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

[Paolo Cavallini]

An enthusiastic +1 from my side. If real meetings will ever be possible and sensible again, of course.
Thanks Michal!

Il 8 aprile 2021 11:47:39 CEST, Giovanni Manghi <giovanni.manghi at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>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?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *Michał Drożdż*
>>
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>>
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