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Hi Alister,<br>
Good to talk with you and hear about your Open Source GeoSpatial
presentation coming up this Friday.<br>
<br>
Here are some resources which will likely be valuable for your
presenters and attendees:<br>
<br>
Training<br>
======<br>
GeoSpatial Standards and Open Source Training has just been launched by
LISAsoft, covering:<br>
* Building a SDI using OGC Standards<br>
* GeoServer web service<br>
* PostGIS database<br>
* Openlayers web mapping<br>
* GeoNetwork metadata<br>
* Effective Software Selection<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lisasoft.com/lisasoft-professional-training">http://lisasoft.com/lisasoft-professional-training</a><br>
<br>
Summaries of the best GeoSpatial Open Source Applications:<br>
======================================<br>
1 page overviews linked from here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html">http://live.osgeo.org/overview/overview.html</a><br>
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25 minute presentation here: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/en/presentations/OSGeoLive4_0Taster/">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/en/presentations/OSGeoLive4_0Taster/</a><br>
<br>
(Note, the presentation and one page overviews that we have created are
currently being translated into German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish,
Greek)<br>
<br>
Excellent EU guidelines for public administrations purchasing software:<br>
=============================================<br>
I've summarised highlights here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/10/eu-guidelines-for-public.html">http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/10/eu-guidelines-for-public.html</a><br>
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Video of a presentation I gave, along with transcript, on the topic of
"Selling Open Source to Government" which can equally be read as "What
business logic can I use to convince my boss that Open Source is a good
idea" is available here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/09/script-for-how-to-sell-open-source-to.html">http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2010/09/script-for-how-to-sell-open-source-to.html</a><br>
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On 24/10/10 18:10, Ross Johnson wrote:
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October: </strong></span><span
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Neo Geography – Using Open Source Resources for GIS</font></span><br>
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 style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-size: 10pt;">When:<span> 
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29 October 2010, 1:30 - 4:45 pm.<br>
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 style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-size: 10pt;">Where:
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St Dickson, CANBERRA ACT 2602 <br>
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Contact: </strong>Alister Nairn (<font color="#000000"><a
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RSVP: </strong>Wednesday 27 October 2010<br>
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  <strong>Cost:</strong><br>
SSSI/MSIA Members: $35<br>
Non-Members: $70<br>
Students: $20</span></p>
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

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