Hi, Although I sympatise with the idea of campaigning against 'closed' formats, I don't think targeting one specific format is wise. Especially since there are free tools that can read DWG, starting with Autodesk's own open source MapGuide product....
__ Barend Köbben International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) PO Box 6, 7500AA Enschede (The Netherlands) ph: +31 (0)53 4874253; fax: +31 (0)53 4874335 On 28-11-2006 08:35, "Paolo Cavallini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > Here in Italy we're having troubles with public admin releasing data in > DWG format (unusable with free tools, as you know). We're thinking to > start a "StopDWG" campaign. > What are your feelings about this? > All the best. > pc > - -- > Paolo Cavallini > email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.faunalia.it > Piazza Garibaldi 5 - 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy Tel: (+39)348-3801953 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFa+az/NedwLUzIr4RAtyIAJ4roK3W7VKEmsZmUfrknd4oNcGPnQCeKKwP > BUoDwAxDSiawNN99zCsyOTA= > =WQP+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > geo-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss _______________________________________________ geo-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/geo-discuss
