From fhillen at uni-osnabrueck.de Wed Apr 2 10:14:17 2014 From: fhillen at uni-osnabrueck.de (Florian Hillen) Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:14:17 +0200 Subject: [Gfgi] =?utf-8?q?AGILE_2014_-_Workshop_=E2=80=9CDigital_Earth=3A_?= =?utf-8?q?What_the_hack=3F=E2=80=9D_-_3_June_2014?= Message-ID: <533BC6D9.9030301@uni-osnabrueck.de> /--- Apologies for cross-posting - Please distribute ---/ * Digital Earth: What the hack?* AGILE 2014 Workshop on advancing co-creation in smart cities 3 June 2014, Castellón, Spain Website: http://kartoweb.itc.nl/agilehackworkshop/ *Objective* For more than five years, hackathons, hack days, hackfests and the like have been revolutionising software development all across our planet. However, hackathons only succeed if they are well prepared. They need a well-defined focus - including available data sets, programming language and operating system to be used, challenges to be addressed, etc. This workshop will elaborate on the possibilities of using geospatial information and processing across multiple sectors, and thereby implementing Digital Earth applications, i.e. applications of next-generation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). With this event, we initiate a coordinated discussion on the topic and through published guidelines prepare the ground for organizing future hackathons and mapathons. We will particularly investigate possibilities for organizing parallel events as competitions between (smart) cities. After the event, we intent to co-author a white paper on the identified issues, our joint conclusions and possible follow up activities. *Your contribution* For optimal use of our joint time, we invite everybody to submit questions (http://kartoweb.itc.nl/agilehackworkshop/question.html#box-what) that he/she proposes as kick-off questions for roundtable discussions during the workshop, questions which directly address issues to be considered in the organization of future hack-/mapathons. We also invite you to provide a brief and concise explanation about the relevance of your discussion question (Deadline: 20 May 2014). Participants will have the chance to briefly present their questions and a sub-set will be selected for detailed discussion during a World Café. Submission of questions can be done on the workshop website (http://kartoweb.itc.nl/agilehackworkshop/). Here you also find the preliminary workshop program and further information. For questions please feel free to contact the organisers: r.l.g.lemmens at utwente.nl We are looking forward to meeting you in Spain! Rob Lemmens, University of Twente - ITC Sven Schade, European Commission - JRC Florian Hillen, University of Osnabrück Christine Richter, University of Amsterdam Bernhard Höfle, University of Heidelberg Yola Georgiadou, University of Twente - ITC -- Florian Hillen, M.Sc. Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (IGF) University of Osnabrueck Barbarastr. 22b D-49076 Osnabrueck Germany Phone: +49 541 969-3927 Fax: +49 541 969-3939 E-Mail: fhillen at igf.uos.de Web: www.igf.uni-osnabrueck.de -------------- nächster Teil -------------- Ein Dateianhang mit HTML-Daten wurde abgetrennt... URL: From p.baumann at jacobs-university.de Fri Apr 11 11:07:59 2014 From: p.baumann at jacobs-university.de (Peter Baumann) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:07:59 +0200 Subject: [Gfgi] FOSS4G-Europe: abstract deadline approaching! Message-ID: <5347B0EF.7090102@jacobs-university.de> April 15 is the deadline for abstract submission to FOSS4G-Europe (http://foss4g-e.org), the premier pan-European open-source geo event. What cool tool, cool idea do you want to share with the community? Just throw in a brief abstract, less than a page is already sufficient to get in. Here is the URL: http://foss4g-e.org/submission-form All ye open source enthusiasts, let's use this opportunity for exchanging and promoting our ideas and achievements! cu in Bremen, Peter PS: check out the lineup: OSGeo's President from Canada, NASA WorldWind key developer Patrick Hogan, and so much more! The international orga team is working like crazy to make this event an unforgettable experience. Did I already mention the public viewing of the Soccer World Cup Endgame, with free beer? -- Dr. Peter Baumann - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann mail: p.baumann at jacobs-university.de tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178 - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793) www.rasdaman.com, mail: baumann at rasdaman.com tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 "Si forte in alienas manus oberraverit hec peregrina epistola incertis ventis dimissa, sed Deo commendata, precamur ut ei reddatur cui soli destinata, nec preripiat quisquam non sibi parata." (mail disclaimer, AD 1083)