<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Commission members, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">below is the information for our pre-conference workshop at the ICC2017. Once again, we are partnering with the <span style="text-align: center;" class="">Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies. Franz-Josef and I are working on a schedule. We plan to circulate the draft schedule to Commission members for feedback and input before finalizing it. Hoping to see many of you in Washington next year!</span></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="text-align: center;" class="">28th International Cartographic Conference pre-conference workshop on<br class="">
<strong class="">Spatial data infrastructures, standards, open source and open data for geospatial (SDI-Open 2017)</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="">Jointly organized by the Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies and the Commission on SDI and Standards</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="">1- 2 July 2017 at the George Washington University, Washington DC, United States</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="">Spatial data infrastructures aim to make
spatial data findable, accessible and usable. Open source software and
open data portals help to make this possible. In this workshop,
participants will be introduced to SDIs, standards, open source and open
data in a fun way. The workshop comprises invited presentations to
provide an introduction and background to SDIs, standards, open source
and open data. A number of hands-on introductions to open source
geospatial software together with mapping tasks will give participants
the opportunity to explore these tools. The workshop takes place in a
computer lab with a limited number of seats. Please book your seat in
advance to avoid disappointment.</p><p style="text-align: center;" class="">Pre-registration required for this workshop through the ICC 2017 Registration Site, once available by December 1, 2016 at <a href="http://www.icc2017.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.icc2017.org/</a></p><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">
--<br class="">Serena Coetzee<br class=""><br class="">Geography Building 3-5<br class="">Centre for Geoinformation Science, Department Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa<br class="">email: <a href="mailto:serena.coetzee@up.ac.za" class="">serena.coetzee@up.ac.za</a> · Web: <a href="http://www.up.ac.za/cgis" class="">www.up.ac.za/cgis</a> · Mobile: +27 82 464 4294 · Tel: +27 12 420 3823<br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span><img height="75" width="225" apple-inline="yes" id="8FFF299F-D7CF-4FB2-A0A7-3C5871BC5254" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:88C87172-3F27-4573-8ED1-6E6336A90BA5@home.gateway" class=""></span><span><img height="60" width="180" apple-inline="yes" id="A52388CD-67C1-4B4B-810E-7B15295D20F2" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:5F57BC44-8B96-4D8A-A667-B7390350AF3D@home.gateway" class=""></span>
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