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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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will try to be there David!</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 color=navy face="Kaufmann Bd BT"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Kaufmann Bd BT";color:navy'>Xiaoyuan
Geng </span></font><font color=navy><span lang=EN-US style='color:navy'> </span><br>
</font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada<br>
Telephone/Téléphone: 613-759-1895<br>
Facsimile/Télécopieur: 613-759-1937</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Room 1136, Neatby Bld.,
960 Carling Av.</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ottawa, ON<br>
K1A0C6<br>
<a href="http://www.agr.gc.ca/nlwis">http://www.agr.gc.ca/nlwis</a></span></font><font
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/gdas/gdas.phtml">http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/gdas/gdas.phtml</a></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Sampson, David
[mailto:dsampson@NRCan.gc.ca] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 11, 2006
12:51 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> users@ottawa.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OTT_OSGEO] Meeting
Thursday October 5</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hey Folks,</span></font> </p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For our next venue for our meeting I thought we could
try out the Clocktower Brew Pub.</span></font> </p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family: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.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Map: </span></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"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: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</span></font></a></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family: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.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This venue has wireless internet, which will be great
for our presentation by Mike Adair on Map Builder. </span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Project Web Site: </span></font><a
href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home</span></font></a>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MapBuilder is a powerful, standards compliant
geographic mapping client which runs in a web browser.</span></font> </p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Key Features</span></font></b> </p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Browser
based mapping client</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Standards
compliant, supports the </span></font><a href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Open Geospatial consortium</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>(OGC) standards</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Renders
maps from Web Map Services (WMS), Web Feature Services (WFS), GeoRSS, Google
Maps</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Supports
editing map features to Transactional Web Feature Services (WFS-T)</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Allows
users to build their own maps, then save and share them, using Web Map Context
(WMC) and Open Web Services Context</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Easy
to use</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Fast
and interactive - built using </span></font><a
href="http://adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>AJAX</span></font></a> </p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Works
with most modern browsers (Firefox 1.0+, Internet Explorer 6.0+, Mozilla 1.3+,
Navigator 6+)</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Customisable
and easy to extend</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Open
source under the </span></font><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>LGPL</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> licence</span></font></p>
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face=Symbol><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>No
plugins required</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you wish to learn more, you can try the
on-line </span></font><a
href="http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/mapbuilder/userGuide?page=intro"><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>interactive tutorial</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> or the </span></font><a
href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Examples"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>Examples</span></font></a><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> and read the on-line </span></font><a
href="http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/User+Guide"><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>user-guide</span></font></a><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hope you can make it.</span></font> </p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family: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.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers</span></font> </p>
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