[talk-ph] Fw: Drones for Good

[Leonard Soriano]

Dear all,

I thought this is worth sharing with the list.

It seems to me that the newly crafted memorandum of CAAP does not support the good that drones contribute to mapping. 

cheers,

--bunny





On Friday, 1 August 2014 12:05 AM, Mapbox Team <info at mapbox.com> wrote:
 
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