ISPRS WG VI/2 Workshop: Innovative Learning Tools

1. ISPRS WG VI/2 Workshop: Innovative Learning Tools Open Source, OSGeo,and its contribution to eLearning Franz-Josef Behr 21 Dezember 2013 AGSE 2013,CEPT University

2. Researchers / students may choose to attend a completely funded OSGeo> India, FOSS GIS -3- week winter school at IIIT Hyderabad, India.> We would like to request you to please send in> Applications/Nominations (Indian Nationals) of potential> participants who can benefit from attending this winter school using> the online Registration form at> http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/registration.php> Participants will be selected by a Selection Committee. The last date> for Applications are 29th Dec 2013(sunday)> For more details, including course content, please see> http://lsi.iiit.ac.in/winterschool/

3. Source Data Open Standards Education Education

4. Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org 2011 Cambridge Conference 4/42

5. OSGeo‘s Mission “Support and promote the highest quality Open Source Geospatial Software”

6. OSGeo's Goals Provide resources for FOSS4G projects: Infrastructure Legal frame Financial support Promote free and open spatial data Create and maintain a quality brand Create and promote free curriculua Promote and contribute to standards

7. OSGeo Activities On a global scale: Provide mature software solutions Support FOSS4G, an international open source conference for geospatial application (2013: UK, 2014: USA) Support local activities and capacities Local open source conference for geospatial application (i.e. FOSS4G-SEA) Local chapters (India, ...) Facilitate inter-project communication Build a solid market for businesses and users Interface with industry and business Support the education of domain experts not «brand-specialists» ...

8. Formal Structure Officers Officers 25 Officers Committees Committees Committees Local Chapters Local Chapters Foundation Projects Local Chapters Local Chapters Local Chapters Charter Members vote Board of 9 Directors and President ExecutiveDirector appoints represent elected by Membership Sponsors 91 Charter Members OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 2011 Cambridge Conference 8/42

9. Software Officers Officers 25 Officers Committees Committees Committees Local Chapters Local Chapters Foundation Projects Local Chapters Local Chapters Local Chapters Charter Members vote Board of 9 Directors and President ExecutiveDirector appoints represent elected by Membership Sponsors 91 Charter Members

10. OSGeo Projects Quantum GIS OSSIM GRASS GIS gvSIG desktop GIS FDO GDAL/OGR GEOS GeoTools GeoNetwork MetaCRS PostGIS libraries metadata Mapbender UMN Mapserver Map Guide OS MapBuilder OpenLayers deegree GeoServer web mapping Project in incubation

11. Committees Officers Officers 25 Officers Committees Committees Committees Local Chapters Local Chapters Foundation Projects Local Chapters Local Chapters Local Chapters Charter Members vote Board of 9 Directors and President ExecutiveDirector appoints represent elected by Membership Sponsors 91 Charter Members OSGeo - Spatially Empowered Open Source 2011 Cambridge Conference 11/42

12. Education Geodata Incubation Website Conference Journal Sysadmin Marketing other...

13. Education • Aims to create and promote educational material that supports the use of Open Source Geospatial Software • Targeting a broad audience - academia, professionals, and the general public • Cooperation with existing academic projects • Main aims / sub projects: • FOSS4G conferences (global, regional) • Educational resources, • Open Source Labs for Geospatial Education and Research

15. Labs: ICA & OSGeo MoU • Nuremberg, Germany - September 27, 2011 • Aims: developing on a global basis collaboration opportunities for academia, industry and government organizations in open source GIS software and data • provide expertise and support for the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centres across the world for supporting development of open-source geospatial software technologies, training and expertise. • to provide support for building-up and supporting development of open source GIS teaching and training materials, joint organization of open source GIS events, workshops through the ICA network for wider participation globally etc.

16. ICA/OSGeo Labs • Mission - "Making geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all“ • http://geoforall.org • This Thurday: Inaugural ceremony for the ICA/OSGEo lab at CEPT

17. OSGEO Live DVD originally compiled by Cameron Shorter, and one of the coordinators of the OSGeo-Live Project. a bootable DVD, based on the Xubuntu linux distribution, pre-installed and pre-configured with close to 50 of the best GeoSpatial Open Source applications along with sample datasets. OSGeo-Live can also be run from a USB flash drive, installed into a Virtual Machine, or installed onto your hard drive.

19. OSGeo Live DVD Desktop GIS web mapping Quantum GIS Quantum GIS MapServer OSSIM GRASS GIS UMN MapServer OpenStreetMap uDig Mapnik Geopublisher gvSIG deegree GeoMajas KOSMO deegree GIS ZOO Project MapFish GMT GDAL/OGR MapGuide OS FDO OpenLayers GeoKettle GeoServer GeoTools GEOS Mapbender PostGIS MetaCRS GeoNetwork Viking Application Server SpatialLite Libraries Metadata

20. Conclusions Open Source is an inner habit and conviction. We should promote its use and development through our curricula to create a balanced market. OSGeo supports such Free and Open Source geopatial Software Conferences Open Source Lab movement Educational and resources and software compilations