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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Gavin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Up to date we have not started to use FOSS GIS. However in future we might use it, and stop using Arcgis for projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gavin Fleming<br><b>Sent:</b> 31 August 2012 11:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> chapter discussions, Africa<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Africa] Survey of FOSS GIS usage in South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi fellow FOSS GISers<br><br>I'm conducting a snap survey of FOSS GIS in SA - please respond by Mon 3 Sept! I will use later responses but they won't be guaranteed to make it into the proceedings (deadline 5 Sept).<br><br>I'll be presenting a paper at the GISSA Ukubuzana in October with the following abstract:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Free and Open Source GIS Software is being used widely across South Africa in diverse applications. This presentation will showcase a number of projects implemented with FOSS GIS in government, private industry, civil society and other sectors. Case studies will be drawn from various companies, consultants and service providers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'd like to showcase what's being done and if I get a big enough response, to compile some stats. <br><br>So, please send me some brief information about FOSS GIS work that you are or have been involved with or that you feel we should know about. <br><br>I'm looking for work done with FOSS GIS in southern Africa by anyone OR work done by South Africans anywhere in the world. <br><br>Any project counts, from a helpful script to a backend database to a big web application to a desktop GIS rollout - anything goes. <br><br>Please send roughly the following:<br><br>- a brief description<br>- if web-based and public, a url<br>- otherwise, send screenshots, publications, etc. <br>- reasons why you or the client chose to use FOSS GIS<br>- which FOSS GIS technologies you used<br><br>PS: Apologies for the short notice but I was only notified of paper acceptance yesterday.<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>regards<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Gavin<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Gavin Fleming<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://afrispatial.co.za">http://afrispatial.co.za</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>t: 0218620670<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>c: 0845965680<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>f: 0866164820 <o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>