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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Suchith,<o:p></o:p></span></font></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We are newcomers to this planet, one of the youngest species here, less than 200k years old. And it took 3.5 billion
to arrive at this sentient place. And where are we? That is the question that GIS helps us to answer. GIS not only helps us to see and better understand where we are, it is essential for us to manage the place.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Just like the old joke about mathematics. . .GIS is a core element for us to advance as a civilization. And maximum
access to those tools and data are essential if homo sapiens wish to be more than a flash in the pan. That is GeoForAll.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><img width="925" height="385" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3DA2C.DC870A10" alt="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png"></span></font><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Maximum Education for all, is the most key element to advancing ourselves, no child is less than any other child,
GeoForAll.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Then there is GIS of the body which allows us to see all of its parts and how they work in harmony. There is GIS
of evolution, showing spatially how life evolved on Earth, how tectonics and plants together built the chemistry of today’s biosphere. We live in a 4D world and GIS reflects that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">GeoForAll advances open access to information, spatial and more. GeoForAll is essential if we are to live together,
all of us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> GeoForAll [mailto:geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Suchith Anand<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, April 22, 2018 3:38 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> discuss@lists.osgeo.org; geoforall@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Geo4All] Is GIS special?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Dear colleagues,</span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Some years ago one of the Nottingham University staff asked me a question when we were talking that I still remember “Is GIS
special if everyone becomes GIS Professional? “ I was bit taken back by the question esp. as it came from an educator and I replied “There is nothing special about GIS if it is for few rich people only but if it the learning opportunities for GIS are made
available for everyone it is truly special ... “. </span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">I was very lucky to get the opportunity to learn GIS. I still remember the struggles I faced to just get access to learning
GIS (over two decades back!) as very few universities had GIS that time in India. I spend nearly two years going around different universities and places knocking so many doors to just to get access to GIS . My dream that time was to get opportunity to do
my final year undergraduate project using GIS. Unfortunately in spite of all my best efforts I failed that time . But that experiences made me realise years later when I did get opportunity to learn GIS that now I need to everything in my abilities to keep
the doors of GIS education open to all and no student anywhere should go through what I went through.</span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="min-height:14px"><font size="3" color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">When GeoForAll was started , I faced lot of ridicule and opposition from some but I also got lot and lot of amazing support
and help from so many amazing colleagues at Nottingham and globally. Thanks to all our amazing colleagues, we have truly made GIS education opportunities open to all. Please share our resources with all
</span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/" id="LPlnk792692">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/please-share-geoforall-teaching-research-resources-colleagues-students/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style="min-height:14px"><font size="3" color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">I am requesting all colleagues to keep the doors of education opportunities open for all. For me, Openness is not just about
open source or open data … It is about the Open mindsets to help make education opportunities inclusive to students from all economic and social backgrounds. So
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">“Is GIS special? “</span></b> I leave it to you to decide…</span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Best wishes,</span></font><font color="#454545" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#454545"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Suchith</span></font><font color="#1f497d" face="Helvetica Neue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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