<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear friends and colleagues,</span> <br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I am happy to inform you that the call for abstracts for the Academic Track of State of the Map 2020, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on July 3-5, 2020, is now open [1].<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The first two editions of the Academic Track, at State of the Map 2018 in Milan and State of the Map 2019 in Heidelberg, have proven that this track is a wonderful chance to connect the OpenStreetMap community with the academic community and to provide a platform to exchange ideas and opportunities for increased collaboration.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Abstracts should be between 500 and 800 words in length, and should be submitted via the conference management system [2] by no later than<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">March 9, 2020</b>. For more information please check the call [1]. Questions directed to the Scientific Committee should be sent to <a href="mailto:academic-sotm@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">academic-sotm@openstreetmap.org</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">In parallel to the Academic Track, the conference will also run a General Track, whose call for contributions (talks, extended talks, panels, workshops and Birds of a Feather sessions) is available at [3]. Contributions should be submitted via the conference management system [4] by no later than<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">February 23, 2020</b>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please feel free to distribute the calls within your networks.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dr Godwin Yeboah - on behalf of the Scientific Committee of State of the Map 2020<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">[1]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">[2]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://pretalx.com/state-of-the-map-2020-academic-track/cfp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://pretalx.com/state-of-the-map-2020-academic-track/cfp</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">[3]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">[4]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://pretalx.com/sotm2020/cfp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://pretalx.com/sotm2020/cfp</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">____<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">_____________</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Godwin Yeboah, PhD, FRGS, MGhIS, MRICS ('15), MTPS (till '15).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Senior Research Fellow | Room 2.10 | Ramphal Building |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/about/people/gyeboah" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">Institute for Global Sustainable Development</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">School for Cross-faculty Studies</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| University of Warwick | Coventry CV4 7AL | United Kingdom</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">| </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><a href="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/interactive/" title="http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/interactive/
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="" class="">Find us on the interactive map</span></a></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Work phone: +44 (0) 2476 1 50351<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Call for papers/abstracts!</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">"<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/OpenStreetMap" title="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/OpenStreetMap" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">OpenStreetMap as A Multi-Disciplinary Nexus: Perspectives, Practices and Procedures"</a>. Special issue in the <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi" title="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">International Journal of Geo-Information</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class="">Call for Abstracts:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://2020.stateofthemap.org/cfp/academic/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">State of the Map 2020 - Academic Track</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Recent publications:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Proceedings of the Academic Track at State of the Map 2019.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3405431" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3405431</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Understanding factors influencing public transport passengers’ pre-travel information-seeking behaviour. Public Transport. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-019-00198-w" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">DOI: 10.1007/s12469-019-00198-w</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">A protocol for a multi-site, spatially-referenced household survey in slum settings: methods for access, sampling frame construction, sampling, and field data collection. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 19(1).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0732-x" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0732-x</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 18pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Towards a participatory methodology for community data generation to analyse urban health inequalities: a multi-country case study. In: Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2019.476" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://doi.org/10.24251/hicss.2019.476</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class="">Linkedin profile:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/godwin-yeboah-phd-21629512" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://uk.linkedin.com/in/godwin-yeboah-phd-21629512</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Confidentiality & Compliance:</span></b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> This communication is confidential and intended solely for the addressee. 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