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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> I have been working on an open
source web mapping project for use in biodiversity mapping. The reasons for
posting the project here is twofold:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>The code could be
a useful demo/educational project with regards to PHP Mapserver.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB>I could use some
help in further developing the project. Any comments or code enhancements would
be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.2pt;text-indent:34.8pt'><font
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The system is available for testing here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB><a
href="http://www.mindland.com/countless_qdgc_demo/">http://www.mindland.com/countless_qdgc_demo/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Some thoughts on web mapping and biodiversity are available
in this article on the Tanzania GIS User Group website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB><a
href="http://tzgisug.or.tz/tikiwiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=6">http://tzgisug.or.tz/tikiwiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=6</a>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The project is registered at SourceForge:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/countless/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/countless/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The code is GNU GPL and is available here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB><a
href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145178">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=145178</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Welcome to try/use/develop the system!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ragnvald Larsen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Norwegian <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>and Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute</span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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