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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">I have a quick question (I was not able to achieve the below despite trying):</span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Could I</span><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:black">run QGIS from an external drive (like a plug-in drive) ?</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<span style="color:black">I would need that instead of a regular c:drive installation on a PC.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">How is that done ?</span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">And if that is not possible, what would be the alternatives ?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">(we face the situation that in a lab the PCs are not allowed to download and install anything etc etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I know that OpenOffice can run from a USB stick fine, and I was told that QGIS can do similar, yes ?)</span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks so much for any feedback.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Kind regards</span></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> F.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:black">Falk Huettmann PhD, Associate Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-EWHALE lab- Biology and Wildlife Dept., Institute of Arctic Biology</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color:black">419 IRVING I, University of Alaska Fairbanks AK 99775-7000 USA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="color:black">Email </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:fhuettmann@alaska.edu"><span lang="FR" style="color:black">fhuettmann@alaska.edu</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="color:black"> Phone 907 474 7882 Fax 907 474 6716</span></p>
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