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On behalf of Geospatial IG of the Research Data Alliance [1] and Geo for All community, i would like to invite inputs for this
<b>open consultation on the Vision 2030 for Open Geospatial Science.</b><br>
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To start this process, Geospatial IG of the Research Data Alliance and Geo for All organised a Think Tank meeting on 7th June 2016 at the University of Nottingham bringing together top scientists, academics and government agencies to discuss ideas forward.
We chose the theme of Urban GeoBigData and OpenCitySmart [2],[3] to expand ideas on this.<br>
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I want to specifically thank my colleagues at the University of Nottingham for thier support that made this Think Tank possible. Esp. I want to thank Stuart Marsh, Mike Jackson, Darren Robinson, Didier Leibovici and all colleagues globally who are involved
in OpenCitySmart.<br>
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Also special thanks to Peter Mooney, Jeremy Morley and Jon Corbett for chairing the two discussion groups and collating inputs from all . I have added this to the wikipage where we are collating inputs from the wider community.<br>
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The overview slides are at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/SuchithAnand/open-geospatial-science-vision-2030" target="_blank">
http://www.slideshare.net/SuchithAnand/open-geospatial-science-vision-2030</a> <br>
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Summary and Open Consulation link at <a href="http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/" target="_blank">
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/06/open-consultation-on-the-vision-2030-for-open-geospatial-science/</a>
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<b>So what is the essence of our Vision 2030 ?<br>
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Geospatial Science = Open Geospatial Science</b><br>
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<li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Science should always be fully open and inclusive</font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Transparency of research is fundamental (no "black boxes" or proprietary barriers).</font></li><li><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> Geospatial Science should be build fully on Open Principles (Promoting an open research culture)</font></li></ul>
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In true spirit of Open Science, we have make available a wikipage in Geo4All with the initial ideas generated after the Think Tank and welcome the community for inputs .Together we all can shape the research agenda for Open Geospatial Science for the future
and help build more ideas to enable the creation of a sustainable innovation ecosystem for advancing the discipline and accelerating new discoveries to help solve global cross disciplinary societal challenges from climate change mitigation to sustainable cities.<br>
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We welcome the wider community to contribute more ideas/inputs to show us how we can together achieve this vision by either contributing to the wiki directly (but please add your name and details so we can acknowledge your contribution) at
<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_geospatial_science_-_vision_2030" target="_blank">
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_geospatial_science_-_vision_2030</a> or email Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk by 30th August 2016.<br>
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Thanks for your contributions and support.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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Dr. Suchith Anand<br>
<a href="http://www.geoforall.org/" target="_blank">http://www.geoforall.org/</a>
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<b>Geo for All – Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science</b><br>
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[1] <a href="https://rd-alliance.org/groups/geospatial-ig.html" target="_blank">https://rd-alliance.org/groups/geospatial-ig.html</a>
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[2] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart</a>
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[3] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWuMfMMPfPw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWuMfMMPfPw</a>
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