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<p class="MsoNormal">Pacific Northwest GIS Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In keeping with your ability to lead the nation in the creative use of advanced geospatial technology and collaborative efforts, we present the NASA World Wind Lidar Analysis and Visualization Challenge.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For competition details, please visit: <a href="http://www.nsdinow.org">
www.nsdinow.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Your involvement will help guide development efforts of an open source product that won
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/icb/winners/soy/2009_soy.html">2009 NASA Software of the year</a>, strengthen open source communities and advance open source technology.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that this is an ‘end-user’ competition in which no programming skill is required. Should you wish to contribute programming effort to the World Wind community other avenues exist. Just send a note and we’ll connect you with
those initiatives.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your time,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brandt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Brandt Melick</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray"><br>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Elevation FIT Lead<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Technical Services Division Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Development and Public Works Department<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">City of Springfield<br>
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=44.047282,-123.018781%20%28225%205th%20St,%20Springfield,%20OR%20%2097477-4671,%20United%20States%29"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">225 Fifth Street<br>
Springfield, OR 9747</span></a>7<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Phone: 541.726.4645<br>
Fax: 541.736.1021<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">Email:
<a href="mailto:bmelick@springfield-or.gov"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">bmelick@springfield-or.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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