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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues of the ICA Committee on Standards and SDI,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today is the Day of the Cartographer in Brazil. On 6 May 1500, five days after Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese Pedro Alvarez Cabral, the coordinates of the Cabralia Bay were calculated. This date was chosen by the Brazilian Cartographic Society to render homage to this important professional.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the website of the ICA there is an indication that there is no international day:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://icaci.org/a-national-day-for-cartography/"><span style='color:blue'>https://icaci.org/a-national-day-for-cartography/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In any case, please accept my congratulations in this day. You will see attached a banner for the day and the memorandum issued by the Brazilian Hydrographic Service for the day (in Portuguese).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<br>Alberto<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://iho.int/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=378 height=153 style='width:3.9416in;height:1.5916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D623CE.753FF810" alt=image002></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.fb.me/IHOhydro"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=38 height=38 style='width:.4in;height:.4in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D623C7.D40093C0" alt="FB_4"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/IHOhydro"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=38 height=38 style='width:.4in;height:.4in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D623C7.D40093C0" alt="TW_4"></span></a> <a href="http://linkedin.com/company/international-hydrographic-organization"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=38 height=38 style='width:.4in;height:.4in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D623C7.D40093C0" alt="Li_4"></span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpMKDQTKKlJSXmQCQzFqZPA/featured"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=38 height=38 style='width:.4in;height:.4in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D623C7.D40093C0" alt="Yu_4"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>