Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The depth of FOSS Spatial Data Infrastructure
Hi Ravi, Can you mail the document to me also? I will give my 2c in return. Dirk Chris Puttick wrote: 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 -- Met vriendelijke groeten Dirk ir Dirk Frigne DFC Software Engineering Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Gent Belgium T: +32 9 236 61 96 E: dirk.fri...@dfc.be W: www.dfc.be www.gegis.org www.geomajas.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] 1 week to test the OSGeo-Live DVD before we burn it
The OSGeo-Live DVD is looking great, with 43 pre-configured GeoSpatial Open Source packages and marketing documentation. It will be sent to the printers next week, Monday 9 August, and we are calling on all projects to test their applications and documentation and verify everything is working fine. Could everyone with an interest please: * download an ISO or Virtual Machine from here: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/4.0-rc6/ * run (and update) test steps for your project. Test steps might be Run steps in QuickStart. Record results here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Testing * review documentation: http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/4.0-rc6/osgeolive-docs/index.html * if inspired - write a quickstart, or add screen shots to an existing quickstart. * fix anything that is broken -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Director Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Mapguide 2.1 and ESRI ARCGis
Has anyone tried to install Mapguide 2.1 and ARCGIS on the same server before? When I try Mapguide seems to take over ARCs connections, causing ARC not to work. -- Erik Heinze-Milne heinz...@gmail.com Home: (902)-442-6180 Cell: 300-2187 Programmer Landmark Geographic Solutions Inc www.gissolutions.ca www.geomapix.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapGuide and Xamp
This list is for general OSGeo discussions and not for project specific questions. For MapGuide support sign up for the mapguide-users mailing list here: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users. Then send your question to mapguide-us...@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:mapguide-us...@lists.osgeo.org. Thanks Bob From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rauf Ahmad Sent: August-03-10 7:29 AM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapGuide and Xamp Hy every body ! Its my first mail to this Discussion forum I want to configure the mapGuide with the Apache of Xamp plz help me bcz i m quite new in Mapguide. Thanks in Advance ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapguide 2.1 and ESRI ARCGis
This list is for general OSGeo discussions and not for project specific questions. For MapGuide support sign up for the mapguide-users mailing list here: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users. Then send your question to mapguide-us...@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:mapguide-us...@lists.osgeo.org. Thanks Bob From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Erik Heinze-Milne Sent: August-03-10 8:40 AM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapguide 2.1 and ESRI ARCGis Has anyone tried to install Mapguide 2.1 and ARCGIS on the same server before? When I try Mapguide seems to take over ARCs connections, causing ARC not to work. -- Erik Heinze-Milne heinz...@gmail.commailto:heinz...@gmail.com Home: (902)-442-6180 Cell: 300-2187 Programmer Landmark Geographic Solutions Inc www.gissolutions.cahttp://www.gissolutions.ca www.geomapix.comhttp://www.geomapix.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Superficial review of copyright issues related tocollection and publication of education material on OSGeoWebsite (LINK)
Simon, Thank you for the hard work you have put into summarizing the copyright issues related to OSGeo content. I have a personal goal of preparing some articles and tutorials related to FOSS geospatial software. I didn't give enough consideration to the licensing of the (1) tutorial text, (2) screenshots of software, and (3) geospatial data used in the tutorial. In some other cases we might need to consider licensing of another tutorial component, the source code presented and discussed in an article. I hope you get some constructive feedback on your summary. I believe it raised some important issues. Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Simon Cropper Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:39 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Superficial review of copyright issues related tocollection and publication of education material on OSGeoWebsite (LINK) Hi Everyone, If anyone is interested I have posted a lengthy post on the OSGeo-Edu list. http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/edu_discuss/2010-August/001179.html -- Cheers Simon Simon Cropper Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020 P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437 W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Superficial review of copyright issues related tocollection and publication of education material on OSGeoWebsite (LINK)
Regarding images used in the tutorial, specially where it was asked to license the pictures/images that are a product of spatial analysis or some procedure: Couldn't we make a few stub images representing basic operations and give them away for free? Without actual data? I know it doesn't cover all cases, but it's a start. Something like the one attached? George On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Landon Blake lbl...@ksninc.com wrote: Simon, Thank you for the hard work you have put into summarizing the copyright issues related to OSGeo content. I have a personal goal of preparing some articles and tutorials related to FOSS geospatial software. I didn't give enough consideration to the licensing of the (1) tutorial text, (2) screenshots of software, and (3) geospatial data used in the tutorial. In some other cases we might need to consider licensing of another tutorial component, the source code presented and discussed in an article. I hope you get some constructive feedback on your summary. I believe it raised some important issues. Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Simon Cropper Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:39 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Superficial review of copyright issues related tocollection and publication of education material on OSGeoWebsite (LINK) Hi Everyone, If anyone is interested I have posted a lengthy post on the OSGeo-Edu list. http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/edu_discuss/2010-August/001179.html -- Cheers Simon Simon Cropper Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd PO Box 160 Sunshine 3020 P: 03 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437 W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://blog.geoprocessamento.net attachment: grid_bloco.png___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile)
Essentially, yes. The .mxd does not store the actual geometry or attributes of a spatial data set, it just stores a path (or database connection info) to the data source. So, the data that you are viewing in ArcMap may already be in a shapefile format. To determine the source of the layer that you are viewing, double-click or right-click properties on the layer. On the 'general' tab, you should see the source for that data layer. If the data is local and it is not in a data format that you can use, you could likely use the gdal/ogr tools to convert it to shapefile (unless it is in the ESRI File Geodatabase proprietary data format). It could be that you are viewing a data source that is being served to you as a Web Map Service (WMS). In this case, the server is only exposing/sending pictures of the geometry data, so you would not be able to convert this easily to a vector format like shapefile. David. -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of maning sambale Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:47 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] mxd to other format (i.e. shapefile) George, To get this right, mxd are actually just a styling file similar to Arcview's apr and avl? On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:25 AM, George Silva georger.si...@gmail.com wrote: You must be confusing things here Maning, Mxd is the format that ArcGIS uses to store mapdocuments, while shapefiles/database geometry data/coverages/rasters are displayed on that map. If you only have the mxd you won't be able to convert anything to shapefile. You need the original data. A Mxd is much like an HTML. It provides information on how content is organized, but it's not content itself. George On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:21 PM, maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com wrote: No luck so far looking for a converter. Basically, I want to export geometry and attributes without the styling from an Arc's mxd format to shapefile. Any workaround here (other then looking for an ArcGIS installed machine)? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://blog.geoprocessamento.net ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcing AGU Session N19. Information Technology Infusion Success Strategies
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the following session for the Fall 2010 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting being held in San Francisco, California from December 13-17 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/). N19. Information Technology Infusion Success Strategies (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detailsessid=441) Description: Large programs that manage Earth science remote sensing data have a vested interest in seeing those data products widely used. Information technology has a significant impact throughout the life cycle from sensor data processing to multi-sensor data production to data assimilation. To ignore changing technology is costly, so proactively planning for infusion and adaptation is a strategic necessity. This session seeks technology infusion experiences and how the corresponding lessons learned can benefit present and future efforts. Examples of problems and solutions to technology infusion in remote sensing data systems are desired, specifically those dealing with data processing, system interoperability and service oriented architectures. Please consider submitting an abstract and forwarding this announcement to potentially interested colleagues. The submission deadline for abstracts is September 2, 2010. Thanks for your consideration, Karen Moe, NASA. karen.l@nasa.gov Karl Benedict, University of New Mexico. kb...@edac.unm.edu Brian Wilson, Nasa (JPL). brian.wil...@jpl.nasa.gov Ruth Duerr, National Snow and Ice Data Center. rdu...@nsidc.org Thanks, Karl = Karl Benedict, Ph.D. Director, Earth Data Analysis Center Research Assistant Professor, Geography Department University of New Mexico MAILPARCELS MSC 01 1110 Bandelier West, Rm. 111 1 University of New Mexico University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87109 Albuquerque, NM 87109 o (505) 277-3622 x234 f (505) 277-3614 m (505) 239-4115 Skype: karlbenedict Twitter http://twitter.com/kbene ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Data format frustration - too general!
Hello, I am hope to use GIS for a traffic analysis program that I am involved with. After having looked at a couple weeks worth of GIS resources, I still feel like I haven't found what I'm looking for and it's time to get some human input. The main source of my frustration is that all of the standard data formats seem to be too general for my purpose. Common formats provide the ability to encode points, lines, polylines, and polygons (where the locations are unitless). But I need the ability to encode the geographic location (e.g. lat/long, NAD83) of high-level constructs. For instance, I'm not just interested in the location of streets, I'm interested in the location of each lane. I also need to know how street topology and traffic direction so that I can make path planning determinations. Finally, it would even be ideal if I could encode the location of traffic signals, stop signs, bus-only lanes, etc. I know that these types of encoding must exist somewhere , because my Garmin GPS understands the rules of the streets and can anticipate things coming up. For instance, it might tell me stay in the right lane. Are there standard data formats for encoding this information? Or is the ability to encode this a non-public extension of some more generic standard? If so, then how do I go about extending some other standard for my application? Thanks all! -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Data-format-frustration-too-general-tp5370620p5370620.html Sent from the OSGeo Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
