[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Italian Association for Geographic Free/Open-Source Software

[Markus Neteler]

Como, 26 February 2007

The
Associazione Italiana per l'Informazione Geografica Libera / GFOSS.IT
 (Italian Association for Geographic Free/Open-Source Software)

has been founded in Palermo, Italy.

GFOSS.IT has been founded by specialists with a consolidated international
experience in the field of geographic information systems and of
free/open-source technologies.

GFOSS.IT was established in the context of the eighth Italian GRASS
and GFOSS users meeting, held in Palermo, Italy (14-16 February 2007).

The aims of the association are to:

- foster the development, the diffusion, and the protection of exclusively
free and open-source software for geographic information;

- promote open standards for geographic information and free access to
geographic data;

- promote contacts within the geographic free/open-source software developer
and user community, as well as contacts between this community and other
subjects;

- encourage and co-ordinate the translation and/or the localisation of
geographic information software and documentation;

- promote relationships with other national and international associations,
and with public and private organisations.

What's next:

During the coming month the association will formalise its constitution,
finalise the activities to be conducted during 2007, and will be open to
applications for membership.

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Info: info a gfoss.it
Web: http://www.gfoss.it
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free

[Zachary L. Stauber]

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I agree with Perry.  There are a lot of free/lite/express versions of GIS
software that are perfectly usable for small businesses or the non-profit
neo-cartographer such as Tatuk Viewer, ArcExplorer, OracleXE, and GoogleEarth.
 Because they are useful, they're going to be part of the tools of a lot of
people whether FOSS4G takes them into the fold or not, so we might as well.

Personally I'd like to see, exactly, how to connect up OracleXE with MS4W in a
demo at FOSS4G, so I say if they integrate with everything else well, let 'em
show it.  It may get some support out of folks like ESRI, too.  After all,
they've released many of the formats that became open standards, like SHP files,
BIL images, and I think they were instrumental in coming up with the WKT for
coordinate systems.

-Zack

Pericles S. Nacionales wrote:
 I agree that it is an OSGeo conference and OSGeo promotes free and open
 source software.  If Oracle can demonstrate how their product
 works/integrates with open source geospatial software then I don't have
 a problem with that.
 
 -Perry
 
 Jason Birch wrote:
 You know, I'd actually be in favour of this workshop if it showed how
 Oracle can be integrated with open source geospatial applications (web
 mapping, etc).  This is the kind of thing that many organisations need
 to gradually integrate open source into their stacks.

 As it stands, it shows how to integrate a free beer proprietary
 application with an expensive-beer application, and I am personally not
 in favour of it.  This is a Free and Open Source conference not a
 Free or Open Source conference.

 Jason

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