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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dave Sampson here,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is a blunt call for programmers and users that would be interested in another geometrics related open source project. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">PAGC is the Public Address Geo Coder. We are looking to diversify our coder base and also get the word out about this established but quiet project. We are looking for a lead code architect to lead the charge from a CLI to a library with bindings to python etc. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We are also looking for all types of skill sets and inputs to contribute. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Synopsis:</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">The Postal Address Geo-Coder (or PAGC) is a command line program written in ANSI C that uses an address-ranged street network shapefile and an address list (in a dbf format file) to create a point shapefile that provides the longitude/latitude coordinates of each matched address, and maintains the attribute information in the original address database file. PAGC is Open Source, and is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License. PAGC has been built and tested under GNU-Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X. However, since it is written in ANSI C, it should be possible to build and use PAGC under any operating system that provides a command line interface.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">While PAGC is currently a command line program, we have a major initiative to create a C library based on the code and algorithms used in the command line program. This should allow other open source GIS oriented projects to add postal address geo-coding features to their software.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">The Web page: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.pagcgeo.org/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://www.pagcgeo.org/</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">Sourceforge site: </FONT><A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pagc/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">https://sourceforge.net/projects/pagc/</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Dev mailing list: </FONT><A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pagc-devel"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pagc-devel</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">User Mailing List: </FONT><A HREF="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pagc-users"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pagc-users</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">If you're looking for a project to get involved with at a critical juncture then this is your bet.</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Join the list(s) and introduce yourself. You might see some familiar faces.</FONT>
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