International conference and workshop: three days of software tutorials (DailyMeteo.org WORKSHOPS) + two days of conference with keynote speakers. Read more on this event.
Second HR-OSGeo Meetup
Second HR-OSGeo Meetup will be held on Thursday, Fabruary 13, 2014. This time two lectures are scheduled: “Heron Mapping Client – JavaScript for System Engineers and Lazy Programmers” and “FOSS4G in large-scale projects”. More info on the event on web pages http://www.meetup.com/HR-OSGeo/. Please register using Meetup service.
Webinar on NASA World Wind and the Europa Challenge
The ICA-OSGeo Lab Network and MundoGEO is announcing the fourth webinar of the “Open Geospatial Science & Applications” webinar series on February 13th, 2014. The webinars will be open and free to all on first come register basis. This webinar will be on NASA World Wind and also on the Europa Challenge by Patrick Hogan (NASA) and Maria Antonia Brovelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy).
More information on NASA World Wind Europa Challenge on http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/. Last year’s winning projects are at http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/projects2013
To register for the webinar please go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/604781066
The schedule for the next three ICA-OSGeo Lab webinar series is:
Feb 2014: “NASA World Wind Virtual Globe Technology” – Patrick Hogan (NASA) and Maria Antonia Brovelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Thursday, February 13, 2014 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST
March 2014: “Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network ” – Chris Pettit (University of Melbourne, Australia), March 7th (time to be confirmed)
April 2014: “Things to do with OpenStreetMap” – Lluis Vicens (University of Girona, Spain) Date to be confirmed
Previous webinars recording will be available at both Geo For All http://www.geoforall.org/ website and MundoGeo at http://mundogeo.com/webinar/opengeoscienceandapplications/
Advisory Board of the “Geo for All” initiative
Big growth of the OSGLs which joins Geo for All initiative led to establishing Advisory Board on December 1, 2013. The ICA and OSGeo Presidents will be the co-chairs and permanent members of the Advisory Board. Others will have a 3 year term starting date of the Advisory Board being constituted (1 Dec 2013).The Advisory Board will meet once every six months by telemeeting and Advisory Board members will keep an eye on the developments and provide strategic advice to the initiative through various forums.
More on Advisory Board on ICA pages and Geo for All.
59th OSGL at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb
Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb joined the Geo for All initiative. Number of labs is growing every month (see the list of current labs). Formal establishing of OSGL on Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb is planed for February, 2014.
Promotion of initiative to establish OSGL at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb
Initiative for establishing Open Source Geospatial Lab at Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb will be presented on 9th Conference on Cartography and Geoinformation in Zadar, November 21, 2013.