1. Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and
teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo-ISPRS Joint Initative
Geo4All: Open Education using FOSS4G
Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University, Japan
venkat@osgeo.org
2. Many dimensions to “Open”
Open source software.
Open data.
Open standards.
Open access to research publications.
Open education resources.
3. Open Software
Open Data and
Open Standard
providing to an
Open Geospatial Ecosystem for Education and Research and Business
+ + =
5. In 2015 FOSS4G is a worldwide phenomenon
Locally Brewed in many in many countries
6. Current Needs for Geo-Learning
•Easy access to geospatial tools
•Affordable and Stable solutions
•Open Geospatial Data
•Localization and Customization
•Standards support (data sharing)
•Text-books, training material, e-learning
•Professional certification for Trainers & Learners
•Capacity building for everyone
11. GeoForAll Overall Aims
Establishing research and teaching opportunities in ‘Open
Geospatial Science’
Build global open access teaching and research infrastructure
Provide worldwide learning platforms and training opportunities
Establish collaborations between Academia, Schools,
Government and Industry around Open Geospatial Science and
Education
12. Working with Global Communities
Prof. Georg Gartner
(President ICA)
Mr. Jeff McKenna
(President, OSGeo)
Prof. Chen
(President, ISPRS)
@AfricaGEO 2014
14. “Geo4All” Global Network
102 labs established
worldwide as of
14 September, 2015
Goal: 500 labs in universities worldwide by 2018
15. North America Region
Chairs: Helena Mitasova, Charles Schweik, Phillip Davis
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-northamerica
South America Region
Chairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara and Silvana Camboim
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-southamerica
Africa Region
Chairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim, Serena Coetzee and
Bridget Fleming
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa
Regional Groups
16. Asia Region (including Australia) Chairs: Tuong Thuy Vu
and Venkatesh Raghavan
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-asiaaustralia
Europe Region Chairs: Maria Brovelli and Peter Mooney
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-
bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-europe
Regional Groups
17. Urban Science - City Analytics Thematic
Theme Leaders - Chris Pettit and Patrick Hogan
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-urbanscience
Teacher Training & School Education Thematic
Theme Leaders - Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska and
Adrian Manning
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-teachertraining
Spanish thematic
Theme Leaders - Sergio Acosta y Lara and Antoni Pérez
Navarro
Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-spanish
Thematics: Subjects/Language
18. GeoCrowd - VGI, Crowd Sourcing and Citizen Science
Theme Leaders: Maria A Brovelli and Peter Mooney
Wiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geocrowdsourcing_CitizenScience_FOSS4G
AgriGIS: Upcoming..
Contact Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk
Thematics: Subjects/Language
19. GeoForAll Team Educator
of the Year Award - 2015
Kurt Menke - Bird's Eye View, Nate Jennings
Urbandale Spatial, Jon Van Hoesen Green Mtn
College, Rick Smith Texas A&M, and Phil Davis,
Delmar College (all in USA)
For their GeoAcademy development efforts
fossgeo.org
21. Birds of Feather (BOF)
Audience ： anyone interested in Geo4All
Time: 16 Sept., 2015 (Wed) 12:20-13:20
Room 10, FOSS4G 2015 Venue
Visit http://www.geoforall.org
or talk to us during the conference
Editor's Notes
- coming together through email lists, IRC sessions, annual conferences, local events
- compared to the sports community:
- 21 years of competitive ice hockey
- brother played in the top professional level for 8 years
- global community
- now i have been involved in the Open Source geospatial community for over 10 year
- coming together through email lists, IRC sessions, annual conferences, local events
- compared to the sports community:
- 21 years of competitive ice hockey
- brother played in the top professional level for 8 years
- global community
- now i have been involved in the Open Source geospatial community for over 10 year
