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color=#000000 size=3>The CUGOS group </FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> (a chapter of OSGEO) is doing an
introductory workshop on Open Source GIS at the upcoming WAURISA conference in
Bellevue, WA, USA from May 4th-6th. The half day workshop "Introduction to Open
Source GIS - A Practical Approach": </FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> will be held on May 4th, 2009.
CUGOS will also have an information table related to FOSS4G, OSGEO and related
local resources. <BR><BR>The conference will also be of interest to more
advanced users and developers of FOSS4G since it will host a substantial number
of talks related to OS GIS (12+ presentation out of 60 or so) </FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> <BR><BR>Remember to sign up for the
conference by 4/21/09 to get the early bird rate </FONT><A
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> <BR><BR>Karsten Vennemann
<BR>Principal <BR><BR>Terra GIS LTD <BR>Seattle, USA <BR>www.terragis.net
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