Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Anita Graser
Hi Rachel, As others have noted, it's generally a good idea to keep the number of different applications low - especially if you would have to learn each one of them from scratch. A solution with very few tools would be: - QGIS Desktop for loading and editing data - PostGIS as a data storage (I w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Arnie Shore
WRT learning curves, let me add OpenLayers to that list; I've come to favor Leaflet/cloudmade over OL as a result of its comparative ease of use - at least with my not-too-demanding requirements. AS On 1/4/13, Randal Hale wrote: > I agree - GRASS is awesome software - but for a beginner it's to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Randal Hale
I agree - GRASS is awesome software - but for a beginner it's too steep of a learning curve. I scratch my head using it and I've been doing this for a while (granted not with Grass) but still. With what she is doing - QGIS should work fineMapserver/Geoserver is a bit of work but very doabl

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Paolo Cavallini
> Il giorno 04/gen/2013 14:57, "Jo Cook" > ha scritto: > Just one thing- you need Mapserver (or Geoserver as an alternative) and > something > like OpenLayers to form the online mapping component. Mapserver does the > work of non necessarily: you can

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Jo Cook
Hi Maxi, I'm not sure which comment you're referring to with this- but I don't think either myself or Randal are being impolite in our responses. Certainly, all I meant was that for a beginner, using GRASS would require a steep learning curve. I use GRASS when I need advanced functionality, but I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Pls, let me say that I don't like the approach: don't sue this software! Many software can do the job, suggesting your preferred approach without reference to what not to use (in your questionabile opinion) may result more polite and in line with open source collaboration. Regards, Maxi Il giorno

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Jo Cook
+1 for using QGIS without GRASS- it should do everything you need. Just one thing- you need Mapserver (or Geoserver as an alternative) and something like OpenLayers to form the online mapping component. Mapserver does the work of serving up your geospatial data, then the actual user interface (the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Randal Hale
Good Morning/Afternoon If it were me - I would do everything in QGIS. It will be much easier to work with and you won't have any of the oddness of GRASS - I like GRASS - but it's not the easiest thing in the world to work with. QGIS also translates data over to mapinfo very well. You should be

[OSGeo-Discuss] Mapping advice

2013-01-04 Thread Rachel Forrest
Hi everybody, I am starting a new project that will use mapping software and consist of various components, I have been doing research about the best programme to use, but some advice from someone who has an overview of all of these programmes would be great. I'm new to mapping, so if explainati