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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear OSM community,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First of all congratulation and thank you for the wonderful work you has done over the past months to improve the layers over the Regions affected by typhoon Yolanda.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In view of the value added brought by your work, and the attention it has raised, I was wondering if there is any plan for the government of the Philippines to be more proactive in collaborating with you guys on integrating the OSM dataset into the governmental one.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am primarily thinking about the road and hydrographic network but this could very much be extended to other layers as well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am asking this because I am currently involved a project aiming at improving the quality, availability and accessibility of core geospatial datasets for emergency management and disaster risk reduction and I see the connection between the government and the Open Data community as key towards achieving this objective.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have started working on two countries (The Philippines and Morocco) and any insight on the above would therefore be much appreciated. I would be happy sharing information about the project if needed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance and keep the great work!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steeve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Steeve Ebener, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>CEO Gaia GeoSystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>P.O. Box 795 – P.C. 114, Muscat - Oman<br>cell: +968 952 57 526<br>email: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>steeve.ebener@gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>web: </span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.gaia-geosystems.org/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>www.gaia-geosystems.org</span></a></span><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#002060'> </span><span style='color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'>Twitter: @GaiaGeosystems, @SIIEMtweets<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'>LinkedIn: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener"><span lang=DE-CH style='color:blue'>http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener</span></a></span><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-CH style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=88 height=76 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF1E80.FC526860" alt="logo_emails_72"></span><b><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One Planet, One System<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:green'>P</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you</span></b><span lang=FR-CH style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>