Hi All, All members who have interest in participating in the GIS/SDI Community of IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository are welcome to join at
http://www.osor.eu/communities/gis/gis-software-community The Community's goal is to promote the exchange of software and experience in this field, and to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects. We look forward for your participation. Best wishes, Suchith Dr Suchith Anand Centre for Geospatial Science Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham Tel: (0)115 846 8408 url: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html -----Original Message----- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rafal Wawer Sent: 12 March 2009 09:32 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance Hi Maning, For me the best success story is gvSIG project, which was actually created on behalf of Valencia's local government. I am sure there are planty of gvSIG users on that mailing list - they can tell best how it works. gvSIG's website: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/ At the European level you can look into IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository www.osor.eu. In Belgian region of Flanders the government uses OSS as a tool for agricultural policy - geGIS project www.gegis.org The case on application in egovernment is discussed here: http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/images/Workshop/gegis_workshop.pdf Best regards: Raf Dr. Rafal Wawer K.U.Leuven R&D Division SADL (Spatial Application Division) Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224 BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee Belgium tel. 0032 16 329731 ----- Original Message ----- From: "maning sambale" <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance > Hi, > > We are looking for case studies/success stories in deploying FOSS Geo > for local government. I earnestly believe that FOSS tools are > available for adoption in local government. Critical is how to > integrated them to a provincial/city wide government IT > infrastructure. In the Philippines, geospatial technologies are often > used in: > > property/parcel tax mapping > zoning > development planning > > However, in most cases these "domains" are "loosely" integrated. > Sometimes the GIS in the planning division doesn't "communicate" with > the assesor's office in terms of data management. What we are looking > for are stories that integrate FOSS GEO tools in the overall IT > infrastructure. I know some of the strategies maybe "institutional" > rather than technical in nature. > > What technologies do we need (dbase managment, server, desktop apps)? > How do we provide capacity to local government staff? > How do we integrate the data into planning? > > Any ideas? > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss