[Geo4All] Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone

[SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA]

We are proud to make a humble contribution to the Open Principles in Science and Education. If you understand Spanish or can translate this post you'll understand what I'm talking about: https://gvsigbatovi.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/ganadores-del-concurso-proyectos-de-trabajo-con-estudiantes-y-gvsig-batovi-reconocidos-en-la-tercera-edicion-de-los-premios-inspira/​. Proprietary GIS vendors will find it almost impossible to undermine this Open Principles at least in Uruguay because its roots are growing strong thanks to a lot of wonderful professionals, professors, students, some of them appear in this post. And we will love to share our experience with anyone who asks for it.

Happy and Open 2018,


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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De: Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Enviado: jueves, 21 de diciembre de 2017 16:14
Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; discuss at lists.osgeo.org; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: Re: Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone

Thank you Sergio and all colleagues in Uruguay. Your work in Open Education and Open Knowledge is a great inspiration for the GeoForAll community.

May I request everyone if they find any attempts to undermine Open Principles in GeoEducation either directly or indirectly anywhere in the world (using sponsorship etc)   to please email the organisations as I did . Having only one proprietary GIS product alone promoted in School GIS education  is trying to create monopoly in GIS Education. Please ask them to include Free and Open Source GIS also in the curriculum.

In my humble opinion, Science is not any specific GIS tools! (proprietary or open source).  Any proprietary GIS vendors doing sales/marketing of any proprietary GIS products as “The Science” is either just joking  : -) or  misleading  customers!    Geographic Information Science is not “owned “by any proprietary GIS vendor owner!

Let us all work to make sure Geographic Information Science is Open for our future generations…

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
Sent: 27 November 2017 12:45
To: Suchith Anand; discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone


Many thanks Suchith for all you are doing. And special thanks for mentioning what we are doing here in Uruguay. We do not deserve such a recognition...


Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/

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De: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
Enviado: viernes, 24 de noviembre de 2017 15:11
Para: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Asunto: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Letter requesting RGS to be part of Open Principles in Science and Education for a better world for everyone

Dear colleagues,

I have send an open letter to RGS (UK) requesting to please  support open principles in Geoeducation and include Open principles in the Geography Ambassador Program .

Details at http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-November/004296.html

Best wishes,

Suchith




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