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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi Christopher,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m a German-Brazilian inventor and I’ve developed an orientation system based on imaginary clocks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Would the Locus Charter be open for discussions about the following innovative topics?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Reference Grid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>=============<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What is better: maps with or without reference grids <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/aSimpleCircle">www.volksnav.de/aSimpleCircle</a> ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Acc. to USNGFlorida.org, a map without a grid is a picture, a gridded map is a tool.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>NonAcademic Location Codes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Does the society – academic, nonacademic, the blind etc. - need nonacademic location codes?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- If not (OSM, OGC etc.), why are there so many ideas <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/alternatives">www.volksnav.de/alternatives</a> ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- If yes, must they be enigmatic or can be imaginable, for example for shanty towns <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/Favela">www.volksnav.de/Favela</a> ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Merit principle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==============<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Standardization boards work according to the principle “not the best but free” <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/DIN">www.volksnav.de/DIN</a> (English on bottom). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Is this compatible with EthicalGEO? Only free ideas are good ideas? Only applause as merit for intellectual work? Is this enough motivation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Symbolical fees<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>============<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The good but forgotten tool Symbolical Fees can help to solve the never ending free/proprietary conflict, tendency to piracy etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Would the Locus Charter support this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Henrique<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>