GILA Geographic Information in Latin America

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GILAGeographic Information in Latin America

• http//www.gilanet.org

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Origin

• eduGI.LA - Network for GI Science Education -
  Latin-America (2003-2004)
• Partners INPE, Brazil IT Toluca, Mexico U
  Concepción, Chile U Jaume I, Spain UN Lisbon,
  Portugal U Münster, Germany (coordinator) U
  Pernambuco, Brazil
• Idea of creating GILA First Network Meeting of
  the Kick-off project (Mexico, October of 2003)
• Second cooperation project eduGI.LA 2 (2005-2007)
  
• Promote a sustainable Latin-American - Europe
  cooperation in GI Science for more efficient use
  of resources, extended mobility measures, quality
  assurance in education, and improved
  qualifications of university graduates.

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GILA Statement

• GILA is a non-profit organization of research
  groups and laboratories involved in Geographic
  Information Research.
• GILA is associated with CRECTEALC (Regional
  Center for Space Science and Technology Education
  for Latin America and the Caribbean)
• CRECTEALC is a United Nations regional center
  with main offices in Brazil and Mexico

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GILA Mission

• To improve the quality of geoinformation
  research in Latin America focusing on
  international-quality postgraduate education.

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Improving research by graduate education

• Improving quality of research is achieved by good
  graduate education
• Graduate education in GI science needs good
  quality teaching material
• Teaching material should provide the means of
  apprehension of the state-of-the-art
• GILAs Focus Education, not training

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GILA Main Objective

• Promote research cooperation of Latin-American
  GI research institutions, universities and
  laboratories through production and sharing of
  on-line and e-learning teaching material.

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GILA Members

• Latin American Research Groups and Laboratories,
  from public and private sectors, working with
  Geographic Information are welcome to become
  members of GILA.
• GILA is an association of groups rather than
  individuals and each group must have a contact
  person.
• The Institutions associated to GILA have the
  right to use the course material prepared by the
  society, including the right to create derivative
  work and make commercial use (Creative Commons
  Attribution Non-Commercial-NoDerivs License)

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How to Join GILA

• You do NOT need to pay anything to join GILA!
• Members are expected to contribute with LEARNING
  MATERIAL.
• To join, please visit our website at
  www.gilanet.org