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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans"'>I work as a Land
Surveyor in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stockton</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>. I also work as a project
administrator and developer for the SurveyOS Project and the JUMP Pilot
Project. Most of my volunteer work revolves around the open source GIS program OpenJUMP.
I’m an advocate of the open source development model, open technology
standards, and especially open source GIS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans"'>I checked out the Volunteers
Needed page, and think I might be able to help on a limited basis with the Core
Cirriculum Project. At any rate, it is an area that I’m interested in. I’d
love to explore the possibility of a basic apprenticeship or certification
program built from public data, “free” materials/documentation, and
open source GIS software. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans"'>I’m also planning
a local GIS user group for GIS users in my region. The main goal of the group
will be to promote data sharing among members. I’ve got some ideas about
what you could call “community mapping” that I’d like to
experiment with. I want to see if it would be possible to apply the principles
of open source software projects to cooperative mapping efforts. It will take
me a few months to get this all the way off of the ground, but it might have
potential as an OSGeo chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><strong><b><font size=2 face="Bitstream Vera Sans"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans";font-weight:normal'>Landon
Blake (A.K.A. – The Sunburned Surveyor)</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Bitstream Vera Sans"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans"'>KSN Inc. -
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face="Bitstream Vera Sans"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bitstream Vera Sans"'>E-Mail Address:
lblake@ksninc.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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