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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dear List,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>We welcome the Professorship of Geoinformation Systems as a new Associate Partner!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The Professorship of Geoinformation Systems is an interdisciplinary institution at the Department of Geosciences of the Technische Universität Dresden. Prof. Dr. Lars Bernard and his team focus on various R&D topics within Geoinformation Science. The current scientific activities target the design, development and establishment of geoinformation services for spatio-temporal modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>The development of GI software as a proof of concept is vital to the research activities. The research group has been cooperating with 52°North for several years, both contributing to the collaborative software development process, as well as building on concepts and software from other contributors. 52°North serves as a platform for the organization of collaboration between partners - researchers, industry and end users - and disseminates results to a broad user community. Prof. Lars Bernard: “A strong belief in the underlying vision & idea of 52°North, its strong linkages to GI Science and the open and cooperative atmosphere we have experienced with 52°North led us to the logical decision to become a 52°North partner and thus strengthen our collaboration.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Ann Hitchcock<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source Software GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>48155 Muenster, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>tel. +49 (0)251 396371 -21<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>fax: +49 (0)251 396371 -11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>a.hitchcock@52north.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>http://52north.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>General Managers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Local Court Muenster HRB 10849</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>