Jody: > This request comes up yearly; and was > one of the ideas for content for the osgeo website. The > difficulty is finding resources to produce the content. > > The trouble is just because a request is common, and makes > perfect sense from a marketing open source geospatial point > of view, does not imply the foundation has the marketing > muscle to get it done.
as noted in the original thread on the live-demo ML, much of the OSGeo software is somewhat interchangeable, especially for common desktop GIS tasks. Asking the collective authors/representatives of all OSGeo projects which is the best single tool to get the job done is not likely to converge on a single answer that doesn't leave at least one or two projects feeling a bit ignored. this may be frustrating & overwhelming to the new recruit, but the only honest answer I could give to it is "explore the Live DVD and find something that fits you well". what's the best FOSS tool to edit a text file? debian$ apt-cache search editor | wc -l 603 ... "it depends", take your pick :-/ solutions welcome, Hamish _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss