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<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Hi All, <BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
class=610084116-14042009>a</SPAN>t tomorrows CUGOS meeting we'll have two
presentations: Peter Keum of King County sharing what he is up to with OS GIS,
and the other being a short intro from Michael Gerlek on existing
image <SPAN class=610084116-14042009>c</SPAN>ompression technology/formats
(open source or not) and some free utilities to get access to the compressed
data.<SPAN class=610084116-14042009> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://groups.google.com/group/cugos/browse_thread/thread/4e6303603a0..."
target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>http://groups.google.com/group/cugos/browse_thread/thread/4e6303603a0...</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#000080><SPAN
class=610084116-14042009>Another topic will be </SPAN>our upcoming presence at
WAURISA May 4-6<SPAN class=610084116-14042009> in Bellevue, WA.
(announcement <A href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/881" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://www.osgeo.org/node/881</A> and <A
href="http://www.waurisa.org">http://www.waurisa.org</A>)
including</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=610084116-14042009><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>*
workshop organized by the CUGOS group "Introduction to Open Source GIS - A
Practical Approach" and <BR>* CUGOS and OSGEO information
desk<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=610084116-14042009><FONT face=Arial
color=#000080 size=2>and <BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=610084116-14042009><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>* this years conference has a dedicated Open
Source Track with 12+ talks that is sounds really promising !
<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.waurisa.org/conferences/2009/Agenda.html"
target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>http://www.waurisa.org/conferences/2009/Agenda.html</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=610084116-14042009><BR></SPAN><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>Remember to sign up for the conference by 4/21/09 to get the early bird
rate. <BR><BR>See you <SPAN class=610084116-14042009>at one or
both events</SPAN><BR>Karsten</FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Karsten
Vennemann<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Principal<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=#003264><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Terra GIS
LTD<BR></SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2119 Boyer Ave
E</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street></FONT><FONT color=#003264
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<BR></SPAN></FONT><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT color=#003264
size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Seattle</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT
size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
color=#003264>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State>
</FONT><st1:PostalCode w:st="on"><FONT
color=#003264>98112<BR></FONT></st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT color=#003264 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">USA</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
color=#003264 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <BR><A
href="http://www.terragis.net/">www.terragis.net</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT color=#003264><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Phone 206 905
1711<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Fax 925 905
1711</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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