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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/24/2005 04:25:01 PM |
| From: |
Baris M Kazar |
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i just donot like the word 3rd World.
anyways, we also offer some open source software on our group's web site
in case you may wanna try to use.
best regards,
baris
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Harsh Prakash wrote:
//
//This discussion can easily be broadened to also include the rural parts of developED nations, like the US Appalachian belt, aptly described in "I Am a Soldier, Too" as "opportunity-deficit" areas. Such economically distressed regions offer neither cheap skilled labor nor attractive infrastructure, and hence, may be the bigger losers in globalization. As proximity breeds participation, often their only claim to fame is the offer of a bucolic lifestyle close to large urban centers. Revitalization of such blighted communities within developED nations may pose a bigger challenge from a technology/social stand-point.
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//Harsh Prakash
//GIS Planner
//
//> -----Original Message-----
//> From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
//> [mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf
//Of RICK GRAY
//> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:04 PM
//> To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
//> Subject: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations
//for 3rd World
//>
//> Hello GIS friends,
//>
//> As part of an international development project in
//Africa, I have
//been
//> asked
//> to help establish a GIS lab in a local college to
//train students in
//the
//> use
//> of GIS as a land use planning tool so that when the
//project ends, the
//> locals
//> will be that much more self sufficient.
//>
//> I am seeking advice on acquiring software and
//hardware at the lowest
//cost
//> possible. I understand that companies, such as ESRI,
//will donate
//software
//
//> in
//> some cases, and that computer companies have been
//known to do the
//same.
//> Although free is often the best, deep discounts are
//also useful.
//>
//> As I am new to this kind of endeavor, I do not
//really know where to
//start
//> asking so I have turned to you. If you have any
//idea on who to
//approach
//> and
//> the best way to go about it, I'd be very grateful.
//>
//> Thanks a million,
//> Rick
//>
//> Rick Gray
//> GIS Specialist, Ontario Weather Network
//> http://www.ownweb.ca
//> GIS Instructor
//> Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
//> http://www.ridgetowncollege.com/
//>
//> Tel. 519-674-1554
//> E-mail: rgray@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
//>
//> Ridgetown: -81.883 W, 42.450 N
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