FYI. Maybe they will appreciate some humble Open Source contributions. ============================================== In support of the Geospatial Line of Business, an FGDC-coordinated activity to streamline geospatial activities across the US federal government, a GEospatial Applications Registry (GEAR) is being prototyped as a directory of software applications that are pertinent to government business processes. The objective is to provide a listing (Wiki) of software products and encourage comments (blog-style) with evidence of implementation. Nominations of software in GEAR does not constitute endorsement by the government, but provides an interesting and useful way to learn about available software of all types. Software envisioned for the GEAR include open source and commercial applications, as well as commercial offerings. Extensions or add-ons to existing software can be documented and clarified through a dependencies section.
Initially we expect a small number of government-originated applications to be registered, but we are inviting the broader GIS implementer community to help us test and build-out the content in GEAR within the next 2-3 weeks. A typical entry should take less than 30 minutes, less if you are fluent with the product being described. Keep in mind that this is only Beta software in a testing phase, but we welcome your honest and complete entries. These will get propagated into the final GEAR deployment when it goes public in October. All entries will be reviewed by a government team and, once approved, made visible for search and browse. Your assistance is greatly appreciated! The URL: http://gear.morphexchange.com ============================================== -- Arnulf Benno Christl http://www.osgeo.org (OSGeo Board Member) +50.7342N +7.0707E _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss