[Live-demo] OSGeo-Live DVD use reg

Sun Oct 21 13:11:57 PDT 2012

It is great to hear about OSGeo-Live being used in India.

I'm forwarding to OSGeo-Live with KS Rajan's permission.

On 21/10/2012 11:43 PM, K S Rajan wrote:
> Dear Cameron,
>
> The planning and organisation of FOSS4G-India 2012 is going on fine 
> and we are all set for the event to start on 25th Oct.
>
> Well, I wanted to inform you that I will make the overview 
> presentation, using the odp compiled by you, on 25th at the Conference.
> And the OSGeo-Live DVD with the Conference proceedings will be given 
> to each of the participants.
>
> Also, around 100 OSGeo-Live DVD was distributed by Chaitanya Kumar (of 
> OSGeo-India) and PLN Raju (of IIRS) at the OSGeo-India exhibition 
> stall at OSGeo-India at the 32nd INCA Conference 2012, Dehradun (Oct 
> 11-13, 2012) URL: http://incaindia.org/32INCA/index.htm
>
> regards,
> Rajan
>
>
> On 30-08-2012 16:19, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> I've created an entry on the OSGeoLive history page here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History#25-26_October_2012.2C_FOSS4G-India
>> Please make any corrections as required, or as you find out more 
>> information.
>>
>> Thank you for inviting me to participate. I've always been fascinated 
>> by India, but I have very little opportunity to travel at the moment, 
>> and so I will have to gracefully decline the invitation.
>>
>> However I'd encourage either yourself or someone else make use of 
>> elements from this presentation:
>> https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/
>>
>> You might also want to draw upon this:
>> http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/memoirs-of-cat-herder-coordinating.html
>>
>> On 30/08/2012 2:54 PM, K S Rajan wrote:
>>> Dear Cameron,
>>>
>>> Yes, we plan to do both the things you mentioned - (i) Distribute 
>>> the Live-DVD to all the participants as part of the kit; and (ii) 
>>> use the Live-DVD for the Hands-on workshops - the reason we have 
>>> said come with laptops that have DVD drives.
>>> Sure, please go ahead and add it to 
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
>>>
>>> We are in the process of planning the sessions, and were planning to 
>>> have one to discuss OSGeo, its activities and how to become part and 
>>> contribute. The presentation on the Live-DVD can be planned in that 
>>> session.
>>> It will be great if you can come over and present/particiapte. Let 
>>> me know.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Rajan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29-08-2012 16:13, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Congratulations, this sounds like it will be an excellent event.
>>>>
>>>> Do you expect to make use of OSGeo-Live as part of this event? 
>>>> http://live.osgeo.org
>>>> Similar conferences often hand out OSGeo-Live DVDs to participants, 
>>>> and/or use the DVD in workshops.
>>>> Someone also usually gives the OSGeo-Live presentation.
>>>>
>>>> If you intend to make use of OSGeo-Live, I'd like to see the 
>>>> conference added to:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History
>>>>
>>>> On 29/08/2012 1:01 PM, K S Rajan wrote:
>>>>> ***** Please excuse us if you get multiple-posts or cross-posting, 
>>>>> if any.*****
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OSGeo-India, along with IIIT-Hyderabad, announces the organisation 
>>>>> of the *First National FOSS4G-India Conference 2012* on the theme 
>>>>> */"Open Source Geospatial Resources to Spearhead Development and 
>>>>> Growth"/* during Oct 25-26, 2012. The conference will have 2-days 
>>>>> of technical deliberations (parallel sessions) on a range of 
>>>>> areas, followed by a day of hands-on workshop on a range of FOSS4G 
>>>>> tools/technology.
>>>>>
>>>>> The organising committee invites you to participate in the 
>>>>> conference, submit/present an appropriate technical paper and 
>>>>> contribute in the success of this First National Conference. The 
>>>>> full details of the National conference are available at 
>>>>> http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia.
>>>>>
>>>>> Open Source Geospatial tools are not just driving the use of the 
>>>>> feature rich tools but also propelling the development of new and 
>>>>> applied technologies for the use of the Geospatial technology in 
>>>>> range of fields - from agriculture, forestry to resource 
>>>>> management and urban planning; from location based services on web 
>>>>> and mobile platforms to many e-governance initiatives. This 
>>>>> conference, for the first time in India, will bring together the 
>>>>> developers and users of FOSS4G tools - academicians, researchers, 
>>>>> technologists, companies and entrepreneurs to share, discuss and 
>>>>> collaborate towards faster adoption and use of the geospatial 
>>>>> tools across the country.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brief about OSGeo-India: Open Source Geospatial Foundation of 
>>>>> India (OSGeo-India) is a not-for-profit Society working with 
>>>>> Governments, Academia and Research Institutions and Industry to 
>>>>> provide support and help in building up of open source tools and 
>>>>> applications related to the field of geospatial technologies and 
>>>>> its allied sciences in India. The Society and its activities are 
>>>>> tuned towards achieving its goals, both in the context of software 
>>>>> development, e-governance, localization (Indian language support) 
>>>>> and building of awareness & outreach of such software systems and 
>>>>> publicly available geodata with a pan-India focus.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may please forward it to like-minded individuals and 
>>>>> organisations and encourage them to participate.
>>>>> On behalf of the Organising Committee,
>>>>> Rajan
>>>>>
>>>>> NOTE: PARTICIPANTS (& THOSE INTERESTED), OTHER THAN CITIZENS OF 
>>>>> INDIA, PLS INFORM US YOUR INTENTIONS/PLAN (BEFORE 10SEPT) TO HELP 
>>>>> FACILITATE YOUR VISA REQUIREMENTS.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 1. Please use VRGeo.in (http://vrgeo.in) - the Collaborative Mapping Platform for Researchers and All
>>>>> 2. OSGeo-India announces the 1st National FOSS4G-India Conference, Oct 25-27, 2012 @ IIIT, Hyderabad. WebPage coming up soon (http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia)
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> K S Rajan, Ph.D.
>>>>>
>>>>> Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics,
>>>>> Associate Professor,
>>>>> International Institute of Information Technology
>>>>> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India
>>>>> Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276
>>>>> Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413
>>>>> E-mail:rajan at iiit.ac.in
>>>>>
>>>>> GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>
>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> 1. Please use VRGeo.in (http://vrgeo.in) - the Collaborative Mapping Platform for Researchers and All
>>> 2. OSGeo-India announces the 1st National FOSS4G-India Conference, Oct 25-27, 2012 @ IIIT, Hyderabad. WebPage coming up soon (http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia)
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> K S Rajan, Ph.D.
>>>
>>> Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics,
>>> Associate Professor,
>>> International Institute of Information Technology
>>> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India
>>> Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276
>>> Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413
>>> E-mail:rajan at iiit.ac.in
>>>
>>> GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Solutions Manager
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>
> -- 
> 1. Please use VRGeo.in (http://vrgeo.in) - the Collaborative Mapping Platform for Researchers and All
> 2. OSGeo-India announces the 1st National FOSS4G-India Conference, Oct 25-27, 2012 @ IIIT, Hyderabad. WebPagehttp://lsi.iiit.ac.in/foss4gindia
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> K S Rajan, Ph.D.
>
> Head, Lab for Spatial Informatics,
> Associate Professor,
> International Institute of Information Technology
> Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India
> Tel: (+91-40)6653 1276
> Fax: (+91-40)6653 1413
> E-mail:rajan at iiit.ac.in
>
> GeoLocation: 17.4454 N, 78.3503 E

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com

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