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<p valign="top"><a href="http://newsletter.directionsmag.com/link.php?M=74078&N=1989&L=27777" target="_blank"><img alt="First Open Source GIS UK Conference Webcasts" border="0"></a><b><a href="http://newsletter.directionsmag.com/link.php?M=74078&N=1989&L=27777" target="_blank">First Open Source GIS UK Conference
Webcasts</a></b></p><p>In
June of this year Nottingham University hosted the First Open Source
GIS UK Conference. The aims of the event included hearing
presentations
from government, academic, industry and policy makers on open source
geospatial technologies, providing a platform to network and develop
ideas for future collaborative work in open source GIS, developing an
understanding of current developments in open source GIS and enabling
a
focus for open source GIS research. One hundred and fifty delegates
represented 17 countries. Co-chair Dr. Suchith Anand reports that
webcasts of the program are available for free online and invites the
community that could not attend to view them. </p><br><a href="http://newsletter.directionsmag.com/link.php?M=74078&N=1989&L=27777" target="_blank">http://newsletter.directionsmag.com/link.php?M=74078&N=1989&L=27777</a>