R.I.P. Michael Jones

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Jan Mercl

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Feb 4, 2021, 6:13:32 PM2/4/21
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Robert Engels

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Feb 4, 2021, 6:44:24 PM2/4/21
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A sad day. A great tribute. Thanks. 

On Feb 4, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> wrote:



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Dan Kortschak

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Feb 4, 2021, 6:44:45 PM2/4/21
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On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 00:12 +0100, Jan Mercl wrote:
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https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/goodbye-michael-jones-the-man-who-gave-the-power-of-maps-in-our-hands/

Thank you for letting us know, Jan.

He will be missed.


Wojciech S. Czarnecki

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Feb 4, 2021, 7:49:25 PM2/4/21
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Dnia 2021-02-05, o godz. 00:12:56
Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> napisał(a):

> https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/goodbye-michael-jones-the-man-who-gave-the-power-of-maps-in-our-hands/

Great man of wisdom he was, :( such a sad day.

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Marcin Romaszewicz

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Feb 4, 2021, 8:14:16 PM2/4/21
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I will miss MTJ. I've worked with him on and off over 23 years, starting at Silicon Graphics, then as a customer when he founded Intrinsic Graphics, and finally in Google's GEO division. He was incredibly intelligent, a great teacher, and an extreme pedant :) RIP, Michael.

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Tyler Compton

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Feb 4, 2021, 9:08:22 PM2/4/21
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Thank you Jan for posting this. From his incredible accomplishments to his day-to-day friendliness and insight on this mailing list, he will certainly be missed.
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