GeoVation Charter

Earlier in the year, I attended a launch event at the Royal Society of Arts for the GeoVation project.
The GeoCommunity conference is taking place this week at Stratford on Avon.

Charter has just been launched online, and can be read HERE, along with other information about the project.

Mission

“To encourage and support innovation for social, economic and environmental benefit through the use of geography”

Aims

GeoVation’s aims shall be to:

• promote the use of geography in innovation
• make innovating with geography easier
• provide support to new innovations that use geography by connecting people with geographic expertise to those who require it in realising their objectives.

Activities

GeoVation’s activities shall be to:

• maintain an online and offline presence to support Member activities
• run an annual competition to act as a catalyst for innovation
• provide talks and meetings for members to meet each other
• hold an annual Meeting
• promote the aims of GeoVation.

Relationship to Ordnance Survey

Whilst GeoVation is founded and currently financially supported by Ordnance Survey as the founding sponsor, it’s mission is to: “encourage and support innovation for social, economic and environmental benefit through the use of all geography”; not just the products and services of Ordnance Survey.
GeoVation is an Ordnance Survey initiative that is funded and managed by Ordnance Survey with input from external Champions.

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