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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span><b>From:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">CIG Office
Administrator <<a href="mailto:admincig@magma.ca" target="_blank">admincig@magma.ca</a>><br>
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span><b>Subject:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>Geospatial
data quality - Online Survey / Qualité des données
géospatiales - Sondage en ligne</b><br>
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span><b>Date:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">1 May, 2012
11:30:15 EDT<br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span><b>To:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">CIG Office
Administrator <<a href="mailto:admincig@magma.ca" target="_blank">admincig@magma.ca</a>><br>
</span></div>
<br>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df
1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Canadian
Insitute of Geomatics / <br>
Association canadienne des sciences géomatiques<br>
900 Dynes Road,
Suite / Bureau 100 D<br>
Ottawa Ontario K2C 3L6<br>
Canada</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tel:
<a href="tel:613.224.9851" value="+16132249851" target="_blank">613.224.9851</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="FR-CA">Fax: <a href="tel:613.224.9577" value="+16132249577" target="_blank">613.224.9577</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:admincig@magma.ca" target="_blank"><span lang="FR-CA">admincig@magma.ca</span></a></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="FR-CA"> <br>
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.cig-acsg.ca/" target="_blank"><span lang="FR-CA">http://www.cig-acsg.ca</span></a></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="FR-CA"></span></font></p><div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic" lang="FR-CA">De
la part de / On behalf of </span></font></i><i><font color="navy" face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:navy;font-style:italic" lang="FR-CA"></span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">------------------------------<wbr>-----</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="FR-CA">La
version française suit le message anglais.</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-US">------------------------------<wbr>-----</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="EN-US">Please
excuse multiple mailings</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="EN-US"> </span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Canadian survey on
geospatial data quality until May 4<sup>th</sup>, 2012 </span></font></b></p>
</div>
</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#333333"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">We
invite you to</span></font></span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"> <span>participate
to a Canadian survey</span> <span>on geospatial
data quality</span> <span>and</span> <span>the approaches
used to manage the risks arising when the data are used</span>.
<span>It is the first</span> extensive <span>study conducted</span>
<span>on this question</span>. This study is relevant <span>because</span>
<span>the high penetration of</span> <span>geospatial</span>
<span>and</span> <span>location
technologies</span> <span>on the market</span> <span>raises
important</span> <span>legal,</span> <span>ethical and
technical considerations</span>.</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">The
survey is conducted</span></font></span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"> <span>as
part of</span> an <span>important
research</span> <span>being realized</span> <span>within a</span>
<span>project funded</span> <span>by the Canadian Network</span>
<span>of Excellence</span> <span>GEOIDE, in partnership
with several Canadian organisations </span></span></font><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">(CIT-S,
Géoconnexions, Infrastructure Canada,
Transport Canada,
Transport Québec, Hydro-Québec and Groupe Trifide).<font color="#333333"><span style="color:#333333"> <span><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Participation</span></b></span><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> <span>of all members</span>
<span>of</span> <span>the Canadian geomatics
community</span> <span>is essential</span> <span>in
order to</span> <span>provide a</span> <span>realistic
picture</span> <span>of the current situation</span></span></b>.
<span>We count
on your collaboration to achieve this</span>.<a name="1370961b8ea32694__GoBack"></a></span></font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"><br>
<span>You can</span> <span>contribute to the</span> <span>survey</span>
<span>at the following address</span>:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"><a href="http://Dataquality.questionpro.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">http://Dataquality.<wbr>questionpro.com</span></a></span></font><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"><br>
<span>Please note that</span> this survey ends on <span><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Friday, May 4<sup>th</sup>
inclusively.</span></b></span></span></font><span><font color="#333333" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333" lang="EN-US"></span></font></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"> </span></font></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">The
results will be presented during the <b><span style="font-weight:bold">International workshop on
geospatial data quality</span></b>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">(Legal, ethical and
technical aspects)</span></b>
who will be held from Friday, May 18<sup>th</sup> 2012 (</span></font></span><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"><a href="http://www.mc2.ulaval.ca/geoide/paypal" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">http://www.mc2.ulaval.ca/<wbr>geoide/paypal</span></a></span></font><span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">)
in Quebec City</span></font></span><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">.
They will be available also later on the project website (</span></font><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"><a href="http://dataquality.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-CA">http://dataquality.scg.<wbr>ulaval.ca</span></a></span></font><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333">).</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"><br>
Sincerely,</span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font color="#333333" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#333333"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Marc
Gervais, a.-g., Ph.D.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Laval</span></font><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> University</span></font><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Project
leader</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Project
IV-23 of GEOIDE Network</span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">------------------------------<wbr>------------------</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="FR-CA">Veuillez
excuser les envois multiples.</span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">Sondage sur la qualité des données
géospatiales en ligne jusqu'au 4 mai 2012</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><font face="Calibri" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic" lang="FR"> </span></font></i></p><p style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Nous
vous invitons à
participer à un sondage scientifique actuellement mené à
l’échelle du
Canada sur la qualité des données géospatiales et les
approches de gestion des
risques inhérents à leur utilisation. Aucune autre étude de
cette envergure sur
ce sujet n’a été effectuée à ce jour. Elle est pertinente
puisque la
forte pénétration des données géospatiales et des technologies
géomatiques sur
le marché soulève d’importantes considérations juridiques,
éthiques et
techniques.</span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Ce sondage est réalisé
dans le cadre d’importants travaux de recherche actuellement
menés au
sein d’un projet financé par le Réseau canadien d’excellence
GEOIDE
en partenariat avec plusieurs organisations canadiennes
(CIT-S, Géoconnections,
Infrastructure Canada, Transport Canada, Transport Québec,
Hydro-Québec et
Groupe Trifide). <b><span style="font-weight:bold">La
participation de tous les
membres de la communauté géomatique canadienne est
essentielle afin de pouvoir
dresser un portrait réaliste de la situation actuelle</span></b>.
Nous comptons
sur votre collaboration pour y parvenir.</span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Vous pouvez répondre au
sondage à l’adresse suivante :</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"><a href="http://Dataquality.questionpro.com/" target="_blank">http://Dataquality.<wbr>questionpro.com</a></span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Veuillez noter que le
questionnaire sera en ligne <b><span style="font-weight:bold">jusqu’au
vendredi
4 mai inclusivement.</span></b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Les résultats seront
présentés dans le <font color="black"><span style="">cadre de
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">l’Atelier international
sur la qualité des données
géospatiales (Aspects juridiques, éthiques et
techniques)</span></b></span></font><font color="#4396c9"><span style="color:#4396c9"> </span></font>qui
aura lieu à
Québec le 18 mai prochain (<a href="http://www.mc2.ulaval.ca/geoide/paypal" target="_blank">http://www.mc2.ulaval.ca/<wbr>geoide/paypal</a><font color="black"><span style="">). Ils seront aussi disponibles
ultérieurement sur le site
web du projet (</span></font><a href="http://dataquality.scg.ulaval.ca/" target="_blank">http://dataquality.scg.<wbr>ulaval.ca</a><font color="black"><span style="">).</span></font></span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Nous vous remercions
d’avance pour votre précieuse collaboration.</span></font></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Marc Gervais, a.-g.,
Ph.D.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Université Laval</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Responsable du projet</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA">Projet IV-23 du Réseau
GEOIDE</span></font></p><div><font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri" lang="FR-CA"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
<font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d" lang="FR"> </span></font>
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