Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Opensource Geospatial Job Tracking Software

[Andreas Paukner-Ruzicka]

Hello, Following this discussion I wondered whether I got the question wrong or I'm working too far away from utilities business area but isn't job tracking like any other workflow and therefore can be supported by standard workflow or business process systems ? Is there really a spatial aspect in the requirements to track GIS related jobs ? >From my point of view an integration between a standard workflow tool and a GI System should be able to solve the problem, shouldn't it ? This integration is development work and you are right there could be a standard solution for certain OS GI Systems in the form of an OS project ... I too would like to stay in the loop discussing this topic further ... Mit freundlichen Gruessen/Kind regards, Andreas Paukner-Ruzicka (Geschaeftsfuehrer/Managing Director) ----------------------------------------------------------- Geo-IT GmbH - Geoinformatik, IT-Services Guggenberg 3, D-82380 Peissenberg Tel: 08803-498372, Fax: 08803-498373, Mobil: 0179-5913766 eMail: a...@geo-it.com - Internet: http://www.geo-it.com Geschaeftsfuehrer: Andreas Paukner-Ruzicka, Daniel Robrecht Registergericht: AG München, HRB 135305 USt-IdNr.: DE813168044, St.Nr.: 183/68099 ----------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hollingsworth wrote: I believe this has a lot of overlap with 'Work Mgmt' as expressed in the utillities and telecoms, which centers on the Work Order as the primary abstraction for tracking Create/Update/Delete both on database objects and the physical assets they model.  Usually involves specific states ('Proposed', 'Existing', 'Abandoned', 'Removed, etc.), version management, provisions for advancing the state of the Work Order when detached from the database, and so forth. I'd be interested in discussing further, as this is one of the capabilities that would advance the cause of FOSS4G in utilities and telecoms. Robert H. > I am currently looking out for web based Open source Geospatial Job > Tracking Software similar to Job Tracking for ArcGIS? > >  > > http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/jobtracking/index.html > >  > > Are there any open source projects  out there that you know of that > cover these features similar to ESRI product? > >  > > Regards > > Kumaran > This is a good question and I'm very interested in any answers you receive.  This sort of workflow/project management software is much needed in the GIS industry sector and I've not seen any open source options out there that met my specific needs when I looked previously. One that might help at least on the conersion/transformation side is Talend studio with it's spatial component: http://www.spatialdataintegrator.com/ But that's likely only one piece of the puzzle.  I believe that much of what is required for job tracking and workflow can be developed through some simple web interfaces, with open source apps sitting on the server side.   I've taken several attempts on doing this but never devoted enough time/focus to get very far.  If any else is interested in developing such tools, I'd be interested in discussing it further.  I believe these are necessary to streamline workflow and gain back efficiency that has been lost during the industry's general move toward using point-click GUI environments for everything. Tyler _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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