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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/31/2005 02:45:01 AM |
| From: |
GISex* Technologies |
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Dear Mr. kiran, please contact any esri offices here, are you in India?
--
Krishan Sharma, Ph.D. (USA)
www.gisextechnologies.com
info@gisextechnologies.com
Mobile: 933-300-8409 & 0987-0129-4791
>
> pl let me know whom to contact for getting ESRI products at 10%. Who are
> eligible to get at such price.
> Thanks
>
> Kiran
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: GISex* Technologies <gisex@dacafe.com>
> To: <hvp@regiononepdc.org>
> Cc: <gislist@lists.geocomm.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World
>
>
>> In India so many such GIS schools are establsihed with the help of ESRI
>> they give the software at 10% price, what else? and all such schools are
>> producing talents.
>> --
>> Krishan Sharma, Ph.D. (USA)
>> www.gisextechnologies.com
>> info@gisextechnologies.com
>> Mobile: 933-300-8409 & 0987-0129-4791
>>
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > 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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>> >
>> >
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