezn at uoc.edu]
>> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 10:21 AM
>> To: patrick.hogan at nasa.gov; maria.brovelli at polimi.it;
>> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> O.K. thank you, very much.
>>
>> Maybe a template for the nomination can be created. A first approximation:
>>
>> + Title in english
>> + Language
>> + Original title.
>> + ECTS credits/Hours
>> + Number of editions
>> + Kind: Virtual, face-to-face, blended
>> + Target (professionals, technical students, children, teenager, embedded
>> in a wider program, etc.)
>> + Medium number of students per edition
>> + Goal (maximu 150 words): what is the goal of this course in its
>> socio-economical context and why the course was created?
>> + Contents
>> + Links to course, materials, contents, etc.
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>> Antoni Pérez Navarro
>> Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les
>> assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]
>> Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
>>
>> aperezn at uoc.edu
>> 22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)
>> @tonipereznavarr
>>
>>
>> [https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif]
>>
>> Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir
>> informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la
>> difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de
>> dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la
>> persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va
>> destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per
>> cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit
>> per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per
>> aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.
>>
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>> Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.
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>> --- Missatge original de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> per a "patrick.hogan at nasa.gov" <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov>,Antoni Pérez
>> Navarro (aperezn at uoc.edu),"maria.brovelli at polimi.it"
>> <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> amb còpia a "ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org"
>> <ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org> enviat el 09.02.2015 11:11
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>> Hi Antoni,
>>
>> Thank you for these two good points. We greatly welcome nominations for
>> educators who have created GIS courses from different languages and
>> regions in developing and developed world. The nominator can send the
>> summary details in English along with the nomination which will help the
>> committee members to understand its impact. For example, you will have
>> more ideas on the various Spanish GIS courses and its impact . So please
>> nominate them with their details.
>>
>> All ideas/inputs welcome.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Antoni Pérez Navarro [aperezn at uoc.edu]
>> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 9:00 AM
>> To: patrick.hogan at nasa.gov; maria.brovelli at polimi.it;
>> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am sorry if I say something that you probably have taken into account.
>>
>> I find a very good iniciative the award, but how can be taken into
>> account the different languages of several courses? I know many GIS
>> courses in Spain, but most of them are in Spanish.
>>
>> On the other hand, I think that the basis have to be very well
>> established and considering the social environment to which the course
>> belongs and its target. It is not the same a course in a country with low
>> GIS penetration, than in a country where GIS is a common tool in several
>> companies and administration.
>>
>> Well, these are only two items I was thinking about.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Antoni Pérez Navarro
>> Estudis d'Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació [Responsable de les
>> assignatures de Física i Sistemes d'Informació Geogràfica]
>> Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
>>
>> aperezn at uoc.edu
>> 22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona)
>> @tonipereznavarr
>>
>>
>> [https://cv.uoc.edu/WebMail/resources/img/UOC_e_mail.gif]
>>
>> Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir
>> informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la
>> difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de
>> dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la
>> persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va
>> destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per
>> cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit
>> per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per
>> aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement.
>>
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>> Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.
>>
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>> --- Missatge original de "Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)"
>> <patrick.hogan at nasa.gov> per a Suchith Anand
>> <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>,Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> amb
>> còpia a "ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org" <ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
>> enviat el 08.02.2015 01:22
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>>
>> Suchith,
>>
>> Thanks! Go FOSS4G 2015 Como!!!
>> http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/
>> OSGEO is a lightning rod for OS leading the world by example!
>>
>> And if any of you OSGEO leaders are not eligible,
>> which doesn't seem fair, but oh well. . .
>> i.e., http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award
>>
>> Please get your 'stuff' to a GIS teacher who is! Or a super TA!
>> Let's begin the constructive collaborating now!!!
>> Maybe even post your stuff, and advertise so others can plagiarize,
>> the highest form of flattery!
>> :-)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 3:52 PM
>> To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> Great points and i couldn't agree more...
>>
>> Thank you for this kind offer. I will ensure that if no one match funds
>> your offer, i will do that.
>>
>> I really hope OSGeo Board will take positive decision on the Student
>> Awards proposal that we submitted on behalf of Geo for All. We will be
>> happy to provide any further info needed. Once this is done and OSGeo
>> Treasurer agrees to be in charge of the Student Award accounts, we can
>> easily get many organisations to contribute.
>>
>> Time is the essence. For example, we were able to take quick action to
>> support this Open Education week because of the funding we had within the
>> 5k USD from OSGeo budget for ICA-OSGeo lab activities. Investing in
>> education for the future generations is the best investment we make and i
>> am sure OSGeo Board will strongly support our Education investment.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:26 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand; Polimi
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> Dear Open GeoSpace, Open Minds and Open Source Folks,
>>
>> A challenge. . .
>> Please note, this FOSS4G crystal bull is a ^matching grant^ that is
>> challenging others to donate as well, at whatever level. So, this one
>> comes forward as long as another ?200 comes in from others, whether alone
>> or combined. Alternatively, if it is recommended to receive cash instead
>> of a trophy, I am glad to do that instead. A ?20 here-and-there adds up.
>> Let?s recognize the best with a boost!
>>
>> Please help us find organizations to donate!!! We want Charlie Schweik to
>> have a real kitty to work with. Maria Brovelli needs help too! She is
>> trying to make generous accommodations for students and others at the
>> best FOSS4G yet! The website is a gorgeous start! Como should be very
>> proud to host such an auspicious event!
>>
>> A thought. . .
>> There is no more important profession on the planet than welcoming our
>> children to this world we find ourselves in, and that welcome should be
>> with the best education possible. Rewarding those who do this well,
>> especially when they share their ?how-to? talents with the rest of us, is
>> an honor we must strongly commit to.
>>
>> A concern. . .
>> These are especially challenging times of a rapidly warming world that
>> will continue to impact our ability to survive, as does the increasing
>> concentration of wealth that wants to accelerate consumption and greatly
>> limit democratic choices for a more sustainable future.
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Suchith Anand [mailto:Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 12:44 AM
>> To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); Polimi; ica-opensource at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Geo for All - "Open Education Award"
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> Many thanks for this kind contribution to the "Open Education Award" we
>> will give to honour and thank the greatest contributions to Open
>> Education principles in the Geo domain. I will speak with Maria and
>> should be able to arrange free conference registration for the winner to
>> attend FOSS4G-Europe. As Jeff will be there at FOSS4G-E , he as the OSGeo
>> President can directly give the award to the winner.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ______________________________________
>> From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 11:07 PM
>> To: Polimi; Suchith Anand
>> Cc: ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu
>> Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):
>> Call for Participation - Spread the News and Participate
>>
>> Maria and Suchith and Charlie and OSGEO Community,
>>
>> If anyone else will donate to this ?Teacher Award?
>>
>> maybe to help cover their travel expenses, I am willing to ?match? that
>> with one NASA crystal bull
>>
>> (~?200 Euros out of my own pocket)
>>
>> See it here:
>>
>> http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/
>>
>> But it will have different text, maybe:
>>
>> ?YOUR NAME?
>> GeoforAll Educator of the Year
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
>> ______________________________________
>> From: Polimi [mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it]
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 2:16 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand
>> Cc: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org;
>> cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):
>> Call for Participation - Spread the News and
>> Participate
>>
>> Yes!! Great idea!!!
>>
>> Maria
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor Politecnico di Milano
>> FOSS4G EUROPE - Don't miss it! Home<http://europe.foss4g.org/2015>
>>
>> ______________________________________
>> Il giorno 06/feb/2015, alle ore 21:51,
>> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk
>> ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> This is great idea that will help to further make impact in Openness in
>> GeoEducation .
>>
>> Out of the 5k USD we have got allocated for ICA-OSGeo labs from OSGeo
>> budget we have earmarked 3500 USD for website development requirements (
>> to be finalized with more inputs from all and OSGeo Board) and 1000 USD
>> for NASA WW Challenge student winner teams, so we still have 500 USD to
>> plan some activity to further our aims.
>>
>> So i suggest that we plan an award for the Course leader/Lecturer of the
>> best Geospatial course ( online or class based) based on Open Principles
>> . That will be a great way to honour and recognise the educators who made
>> it possible and will be an inspiration to others to build upon for
>> future years. We will use the same Award Committee that we set up for the
>> ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS student awards to decide the best course based on
>> nominations received to Charlie Schweik (chair of the Award Committee)
>> cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu before 28th Feb 2015. Please note that all
>> members of the Award Committee
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.osuosl.org/wiki/Ica-osgeo-isprs_award will not be
>> eligible even if they are running excellent programs - sorry folks :)
>>
>> The Award will be announce on 9th March (start of Open Education Week)
>> and given at FOSS4G Europe conference in Como. We will send a formal call
>> on this Course leader Award soon.
>>
>> We have some courses run by many universities in our list itself, so feel
>> free to nominate those courses and we now have opportunity to recognise
>> both the students and educators.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) [patrick.hogan at nasa.gov
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 7:59 PM
>> To: Suchith Anand; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: RE: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Open Education Week (9-13 March 2015):
>> Call for Participation - Spread the News and
>> Participate
>>
>> Suchith,
>>
>> How about an award for the best GIS course! Teachers need GIS love too!
>>
>> 1. This can be the complete syllabus for the class, as open source! This
>> would allow other teachers to benefit and improve the course (still open
>> source). The next year's award might go to who has improved that course
>> the most! This is the beauty of open source, we continually rise to
>> collectively-stand on each other's shoulders. And ^all^ of our students
>> are the beneficiaries.
>>
>> 2. And maybe another category for best ^online^ GIS course (open source
>> of course).
>>
>> 3. And maybe an award for the best student-produced GIS app (open
>> source). To make this a more reasonable exercise for the 'judges,' each
>> GIS teacher would be able to submit just one of their student-team's
>> projects, or maybe one for each class taught. That would help improve and
>> narrow the field of candidates.
>>
>> -Patrick
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