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--></style></head><body lang=en-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Dear all,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Following my previous email I would like to introduce MapX, an online, open source geospatial platform for environmental data. MapX is now the geospatial component of the World Environment Situation Room, which is the UNEP data and knowledge platform. MapX has been piloted in numerous countries, in the fields of extractives, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction, environmental security, mercury reduction, chemicals management etc.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>MapX supports OGC standards such as WMS-WFS/WCS and ISO metadata. MapX uses<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'>Docker<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>on the backend,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'>with Traefik as proxy/load balancer and Portainer as management solution.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>D</span><span style='color:black'>ata<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>are<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>stored in</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>PostgreSQL/PostGIS.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>MapX<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>uses</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>R-Shiny and JavaScript</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>plus</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'>Mapbox GL JS and custom server-side programs written in R. Turf JS is used client side for vector tile analysis and Redis is used on the server side for caching vector tiles. Javascript, HTML, CSS Editor and Highcharts are used in the front-end.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>An<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'>API</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>(software development kit)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>has been developed<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='color:black'>with Node JS</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>for piloting the tools and data from external applications</span><span style='color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>We would like to conduct new developments (such as improvement of user experience, cartographic module, etc.) but we are a bit limited in terms of internal resources. Thus we are keen to welcome developers who would like to contribute to our project.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>With my best regards.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='color:black'>Useful links: </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>MapX website:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.mapx.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.mapx.org</span></a>/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>MapX online application:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://app.mapx.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://app.mapx.org/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>UNEP World Environment Situation Room:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><a href="https://wesr.unep.org/"><span lang=FR style='color:#0563C1'>https://wesr.unep.org/</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=FR-CH style='color:black'>MapX c</span><span style='color:black'>ode repository:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl" title="https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>MapX Y</span><span style='color:black'>outube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA" title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Scientific paper on MapX:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:black'><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711018300177" title="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711018300177"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711018300177</span></span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'><br>Contact :<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:black'><a href="mailto:pierre.lacroix@unepgrid.ch" title="mailto:pierre.lacroix@unepgrid.ch"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>pierre.lacroix@unepgrid.ch</span></span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>---------<br></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Pierre Lacroix, PhD.<br><b>Head<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><b><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Unit</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>- GRID-Geneva</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Senior Lecturer</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>– University of Geneva</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Manager of MapX</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>–<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://www.mapx.org" title="https://www.mapx.org"><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#0563C1'>https://www.mapx.org</span></a></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>UNEP/Science Division/GRID-Geneva<br>International Environment House<br>11 chemin des Anemones, CH 1219 Chatelaine</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="http://www.unepgrid.ch"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.unepgrid.ch</span></span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>University of Geneva<br>Institute for Environmental Sciences/enviroSPACE<br>66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH 1205 Geneva<br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="http://www.unige.ch/envirospace"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.unige.ch/envirospace</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>From:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>Pierre Lacroix <<a href="mailto:pierre.lacroix@unepgrid.ch"><span style='color:#0563C1'>pierre.lacroix@unepgrid.ch</span></a>><br><b>Date:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Friday, 27 July 2018 at 13:18<br><b>To:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:un@lists.osgeo.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>un@lists.osgeo.org</span></a>" <<a href="mailto:un@lists.osgeo.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>un@lists.osgeo.org</span></a>><br><b>Subject:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Introducing MapX, a spatial data infrastructure for the management of natural resources</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:12.65pt;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Dear Suchith,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Following you email let me introduce the MapX initiative.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>MapX -- a partnership between UN Environment, the World Bank and GRID-Geneva— is a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>spatial data infrastructure<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>that aims to support the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>sustainable use of natural resources</b> by improving access to geospatial information and related monitoring technologies.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>MapX</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'>is based on an online application that provides authoritative spatial data at various geographical scales (<b>local</b>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>national</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>global</b>). MapX has a<b> data integrity framework</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>using a scorecard to assess the reliability, technical accessibility, openness and sustainability of geospatial data</span><span style='color:black'>. Originally set up for stakeholders involved in the extractives sector, the MapX initiative has recently expanded to other fields where spatial data can help inform stakeholder dialogue, prioritisation of investments and impact monitoring such as disaster risk reduction, chemicals management, biodiversity planning, renewable energy and environmental security.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>MapX is<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>open source</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and offers tools such as<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>data catalogue</b>, support of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>OGC</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>standards,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>data visualisation, data upload, styling and publication</b>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>spatial overlap analysis</b>, data download,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>time slider</b>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>story map</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>viewer and editor,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>dashboards</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>private sandbox</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to allow users share geospatial data in a secure space. Bridges between MapX with Kobo, QGIS and GeoServer are under development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>The backend is on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Docker</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>with Traefik as proxy/load balancer and Portainer as management solution. The database is on<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>PostgreSQL/PostGIS</b>. The application has been developed with<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>R-Shiny</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>JavaScript</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>using<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Mapbox GL JS</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and custom server-side programs written in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>R</b>. <b>Turf JS</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>is used client side for vector tile analysis and <b>Redis</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>is used on the server side for caching vector tiles.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Javascript, HTML, CSS Editor and Highcharts</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>are used in the front-end. We are currently developing an API with<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Node JS</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>The UNBiodiversityLab is a partnership between UN Environment and UNDP. It includes an online platform (www.unbiodiversitylab.org, powered by MapX) intended for countries who need to include geospatial features in their report to the CBD. The UNBiodiversityLab is an example of integration of MapX into external applications (for the moment through iFrames and later through the use of the API) in order for users to navigate through geospatial layers from a custom application rather than directly from an SDI like MapX. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><b><span style='color:black'>Useful links: </span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Website:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://www.mapx.org"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>https://www.mapx.org</span></span></a></span><span style='color:black'>/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Application:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://app.mapx.org"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0563C1'><span lang=EN-GB>https://app.mapx.org</span></span></a></span><span style='color:black'>/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Code repository:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl" title="https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://github.com/fxi/map-x-mgl</span></a></span><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>—</span><b><span style='color:black'>external contributors are welcome!!</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Knowledge base: </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://www.mapx.org/knowledge_base" title="https://www.mapx.org/knowledge_base"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.mapx.org/knowledge_base</span></a></span><span style='color:black'>/ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Youtube Channel: </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA" title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mnadyjQ78xF8ceGka1LEA</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Best regards.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>Hi all,</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>It is good to see many projects in various UN agencies moving to open source and OSGeo . For example, FAO </span></i><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home"><i><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>It will be very helpful if those working in any UN projects using open source. OSGeo tools , please send details to the OSGeo UN committee mailling list at </span></i><span style='color:black'><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/un "><i><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/un </span></i></a><i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>I have interest in global forest protection and biodiversity work . Last week, I came across UNBiodiversity lab </span></i><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.unbiodiversitylab.org   which"><i><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.unbiodiversitylab.org which</span></i></a><i> is interesting work . Looking through it, I came across MapX and wanted to learn more. Thanks to Barend Köbben , I got some basic info that it is OS using many OSGeo tools [2].</i><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>With lot of activities happening, it is very difficult to keep track of all developments. I would like to request all project teams working in OSGeo tools in UN projects to please share with OSGeo UN committee mailling list. Please share overview of the project with website links, overview of the tools, links to public repository of the project etc as it will be very helpful for the wider community to learn more ideas for the future. Many thanks..</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>Best wishes,</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><i><span style='color:black'>Suchith</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>---------<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Pierre Lacroix, PhD.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br><b>Head </b></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>of </span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Unit</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> - GRID-Geneva</span><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Senior Lecturer</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> – University of Geneva<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Manager of MapX</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> – </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.mapx.org"><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#0563C1'>https://www.mapx.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>UNEP/Science Division/GRID-Geneva<br>International Environment House<br>11 chemin des Anemones, CH 1219 Chatelaine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.unepgrid.ch"><span style='font-family:-webkit-standard;color:#0563C1'>http://www.unepgrid.ch</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>University of Geneva<br>Institute for Environmental Sciences/enviroSPACE<br>66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH 1205 Geneva<br><a href="http://www.unige.ch/envirospace"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.unige.ch/envirospace</span></a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>