-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bob Basques wrote: > All, > > We've got a discussion going on in the office about the subject line. > I was wondering if folks here had any pointers to online information, > both from a superficial view (low detail level, IE Manager speak) as > well as some somewhat higher level information about costs, in the > short term/ long term, etc. > > Thanks > > bobb
Bob, the subject line and the answers make me wonder whether you are aiming at free and open access data or software or both? The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) [1] has recently released the publication [2] "FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration - Opportunities and Risks" together with FAO. It has two initial chapters on "Free and Open-Source Software" and "Open-Source Software for Geospatial Data – The Birth of OSGeo". The publication is directed at decision makers and lacks most of the tech talk that makes those folks' eyes glaze over immediately. It is still 7 and 9 pages to read (coincidences) but fairly straight forward. Maybe you can take some ideas from them when promoting the Open Source idea. Regards, Arnulf. [1] http://www.fig.net/commission7/index.htm [2] http://www.fig.net/pub/fao/floss_cadastre.pdf [3] http://openstreetmap.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss - -- Arnulf Christl President OSGeo http://www.osgeo.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkvHW98ACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b2UewCeJe5qxNdOQmQ6ynqtxF1VkLqC KMIAnjNxmMXbgd2+xDH4O78SliJkpm4z =5gRT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss