[Foss4g2009] review period for public materials

[Paul Ramsey]

"Geoinformatics" is the term used more often in Europe. Perhaps the
"G" will be that again when we return to the continent. Not something
to worry about much, IMO.

P.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Dave Patton <davep at confluence.org> wrote:
> 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".
>
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