<div dir="ltr"><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi Brian,</span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Andy Robinson and I have a meeting with one of the GIS guys (Wes) at Centro on the 18th July. I shall see if Paul Beckley had had a word with him.</span></div>
<div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cheers,</span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div style><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Stuart</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div>Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 18:12:58 +0100</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Rob Nickerson <</span><a href="mailto:rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">rob.j.nickerson@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To: Brian Prangle <</span><a href="mailto:brian@mappa-mercia.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">brian@mappa-mercia.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cc: OSM Group WM <</span><a href="mailto:talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">talk-gb-westmidlands@openstreetmap.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Smart City Alliance</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Message-ID:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">        <</span><a href="mailto:CAK4yQTk1i_hRumNQhyikODZ7kGpVgTpBasaaqMRtez2MTepmOQ@mail.gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CAK4yQTk1i_hRumNQhyikODZ7kGpVgTpBasaaqMRtez2MTepmOQ@mail.gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Wow, sounds amazing.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">"He wants to explore how to use our data at a meeting with his GIS guys."</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Does this mean just within Centro, or does he want someone from OSM present?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Are these the sculptures you are talking about?</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/public_art_in_public_transport_wm/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.flickr.com/groups/public_art_in_public_transport_wm/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On 5 July 2013 17:59, Brian Prangle <</span><a href="mailto:brian@mappa-mercia.org" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">brian@mappa-mercia.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> wrote:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Hi everyone</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Attended a very good session here today. Met Paul Beckley head of ICT at</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Centro. He was very complimentary about our data saying they'd been</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> examining it and found it very accurate and up to date. He wants to explore</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> how to use our data at a meeting with his GIS guys.  I asked him for the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> data on Centro Interchange sculptures and it was with me in three hours! I</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> also spoke to David Potts from the Library and asked him for the floor</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> plans for the new library with a view to us getting to grips with mapping</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> the internal layout of buildings. It would be great promotion for both the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Library and us if we've cracked it by the time it opens! Not such a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> positive response as from Centro, but positive nonetheless. We're also on</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> course to be introduced into two schools to set up pilot mapping projects.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Regards</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Brian</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> ______________________________</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">_________________</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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