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Hi,<br>
<br>
these are really good news. I wanted to add 2 Cents in the form,
that we might encourage our local OSGeo chapters for a close
relationship to the local OSM communities. <br>
<br>
FOSSGIS, the german speaking local OSGeo chapter for example, stands
also for the german speaking OSM community. On our annual FOSSGIS
conference we bring both communities together. We have tracks with
emphasis on OSM and with emphasis on FOSS (also with emphasis on
both of course). Also, we support FOSS and OSM projects with
sponsorship and funding money.<br>
<br>
As said, just 2 Cents ...<br>
<br>
Regards, Till<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 01.03.2017 um 10:35 schrieb Suchith
Anand:<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
The Geospatial IG [1] of the Research Data Alliance will be
meeting in Barcelona on 5th April 2017 to keep building ideas
for the global research agenda for Geospatial Data Science .<br>
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href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/ig-geospatial-rda-9th-plenary-meeting"
class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk244429" previewremoved="true">https://www.rd-alliance.org/ig-geospatial-rda-9th-plenary-meeting</a>
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I would also like to make use of the Geospatial IG meeting
opportunity at RDA9 in Barcelona to further discuss ideas on the
rise of Open Street Map (OSM) as a World Mapping Agency (WMA)
build by the efforts of thousands of volunteers. It is also
interesting to see the community links of the Open Street Map
and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) expanding
rapidly both locally and globally. OSM has now reaching the
level of a Global Mapping Agency build by the efforts of
thousands of volunteers and OSGeo is the world's largest
geospatial ecosystem. What a great combination of synergies.
Both initiatives are just over a decade old and have
fundamentally changed the whole geolandscape.<br>
<br>
Myself and colleagues are working on a paper on OSM and OSGeo
and i want to use this meeting to discuss more ideas with the
community. I look forward to welcome you all to RDA meeting in
Barcelona.<br>
<br>
Best wishes,<br>
<br>
Suchith<br>
<br>
Dr. Suchith Anand<br>
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GeoForAll - Building and expanding Open Geospatial Science<br>
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