It is nearly a decade since the initial ideas for Open Geospatial Science was started . Open Geospatial Science builds upon the idea of Open science that scientific knowledge of all kinds are able to be develop more rapidly and in a more productive manner if openly shared (as early as is practical in the discovery process). The key ingredients to make Open Geospatial Science possible is Open Principles (open source geospatial software, open data, open standards , open educational resources and open access to research publications) .

1. Vision 2030 for
Open Geospatial Science
Dr. Suchith Anand
University of Nottingham
Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up
research and teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU

2. Think Tank on Urban BigGeoData and OpenCitySmart
8th
June 2016
Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and teaching globally as part of the
ICA-OSGeo MoU

3. Welcome to Geospatial IG of RDA

4. Agenda
09:30 -09:35 - Welcome - Prof. Stuart Marsh
09:35- 09:45 - Introduction to the Think Tank and Open
Geospatial Science - Vision 2030 - Suchith Anand
09:45 -10:30 - Setting the scene session - 2 minute intro from
all (you can use slides but maximum 3 slides per person)
10:30 -10:45 - Coffee/Networking and Group Photo10:45
-11:15- Focussed Think Tank discussions (split into two topic
groups ) 11:15 -11:45 - Groups present their discussions
summary 11:45-12:15 - Summary and Future actions
including Ideas for joint collaborations/plans 12:15 -13:00 -
Lunch and networking

5. http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/open-innovation-open-science-open-to-the-world-pbKI0416263/
Big picture

6. Focussed Think Tank discussions (split into two topic
groups )
Group 1 – Open Data needs/requirements for
OpenCitySmart and how it can contribute to Open
Geospatial Science vision 2030
Group 2 – Open tools and infrastructures
needs/requirements for enhancing Citizen Science
contributions for OpenCitySmart and how it can
contribute to Open Geospatial Science vision 2030

8. Science is NOT a Black Box

9. Openness – Increasing quality through
peer review
Open Source Software
Source code remains in
the public domain
free for all to use,
change and
(re)distribute
Development done in
public usually by a
community
(distributed, informal
team of developers)

10. Open Geospatial Science builds upon the idea
of Open science that scientific knowledge of all
kinds are able to be develop more rapidly and in
a more productive manner if openly shared (as
early as is practical in the discovery process).
The key ingredients to make Open Geospatial
Science possible is Open Principles (open
source geospatial software, open data, open
standards and open access to research
publications) .

11. There are many dimensions to “Open”
• Open source software.
• Open data.
• Open standards.
• Open access to research publications.
• Open education resources
But fundamentally it is based on Open Principles

12. An example of the impact of Openness - GODAN
Impact is the positive changes to the lives of people

13. Hunger
Poverty
Innovation
www.godan.info

14. Hunger
• For the first time in human history, the knowledge to end hunger exists on Earth
• 800 million people struggle with debilitating hunger and malnutrition
• We need to find solutions beyond MORE food. Nutritionally sensitive agriculture is essential
for global public health and wellbeing
• We are convinced that the solution to closing this unacceptable hunger gap lies
within harnessing and opening agriculture and nutrition data
• “location” relevant data plays an important role

15. Making Geospatial
education and
opportunities
accessible to all
“Geo for All”

16. June 2010
“Geo for All” started from very humble beginnings
Aim – Build research and teaching infrastructure worldwide
Problem – No initial funding!
Biggest Strength – amazing support from colleagues and students
Open Source Geospatial Lab founding meeting at UoN

17. Open software
Open data
and
Open standard
Providing to an open geospatial ecosystem for education,
research and business

18. Open Geospatial
Education & Research
Geospatial
Standards (for
ex. OGC spec.)
Maturity of open
source software (for
ex. OSGeo stack)
Open Data
Ability for showing the
operation of general laws
is fundamental for
scientific research

19. Aim – Establish a
new discipline for
Open Geospatial
Science

20. GLOBAL URBAN PROBLEMS:GLOBAL URBAN PROBLEMS:
access to water, sanitation, trafficaccess to water, sanitation, traffic
congestions, economic sustainability,congestions, economic sustainability,
citizenscitizens’ health, impact on’ health, impact on
environment …environment …
Mapping is a critical component to
help understand and develop
solutions for urban growth problems
Proprietary software tools are very
expensive (hence unavailable) for
economically poor countries and
communities worldwide
Why is Geoeducation
important?
Kibera , Kenya
Dharavi, Mumbai
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56685562@N00/2340042701
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8485582@N07/7365580810
GIS tools play a key role in helping find solutions to
global societal challenges

21. Why - Social Responsibility
Making resources including software and
data openly available offers an opportunity
for knowledge to be shared widely so as to
increase learning opportunities.
Example – Collaborating with educational initiatives like gvSIG Batoví
For details contact:
Sergio Acosta y Lara
sacosta@dntopografia.gub.uy
Alvaro Anguix
aanguix@gvsig.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orwN9K07XPo

22. Thanks to Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska and colleagues at
UNEP-GRID), Warsaw

23. “Geo for All” Team
ICA-OSGeo MoU in Sep 2011
Over 100 labs established
worldwide as of today
North America – over 20 labs
Europe – over 40 labs
South America – 9 labs
Africa – 4 labs
Asia – 15 labs
Australia - 2 lab
Will be establishing over 1000 labs in
universities worldwide by 2018

24. Aim
Establishing open
source GIS research
and training
opportunities

25. Who are we?
Government organisations, academia, industry, startups,
NGOs , teachers, students, …
FOSS4G 2013 @Nottingham

26. We are Global community

29. It is all about learning and sharing

30. Open GIS Summer School in Girona

31. We are Multi disciplinary

32. We are all passionate about Research and Education

33. Geospatial
Standards (for
ex. OGC spec.)
Maturity of open
source software (for
ex. OSGeo stack)
Open Data
Ability for showing the
operation of general laws
is fundamental for
scientific research
Unique convergence of three key developments
that made Open Geospatial Science possible

34. Open GIS Summer School in Girona

35. And empowering the next generation

36. “Geo for All”
OpenCitySmart - The Open Platform for Smart
Cities
Patrick Hogan , Brandt Melick, Maria Antonia Brovelli, Charles Schweik, Jim
Miller, Sven Schade, Chris Pettit, Ant Beck, Doreen Boyd, Darren Robinson,
Suchith Anand

37. Resources at our disposal to enable
OpenCitySmart
•NASA Worldwind Platform
•What if Platform
•Open Source Geospatial Foundation’s software tools
More importantly we got an amazing global “Geo for All”
team working on our mission
See preview at https://youtu.be/7NaX9b6F05c

38. http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/open-innovation-open-science-open-to-the-world-
pbKI0416263
How do we reach here?

39. Vision 2030
Science should always be open
Geospatial Science should be fully build on Open Principles
Transparency of research is fundamental (no black boxes or proprietary barriers).
Geospatial Science = Open Geospatial Science
Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and
teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU

40. How do we reach here? We need
your help
Contribute your ideas to
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_geospatial_science_-_vision_2030

41. Why Open Geo Science?
 helps in empowerment of staff and
students
 capacity building
 developing creative and open minds in
students which is critical for building open
innovation
 contributes to building up Open Knowledge
for the benefit of the whole society and for
our future generations.

42. Represents the
individual content
creator on the World
Wide Web
Why- Open Geospatial Science
Key advantages
•High quality and impact for research
•Scalable
•Interoperability
•Low costs
•Benefits wider community

43. Thanks to all colleagues in the “Geo for All”
initiative
Let us all join to eradicate extreme poverty and
enable shared prosperity for all
http://www.geoforall.org

44. We welcome the global community to contribute for Vision 2030
for Open Geospatial Science
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_geospatial_science_-_vision_2030
Open Geospatial Labs are being established worldwide to scale up research and
teaching globally as part of the ICA-OSGeo MoU