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Open Street Map "Mapping Workshop": by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 17, 2015 04:47 PM — filed under: Openness
I conducted a workshop titled "OpenStreetMap Mapping Workshop" on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Phandeeyar. The workshop was attended by 20 enthusiasts. This involved organisations that work on resource issues, mostly on land grabbing, a start-up company that is planning to offer location-based local news feeds, a representative of MIDO, and an organisation that sells children’s books.
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Odia Wikipedia Set to Celebrate 13 Years of Volunteer Contributions: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published May 13, 2015 — last modified Aug 22, 2015 04:54 PM — filed under: Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Odia Wikipedia, one of the first of several Indian language Wikipedia projects, is ready to celebrate 13 glorious years of free knowledge contribution on June 3.
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What is the Open Data Movement & Why Does it Matter?: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2015 01:12 AM — filed under: Openness
I gave a talk at this event organized by Phandeeyar on May 13, 2015 in Yangon. About 25 delegates attended the event.
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Wikipedia Campus at Oxford College: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 28, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 02:22 PM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia
CIS-A2K collaborated with the Oxford College of Engineering, Bommanahalli, Bangalore on April 24, 2015 for introducing Wikimedia projects at their institution. Radhakrishna, a senior Wikimedian from Bangalore provided the crucial introduction and worked closely with the A2K team in conducting all the activities.
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Now you can search Google in Kannada, in your handwriting: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 18, 2015 — last modified May 09, 2015 08:29 AM — filed under: Openness, Internet Governance, Access to Knowledge
All you need to do is to make changes in settings on your phone or tablet.
Located in Openness / News & Media
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧା: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Apr 15, 2015 — last modified May 27, 2015 03:22 PM — filed under: Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
This paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in overall contribution of people in the language.
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Patterns of Gender Aggression and Harassment in Open Tech and Open Culture Communities Online: by Rohini Lakshané — published Apr 13, 2015 — last modified Jun 01, 2015 02:13 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Report on the talk delivered by me at Adacamp held in Montreal, Canada on April 13-14, 2015.
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NASA International Open Data Challenge 2015: by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Apr 10, 2015 — last modified Apr 27, 2015 01:08 AM — filed under: Open Data, Event, Big Data, Openness
As part of the initial NASA Open Government 2.0 plan, the NASA International Open Data challenge brings together the FOSS community, citizen scientists, open data practitioners , open hardware enthusiasts and students for collaborative problem solving with the goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to address global needs applicable to both life on Earth and life in Space.
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Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages available: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 06, 2015 — last modified May 08, 2015 01:27 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Odia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.
Located in Openness / News & Media
2nd National Language Conference, Bhubaneswar: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Mar 30, 2015 — last modified Apr 10, 2015 03:23 PM — filed under: Video, Openness, Odia Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Institute of Odia Studies and Research organised 2nd National Language Conference beginning on Monday, March 30, 2015 and ending on April 2, 2015 at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. This conference was organised in collaboration with the Department of Tourism and Culture. I presented a paper in Odia language in this conference as part of a panel discussion related to Odia language computing.
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