[CoLoCo] Front Range Users of Geospatial Open Source?

[Alex Comer]

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Alex


On 11/27/07, NICK VERBECK <nerdynick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You also forgetting about MapServer http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download
> A lot of the software & scripts that you see used in the Open Source
> world seem to be derived from this project and its sister projects and
> libraries.
>
> On Nov 27, 2007 10:24 AM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:18:52AM -0700, Jennifer Horsman wrote:
> > > I am a GIS user and second the opinion on ESRI products. It is really
> > > difficult to move away from such a great product once you have really
> > > learned how to use it. With GIS, the concepts are not that difficult
> to
> > > grasp, but learning to use the software is quite a hurdle. However, as
> a
> > > person who is interested in starting up a GIS contract-based business,
> > > the ESRI software is prohibitively expensive. For this reason,
> software
> > > like GRASS is very attractive. I have been thinking about trying to
> > > learn it in earnest and I think you may find there are people out
> there
> > > who feel the same - and are very interested in Linux. Obviously, any
> of
> > > the members of FRUGOS are interested in open source GIS and Unix/Linux
> > > is the best choice for running these products on.
> > >
> > > I have worked for the government too and 10 years ago, the lab I
> worked
> > > for was using GRASS exclusively. Of course, it was originally
> developed
> > > by the US government!
> > >
> > > Jennifer
> >
> > Thanks Jennifer.  I've been lurking occasionally in the GIS area for
> > over a decade and this seems right.  And I hope the GRASS fans can
> > make headway.
> >
> > The new more open data formats in ESRI sound very helpful.  How is
> > support for them in GRASS et al?  Perhaps one use case for GRASS would
> > be to help governments and consultants deliver good GIS data to users
> > who couldn't afford ESRI?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
> >
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