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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HI Gavin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I head up the GIS Development team here BCX, traditionally we are an ESRI shop, but my background is MapServer, PostGIS , gdal and qgis , postgresSQL background, and pre-BCX have only used that to develop all our GIS centric applications and I feel this exposure can be valuable to my team and I.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am very interested in the 5 day course you were advertising the other day and would like 5 delegates to attend, however these dates coincide with MS TechED 2010, which all 5 will also be attending.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Can we arrange for an alternative date? Or a more personal course just for the 5 of us? The team range from intermediate to senior developers, analyst and an architect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your response would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=278 style='width:208.4pt'><tr style='height:5.9pt'><td 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class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gavin<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 04, 2010 11:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Africa local chapter discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Africa] South African projections in FOSS GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all<br><br>I am often asked about or come across problems South African FOSS GIS users have with understanding and using local coordinate systems in software like QGIS or PostGIS. I put together this post to try and help: <br><br><a href="http://afrispatial.co.za/foss-gis/south-african-projections-in-foss-gis/">http://afrispatial.co.za/foss-gis/south-african-projections-in-foss-gis/</a><br><br>regards<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Gavin Fleming<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>t: 0218620670<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>c: 0845965680<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>f: 0866164820<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Paarl<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>South Africa<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>18°59'18.8"E 33°44'40.2"S<o:p></o:p></pre></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><P><font face=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2>This e-mail and its contents are subject to the Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd. <U><A href="http://www.bcx.co.za/disclaimer.htm">E-mail legal notice</A></U></font></P></body></html>