From olivier.ertz at heig-vd.ch  Mon May 21 10:54:41 2012
From: olivier.ertz at heig-vd.ch (Olivier ERTZ)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 10:54:41 +0200
Subject: [Freegis-list] OGRS2012 :: CFP reminder and keynote synopsis
Message-ID: <4FBA02D1.40304@heig-vd.ch>

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OGRS2012 :: CALL FOR PAPERS REMINDER (closing at May 28th)
Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium

October 24 – 26, 2012 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Hosted by School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)

Website: http://www.ogrs2012.org
Contact: cfp at ogrs2012.org
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(our apologies for cross-postings)
Dear colleagues,
the program committee would like to remind you that the deadline of 
OGRS2012 call for papers is soon closing (at May 28th). All information 
to submit a presentation, a workshop, a poster or discussion group 
subject is available on the symposium website : http://cfp.ogrs2012.org.

Moreover, the organizing committee is pleased to announce that four 
prominent scholars will present keynote addresses. The synopsis of these 
talks are now published on the symposium website :

- The open source GIS, an ideal framework for the development of and 
integrated modelling platform devoted to sustainable urban planning: 
first steps with OrbisGIS and CartoPolis (Gérard HEGRON Ifsttar/IRSTV);

- Building open source geospatial education at research universities: 
where we are and what is holding us back (Helena Mitasova, Department of 
Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University);

- Open source spatial analysis: lessons for research and education from 
PySAL (Sergio Rey, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, 
Arizona State University);

- How open source can help achieving sustainability of e-learning 
content: The GITTA experience (Robert Weibel, Department of Geography, 
University of Zurich and GITTA Association).

Please consider these last weeks to submit a contribution. We look 
forward to read your contribution proposal and to see you in 
Yverdon-les-Bains.

We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this call to other 
interested parties of your acquaintance.

Best regards,
OGRS2012 program committee



From neteler at osgeo.org  Tue May 22 15:03:35 2012
From: neteler at osgeo.org (Markus Neteler)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 15:03:35 +0200
Subject: [Freegis-list] GRASS GIS Community Sprint, May 23-28,
	2012 in Prague, CZ
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The GRASS GIS Community Sprint 2012 in Prague is approaching
quickly. A draft agenda is now available at:

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012

See you there, either in person or via chat!

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> The next "GRASS GIS Community Sprint" will take place from
> May 23 to May 28, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic directly
> following the Geoinformatics FCE CTU 2012 conference.
>
> This GRASS Community Sprint is a great occasion for you to
> support the development by actively contributing to the source code,
> manuals or likewise. It is a get together for GRASS project members
> and supporters to make decisions and tackle larger problems. For
> this meeting, we welcome people committed to improving the
> GRASS GIS project. This includes developers, documenters, bug
> reporters, translators and others.
>
> Timing and Duration:
>
> May 23, 2012 (day of arrival) - May 28, 2012 (day of departure)
>
> Venue:
>
> Department of Mapping and Cartography Faculty of Civil Engineering,
> Czech Technical University in Prague
>
> For more detailed information, please visit
> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2012