Not entirely an OSGeo specific point, but this type of criticism "open source
is hard, closed source is easy" is not uncommon. Some 17 years of experience
working with IT in organisations gets me a one word response to such a claim I
will not repeat here, but it starts with a "b" and sounds a lo
All,
Related to Arnie's posting here. I would like to see some community
organization around business specific products like the the items that
Arie is describing here. Example that meet customers needs more readily
than by requiring the first time implementer to assemble a bunch of
pieces
Arnie,
I'm working on something almost exactly as you describe, a connect
and/or standalone map service. I cal it a cascaded map service (might
be a mis-label), that can stay in sync with the remote server, and act
as a standalone when the network connection is not available.
My buisness ne
As a very interested lurker, and as one who has developed an Open Source
Computer-Aided-Dispatch system that has embedded google's maps product, I
can tell you that one of the deterrents I see is the relative complexity of
an Open Source GIS implementation - as compared to the use of GMaps, which
a
Hi,
have been going through all the wishes, all the arguments about how Open Source
GIS must evolve etc.
Yet to see one that is from or for a developing country.. (or have I missed ?)
This is yet another occassion, to think how different are the priorities for
developing countries including India
Evening:
Today I asked a bunch of community leaders to remind their mailing
list about the opportunity to do a demo at FOSS4G (ie http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Demonstration_Theatre
).
The fates have conspired against me and the fibre optic cable to
LISAsoft was cut; so any email
In my opinion, a major challenge is to extend OSGeo beyond it's
present topical range. Presently, OSGeo deals mainly with "classical"
GIS, webmapping, and underlying technologies (generalised). I think
this is also captured in this thread where references to and
comparison with commercial G
