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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hey Folks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For our next venue for our meeting I thought we could try out the Clocktower Brew Pub.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This venue will allow us to have our own space in their basement from 6-7pm. Which will be perfect to ensure we keep the organized component to a minimum. Their basement is set up for food and drink and server will be through.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Map: </FONT><A HREF="http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Patty's%20Pub%201186%20Bank%20Street&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wl"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Patty's%20Pub%201186%20Bank%20Street&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wl</FONT></U></A></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you can drop me a line letting me know if you are planning to attend that would be great. Our booking is tentative until I get back to them with numbers. I just need a rough estimate. I would like to firm up plans soon, but I don't want to rush people.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This venue has wireless internet, which will be great for our presentation by Mike Adair on Map Builder. </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Project Web Site: </FONT><A HREF="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">MapBuilder is a powerful, standards compliant geographic mapping client which runs in a web browser.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Key Features</FONT></B>
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<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Browser based mapping client</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Standards compliant, supports the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.opengeospatial.org/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Open Geospatial consortium</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(OGC) standards</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Renders maps from Web Map Services (WMS), Web Feature Services (WFS), GeoRSS, Google Maps</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Supports editing map features to Transactional Web Feature Services (WFS-T)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Allows users to build their own maps, then save and share them, using Web Map Context (WMC) and Open Web Services Context</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Easy to use</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Fast and interactive - built using </FONT><A HREF="http://adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">AJAX</FONT></U></A> </LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Works with most modern browsers (Firefox 1.0+, Internet Explorer 6.0+, Mozilla 1.3+, Navigator 6+)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Customisable and easy to extend</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Open source under the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">LGPL</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> licence</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">If you wish to learn more, you can try the on-line </FONT><A HREF="http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/mapbuilder/userGuide?page=intro"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">interactive tutorial</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> or the </FONT><A HREF="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Examples"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Examples</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial"> and read the on-line </FONT><A HREF="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/User+Guide"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">user-guide</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Hope you can make it.</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">P.S Feel free to spread this invite to anyone you think might be interested in learning more about MAPBUILDER. They are welcome to attend.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Cheers</FONT>
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