The document discusses some common misconceptions about INSPIRE, the European Union's Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe. Specifically, it notes that while INSPIRE was intended to solve political issues through technical means, the resulting framework is highly complex and rigid and does not actually address the underlying political diversity across member states. Additionally, it points out that INSPIRE's implementing rules are legally binding while its technical guidelines are non-binding recommendations, meaning software can only conform to the non-legally binding aspects. Finally, it suggests ways INSPIRE could improve communication and knowledge sharing to become a more effective and useful initiative.
This document summarizes a checklist for assessing the readiness of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI). It covers key components such as understanding spatial data holdings and requirements, developing an SDI vision and strategy, policy readiness, and collaboration. The checklist contains questions in each area to help evaluate an SDI's maturity and guide its further implementation, focusing on issues like formal information audits, stakeholder engagement, performance indicators, costs, policy details, and cross-border data sharing.
Improving Online Student Engagement through Synchronous Learning Sessions Usi...Heather Zink
The document discusses Rasmussen College's efforts to improve online student engagement and success rates through implementing mandatory weekly synchronous learning sessions delivered via a college-wide lecture series approach. Data shows final grades, retention rates, and student evaluations of instructors increased as the number of live sessions attended by students rose, indicating the program was successfully enhancing the online student experience and outcomes.
The document discusses a funding system that divides costs into monthly payments and allows people to earn funding to start and grow their businesses. It describes how everyone helps fund each other's businesses equally at the same time through different funding levels. People can join this sharing community and refer others to earn funding for their own businesses through various business resources and services.
The document discusses various financial planning tools such as financial statements, budgets, and time value of money calculations. It describes balance sheets, income/expense statements, and how they are used to track financial progress over time. Ratio analysis of these statements allows people to evaluate their financial performance and progress toward goals. Budgets are presented as a way to help achieve short-term financial goals and monitor expenses.
Dreambuild International introduces a new perpetual gifting plan with three key changes: 1) "Rotations" replace boards, with each rotation having three receivers instead of one, 2) every participant is automatically qualified to receive after giving their first gift, and 3) the plan is designed to reward continual participation to create a more sustainable community where givers can receive gifts over the long term. The plan works by having receivers in each rotation receive multiple gifts before advancing to the next stage, with the goal of having a set number of rotations running simultaneously to ensure all community members receive gifts without the need for recruiting.
Open Resources for Research Students and Digital ScholarsB de los Arcos
The document summarizes two portals created through the SCORE project to provide open educational resources (OER) for different student groups:
1) ReadytoResearch.ac.uk provides over 150 hours of self-study materials for individuals planning to undertake postgraduate studies in the UK.
2) Digitalscholarship.ac.uk offers around 60 hours of self-study materials for undergraduate students in the UK seeking to enhance their digital scholarship skills.
The portals gathered OER from various sources, including the creators' own institutions, open repositories, and non-OER sources. Issues around licensing and media types were considered in the curation process. The resources covered a variety of topics to support
The Earth is divided into three main layers - the crust, mantle, and core. The crust is the solid outermost layer that varies in thickness from 5 to 25 miles thick and has a cool temperature. Underneath the crust is the mantle, the thickest layer at around 1800 miles thick with a hot and solid but plastic texture. The innermost layer is the core which is divided into the solid inner core and liquid outer core with very hot temperatures.
The document discusses some common misconceptions about INSPIRE, the European Union's Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe. Specifically, it notes that while INSPIRE was intended to solve political issues through technical means, the resulting framework is highly complex and rigid and does not actually address the underlying political diversity across member states. Additionally, it points out that INSPIRE's implementing rules are legally binding while its technical guidelines are non-binding recommendations, meaning software can only conform to the non-legally binding aspects. Finally, it suggests ways INSPIRE could improve communication and knowledge sharing to become a more effective and useful initiative.
This document summarizes a checklist for assessing the readiness of a spatial data infrastructure (SDI). It covers key components such as understanding spatial data holdings and requirements, developing an SDI vision and strategy, policy readiness, and collaboration. The checklist contains questions in each area to help evaluate an SDI's maturity and guide its further implementation, focusing on issues like formal information audits, stakeholder engagement, performance indicators, costs, policy details, and cross-border data sharing.
Improving Online Student Engagement through Synchronous Learning Sessions Usi...Heather Zink
The document discusses Rasmussen College's efforts to improve online student engagement and success rates through implementing mandatory weekly synchronous learning sessions delivered via a college-wide lecture series approach. Data shows final grades, retention rates, and student evaluations of instructors increased as the number of live sessions attended by students rose, indicating the program was successfully enhancing the online student experience and outcomes.
The document discusses a funding system that divides costs into monthly payments and allows people to earn funding to start and grow their businesses. It describes how everyone helps fund each other's businesses equally at the same time through different funding levels. People can join this sharing community and refer others to earn funding for their own businesses through various business resources and services.
The document discusses various financial planning tools such as financial statements, budgets, and time value of money calculations. It describes balance sheets, income/expense statements, and how they are used to track financial progress over time. Ratio analysis of these statements allows people to evaluate their financial performance and progress toward goals. Budgets are presented as a way to help achieve short-term financial goals and monitor expenses.
Dreambuild International introduces a new perpetual gifting plan with three key changes: 1) "Rotations" replace boards, with each rotation having three receivers instead of one, 2) every participant is automatically qualified to receive after giving their first gift, and 3) the plan is designed to reward continual participation to create a more sustainable community where givers can receive gifts over the long term. The plan works by having receivers in each rotation receive multiple gifts before advancing to the next stage, with the goal of having a set number of rotations running simultaneously to ensure all community members receive gifts without the need for recruiting.
Open Resources for Research Students and Digital ScholarsB de los Arcos
The document summarizes two portals created through the SCORE project to provide open educational resources (OER) for different student groups:
1) ReadytoResearch.ac.uk provides over 150 hours of self-study materials for individuals planning to undertake postgraduate studies in the UK.
2) Digitalscholarship.ac.uk offers around 60 hours of self-study materials for undergraduate students in the UK seeking to enhance their digital scholarship skills.
The portals gathered OER from various sources, including the creators' own institutions, open repositories, and non-OER sources. Issues around licensing and media types were considered in the curation process. The resources covered a variety of topics to support
The Earth is divided into three main layers - the crust, mantle, and core. The crust is the solid outermost layer that varies in thickness from 5 to 25 miles thick and has a cool temperature. Underneath the crust is the mantle, the thickest layer at around 1800 miles thick with a hot and solid but plastic texture. The innermost layer is the core which is divided into the solid inner core and liquid outer core with very hot temperatures.
Draft Resolution on the Promotion of Food SecurityLauren Dong
The document discusses several recommendations to improve global agriculture, education, technology, economy, structure, and market reform. It recommends that developed countries help train teachers in developing countries, donate agricultural facilities, and exchange agricultural knowledge. It also calls for curbing rising food prices, providing economic assistance, establishing early warning systems, and transitioning to more competitive food markets.
This document provides information on investing in hotel suites in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It discusses the strong location factors for Petaling Jaya like proximity to Kuala Lumpur, education institutions, and economic activity. The project being promoted, PJ Centerstage, will have 260 hotel suite units managed by Best Western, an international hotel chain. Investors are offered guaranteed rental returns for the first 3 years and 50% of profits shared thereafter. Financial projections show returns outpacing costs and the total investment outlay recouped within 7 years.
This document provides an agenda and guidance for preparing and conducting classroom sessions using Adobe Connect. It outlines steps to take before class such as leveraging COG shells and setting up the room layout. During class, it recommends using icebreakers, attendance features, extensions and presentation tools. It concludes with guidance on ending the class by customizing the layout and emailing chat histories, then accessing recordings.
El documento presenta una charla sobre la auditoría de seguridad de dispositivos de red como firewalls y proxies. Se discuten varios ejemplos de vulnerabilidades encontradas en estos dispositivos y se demuestra cómo algunas pueden utilizarse para escalar privilegios y comprometer la red. La presentación concluye instando a no confiar ciegamente en los dispositivos y a revisar periódicamente su configuración y seguridad.
This session will guide participants through the various types of content they can offer students in a live synchronous learning session to increase student interaction in the Wimba Live Classroom. Presented during Development Week 2012.
GI2016 ppt shi (automatic interaction and seamless integration of big data hu...IGN Vorstand
This document discusses the need for automatic interaction and seamless integration between big data hubs currently located on isolated islands. It proposes that using interoperable communication protocols and high performance processors could enable real-time data exchange between geodata hubs. As a demonstration, it showcases a system built using Open Geospatial Consortium specifications to automatically interact and communicate between geodata hubs for timely exchange of geospatial data. Standards are important to enable interoperability between different data hubs.
This document summarizes the implementation of OGC and INSPIRE standards in a geoportal. It describes the system architecture including web clients, proxy servers, and OWS servers. It discusses challenges in displaying large WFS data, implementing filter encoding, and handling axis order in WFS 1.1.0. Patches have been proposed or implemented to address issues in OpenLayers, MapServer, and OwsLib.
Tell your story: promoting yourself and your research onlineJo Hawkins
With more and more employers using Google to screen job candidates, establishing a strong online presence is now one of the most powerful ways to gain a competitive advantage in the job market. This presentation explores common concerns that prevent academics from promoting their research online, and outlines how to develop a communications strategy that will allow you to tell your story to a global audience, build a community around your research, and become an influencer in your discipline area.
Brazilian singer Patricia Talem released her self-titled debut album featuring songs from Brazilian legends and contemporary Brazilian artists, as well as Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. Produced by 2004 Latin Grammy winner Marco da Costa and Sandro Albert, the album showcases Talem's enchanting voice and her ability to convey emotion and meaning through her vocal delivery and timing. Talem was introduced to influential jazz bassist Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets, who recommended her album to the writer. The release features contributions from Haslip, Yellowjackets pianist Russell Ferrante, and an all-star cast of Brazilian musicians.
GI2014 ppt sredl+charvat layman – publish your data yourselfIGN Vorstand
LayMan is a spatial data manager that allows users to easily publish geodata layers by uploading files to a server, importing the data into a database, and configuring access rights. It provides a single entry point for the filesystem, database, and map server. Data can be published from uploaded files or existing database tables and views. Access controls allow different user groups to either manipulate published layers or just view them. The system is integrated with a Liferay portal for user and group management.
This document summarizes discussions from the GI2012 conference on open data policies. It describes how a representative from the German Federal Ministry of the Interior used the example of an "intelligent lawnmower" needing access to weather data through INSPIRE to argue for a national geoinformation strategy. However, others felt Germany does not need a new strategy, but rather more transparent, interoperable, and freely accessible public spatial data to enable better decision making. The document concludes by reiterating the view that Germany needs more open data transparency rather than a new national strategy.
The document discusses RurISNet, a project aimed at reducing the digital divide faced by rural areas through open data and technologies. It seeks to create new products/services for rural communities, help them access new markets, and foster communication/knowledge sharing. The project expects to set up a collaborative network between rural areas to preserve their identities while connecting them to the outside world. It will provide technologies to help rural areas make better use of ICT. RurISNet will be accessed through a portal and involve local agencies, agricultural businesses, and other interested individuals.
Human: Thank you for the summary. You captured the key points effectively in 3 sentences as requested.
What makes an application a good Application (Eclipse Finance Day 2012 Zürich)christiancampo
The document discusses what makes software usable for end users. It defines usability according to ISO 9241-11 as "the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use." The document outlines several principles of usability, including flow, visual coding, and reducing perceptual and cognitive workload. It provides examples of how software can incorporate these principles, such as through proximity, similarity of elements, clear error indicators, and unambiguous disabled elements. The overarching question discussed is how end users experience the presenter's own software.
Historian to hacker in 48 hours: What can humanists offer at GovHack and what...Jo Hawkins
The past few years have seen a surge in government sanctioned civic hacking events, including the ‘National Day of Hacking’ in the USA, ‘National Hack the Government Day’ in the UK and ‘GovHack’ in Australia. Propelled by a growing Open Data movement, these kinds of events attract problem solvers with a social conscience, with the aim of creating web applications that release the social value of government datasets. Yet, the vast majority of participants are developers, designers and entrepreneurs. Drawing from my experience at GovHack, I shall argue that humanists can make important contributions to civic hacking events as storytellers and strategists, ensuring concepts and executions are grounded in real life research problems. Further to this, collaboration with industry brings design and usability to the forefront and provides an opportunity for historians to engage with the commercial logics that drive the competitive world of online start-ups. For researchers new to digital humanities, these outcome-driven events offer a potential gateway into the field, providing opportunities to gain practical experience and establish networks with like-minded practitioners and organisations outside the academy. Digital Humanist, Alan Liu has argued that researchers in the humanities need to work harder to engage with public audiences and articulate the value of what t
Draft Resolution on the Promotion of Food SecurityLauren Dong
The document discusses several recommendations to improve global agriculture, education, technology, economy, structure, and market reform. It recommends that developed countries help train teachers in developing countries, donate agricultural facilities, and exchange agricultural knowledge. It also calls for curbing rising food prices, providing economic assistance, establishing early warning systems, and transitioning to more competitive food markets.
This document provides information on investing in hotel suites in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It discusses the strong location factors for Petaling Jaya like proximity to Kuala Lumpur, education institutions, and economic activity. The project being promoted, PJ Centerstage, will have 260 hotel suite units managed by Best Western, an international hotel chain. Investors are offered guaranteed rental returns for the first 3 years and 50% of profits shared thereafter. Financial projections show returns outpacing costs and the total investment outlay recouped within 7 years.
This document provides an agenda and guidance for preparing and conducting classroom sessions using Adobe Connect. It outlines steps to take before class such as leveraging COG shells and setting up the room layout. During class, it recommends using icebreakers, attendance features, extensions and presentation tools. It concludes with guidance on ending the class by customizing the layout and emailing chat histories, then accessing recordings.
El documento presenta una charla sobre la auditoría de seguridad de dispositivos de red como firewalls y proxies. Se discuten varios ejemplos de vulnerabilidades encontradas en estos dispositivos y se demuestra cómo algunas pueden utilizarse para escalar privilegios y comprometer la red. La presentación concluye instando a no confiar ciegamente en los dispositivos y a revisar periódicamente su configuración y seguridad.
This session will guide participants through the various types of content they can offer students in a live synchronous learning session to increase student interaction in the Wimba Live Classroom. Presented during Development Week 2012.
GI2016 ppt shi (automatic interaction and seamless integration of big data hu...IGN Vorstand
This document discusses the need for automatic interaction and seamless integration between big data hubs currently located on isolated islands. It proposes that using interoperable communication protocols and high performance processors could enable real-time data exchange between geodata hubs. As a demonstration, it showcases a system built using Open Geospatial Consortium specifications to automatically interact and communicate between geodata hubs for timely exchange of geospatial data. Standards are important to enable interoperability between different data hubs.
This document summarizes the implementation of OGC and INSPIRE standards in a geoportal. It describes the system architecture including web clients, proxy servers, and OWS servers. It discusses challenges in displaying large WFS data, implementing filter encoding, and handling axis order in WFS 1.1.0. Patches have been proposed or implemented to address issues in OpenLayers, MapServer, and OwsLib.
Tell your story: promoting yourself and your research onlineJo Hawkins
With more and more employers using Google to screen job candidates, establishing a strong online presence is now one of the most powerful ways to gain a competitive advantage in the job market. This presentation explores common concerns that prevent academics from promoting their research online, and outlines how to develop a communications strategy that will allow you to tell your story to a global audience, build a community around your research, and become an influencer in your discipline area.
Brazilian singer Patricia Talem released her self-titled debut album featuring songs from Brazilian legends and contemporary Brazilian artists, as well as Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. Produced by 2004 Latin Grammy winner Marco da Costa and Sandro Albert, the album showcases Talem's enchanting voice and her ability to convey emotion and meaning through her vocal delivery and timing. Talem was introduced to influential jazz bassist Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets, who recommended her album to the writer. The release features contributions from Haslip, Yellowjackets pianist Russell Ferrante, and an all-star cast of Brazilian musicians.
GI2014 ppt sredl+charvat layman – publish your data yourselfIGN Vorstand
LayMan is a spatial data manager that allows users to easily publish geodata layers by uploading files to a server, importing the data into a database, and configuring access rights. It provides a single entry point for the filesystem, database, and map server. Data can be published from uploaded files or existing database tables and views. Access controls allow different user groups to either manipulate published layers or just view them. The system is integrated with a Liferay portal for user and group management.
This document summarizes discussions from the GI2012 conference on open data policies. It describes how a representative from the German Federal Ministry of the Interior used the example of an "intelligent lawnmower" needing access to weather data through INSPIRE to argue for a national geoinformation strategy. However, others felt Germany does not need a new strategy, but rather more transparent, interoperable, and freely accessible public spatial data to enable better decision making. The document concludes by reiterating the view that Germany needs more open data transparency rather than a new national strategy.
The document discusses RurISNet, a project aimed at reducing the digital divide faced by rural areas through open data and technologies. It seeks to create new products/services for rural communities, help them access new markets, and foster communication/knowledge sharing. The project expects to set up a collaborative network between rural areas to preserve their identities while connecting them to the outside world. It will provide technologies to help rural areas make better use of ICT. RurISNet will be accessed through a portal and involve local agencies, agricultural businesses, and other interested individuals.
Human: Thank you for the summary. You captured the key points effectively in 3 sentences as requested.
What makes an application a good Application (Eclipse Finance Day 2012 Zürich)christiancampo
The document discusses what makes software usable for end users. It defines usability according to ISO 9241-11 as "the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use." The document outlines several principles of usability, including flow, visual coding, and reducing perceptual and cognitive workload. It provides examples of how software can incorporate these principles, such as through proximity, similarity of elements, clear error indicators, and unambiguous disabled elements. The overarching question discussed is how end users experience the presenter's own software.
Historian to hacker in 48 hours: What can humanists offer at GovHack and what...Jo Hawkins
The past few years have seen a surge in government sanctioned civic hacking events, including the ‘National Day of Hacking’ in the USA, ‘National Hack the Government Day’ in the UK and ‘GovHack’ in Australia. Propelled by a growing Open Data movement, these kinds of events attract problem solvers with a social conscience, with the aim of creating web applications that release the social value of government datasets. Yet, the vast majority of participants are developers, designers and entrepreneurs. Drawing from my experience at GovHack, I shall argue that humanists can make important contributions to civic hacking events as storytellers and strategists, ensuring concepts and executions are grounded in real life research problems. Further to this, collaboration with industry brings design and usability to the forefront and provides an opportunity for historians to engage with the commercial logics that drive the competitive world of online start-ups. For researchers new to digital humanities, these outcome-driven events offer a potential gateway into the field, providing opportunities to gain practical experience and establish networks with like-minded practitioners and organisations outside the academy. Digital Humanist, Alan Liu has argued that researchers in the humanities need to work harder to engage with public audiences and articulate the value of what t