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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">The Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment 2018 will take place November 12 – 16, 2018, at Namibia University of Science and Technology
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">The Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment (AGSE) series of conferences and summer workshops</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">was initiated in 2009 by Professor Franz-Josef Behr. Taking place on a yearly basis, the conference is being hold in different places all over the world. The overall scope of this conferences is to
offer an interdisciplinary, international forum for sharing knowledge about the science and application of Geoinformatics with focus on developing countries. Besides invited keynotes the conference invites presentations to a variety of topics. There will as
well professional training and workshops about current topics in the fields of Geoinformatics and Photogrammetry. AGSE 2018 is incorporated into the DAAD supported alumni work of the University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Germany . Therefore, participants
from different countries worldwide contribute with experiences from their home countries.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Details at
</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://applied-geoinformatics.org/" id="LPlnk663609" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">http://applied-geoinformatics.org/</span></a><a href="http://applied-geoinformatics.org/" id="LPlnk663609" class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"></a></span><br>
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<font face="Helvetica Neue" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Franz-Josef also established the first Open Source Geospatial Lab in Germany at the </span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuttgart
University</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> of Applied Sciences[1]. He is a true visionary and we are very grateful for his contributions to GeoForAll.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">It is excellent that the Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment 2018 is held in Africa. Requesting all colleagues to work for reducing
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">[1]</span><a href="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk601273" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">
h</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ttp://www.hft-stuttgart.de/</span><wbr><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Studienbereiche/Vermessung/</span><wbr><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Master-Photogrammetry-</span><wbr><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-</span><wbr><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Labor/index.html/en</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en" class="m_-4030055890500205821OWAAutoLink OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk548930" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en&source=gmail&ust=1541764911489000&usg=AFQjCNEV5IIzGyIaQjj2QCUdFuowCcICsA" previewremoved="true" title="http://www.hft-stuttgart.de/Studienbereiche/Vermessung/Master-Photogrammetry-Geoinformatics/Labs/ICA-OSGeo-Labor/index.html/en
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><span style="color:#454545"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[1]
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