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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=113203107-21112000>Hello,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>I have been
following this list for several months now and seen it grow from a few messages
a month to the current encouraging discussions. Congratulations to
everyone involved.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>My interest is
twofold, Firstly I am looking for people who use Mapserver who are based in the
UK and would like to discuss experiences with them first hand. Secondly I am
looking for very experienced Software engineers who have some Mapserver
experience and may be interested in a couple of projects that we have on hand at
wcities.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>To give you some
background on wcities we provide Location aware applications based around
city guide information. We have a team of writers based around the world
writing the content that appears on our site. The content is then licenced
or provided as part of an ASP service to our clients.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>We have over
230 cities live in 75 countries and will have almost double this number next
year. The information we create is in multiple languages including Japenese,
Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian and more. A mapping application
is a very important addition to our services and Mapserver looks like an
ideal candidate. A major part of our focus is on Mobile Phone applications
so a wbmp rendered output is an important addition to the platform, but as GD
already supports this format should not be a problem. We are also involved
with internet based interactive television services.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>Other projects we
have underway are </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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-- Geocoding of information for addresses in all the
cities</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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-- turn by turn directions for all the cities. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>Quite a mamouth task
and a project that I am sure someone, or several people, would be very
interested in undertaking.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=113203107-21112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>If you would like to
know more about this project then please contact me at the following address <A
href="mailto:cjtaylor@wcities.com">cjtaylor@wcities.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=113203107-21112000>Many
thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Carl
Taylor</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Director of
New Media Technologies</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">wcities.com
- The world's premier location based information service
provider.<BR></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tel:+44
1489 557543</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A
href="http://wap.wcities.com/">http://wap.wcities.com</A></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
href="http://www.wcities.com/">http://www.wcities.com</A></SPAN></P></DIV>
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