[Ica-osgeo-labs] Welcoming ideas from all for MapStories for Geo4All Cartographic Challenge on how How Openness can help to reduce inequality

Thu Mar 31 13:35:44 PDT 2016

Dear Sergio:

Yes, I received the material , it is right, thanks a lot for your
contribution, not just on this challenge, but with our community.

Today I issued a deadline extension to the list, I will be arranging all
material together during this period and I will come back with the overall
results.

Best regards,

Silvana

2016-03-31 12:48 GMT-03:00 SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>:

> Yesterday I sent my contribution to the Geo4all Cartographic Challenge
> but didn't receive any response. Does anyone know if this is right?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> ------------------------------
> *De:* Christopher Tucker <tucker at mapstory.org>
> *Enviado:* lunes, 28 de marzo de 2016 15:31
> *Para:* SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
> *Cc:* Suchith Anand; marino at mapstory.org; Silvana Camboim; Finn, Michael;
> A.P.Pradeepkumar; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Asunto:* Re: Welcoming ideas from all for MapStories for Geo4All
> Cartographic Challenge on how How Openness can help to reduce inequality
>
> No problem!  Happy to chat at your convenience!
>
> Chris
> 703-981-9373
>
> On Mar 28, 2016, at 1:37 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
> sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>
> I didn't forget about this, only that I'm busy with other things.
>
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> ------------------------------
> *De:* ica-osgeo-labs <ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre
> de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Enviado:* miércoles, 24 de febrero de 2016 9:46
> *Para:* tucker at mapstory.org; marino at mapstory.org; Silvana Camboim; Finn,
> Michael; geo.pradeep at keralauniversity.ac.in
> *Cc:* ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Asunto:* [Ica-osgeo-labs] Welcoming ideas from all for MapStories for
> Geo4All Cartographic Challenge on how How Openness can help to reduce
> inequality
>
> Hi Chris, Jon,
>
> I would like to connect you with Silvana and Mike and the wider community
> who are running the  Geo4All Cartographic Challenge as part of the
> International Map Year so that we can plan to  have MapStory as a platform
> to help provide some excellent interactive examples of How Openness can
> help to reduce inequality esp. in providing quality education opportunities
> for students from economically poor backgrounds.
>
> There are many examples we can look into. For example, it will be great to
> have MapStory on the spatio-temporal development  of gvSIG Batovi
> initiative in Uruguay (as we have Sergio cc in who can provide us more
> details and contacts and IT at Schools https://www.itschool.gov.in/glance.php
> in Kerala (cc in Pradeepkumar ,University of Kerala who is working to
> establish an OSGeo lab in Kerala University)
>
> This will also help us convey the impact of open principles in education.
> It takes years to really see the impact of education efforts.
>
> Silvana, Mike - please discuss your competition ideas with Chris, Jon and
> any specific queries you have please inform any help needed.
>
> Sergio, Pradeep - can you please help with this. Thanks.
>
> All - if you have any other examples , please discuss ideas for developing
> MapStory based on your educational examples on this and we can link all
> this in our website later. It will greatly help policy makers understand
> the impact of open principles in education in empowering students globally
> and making them part of the digital economy opportunities.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Discuss [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Suchith
> Anand [Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:17 PM
> *To:* Silvana Camboim; ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo4All Cartographic
> Challenge – How Openness can help to reduce inequality
>
> Our thanks to *Professor Silvana Comboim * (The Federal University of
> Paraná, Brazil) and chair of the ICA Commission on Open source
> Geotechnologies and *Mike Finn* (United States Geological Survey, USA)
> and cochair of the ICA Commission on Open source Geotechnologies for
> leading this excellent *Geo4All Cartographic Challenge* as part of the *International
> Map Year to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on
> Reducing inequality within and among countries.* I think this is a great
> opportunity to highlight the importance of working together on the bigger
> aim to empower and provide quality education opportunities for our bottom
> billions brothers and sisters worldwide (who are too poor that they dont
> even have a voice).
>
> *Digital technologies are a big enabler for providing Quality education
> opportunities for everyone*. The costs of hardware is coming down (and
> will keep coming down), internet access is increasing even in poor
> countries (and will keep increasing) but the biggest artificial barrier is
> the high cost of properitary software. So by having free and open software
> will enable billions of our brothers and sisters globally to also get
> opportunities for getting quality education. I have seen this happening in
> poor schools in my own state Kerala in India,  where thanks to a pioneering
> initiative called* IT at Schools* which is also *the world's  largest
> simultaneous deployment of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) based ICT
> education providing opportunities for over 12,000 schools, benifitting 6
> million students and 200,000 teachers in the state*.  Details at
> https://www.itschool.gov.in/glance.php   The scalability of this
> initiative has been amazing and this would not have happened if we had to
> depend of properitery vendors.
>
> There are lot of examples around the world that shows the power of open
> principles in education. For example, our colleagues in Uruguay (Sergio
> Acosta y Lara and others) are doing amazing work through *gvSIG Batovi
> initiative* providing digital education opportunities to all students in
> government schools across the country through the wider* CEIBAL
> initiative*. See details at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwN9K07XPo
> (video with English translation).
>
> Education and empowerment  are key  for getting rid of extreme poverty and
> help create digital economy opportunities also for  billions of our
> economically poor brothers and sisters across our planet and we cannot
> allow creating artificial digital barriers through high costs properitary
> licences to keep continue denying them their rightful opportunities for a
> better future for thier children. *Access to quality education
> opportunities is everyone's birthright*.
>
> Education and empowerment of students are also key  for developing
> creative and open minds in students which is critical for building open
> innovation and contributes to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of
> the whole society and for our future generations.
> *So let us all work together to enable open principles in education to
> help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of
> innovation and opportunities for everyone. *
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf
> of Silvana Camboim [silvanacamboim at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:29 PM
> *To:* ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [Ica-osgeo-labs] Geo4All Cartographic Challenge – How Openness
> can help to reduce inequality
>
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> 
>
> This year is International Map Year [1], a worldwide celebration of maps
> and their unique role in our world. It’s organized by the International
> Cartographic Association (ICA) and supported by the United Nations (UN).
>
> To celebrate this year, ICA Commissions are preparing a series of
> activities to demonstrate the ability of Cartography helping to solve
> global issues, accordingly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals [2]
>
> The result of this will be a poster exposition and an Atlas published by
> ICA. Each goal (there are 17) will have one poster. The Open Source
> Geotechnologies Commission got the Goal number 10 (“Reduce inequality
> within and among countries”). Under this goal, there are 7 targets detailed
> in page 21 of this document [3].
>
> *UN Sustainable Development Goal 10 –  Reduce inequality within and among
> countries*
>
> 10.1  By  2030,  progressively  achieve  and  sustain  income  growth  of
> the  bottom 40 per cent of the population at a rate higher than the
> national average
> 10.2  By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political
> inclusion of  all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity,
> origin, religion or economic or other status
> 10.3  Ensure  equal  opportunity  and  reduce  inequalities  of  outcome,
> including  by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and
> promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard
> 10.4  Adopt  policies,  especially  fiscal,  wage  and  social
> protection  policies,  and progressively achieve greater equality
> 10.5  Improve  the  regulation  and  monitoring  of  global  financial
> markets  and institutions and strengthen the implementation of such
> regulations
> 10.6  Ensure  enhanced  representation  and  voice  for  developing
> countries  in decision-making in global international economic and
> financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible,
> accountable and legitimate institutions
> 10.7  Facilitate  orderly,  safe,  regular  and  responsible  migration
> and  mobility  of people,  including  through  the  implementation  of
> planned  and  well-managed migration policies
> 10.a  Implement the principle of special and differential treatment for
> developing countries, in particular least developed countries,in accordance
> with World Trade Organization agreements
> 10.b  Encourage  official  development  assistance  and financial  flows,
> including foreign direct investment, to States where the needis greatest,
> in particular least developed  countries,  African  countries,  small
> island  developing  States  and landlocked  developing  countries,  in
> accordance  withtheir  national  plans  and programmes
> 10.c  By  2030,  reduce  to  less  than  3 per cent  the  transaction
> costs  of  migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors withcosts
> higher than 5 percent
>
> This challenge is a call for all Geo4labs for inputs to construct this
> poster in an open and collaborative way. The idea is to expand the poster
> to a website, where projects, applications, and other solutions could be
> shared. This is a great opportunity to showcase the labs outcomes in the UN
> environment in this very sensitive and important global issue.  Any other
> ideas on this project are welcome!
>
> *How to participate:*
>
>    - Send and abstract from 500 to 1000 words include as many pictures of
>    classes, projects, field works, mapathons, and, of course, maps and map
>    interfaces.
>    -  Optional: Video with up to 5 minutes presenting your lab activities.
>    -  Send the results to geo4all.cartographicchallenge at gmail.com until
>    March 31st, 2016.
>
> During the month of April, the posters layout ideas will be open to vote
> and collaboration.
>
> *Outputs :*
>
>    -    Poster and ICA Atlas
>    -    Website with results and edited video
>    -    Publication of the abstracts with ISBN
>
> Best regards,
>
> Silvana Camboim (chair) – silvanacamboim at gmail.com
>
> Mike Finn (co-chair) - mfinn at usgs.gov
>
> Open Source Geotechnologies Commission –
> http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/
>
> [1] http://mapyear.org//
>
> [2] https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
>
> [3] http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=EICA
>
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