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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear standards board,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>please be informed about a relevant presentation within the virtual conference FOSS4G Korea 2020, session 4:<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://foss4g.osgeo.kr/track-english-01">https://foss4g.osgeo.kr/track-english-01</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This event will possibly be considered as the start of the abolition of enigmatic location codes, maps without reference grid, signage without cardinal points etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The circle and the Time Space Convention have all characteristics for to be a free standard and my proposal is, to think about adopting it.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Henrique <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>A simple circle upgrades the State of the Map </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Henrique Koehler / Munich Orientation Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>Nonacademic reference grids A, B, C, 1, 2, 3... are hardly zoomable, so they got unused. Consequently, the State of the Map is a Naked Emperor: no grid at all (!) and the answer to the question "where?" is "here!" <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere">www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere</a> . This unworthy situation caused the proliferation of enigmatic location codes, some based on names (!?) <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/alternatives">www.volksnav.de/alternatives</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>A simple standard circle <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/r100Seoul">www.volksnav.de/r100Seoul</a> and the rebirth of the Time/Space Convention *) will upgrade the State of the Map, create imaginable location codes, help to avoid confusions <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/confusions">www.volksnav.de/confusions</a> etc. etc.. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>FOSS4G Korea 2020 can have a relevant role on this quantum jump. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE'>*) if I look outwards, right hand is clockwise<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>