Hi Cameron, we did a live Desktop GIS comparison at the GFOSS (Italian Chapter) meeting in November. I started the gatering of tasks here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#The_desktop_comparison_tasks_list which then ended in the Italian page: http://wiki.gfoss.it/index.php/Confronto_desktop
These may help as starting point. The uDig-JGrass-BeeGIS stack will for sure be present at such an event (even if this time I would prefer to not coordinate the whole thing, but rather partecipate :) ). Ciao Andrea On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Delegates who voted for the FOSS4G 2009 presentations ranked the OSGeo > comparison projects very highly, which is something I suggest hopeful FOSS4G > 2010 presenters take note of, because competition for speaking slots will be > fierce. > > At FOSS4G 2009, 183 quality presentations were submitted, and there was only > 85 speaking slots. In 2010 it is likely to be much harder, as there is > expected to be 2 to 3 times more delegates and many more hopeful presenters. > > In 2009 the community ranked potential presentations, and some of the > highest ranked presentations targeted the comparison of popular packages. > Unfortunately, there were only a few of these types of presentations. > > The presentations were: > > * Ranked 2: The WMS Performance Shootout > * Ranked 8: PostGIS and Oracle Spatial > * Ranked 9: There is no alternative to Openlayers...? (discussing OpenLayers > vs other AJAX clients) > > The moral to the story is that delegates want to see how different projects > compare, and to date we have had a shortage of such presentations (partly > because they are a lot of work to set up). > > However, I strongly suggest that projects start teaming together to put > together such presentations for 2010. > > In particular, I'd love to see comparisons between: > * Geospatial Desktop applications > * Geospatial Browser based applications > * Geospatial Servers (WMS, WFS, Tiled Services at the very least) > > The comparisons could cover some or all of: > * performance > * robustness > * features > * ease of setup or use > > The tests should not be restricted to Open Source, but be open to > proprietary vendors too. (ESRI and ERDAS were invited to participate in the > 2009 WMS shootout, and it seems likely they will participate in 2010). > > So who wants to participate? > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
