[Pacific] Fw: Re: Solomon Islands GIS Users Meeting - March 6th 2013

Edwin Liava'a liavaa.edwin at gmail.com
Wed Mar 6 18:33:40 PST 2013 

Thanks Nome..glad to see a lot of interest during our meeting today..it 
was very successful.

------ Original Message ------
From: "Nomeneta Saili" <nome.saili at gmail.com>
To: "Edwin Liava'a" <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
Cc: "pacific-islands at lists.osgeo.org" <pacific-islands at lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: 3/5/2013 9:35:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Pacific] Fw: Re: Solomon Islands GIS Users Meeting - March 
6th 2013
>Way to go guys. This is awesome. Will try out QGIS Server when i have 
>time. Looks really really good.
>
>Thanks for sharing.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nome
>
>On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Edwin Liava'a <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com> 
>wrote:
>>My Pacific Islands 1Toks,
>>
>>Forwarded here is email about first meeting here at the Solomon 
>>Islands in view of Open Source GeoSpatial Software.
>>
>>I hope to see more in other parts of our region.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Ed
>>
>>------ Forwarded Message ------
>>From: "Edwin Liava'a" <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
>>To: "wolf forstreuter" <wforstreuter at yahoo.co.uk>; "MiaR at spc.int" 
>><MiaR at spc.int>; "jvaikota at lands.gov.sb" <jvaikota at lands.gov.sb>; 
>>"bjoern.hecht at giz.de" <bjoern.hecht at giz.de>; "drove at planning.gov.sb" 
>><drove at planning.gov.sb>; "okekiniNTU at gmail.com" 
>><okekiniNTU at gmail.com>; "ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au" 
>><ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au>; "gkofana at yahoo.com" <gkofana at yahoo.com>; 
>>"misimakarobert at gmail.com" <misimakarobert at gmail.com>; 
>>"j_saelea at yahoo.com" <j_saelea at yahoo.com>; "yoko.ebisawa at undp.org" 
>><yoko.ebisawa at undp.org>; "bbago at mdpac.gov.sb" <bbago at mdpac.gov.sb>; 
>>"jrouhanna at yahoo.com" <jrouhanna at yahoo.com>; "c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb" 
>><c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb>; "bpitakia at solomon.com.sb" 
>><bpitakia at solomon.com.sb>; "woodzie4411 at gmail.com" 
>><woodzie4411 at gmail.com>; "phasikag at gmail.com" <phasikag at gmail.com>; 
>>"charles.oloka at undp.org" <charles.oloka at undp.org>; "rmkaro at gmail.com" 
>><rmkaro at gmail.com>; "freddymakabo at gmail.com" <freddymakabo at gmail.com>; 
>>"vilisi at sopac.org" <vilisi at sopac.org>; "Vuki Buadromo" <vukib at spc.int>
>>Cc: "Russell Howorth" <russell at sopac.org>; 
>>"conwaypene.sopac at gmail.com" <conwaypene.sopac at gmail.com>; "Dalton 
>>Hone" <tillyhone at gmail.com>
>>Sent: 3/5/2013 6:20:40 PM
>>Subject: Re: Solomon Islands GIS Users Meeting - March 6th 2013
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>In preparations for tomorrow's GIS users meetings, the Ministry of 
>>Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification GIS server is online and you 
>>can visit it to check out some of the things Carlos Tatapu and our 
>>team will be talking about tomorrow.
>>
>>There is still a lot more content to be added but here is something to 
>>start with and work is ongoing, click here http://202.1.180.107/
>>
>>Further to that, you can also find information on the Pacific Chapter 
>>of Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation here 
>>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Chapter that has link to 
>>above initiative.
>>
>>The beauty of this system is that it is transferable can be replicated 
>>at any government ministry or utility or non-profit and its fully Open 
>>Source.
>>
>>In view of a National GIS for the Solomon Islands, this is a great 
>>avenue to be adopted and we have local capacity here to carry it 
>>through, namely Mr. Brian Pitakia, Mr. Carlos Tatapu and Mr. Japhliet 
>>Rouhanna.
>>
>>Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Edwin
>>
>>------ Original Message ------
>>From: "Edwin Liava'a" <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>
>>To: "wolf forstreuter" <wforstreuter at yahoo.co.uk>; "MiaR at spc.int" 
>><MiaR at spc.int>; "jvaikota at lands.gov.sb" <jvaikota at lands.gov.sb>; 
>>"bjoern.hecht at giz.de" <bjoern.hecht at giz.de>; "drove at planning.gov.sb" 
>><drove at planning.gov.sb>; "okekiniNTU at gmail.com" 
>><okekiniNTU at gmail.com>; "ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au" 
>><ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au>; "gkofana at yahoo.com" <gkofana at yahoo.com>; 
>>"misimakarobert at gmail.com" <misimakarobert at gmail.com>; 
>>"j_saelea at yahoo.com" <j_saelea at yahoo.com>; "yoko.ebisawa at undp.org" 
>><yoko.ebisawa at undp.org>; "bbago at mdpac.gov.sb" <bbago at mdpac.gov.sb>; 
>>"jrouhanna at yahoo.com" <jrouhanna at yahoo.com>; "c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb" 
>><c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb>; "bpitakia at solomon.com.sb" 
>><bpitakia at solomon.com.sb>; "woodzie4411 at gmail.com" 
>><woodzie4411 at gmail.com>; "phasikag at gmail.com" <phasikag at gmail.com>; 
>>"charles.oloka at undp.org" <charles.oloka at undp.org>; "rmkaro at gmail.com" 
>><rmkaro at gmail.com>; "freddymakabo at gmail.com" <freddymakabo at gmail.com>; 
>>"vilisi at sopac.org" <vilisi at sopac.org>; "Vuki Buadromo" <vukib at spc.int>
>>Sent: 3/4/2013 11:49:26 AM
>>Subject: Solomon Islands GIS Users Meeting - March 6th 2013
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>We are currently moving ahead with Ministry of Mines & Energy QGIS 
>>>Server and would on their behalf invite you to meet with us here on 
>>>Wednesday the 6th, whereby Carlos will showcase the QGIS server with 
>>>centralized PostGIS database with multiple access over the LAN using 
>>>QGIS and also Web browser Web Map Service (WMS) .
>>>
>>>Date: 6th March 2013
>>>Venue: Ministry of Mines & Energy, Lengakiki
>>>Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>
>>>Edwin
>>>
>>>------ Original Message ------
>>>From: "wolf forstreuter" <wforstreuter at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>To: "MiaR at spc.int" <MiaR at spc.int>; "bpitakia at myrealbox.com" 
>>><bpitakia at myrealbox.com>; "jvaikota at lands.gov.sb" 
>>><jvaikota at lands.gov.sb>; "bjoern.hecht at giz.de" <bjoern.hecht at giz.de>; 
>>>"drove at planning.gov.sb" <drove at planning.gov.sb>; 
>>>"okekiniNTU at gmail.com" <okekiniNTU at gmail.com>; 
>>>"ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au" <ttitiulu at yahoo.com.au>; "gkofana at yahoo.com" 
>>><gkofana at yahoo.com>; "misimakarobert at gmail.com" 
>>><misimakarobert at gmail.com>; "j_saelea at yahoo.com" 
>>><j_saelea at yahoo.com>; "yoko.ebisawa at undp.org" 
>>><yoko.ebisawa at undp.org>; "bbago at mdpac.gov.sb" <bbago at mdpac.gov.sb>; 
>>>"jrouhanna at yahoo.com" <jrouhanna at yahoo.com>; "c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb" 
>>><c_tatapu at mines.gov.sb>; "bpitakia at solomon.com.sb" 
>>><bpitakia at solomon.com.sb>; "woodzie4411 at gmail.com" 
>>><woodzie4411 at gmail.com>; "phasikag at gmail.com" <phasikag at gmail.com>; 
>>>"charles.oloka at undp.org" <charles.oloka at undp.org>; "rmkaro at gmail.com" 
>>><rmkaro at gmail.com>; "freddymakabo at gmail.com" 
>>><freddymakabo at gmail.com>; "vilisi at sopac.org" <vilisi at sopac.org>; 
>>>"liavaa.edwin at gmail.com" <liavaa.edwin at gmail.com>; "Vuki Buadromo" 
>>><vukib at spc.int>
>>>Sent: 2/17/2013 2:01:43 PM
>>>Subject: Edwin Liava’a, second Assignment
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>Edwin is prepared to come over to Honiara again to assist in setting 
>>>>up the internal Solomon Islands GIS network and to enforce the link 
>>>>SOPAC Suva to Honiara. The purpose is to ensure the continuation of 
>>>>the joint land cover mapping task.
>>>>
>>>>He will bring an external hard drive with all data including all 
>>>>scanned soil maps and the latest soil maps digitised at SOPAC.
>>>>
>>>>He also will bring the open source GIS software QGIS to install 
>>>>wherever is need.
>>>>
>>>>Edwin would like to have a GIS&RS user meeting to bring everybody at 
>>>>the same information level, if this is also in interest of Solomon 
>>>>Islands GIS users. Somehow the mapping strategy should be discussed 
>>>>again including the establishment of a centralised server on 
>>>>national level with SOPAC as international backup facilitator.
>>>>
>>>>If there is demand addressed for a further QGIS Server or MapInfo 
>>>>GIS training Edwin can deliver a crash course as well, however, I 
>>>>assume that this is not necessary at this stage.
>>>>
>>>>Vilisi is preparing the travel, etc. for three Honiara GIS officers 
>>>>to come to Suva and carry out the 1:50,000 scale mapping at SOPAC 
>>>>like in November December last year:
>>>>
>>>>Mr. Andrew Melanolu - Ministry of Agriculture and LivestockMr. 
>>>>Manasseh Haridi - Ministry of LandsMr.Geoffrey Pakipota - Choiseul 
>>>>Provincial Government
>>>>
>>>>The three officers are covered by USAID funding. One additional 
>>>>officer from Forestry might get financed by GIZ.
>>>>
>>>>The 1:10,000 scale image data for Choiseul and Rennell did not 
>>>>arrive at SOPAC yet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Edwin further wants to see all parties who were not addressable 
>>>>shortly before Christmas, which we will try to prepare during this 
>>>>week.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>Wolf
>>>>
>>>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>Dr Wolf Forstreuter
>>>>SOPAC (SPC)
>>>>SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY
>>>>Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC)
>>>>Postal Address: Private Mail Bag, GPO, Suva, Fiji Islands
>>>>Street Address: Mead Road, Nabua, Fiji Islands
>>>>
>>>>Fax: +679-3370040, +679-3384461
>>>>Phone: +679-3381377 (SOPAC), 3249-237 (direct at SOPAC)
>>>>Phone: +679-3322193 (home) +679-9272462 (mobile in FJ)
>>>>e-mail: mailto:wolf at sopac.org
>>>>Skype: wolfforstreuter
>>>>
>>>>This e-mail is intended for its named recipients only. The author is 
>>>>no longer responsible if you forward this e-mail to other parties. 
>>>>The views expressed in this e-mail may not necessarily be the views 
>>>>of SOPAC.
>>
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