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OSGeo Nepal General Meeting - October 03, 2026

October 03, 2026

Facilitator: Ayush Adhikari

Note Taking volunteer:

Attendees:

Recap From the previous meeting:

  • Geoparquet on hold by Kshitiz: to be followed in Oct! —-- need to look over this for november —- KSHITIJ

  • HDX Dataset related talk is accepted in SOTM Asia 2026 OSAKA by Nishon and Sushma —--------- ???

  • Talk by nishon: https://stateofthemap.asia/schedule

  • NGES discussion: —----- Continuation call with Mahesh , Planning need to be done for this – Need to contact them

  • Geoseries continuation - Mahesh Thapa

  • NGES will select resource person from their side (will discuss internally first)

  • One event will be based on HDX dataset from OSGeo Nepal

  • Data standardization

  • Data submission form and approval process

  • Brainstorm about the data quality check and validation process for next meetup: Kshitiz + Nishon + Mahesh

  • Student representative: —--

  • Email Aashman basnet for re-filling their form?: Tek —---------- Generic form from two people —----- email backed for more detailed response —-------- no email back from them

  • Email KU GES committee about student representative opportunity: Manish Bam —------ Follow up done , waiting for response, link forwarded - need to check ,

  • No response for student representative , GES Committe have been changed —--- need to check with them

  • FOSS4G Asia proposal deadline: —---- check discord , 13th nov -16th nov —-- 2028

  • Meeting next Wednesday 7:45 PM - 8:30 PM for now!: Kshitij

  • Nishon, Tek, Ayush, sushma, Ayush ad, Manish, Gaurav, Kshitij, Rakesh Kumar Yadav

  • Check discord(monthly meetup channel) for all the details , around 32k$ sponsorship

  • 10 travel grant sponsors —--- already in the proposal regarding all this detail

  • OSGeo Nepal Board:

  • To manage funds

  • To be responsible for events (e.g. FOSS4G Asia)

  • We need to think about administrative cost (e.g. audit): Nishon

  • We will brainstorm about this on next meetup: Kshitiz

Agenda:

  • FOSS4G Asia Proposal Submitted —--- Tentative things have been listed, might have some changes —-- RESULT Might take some time

  • Map your city- Proposal accepted, Project kicked off : Aayush, Gaurav, Sandeep, Yogesh —- ACCEPTED, kick-off meeting has been completed with FAIR team

  • OpenCage Blog series- interview —-- Daniel —- Contact them through linkedin aswell -to know their background to showcase in our linkedin for future and for legitimacy

  • updates on oex- Kshitiz - shapefile and geoparquet support added- vector tile is supported- data now could be previewed on hdx —----------

  • Student Representative form update- Manish Bam

  • FOSS4G Hiroshima experience- Dibikshya —--------- SOTM ASIA ( OSAKA) also attended, FOSS4g Hiroshima was High level professional people were there mostly and bigger event in general, discussed about OSGEO Nepal with FOSS4G Asia Chair, Presented

Open Mic:

  • Open data quality and validation process discussion

Next Open Mic:

Next facilitator:

  • Dibikshya Shrestha

Upcoming Events and Opportunities

  • Kathmandu Climate Week: https://climateweekktm.org/

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