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From: rfelsing@students.wisc.edu (Richard D. Felsing)
Subject: Re: Native Peoples and GIS

In 11/29, P Jennings wrote:
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>With respect, I think that only Native Peoples on the North American
>continent (and in Europe) are in a position to use this technology.
>Those in the rest of (the less affluent) world are as, Nelson Wong
>pointed out, more concerned with "bread-and-butter" issues.
>

also gently, I've known of a number of (other than in N. AM.) situations in
which the learning curve is remarkably steep when the need is there.  The
question is whether there is political security for local land management.

Rich


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