We are pleased to invite your participation for the Map competitions
organised at the various FOSS4G conferences worldwide in support of the
International Map Year.The International Map Year
http://internationalmapyear.org (lead by the International Cartographic
Association and supported by the United Nations) is a great opportunity
for making geospatial education, software and opportunities accessible
to all http://www.geoforall.org
For FOSS4G North America 2015 (March 9-12th , 2015) in San Francisco,
California, USA the Call for Maps & Posters is now live at
https://2015.foss4g-na.org/news/call-posters-and-maps It is a great
opportunity to share your interesting work to a global audience.
For FOSS4G Europe 2015 (July 14th-17th, 2015) at Como , Italy
http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/ there is planned Map Competition
(details to be announced soon)
Also as with the previous years for the main FOSS4G conference at Seoul,
South Korea (Sep 14th-19th, 2015) there will be Map Competition
http://2015.foss4g.org/programme/map-gallery/ and this year's program
will be led by Professor Youngok Kang, President of KCA (Korea
Cartographic Association).
FOSS4G conferences are the flagship events of the Open Source Geospatial
Foundation (OSGeo). OSGeo http://www.osgeo.org software and
technologies are the major contributor for the global geospatial economy
and used by hundreds of thousands of users in academia, governments and
business worldwide and rapidly increasing.
We are also looking forward to your active participation for Openness in
GeoEducation mission at http://www.osgeo.org/node/1494
Dr Suchith Anand