[Qgis-psc] Centenery celebration of Białowieża National Park (Poland) and QGIS.

[Giovanni Manghi]

Hi Michał,
I have been in Białowieża and also have been a guest at the Mammal Research
Institute a long time ago (my host was Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski)!

I would love to see a QGIS named Białowieża, and would love even more to be
back there in a developer meeting! I guess many would love the place, the
nature, the people and why not... Zubrowka :)

Cheers!

-- G --


On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 10:37 AM Michał Drożdż <michal.drozdz at gis-support.pl>
wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I got a very unique request for help from my colleague from polish Forest
> Research Institute. It is a short story behind that.
>
> There is a small superb village in eastern Poland: Białowieża
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa It is headquarter
> of Białowskeski National Park (considered as one of the oldest NP in the
> world). Due to its location and outstanding nature, Białowieża is home for
> several science institutions (e.g. Mammal Research Institute
> https://ibs.bialowieza.pl/en/). As for village for 2000 inhabitants,
> aumout of scientists among them is higher than average :) They do a lot of
> interesting things, like Open Forest Data: https://openforestdata.pl/
>
> Scientific life, love of nature and living in remote place is not the only
> thing that connects them. They all use QGIS in their daily work.
>
> Białowieża National Park celebrates its centenary this year. There was a
> plan to organize QGIS User Conference (I filled the form at the the end of
> 2019) as one of the celebration events but then a virus came...
>
> The idea is still alive and there is a strong willingness to organize User
> Conference in Białowieża when it will be possible, but for now question is
> difference: Is there any way to release QGIS named after Białowieża Forest
> this year to "virtually promote" the heritage of ancient Puszcza
> Białowieska: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa_Forest)
>
> I know that QGIS has its "naming schema" based on cities where QGIS
> meetings were organized. Maybe no possibility of an on-place meeting is a
> trigger for change for important places for natural heritage and climate
> changes?
>
> What do you think about that?
>
>
> --
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> *Michał Drożdż*
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