[Geo4All] Looking for thought-provoking discussions at UNWGIC? Register Now!

Wed Oct 24 11:18:02 PDT 2018

Dear Sergio

OSGeo/GeoforAll is not officially present but there are some people, like Serena and I, who will go there. Good to know if there is somebody else. Are you coming?

Best,

Maria

A new IJGI Special Issue
"State-of-the-Art in Spatial Information Science"
(deadline for submissions: 1 may 2019)

http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/ISPRS_2020_Nice

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Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
Politecnico di Milano

P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it> maria.brovelli at polimi.it

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Da: GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
Inviato: mercoledì 24 ottobre 2018 15:23:11
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Oggetto: [Geo4All] RV: Looking for thought-provoking discussions at UNWGIC? Register Now!

Is OSGeo/GeoForAll taking part in this Congress? I couldn't find anything related to it... (my apologies if I missed something)

Sergio Acosta y Lara
Departamento de Geomática
Dirección Nacional de Topografía
Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
URUGUAY
(598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/
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Enviado: miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2018 5:40
Para: SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
Asunto: Looking for thought-provoking discussions at UNWGIC? Register Now!

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