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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Geography Awareness Week is an annual celebration of geography and the important role it plays in our lives.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Geography
Awareness Week is </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">an opportunity to bring attention
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Geographic</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Information
Systems (GIS)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">are important tools that have the potential
to greatly improve </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">geographic literacy</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for
everyone.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Geographic
Information Science is an important contributor to the advancement of human knowledge, as well to solving so many societal challenges.
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Though there has been huge advances in Geographic Information Science and Systems over the the last few decades, the benefits of Geospatial education
and entrepreneurship opportunities were very limited for economically </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">poor students and communities. </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">GIS was an expensive technology
and hence many economically </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">poor students and communities did not have access to this for many decades.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
This has now changed . </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The last decade has seen a rapid growth in
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">open source geospatial software , open data and open education developments which has now made geospatial software</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and
education opportunities available to all. Open principles in education (open educational resources, free and open software, open data, open standards etc) are a big enabler for</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">making </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">geographic</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> literacy</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">opportunities accessible to all [1],[2].</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks to all our amazing colleagues globally, we have now truly made GIS education opportunities open to all. </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">During Geography Awareness Week events ,
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">please share our resources with all </span></span><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/" id="LPlnk573217" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/</span></a></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to working and building collaborations with all interested in this education mission. Access to quality education and opportunities is key for getting
rid of extreme poverty and enabling broadly shared prosperity for all. Please support Open Principles in Science and Education for building a better world for everyone.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Future of Geo is Open for Everyone...</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span style="color: #454545">[1] <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/please-share-open-principles-science-and-education-ideas-and-philosophy" id="LPlnk185102" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true">
<span style="color: #e4af0a">https://www.rd-alliance.org/group/geospatial-ig/post/please-share-open-principles-science-and-education-ideas-and-philosophy</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="color: #454545">[2] <a href="https://blog.scielo.org/en/2018/07/13/geo-for-all-open-principles-in-geoeducation-and-science/" id="LPlnk872272" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: #e4af0a">https://blog.scielo.org/en/2018/07/13/geo-for-all-open-principles-in-geoeducation-and-science/</span></a></span><br>
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