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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>By the way, the EPA Office
of Science and technology just awarded a contract for the development of their
next generation BASINS watershed modeling system, and instead of ArcGIS as the
GIS base, they have decided to go with.... MapWindow Open Source!</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Gary L. Watry</span></font></p>

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GIS Coordinator<br>
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies<br>
FSU / COAPS<br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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 10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Building</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, RM 215<br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
  Arial'>2035 East Paul Dirac Drive</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
  Arial'>Tallahassee</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=2
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  size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>32306-2840</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:watry@coaps.fsu.edu">watry@coaps.fsu.edu</a></span></font></p>

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