Presentation given at the Collaborative by Nature event (#gecoenv) in Cardiff on 11th November 2011.

1. Nicola Osborne
JISC GECO Project Team &
EDINA Social Media Officer
Nicola.Osborne@ed.ac.uk

2. JISC GECO Supports the
JISC Geo (15/10) Projects
• ELOGeo – E-Learning for the Open Geospatial Community
• GEMMA – Geospatial Engine for Mass Mapping Applications
• geoCrimeData – Exploring Geospatial Data for Crime Analysis
• GeoSciTeach – Customisable Smart Phone Application for GIS-Supported Teaching and
Learning
• Halogen 2 - Enhancing the HALOGEN (History, Archaeology, Linguistics, Onomastics and
GENetics) cross-disciplinary spatial research database on immigration and/or continuity of
human populations in the British Isles in the distant past.
• IGIBS – Interoperable Geographic Information for Biosphere Study
• IIGLU (previously called JISC G3) – Bridging the Gap Between the GeoWeb and GIS
• NatureLocator– Developing a Geospatial Smart Phone App for Use in Biological Survey Work
• PELAGIOS – internationalconsortium of leading research groups that are trialling a method of
linking open datato enable the discovery and reuse of information related to ancient places.
• STEEV – Spatio-Temporal Energy Efficiency Visualisations
• U.Geo – Unlocking the Geospatial Potential of Survey Data at the UK Data Archive
• xEvents / PhilEvents – A Geo Aware Calendar App for Academic Events

3. JISC GECO & INSPIRE
The JISC GECO Project Team are also looking at the European
INSPIRE Directive and it’s implications for Higher Education. We
are currently producing:
• A Flow Chart/Decision tool to help you establish whether
your research comes under the remit of INSPIRE
• Case Studies from academic organisations around INSPIRE
We will also be available at the JISC Geo Show & Tell to hear your
thoughts on INSPIRE and answer your questions.

4. Events and Outreach
• We aim to connect communities with geo, with
INSPIRE and to share experience and feed into the
geo projects and JISC Geo activities in the future.
• We are keen to help you promote any
projects, activities or events you may be involved in
with a Geo slant - email us (via edina@ed.ac.uk) and
we will help you get word out.
• We also welcome guest posts on all aspects of geo
for the JISC GECO blog!

5. JISC GECO Events
Today is one of a number of events inspired by the JISC Geo
projects and aiming to bring the projects together with
stakeholders from the wider community which include:
• JISC GECO Open Source Geo and Health Workshop (#gecohealth)
• JISC GECO/DevCSI Open Mapping Workshop (part of #sotmscot)
• UKDA Inspire for the Social Sciences Workshop (#geoukda)<check>
• STEEV Green Energy Tech Workshop (#e3vis)
• PELAGIOS SpaceTimeCamp Workshop (<check and check title>)
We are currently planning the following events for 2012:
• Geo & Cultural Heritage
• E-Learning & Geo
• GeoCrimeHackday

6. The JISC Geo Show & Tell
All of the JISC Geo projects will be taking part at a Show & Tell event
on Monday 28th November 2011 at RAVE and the Millennium Dome.
The event is FREE and offers a great opportunity for you, your
colleagues, and your students to come along and look at the 12
projects and various products that have been created in the JISC Geo
funding strand.
Book your free place here:
https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=40
540&eventID=147&eventID=147
Or email nicola.osborne@ed.ac.uk for an announcement to forward on
to anyone you think may be interested in coming along.

7. Follow the GECO…
• Keep up with the projects and events on the blog:
http://geco.blogs.edina.ac.uk/
• Join our mailing list:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/JISC-GECO
• Follow us on Twitter: @jiscgeco
• Look out for Tweets, blog posts,
images, etc. with the #jiscgeo or
#jiscgeco tags

8. Thanks!
If you have any questions or ideas for the
JISC GECO team please get in touch:
James Reid
Project Manager
james.reid@ed.ac.uk
Nicola Osborne
Social Media Officer
nicola.osborne@ed.ac.uk