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 RaghavanOsaka City University, Japanvenkat@osgeo.org

Many dimensions to “Open”

Open source software.

Open data.

Open standards.

Open access to research publications.

Open education resources.

Open SoftwareOpen Data and Open Standardproviding to an

Open Geospatial Ecosystem for Education and Research and Business

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2004

FOSS/GRASS User Conference in Bangkok, Thailand

In 2015 FOSS4G is a worldwide phenomenon

Locally Brewed in many in many countries

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

Why FOSS4G?

•Easily accessible•Affordable & Stable•Vibrant communities•Full Standards support•Backed by OSGeo worldwide•University Network worldwide

OpenStreetMap

MapServer

MapFish

web mapping

GRASS GIS

Quantum GIS OSSIM

desktop GIS

metadata

GEOS

GDAL/OGR

GeoTools

librariesMetaCRS

PostGIS

GeoMajas

Quantum GIS MapServer

deegree

OpenLayers GeoServer

MapGuide OS

deegree GIS

MapNik

Viking

KOSMO

gvSIG

SpatialLite

uDig

Geopublisher

Mapbender

pycsw

GeoKettle

GMT

ZOO Project

FDO

GeoNetwork

live.osgeo.org Ready for any classroom

2011

Making Geospatial education ＆

solutions accessible to all

“Geo4All”

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

Working with Global Communities

Prof. Georg Gartner (President ICA)

Mr. Jeff McKenna(President, OSGeo)

Prof. Chen(President, ISPRS)

@AfricaGEO 2014

How to JoinVisit http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/

“Geo4All” Global Network

102 labs established worldwide as of 14 September, 2015

Goal: 500 labs in universities worldwide by 2018

North America RegionChairs: Helena Mitasova, Charles Schweik, Phillip Davis

Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-northamerica

South America RegionChairs: Sergio Acosta y Lara and Silvana Camboim

Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-southamerica

Africa RegionChairs: Rania Elsayed Ibrahim, Serena Coetzee and

Bridget Fleming Maillist

http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-africa

Regional Groups

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 MooneyMaillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-europe

Regional Groups

Urban Science - City Analytics ThematicTheme Leaders - Chris Pettit and Patrick Hogan Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-urbanscience

Teacher Training & School Education ThematicTheme Leaders - Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska and

Adrian Manning Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-teachertraining

Spanish thematicTheme Leaders - Sergio Acosta y Lara and Antoni Pérez

Navarro Maillist http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geoforall-spanish

Thematics: Subjects/Language

GeoCrowd - VGI, Crowd Sourcing and Citizen ScienceTheme Leaders: Maria A Brovelli and Peter MooneyWiki http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geocrowdsourcing_CitizenScience_FOSS4G

AgriGIS: Upcoming..Contact Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk

Thematics: Subjects/Language

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

OSGeo Best Student Presentation Award - 2015

Will be announced in this session later...

Hold your breath!!

Birds of Feather (BOF)Audience ： anyone interested in Geo4AllTime: 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