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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our next join webinar Geo4All-ASPRS-UCGIS will be<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Friday November 11 at 15:00 (GMT).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To register attend please see link and instructions below the following abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The recording with be posted in the Geo4All YouTube Channel (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1E2akvCNWP_nC0p5CpB8g">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL1E2akvCNWP_nC0p5CpB8g</a>)
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">UN Open GIS Initiative – Open Source Geospatial S/W for the UN</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ki-Joune Li and Maria Brovelli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> As the open source geospatial software becomes a fundamental basis of GIS applications, there is a strong demand
from the UN for many peace keeping operations. In order to respond to this demand, we have launched the UN Open GIS initiative since March 2016. The objective of the initiative is to identify and develop open source geospatial software and services that meets
the requirements of UN operations, taking full advantage of the expertise of mission partners including partner nations, technology developed by contributing countries</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, international organizations,
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">academia, NGO’s, private sector. Three teams (called Spirals) have been actively working to achieve this objective. The first team (Spiral I) aims at developing and deploying an open source geospatial
information infrastructure for the UN as well as a geo-portal. The second team (Spiral II) provides the capacity building programs on open source geospatial software to the UN staffs. The third team (Spiral III) intends to implement open source geospatial
analysis tools for divers UN operations. We are also planning Spiral IV for geospatial data collection task. In this webinar, the background, motivations, visions, and roadmap of the initiative will be presented as well as the activities and technical aspects
of each spirals. The UN Open GIS Initiative is open, your contributions are always very much welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TO JOIN PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#010101">UN Open GIS Initiative – Open Source Geospatial S/W for the UN
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#010101">1. Click the link to join the webinar at the specified time and date:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#010101">Fri, Nov 11, 2016 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
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<p class="MsoNormal">__________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rafael Moreno, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Colorado Denver<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: North Classroom 3524, Auraria Campus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Campus Box 172<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1200 Larimer Street NC 3524<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 303-352-3762<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax 303-556-6197<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno">
https://clas.ucdenver.edu/directory/faculty-staff/Rafael-Moreno</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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