<div dir="ltr">So it looks like 2006 was actually the inconsistency. Thanks for clearing that up. Hopefully "Geospatial" sticks. Otherwise I could see strange variants cropping up like "Free and Open Source Software for GIS" "Free and Open Source Software for Geoscience" "Free and Open Source Software for Gungans" etc. (sorry for the last one. My kids made me watch Star Wars Episode 1 last night). - Dan<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Dave Patton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davep@confluence.org">davep@confluence.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On 2008/10/13 10:42 AM, Daniel Ames wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear 2009 Folks,<br>
In the olden days (2 years ago) the "g" in FOSS4g stood for "Geoinformatics"<br>
not "Geospatial". I see that the poster and postcard use "Geospatial". Was<br>
that an executive decision of the OSGeo Board or some other entity? Just<br>
curious... I don't have a preference, but consistency is nice.<br>
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2005, 2007, and 2008 all used "Geospatial":<br>
<a href="http://old-mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mum/mtg2005.html" target="_blank">http://old-mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mum/mtg2005.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/" target="_blank">http://www.foss4g2007.org/</a><br>
<a href="http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008" target="_blank">http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008</a><br>
I don't know why 2006 used "Geoinformatics", or<br>
if there was an official decision to use "Geospatial".<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
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-- <br>
Dave Patton<br>
CIS Canadian Information Systems<br>
Victoria, B.C.<br>
<br>
Degree Confluence Project:<br>
Canadian Coordinator<br>
Technical Coordinator<br>
<a href="http://www.confluence.org/" target="_blank">http://www.confluence.org/</a><br>
<br>
OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference:<br>
Workshop Committee Chair<br>
Conference Committee member<br>
<a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/" target="_blank">http://www.foss4g2007.org/</a><br>
<br>
Personal website:<br>
Maps, GPS, etc.<br>
<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/" target="_blank">http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Daniel P. Ames PhD, PE<br>Department of Geosciences<br>Idaho State University - Idaho Falls<br><a href="mailto:amesdani@isu.edu">amesdani@isu.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.MapWindow.org">www.MapWindow.org</a><br>
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