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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>To<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- OSGeo board and members / Suchith Anand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- State of the Map Latam 2016, Sao Paulo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Foss4g Asia / Geospatial World Forum, Hyderabad<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Copy: Surveyor General of India<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>r100 as State of the Map 2016<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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello Suchith, dear new board, dear all,<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>now I can answer the question about „doubtless open systems“. <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>I grew up in Sao Paulo and there I had a dream: an orientation standard. Many years after, I’ve submitted the following open data on occasion of the SOTM Latam 2016:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/VolksNav/traces/2288881">http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/VolksNav/traces/2288881</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/r100saopaulo_107022#11/-23.5435/-46.6037">http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/r100saopaulo_107022#11/-23.5435/-46.6037</a><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>This could be the trace of a drone flight, exactly 10 km around the urban pole. Such coordinates are more or less easy to reproduce, so nobody would come to the idea to claim intellectual property for such a virtual flight. This standard circle would be helpful mainly for those who can’t read maps but can read a clock, see <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/r100SaoPaulo">www.volksnav.de/r100SaoPaulo</a>. Imaginary tools aren’t patentable, so let’s declare circles + imaginary clocks + knowledge as doubtless free and open and as Open Knowledge.<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>At the other side, I expect EUR 1,- for the rights to use each the intellectual upgrades of the logo <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/SofMSPlogo">www.volksnav.de/SofMSPlogo</a> and the venue map <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/StateOfTheMapSP">www.volksnav.de/StateOfTheMapSP</a>. Remark: no information got lost. <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>I’ll liberate the next months the same for about one thousand relevant “clocks” including Umbilicus Urbis, Himalaya, Twin Cities, Niagara Falls, south pole <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/Antarctica/Antarktica.kml">www.volksnav.de/Antarctica/Antarktica.kml</a> etc. <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>For Hyderabad events, this would look like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Trace </span><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/VolksNav/traces/2289289"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/VolksNav/traces/2289289</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Umap <a href="http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/hyderabad_r100_107313">http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/de/map/hyderabad_r100_107313</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>knowledge <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/r100Hyderabad">www.volksnav.de/r100Hyderabad</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Logo upgrades <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/Foss4gAsiaLogo"><span lang=PT-BR>www.volksnav.de/Foss4gAsiaLogo</span></a></span><span lang=PT-BR> </span><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.volksnav.de/GeospatialLogo"><span lang=PT-BR>www.volksnav.de/GeospatialLogo</span></a></span><span lang=PT-BR><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Venue map, building numbers, room numbers <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/IIIThyderabad">www.volksnav.de/IIIThyderabad</a> <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/GeospatialHyderabad">www.volksnav.de/GeospatialHyderabad</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Compare both urban codes and discover the distance between both events: 40 minutes = 4 km. Compare this with Corbusier’s doubtless open but limited system in Chandigarh. The Open Hand could be the urban pole there <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/Chandigarh">www.volksnav.de/Chandigarh</a> <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>I’d be more than glad if the new board of OSGeo etc. would support this evolution <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/evolution">www.volksnav.de/evolution</a>. I’m thinking about a layer where OSGeo etc. would let the consumers decide if they use such tools or not. I’m absolutely sure, many secondary ideas or even killer applications will arise. <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>Thank you in advance<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>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></div></body></html>