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</div><div class="yiv4233715660MsoNormal" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42446"><span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42451"><span id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42450" style="" lang="EN">GeoCameroun
(www.geocameroun.cm)</span></span><span id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42445" style="" lang="EN"> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42447">:</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">THE</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">free</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">mapping</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">portal</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">product</span>
<span class="yiv4233715660hps">by citizens.</span><br clear="none">
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<span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42454">GeoCameroun</span>, <span class="yiv4233715660hps">first</span> free <span class="yiv4233715660hps">Spatial Data Infrastructure</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">(</span>SDI) <span class="yiv4233715660hps">of</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">Cameroon</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">was
inaugurated</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">Wednesday, October 23</span>. <span class="yiv4233715660hps">Supported</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">by</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42456">OpenStreetMap</span>
<span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42488">Cameroon</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">Association</span>, the project
<span class="yiv4233715660hps">aims to bring together</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">on a single
platform</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">all geographic</span> information of the <span class="yiv4233715660hps">country</span>: <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42458">historical maps</span>, <span class="yiv4233715660hps">modern</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42490">maps,</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">city maps</span>,
aerial photographs, <span class="yiv4233715660hps">administrative boundaries</span>, <span class="yiv4233715660hps">POI</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">...</span><span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42460"> Hosting and</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">maintenance of the portal</span>
<span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42475">are provided by</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">SOGEFI</span>, <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42492">geomatics</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">company</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">newly
installed</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">in Cameroon.</span></span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42466">The</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42462">SDI</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">consists
of various</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">components</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps">including</span>
<span class="yiv4233715660hps">the main</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42473">portal</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42477">available
for free</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42494">on the Internet:</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocameroun.cm/">www.geocameroun.cm</a></span></div>
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<span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42479">Contact:</span> <span class="yiv4233715660hps" id="yiv4233715660yui_3_13_0_1_1383491771485_42496">osmcameroun@gmail.com<br></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;"> </span>
<div class="" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">GéoCameroun, première Infrastructure de
Données Géographiques (IDG) gratuites et Libres<span style="">
</span>du Cameroun a été inaugurée mercredi 23 octobre. Porté par l’association OpenStreetMap
Cameroun, le projet vise à rassembler sur une unique plateforme l’ensemble des
informations géographiques géoréférencées du pays : cartes historiques, cartes
modernes, cartes de bases, plans de villes, photographies aériennes, limites
administratives, points d’intérêt…</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> Issue d'un projet universitaire, son
hébergement et sa maintenance sont assurés par </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sogefi-sig.com/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">SOGEFI</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">, Bureau d’Études Géomatiques
nouvellement </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sogefi-sig.com/contact/10-byaounde"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">installé au
Cameroun</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">.</span>
</div><div class="" style="line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><span style=""> </span><br></span></div><div class="" style="line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">L’IDG se compose de divers composants dont le
principal est un portail cartographique accessible gratuitement sur internet : </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.geocameroun.cm/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">www.geocameroun.cm</span></a></div><div class="" style="line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div class="" style="line-height:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">
</div><span style="color:black;">Mail : </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:osmcameroun@gmail.com">osmcameroun@gmail.com</a><br></div><div class="yiv4233715660yqt2187508044" id="yiv4233715660yqtfd54482">
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