[Foss4g2009] review period for public materials

[Dave Patton]

On 2008/10/13 10:42 AM, Daniel Ames wrote:
> Dear 2009 Folks,
> In the olden days (2 years ago) the "g" in FOSS4g stood for "Geoinformatics"
> not "Geospatial".  I see that the poster and postcard use "Geospatial". Was
> that an executive decision of the OSGeo Board or some other entity? Just
> curious... I don't have a preference, but consistency is nice.

2005, 2007, and 2008 all used "Geospatial":
http://old-mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mum/mtg2005.html
http://www.foss4g2007.org/
http://conference.osgeo.org/index.php/foss4g/2008
I don't know why 2006 used "Geoinformatics", or
if there was an official decision to use "Geospatial".

-- 
Dave Patton
CIS Canadian Information Systems
Victoria, B.C.

Degree Confluence Project:
Canadian Coordinator
Technical Coordinator
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OSGeo FOSS4G2007 conference:
Workshop Committee Chair
Conference Committee member
http://www.foss4g2007.org/

Personal website:
Maps, GPS, etc.
http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/