[Aust-NZ] FYI: Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Laboratory

[Ross Johnson]

FYI:
 

Dear Colleagues, 
 
It is my pleasure to announce the establishment of first Open Source
Geospatial Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the United States
at the Center for Earth Observation, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh.  The laboratory is one of the founding members of a worldwide
network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU). 
 
In 2011, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
(OSGeo) with a view to develop global collaboration opportunities for
academia, industry and government organisations in the field of open source
GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide expertise and support for the
establishment of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centres
across the world to support the development of open source geospatial
software technologies, training and expertise. 
 
OSGeoREL at NCSU is led by Dr. Helena Mitasova and Dr. Laura Tateosian.  The
laboratory has an established program in graduate education in geospatial
information science and technology using FOSS4G and extensive research in
geospatial analysis, modelling and visualization with focus on natural
resources. 
 
Dr. Helena Mitasova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Marine,
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, OSGeo charter member since 2006, member of
the OSGeo education and conference committees and Sol Katz award recipient
http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz     She has been actively involved in the GRASS
GIS development since 1991 and together with Markus Neteler she has
co-authored the first book about GRASS GIS. 
 
Dr. Laura Tateosian is Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Earth
Observation Her research interest focus is on visualization, human visual
perception, computer graphics, geospatial sciences, non-photorealistic
rendering, and human-computer interaction. 
 
 
More details of the lab at http://gis.ncsu.edu/osgeorel/ 
 
 
For those of you attending the Open Source Geospatial Research and Education
Symposium (OGRS 2012) http://www.ogrs2012.org/  later this month it will be
good opportunity to also hear  Helena's Keynote presentation  on "Building
open source geospatial education at research universities" to get more ideas
on future research activities. 
 
Our aim is to  establish 20 new research labs in the next 3 years. These new
research labs are strategic to  help us accelerate research developments in
this research area for the future. If your university wishes to establish
Open Source Geospatial Lab, please contact me and i will be pleased to
discuss details. 
 
We look forward for your active participation for building up Open Source,
Open Standards, Open Data research globally and helping share the benefits
of geospatial technologies to all. 
 
Best wishes, 
 
Suchith 
 
Dr Suchith Anand
Nottingham Geospatial Institute
Nottingham Geospatial Building
University of Nottingham  NG7 2 TU
Tel: (0)115 82 32750
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith
%20Anand.htm 
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ngi/research/geospatial-science/geospatial-scien
ce.aspx   
http://elogeo.nottingham.ac.uk/
http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/
http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/ 
 
Leading Open Geospatial Science through ICA Commission on Open Source
Geospatial Technologies 
 
Mission - Building up Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data research for
bridging the digital divide 




 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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