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From: On Behalf Of Suchith Anand
Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Lab established at the Czech
Technical University in Prague
We are pleased to announce the establishment of Open Source Geospatial
Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the Czech Republic at the
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. The
laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the
auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
In 2011, the International Cartographic Association (ICA) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
(OSGeo) with a view to develop global collaboration opportunities for
academia, industry and government organisations in the field of open source
GIS software and data. The MoU aims to provide expertise and support for the
establishment of Open Source Geospatial Laboratories and Research Centres
across the world to support the development of open source geospatial
software technologies, training and expertise.
OSGeoREL at the CTU in Prague is led by Martin Landa, Department of Mapping
and Cartography. The laboratory is devoted to education in geoinformatics
using FOSS4G, and to research in open source software development for
geospatial applications. Martin Landa is an OSGeo charter member since 2011
and a member of the GRASS Development Team since 2006. He is actively
involved in the GRASS project as the lead architect of graphical user
interface (GUI) development and PostGIS integration in GRASS vector
architecture.
Geoinformatics at the CTU in Prague: Prof. Aleš Čepek has established a
study program in geoinformatics since 2005 (originally with Prof. Leoš
Mervart), he is the author of project GNU Gama and of a minor project GNU
Sqltutor (both hosted at GNU servers) and the editor in chief of
Geoinformatics FCE CTU journal.
More details of the lab at http <http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/gwiki/osgeorel>
Dr Suchith Anand
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