[Ica-osgeo-labs] Outernet and GeoForAll

[Charles Schweik]

Colleagues, especially in Africa  GeoForAll nodes,

I've continue to have discussions with Thane Richard, the COO of the
"Outernet" platform [1]. An introductory video is here [2].
Thane just told me they have been granted temporary access from an existing
satellite provider over Africa to stream a large data stream (I think 100
GB) and they are looking for content to stream.

1) Content to stream?

I think we should come up with a set of software and educational material.
For instance, could we stream the QGIS and the MOOC course content your
team created Phil? Or other ideas?

2) Would one or more of our nodes in Africa be willing to try and implement
an Outernet receiver to test out the receipt process of this?

Cheers,
Charlie

[1] https://www.outernet.is/en/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ammanyLM_ko

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Charlie Schweik

Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dept of Environmental Conservation and Center for Public Policy and
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Author, Internet Success: A Study of Open Source Software (MIT Press, 2012)
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