Sounds like an excellent document! Email it on and I'll have it neatly butchered. The web portal claim is remarkable, as are claims of limited analysis capabilities.
Regards Chris ----- Original Message ----- > Some so called SDI experts feel that FOSS SDI cannot perform at-par > with Proprietary SDI. > Please provide examples to fight a case from an Indian state which > swears by Free and Open Source Software. We can never expect a better > level playing field. > > Kerala - India > > Here are some excerpts from a document that has false claims > supporting Proprietary Software. > > However, it is worthwhile to mention here that the OSS (Open Source > Software) does not match the advanced functionalities of many of the > commercial (proprietory) software that is in the market. Image > processing and analysis capabilities of the open source software is > not comparable to the commercial software when one require to carry > out advanced data manipulations, image fusion, 3D modeling, > ortho-correction, auto-georeferencing, stereo-image/air photo > interpretation, advanced geospatial analysis etc., In such cases, > certain proprietary software become an integral part of the Spatial > Data Infrastructures, which can not be avoided. At a later stage the > some of the proprietary software need to be purchased. > > It is a well known fact that web portal that run with OSS are neither > OGC-compliant nor > interoperable. At the present juncture it is only possible to > establish the KSDI Geoportal > with the available COTS enterprise software. > > The detailed PDF document will be emailed on demand. > > Ravi Kumar > > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
