IMO: This may have already been covered.
Several years ago Todd Buchanan prepared a thesis comparing ArcGIS and Grass [1]. The approach he used could provide a potential framework. It has features of Cameron's structured comparison; Simon's process approach; with a comparison of actual results of algorithm operations based on a control set of data. I'd like to see the list of features that Todd compared (at Table 13) expanded somewhat to include e.g. functionality related to data capture and maintenance; transformations; reprojections etc etc. Just a thought. -- Bruce Bannerman [1] http://www.toddbuchanan.net/thesis_ver.pdf > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ames > Sent: Tuesday, 22 December 2009 5:25 AM > To: Maxim Dubinin; OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo > Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010? > > Folks, I like the structured comparison approach that Cameron > outlined. Also equally (or perhaps more useful) would be to > put together a wiki page with goals and benchmarks based on > ArcGIS 9.3. And then indicate where the os packages compare. > This would provide us with the ability to answer the most > important question which is "can this do what the proprietary > software does." For example, we could post a couple of maps > made in AG and then challenge each desktop team to create and > upload the same maps. Etc. I have a line shapefile with 200 > shapes. We could upload it and have everyone do some timing > to show how fast to load,pan, etc on the data. This could > also serve as a way for some of the teams to see their own > deficiencies and find critical tasks to work on (they could > then update their reporting on the wiki and indicate the > version number)... - Dan > > On Dec 20, 2009 4:40 PM, "Maxim Dubinin" > <s...@gis-lab.info> wrote: > > > Simon, > > I was merely suggesting an approach. As I said, we > didn't have a goal to inform other what Desktop GIS is the > best, we just wanted to present a model dataset for many > different packages, so that a person can try and choose by himself. > > However, there are some notes for each package at the > bottom of the page. Personally, I have a favorite, of course, > but I don't think this is appropriate to describe it here. > That said, I think this will be relatively easy to construct > a matrix based on our experience with missing bits for this > particular task. We're currently going through updating > software and this project and will discuss this among participants. > > Maxim > > Вы писали 20 декабря 2009 г., 16:52:06: > > > > Maxim, I looked at the webpage but could not find an > outcome -- which system worked the best? Chee... > > Sometime ago, we were also interested in why are there > so many desktop open GIS packages. So what w... > > _______________________________________________ Discuss > mailing listdisc...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > 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