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Capacity Building Maria Antonia Brovelli and Diego Gonzalez
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Capacity Building Maria Antonia Brovelli and Diego Gonzalez
StepsDate Official Announcement7/3/2016 -11/3/2016
Kick-off workshop in Brindisi
9/3/2016 Sharing the UN Workshop GeoforAll presentationhttp://www.slideshare.net/mariabrovelli/geoforall-a-successful-osgeo-initiative
24/3/2016 Call for UN training material
6/4/2016 Call for Contributions for revision
10/7/2016 Thanks to reviewers and announcement6/7/2016-2/8/2016 Survey UN staff
17/8/2016 Announcement of the beginning of First OnlineTraining
19/9/201619/10/2016
First course, first edition: QGIS GeoAcademyFirst course, second edition: QGIS
9/01/2016 Second course: PostGIS Boundless
Collection of potential online training material
● https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UNTraining1 QGIS
2 gvSIG
3 GRASS GIS
4 GeoServer
5 OpenLayers
6 PostgreSQL
7 PostGIS
8 GeoGig
9 GeoNode10 Rasdaman11 OSGeo-Live12 Bringing GEOSS services into practice13 GeoMOOSE14 GET-IT15 Open Source Geospatial Notebooks16 Developing Training Material
Survey● Divided in three main parts:
– About the staff member
– About the staff's knowledge of Open Source GIS
– About the staff's preferences on training modalities
● It was opened for about a month: 6th July to 2nd August
● Number of responses:
Question 1: MissionResponse Chart Frequency Count
MINURSO 0.0% 0
MINUSCA 3.4% 1
MINUSMA 6.9% 2
MINUSTAH 3.4% 1
MONUSCO 3.4% 1
UNAMA 0.0% 0
UNAMID 3.4% 1
UNDOF 0.0% 0
UNFICYP 0.0% 0
UNGSC 27.6% 8
UNHQ 6.9% 2
UNIFIL 0.0% 0
UNISFA 3.4% 1
UNMIL 0.0% 0
UNMISS 0.0% 0
UNOCI 3.4% 1
UNSOS 37.9% 11 Total Responses 29
Question 2: areas of expertise of past educational background
Response Chart Frequency Count
Geography 41.4% 12
Cartography 55.2% 16
Surveying 31.0% 9
IT 24.1% 7
Forestry 17.2% 5
Environmental Science 34.5% 10
Other, please specify 6.9% 2
Total Responses 29
Question 3: areas of expertise of current role
Response Chart Frequency Count
GIS Manager 31.0% 9
Mapping Specialist 27.6% 8
Surveyor 13.8% 4
Data Manager 20.7% 6
Systems Administrator 17.2% 5
Developer 13.8% 4
GIS Analyst 37.9% 11
Remote Sensing 13.8% 4
Total Responses 29
Question 4: years of professional experience in OS GIS
Question 5: adding OS in UN missions
Response Chart Frequency Count
Let's not waste time. We can do everything we need with ESRI's package. Open source is still behind ESRI's functionality.
0.0% 0
It is good to know other alternatives but let's be honest, we are better off with our current software package.
8.0% 2
There are tools out there in the open source world that can be leveraged for some of our geospatial activities.
16.0% 4
I see the potential and we should definitely go for open source but keeping also our existing ESRI architecture.
68.0% 17
Let's make some saving by getting rid of these ESRI guys. We can replace all our tools/services with open source.
8.0% 2
Total Responses 25
Question 6: OS vs. Proprietary GIS
Question 7: Knowledge/competence on Desktop GIS
Question 8: Knowledge/competence on spatial database
management
Question 9: Knowledge/competence on geospatial web
servers
Question 10: Knowledge/competence on web
frameworks and libraries
Question 11: Likeliness of using OS GIS in the next 2 years
Response Chart Frequency Count
I don't think so 4.0% 1
Maybe 32.0% 8
Probably 28.0% 7
For sure 36.0% 9
Total Responses 25
Question 12: Experience receiving training in OS GIS
Response Chart Frequency Count
No training 41.7% 10
Informal training (colleague, webinar, etc.). Please, specify software:
20.8% 5
Self Trained (books, manuals, tutorial, internet). Please, specify software:
29.2% 7
Official training (online or instructor-led). Please, specify software:
8.3% 2
Total Responses 24
Question 13: Priority for training topics
Question 14: Training format
Response Chart Frequency Count
Online Self-Paced Training. 16.7% 4
Online Tutor-Supported Training.
20.8% 5
On-site instructor-led Training.
54.2% 13
Webinar. 8.3% 2
Total Responses 24
Question 15: Time willing to spend on OS training
Response Chart Frequency Count
Full day (8 hours) for a couple of days (2-3 days)
58.3% 14
With milestones. Less than an hour per day during a longer period of time (15 days)
4.2% 1
With milestones. A couple of hours (2-3 hours) per week during a long period of time (1 month)
25.0% 6
No milestones. I will organize myself to finish by the final deadline.
12.5% 3
Total Responses 24
Question 16: Importance of obtaining a certificate
Response Chart Frequency Count
Not important as long as I learn my stuff.
29.2% 7
It would be just an incentive to finish the course.
54.2% 13
Hey, I want to show off, so give me my certificate!
16.7% 4
Total Responses 24
Question 17: Exam at the end
Response Chart Frequency Count
No 16.7% 4
Yes 79.2% 19
It depends on... 4.2% 1
Total Responses 24
Question 18: Once training is finished,
willingness to pass on the knowledge
Response Chart Frequency Count
Yes, there is always something I can teach.
75.0% 18
No, I don't feel comfortable. That would be for a real teacher.
4.2% 1
Maybe, if I prepare it but it would take me some time.
20.8% 5
Total Responses 24
Summary about survey
● OS vs Proprietary Software comparison. OS only wins in Customization, Open Standards and Overall Costs.
● Knowledge of software. The best known are the usual suspects: QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers
● Only 2 respondents have claimed to have official training on OS
● Priority for training: Desktop and database are on top.
● Vast majority of people prefer on-site instructor-led training and intensive course for 2-3 days.
● The courses should have an exam at the end according to most of the participants.
People who have contributed so far
Alberta Albertella, Gregory Giuliani,Scott Hatcher,Ivana Ivanova,Thomas Mueller, Rick Smith, Mike Pumphrey, Vivien Deparday, Ariel Núñez ,Paolo Corti,Francesco Stompanato, Dimitris Karakostis, Rick Arias, Juan Hurtado
and students of the GIS Course of Politecnico:
Dilek Emanetoglu, Arun Kumar Muthusamy, Andres Felipe Poveda Sanchez, Stanly Shaji
Online training
Spiral 2 TutorsMaria Antonia Brovelli has Degree with honors in Physics and PhD in Geodesy. Maria is Professor of GIS at Politecnico di Milano. From 2001 to 2011 she was the Head of the Geomatics Laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano and from 2006 to 2011 she lectured also GIS at ETH of Zurich. Since 2011 Maria is Vice Rector for the Como Campus of Politecnico di Milano. She is co-chair of ISPRS WG IV/5 "Web and Cloud Based Geospatial Services and Applications", Associate Editor of Applied Geomatics Journal (Springer); Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Photogrammetric and Topography Society (SIFET); Charter Member of OSGeo; Member of the Advisory Board of the ICA-OSGeo Labs Network. She organized (in Como) the first WebMGS Conference in 2010 and the FOSS4G Europe in 2015. In 2015, she was awarded the Sol Katz Prize by [email protected]
Diego Gonzalez Ferreiro is at the moment serving as the GIS Project Coordinator at the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he is currently leading projects involving geospatial application development, basemap and thematic mapping and data processing and management. He has over fifteen years of experience in GIS and databases managing teams and projects in Spain, USA and Africa in both the private sector and the United Nations. Diego holds a Bachelor's degree in Geography from the University of Valladolid (Spain) and a MSc degree in Cartography and Geodesy Engineering from the University of Alcalá (Spain)[email protected]
Spiral 2 TutorsMr. Ricardo Arias is the OUSD (AT&L) Emerging Capability & Prototyping (EC&P) LNO to U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). Hosted by the USAFRICOM's Science & Technology Office, Strategic Capability Division, Resource & Assessments Directorate (ACJ804), Mr. Arias plans, coordinates and manages execution of S&T activities that seek to fill U.S. forces' capability gaps and/or enhance Partner Nation capacity.Mr. Arias coordinates and manages activities funded by Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations (JCTDs), Enabling Technology (ETs), Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO), Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) programs, as well as technical exchanges, joint experimentation, and collaboration with both traditional and non-traditional partners in the African theater.Mr. Arias conducts evaluations of innovative technologies, systems and advanced concepts, and endeavors to enhance technical collaboration with partners in the USAFRICOM Area of Responsability. He manages experimentation and technical investigations in areas such as domain awareness, unmanned systems, information sharing, environmental security, renewable energy, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response. He is responsible for formulation of material solutions to operational needs, demonstrations and validations of technology in operational scenarios, and integration of mature technical capabilities into field activities.
QGIS GeoAcademy Tutors
Exam and certificate
Survey
What's next?
● Genode● Geoserver● Openlayers
● On-site instructor-led training?● Preparing new ad-hoc courses?
