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to demand, the Where 2.0 conference starting on our previous deadline and a
website glitch with the original cut-off date, we are pleased to announce the
EXTENSION of the deadline for Paper, Presentation and Poster abstracts AND the
deadline for Workshop proposals to the *** <B>23 MAY ***</B>. Go to <A
title=http://www.foss4g2008.org/ href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.foss4g2008.org</FONT></A> and click on 'Call for
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can also view the Call for Papers at: <A
title=http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_papers href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_papers</FONT></A>
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the Call for Workshop proposals at: <A
title=http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_workshops href=""><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Call_for_workshops</FONT></A>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Thanks
to those of you who have submitted so far. As of 14 May we already have an
exciting selection of Workshops and Labs (32), Academic Papers (50),
Presentations (85) and Posters (10). The previous <A
title=http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008/announcement/view/6
href=""><FONT color=#0000ff>Announcement</FONT></A> gave you a taste of the
Workshops. As far as papers and presentations go, a small sampling gives us ‘An
Integrated Water Resource Decision Support System built from OSS tools’,
‘Characterisation of tsunami affected areas using remote sensing and GIS’,
‘Modus Operandi of a FOSS GIS project in India’, ‘Challenges in GIS education
and training’, ‘Using Python and wxWidgets to build custom GIS applications’,
‘Using KML and Google Earth to interact with SA water resource data’, ‘Easing
Transition to Open Source Geo-Spatial Data Manipulation in GML’, ‘A Free GIS
Book’, ‘Open-source based market information systems - one option for Developing
Nations’,’ A year of full-speed FOSS- winning the hearts, minds, and business
case’, ‘Senegalese land register modernization through OpenSource software’,
‘BeeGis: digital field mapping that just works’,’ The use of FOSS GIS in
Integrated GIS in Local Government in South Africa’,’ GIS in the Geography
Curriculum: Teacher Training’.’ Topology support in FOSS4G solutions’, ‘TerraLib
as an Open Source Platform for Public Health Applications’,’ Google Earth
Powered by MapGuide Open Source’,’ GDAL/OGR Project Status Report’ and this list
goes on.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Early-bird registration now closes on <B>20th</B> June and hotel specials will
be released soon after, so register soon!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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