[Geo4All] [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good

hristo at stil.bas.bg hristo at stil.bas.bg
Wed Jun 28 02:13:57 PDT 2017


I hope this could be one solution if one relays on Google services -
https://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/171211?hl=en

Hristo

> Barend - that webmap was put together as a quick, preliminary tool to keep
> track of the members as they create their wiki table entry in hope that
> somebody from more than 100 labs that we have will step up and create a
> high quality interactive on-line cartography that would showcase the open
> source geospatial mapping capabilities. That is why the script for
> creating
> this map was posted as a starting point for getting the data from the wiki
> and create the map.
> Unfortunately, in spite of our founding MoU with ICA, several calls for
> getting a better map remain unanswered so we still have the preliminary
> one
> there. I am sure that the expertise and capabilities are there we are just
> missing a volunteer who would dedicate the time (perhaps few days?) to
> this.
>
> Helena
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:35 AM, <b.j.kobben at utwente.nl> wrote:
>
>> But that exists, I thought it was the one at:
>> http://www.geoforall.org/locations/
>> ....?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Barend K?bben
>>
>> On 27/06/2017, 21:50, "GeoForAll on behalf of Maria Antonia Brovelli" <
>> geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Anyway, definitely is better to have an interactive webGIS where we
>> can add new labs instead of a simple fixed image ;-)
>>     Maria
>>
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>>     Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by
>> you:
>>     http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/
>> Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
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>>     ----------------------------------------------------
>>     Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>     Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>>     Politecnico di Milano
>>
>>     ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
>> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board
>>      of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind
>> Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
>>
>>
>>     UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS
>> Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
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>>
>>     Sol KatzAward 2015
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>>     P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>     Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,   <mailto:
>> maria.brovelli at polimi.it>maria.brovelli at polimi.it
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>>     ________________________________________
>>     Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>     Inviato: marted? 27 giugno 2017 21:48
>>     A: labrinos at eled.auth.gr; Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>     Cc: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; geoforall at lists.osgeo.org
>>     Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good
>>
>>     Thanks I will look for it after work this evening.
>>     On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:48 PM <labrinos at eled.auth.gr> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     I sent the map almost an hour ago. Nobody got it?
>>     Anyway, I send it again.
>>     It is in jpg format but I have it in QGIS if you need it.
>>     I used the table of the Labs in our webpage
>>
>>     wishes
>>     Nikos
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>     ???????????? ??? Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>:
>>
>>     > Here is the list of coordinates of the Labs:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#sortable_table_id_0
>> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#sortable_table_id_0>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > with the main pieces of information.
>>     >
>>     > I guess that it is not difficult for the people implementing the
>>     > website to create a simple webgis with the interactive map.
>>     >
>>     > Best.
>>     >
>>     > Maria
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest
>> by
>> you:
>>     >
>>     >
>>     http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/
>> Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/
>> ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > ----------------------------------------------------
>>     > Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>     > Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>>     > Politecnico di Milano
>>     >
>>     > ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
>>     >
>>     http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html <
>> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html>, Board of Directors
>>     > of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa
>> Challenge;
>>     > SIFET Advisory Board
>>     >
>>     > UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS
>>     > Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>>     >
>>     > Sol Katz Award 2015
>>     >
>>     > P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>     > Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,
>>     > <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
>>     maria.brovelli at polimi.it
>>     >
>>     >
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>>     > ________________________________
>>     > Da: Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di SERGIO
>>     > ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
>>     > Inviato: marted? 27 giugno 2017 19:40
>>     > A: Jody Garnett
>>     > Cc: geoforall at lists.osgeo.org;
>>     labrinos at eled.auth.gr; OSGeo Discussions
>>     > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > As long as I know it was Luca Delucchi and Vaclav Petras who did
>> the
>>     > original map. I cannot help in this but maybe they (if they are
>>     > still in the list) can say us something...
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Sergio Acosta y Lara
>>     > Departamento de Geom?tica
>>     > Direcci?n Nacional de Topograf?a
>>     > Ministerio de Transporte y Obras P?blicas
>>     > URUGUAY
>>     > (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>>     > http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>>     > ________________________________
>>     > De: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>     > Enviado: martes, 27 de junio de 2017 13:45
>>     > Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>>     > Cc: Suchith Anand; OSGeo Discussions;
>>     geoforall at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>;
>>     > labrinos at eled.auth.gr
>>     > Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good
>>     >
>>     > Nikos Labrinos is indeed helping out, now if we can just get a
>>     > pretty map of OSGeo Labs. If only I knew a group of cartographers
>>     > that could help visualize this
>>     > data<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#
>> sortable_table_id_0>
>>     > ...
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > --
>>     > Jody Garnett
>>     >
>>     > On 26 June 2017 at 08:18, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
>>     > <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy<mailto:sergio.acostaylara@
>> mtop.gub.uy>>
>>     > wrote:
>>     >
>>     > Exactly.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Sergio Acosta y Lara
>>     > Departamento de Geom?tica
>>     > Direcci?n Nacional de Topograf?a
>>     > Ministerio de Transporte y Obras P?blicas
>>     > URUGUAY
>>     > (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>>     > http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
>>     > ________________________________
>>     > De: Discuss
>>     > <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces@
>> lists.osgeo.org>> en
>>     > nombre de Jody Garnett
>>     > <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
>>     > Enviado: lunes, 26 de junio de 2017 12:09
>>     > Para: Suchith Anand
>>     > Cc: OSGeo Discussions;
>>     > geoforall at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:geoforall at lists.osgeo.org>
>>     > Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good
>>     >
>>     > Thanks, Nikos Labrinos was recommended but I do not have contact
>>     > details. I believe Nikos is the chief editor of the news letter?
>>     >
>>     > --
>>     > Jody Garnett
>>     >
>>     > On 24 June 2017 at 23:44, Suchith Anand
>>     > <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Suchith.Anand@
>> nottingham.ac.uk>>
>>     > wrote:
>>     > Thanks Jody for the updates. I am ccing GeoForAll colleagues who
>>     > will get back to you with inputs.
>>     >
>>     > Best wishes,
>>     >
>>     > Suchith
>>     >
>>     > ________________________________________
>>     > From: Discuss
>>     > <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces@
>> lists.osgeo.org>> on
>>     > behalf of Jody Garnett
>>     > <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>
>>     > Sent: 23 June 2017 5:31 PM
>>     > To: OSGeo Discussions
>>     > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good
>>     >
>>     > The marketing committee is gathering content for an A3 Brochure to
>>     > hand out at conferences and explain who we are and what we do.
>>     > Individual information sheets for specific projects or topics can
>> be
>>     > folded in depending on what a booth visitor is interested in.
>>     >
>>     > We need some help for the GeoForAll section
>>     >
>>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C
>> 7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit#heading=h.ao1nohijgthx <https://docs.google.com/
>> document/d/12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit#heading=h.
>> ao1nohijgthx> - the text was done fairly quickly but
>>     > ...
>>     >
>>     > The map showing geoforall labs
>>     http://www.geoforall.org/locations/ <http://www.geoforall.org/
>> locations/>
>>     > is a great interactive experience on our website, but may as well
>> be
>>     > angry-red-dots as far as printing goes. Can I ask anyone,
>> preferably
>>     > using our open source software, to provide a better visualization
>> of
>>     > how well GeoForAll is doing.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Aside: Feedback is welcome on the entire document
>>     >
>>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C
>> 7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit?usp=drive_web <https://docs.google.com/document/d/
>> 12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit?usp=drive_web>  , keep
>> in mind that this is only the raw material for the graphic designer to
>> work
>> with. Google documents are being used for quick collaboration and
>> review,
>>      the final brochure will be in version control with proper layout
>>     > :)
>>     > [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/4oRVVtgD0xtAycj749FC86OgnSpyRL
>> HruOz59iDiaj-zUpY5M0Y0pNp06dhGOPmmpoQ9nQ=w1200-h630-p]<https://docs.
>> google.com/document/d/12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C
>> 7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit?usp=drive_web>
>>     >
>>     > OSGeo A3
>>     > Brochure<https://docs.google.com/document/d/
>> 12tnGgv6nBq1UTNXpkCYmRxS5F4w0C7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit?usp=drive_web>
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>>     > The following content is being staged for an A3 Brochure covering
>>     > who the foundation is and what we offer. This is an outreach
>>     > document focused on people new to open source and who do not know
>>     > where to start. Focus on what we offer, and not trying to recruit
>>     > new volunteers :) Brochure A3 Lay...
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>>     >
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