? An informal list of
speakers who are at least recognized by some other OSGeo members would
probably be a good start.
Best regards,
Arnulf.
Landon Blake wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2009 the California Chapter held its first
annual meeting in Davis, California. We had 10 people in attendance.
(I
Suchith,
It is great to see this type of support for open source software in
government. I wish we saw this same type of support for open source
software in government agencies within the United States.
Landon
Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
How about looking to the open source community as a source of innovation
while the budgets for research are getting gutted at corporations and
government agencies around the world.
Landon
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Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
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From:
Geo Open Source Myth #1: ESRI is the only company that makes GIS
software. :]
Landon
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Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
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Wolf,
Recognizing that I'm often more trouble than I am worth, I'm willing to
mentor or help coordinate again this year. I'll stay tuned to the SoC
mailing list to learn how I can help as things develop.
Landon
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Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Relationship between Telascience and the
OSGeo
Landon Blake wrote:
Frank wrote: Clarifying such a matter is not trivial in an
organization
with many different ideas like OSGeo.
Roger that. So I guess it boils down to the internal support for this
type
-
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[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:46 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Relationship between Telascience and the
OSGeo
Landon Blake wrote:
I was wondering if anyone
Silvia,
I am surprised that Open Office couldn't open the DBF. Most open source
desktop GIS programs like OpenJUMP can open and edit the attributes of
Shapefile. Is that an option?
If not, you could send me the file and I could see if I could open it in
Microsoft Excel.
Landon
Office Phone
Puneet,
That was a most excellent summary of the differences between a patent
and a copyright. Thank you for providing it.
Landon
Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
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It seems like the OpenJUMP community may be cautiously moving towards a
decision to apply for status as an OSGeo Project. I would like to know
who would be the best person to ask questions as we begin to make the
needed changes and move through the application and incubation process.
Any
7:41 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Best Person For Questions About Project
Incubation
Landon Blake wrote:
It seems like the OpenJUMP community may be cautiously moving towards
a
decision to apply for status as an OSGeo Project. I would like to know
who would be the best
I've been working with a few of the folks from the Open Street Map. We
are a group within the OSM community that is very interested in setting
up a repository or pool to host the map data we contribute in a separate
space, before it is uploaded to OSM. We'd like to do this so we can
collaborate on
I've added some of my own comments about operating systems to this wiki
page. I'm no expert on Linux distributions, and the comments are based
solely on my own experiences as a Linux user. I hope that this is
helpful to others.
Landon
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While preparing my recent proposal for the OSGeo I realized there wasn't
a lot of information on the history of the organization. I realize part
of this is because the OSGeo is pretty young as far as organizations go.
However, most of the information I could find about the OSGeo was
related to the
: [OSGeo-Discuss] Does the OSGeo have a historian?
Landon Blake wrote:
While preparing my recent proposal for the OSGeo I realized there
wasn't
a lot of information on the history of the organization. I realize
part
of this is because the OSGeo is pretty young as far as organizations
go.
However
I'm currently working on a proposal to secure some corporate funding for
development of OpenJUMP, an open source desktop GIS viewer. I'd like to
know if any of you have experience with applying research and
development tax credits to the development of open source software (in
the United States).
I don't have any objections to using Wikitionary, as long as we can
categorize our entries. What is the license for Wikitionary entries?
Note: Someone with a user name of SemperBlotto deleted our Geospatial
category on October 26. Perhaps there isn't consensus within the
wikitionary community on
Terry,
This is actually the mailing list for the OSGeo. I think that Mapguide
specific questions should be sent to this mailing list:
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
Landon
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Willing to host OpenJUMP Wiki
Content?
Landon Blake wrote:
I've been asked to approach the OSGeo with a request on behalf of the
OpenJUMP community. Our community wiki is currently being hosted by a
programmer that is no longer involved in the project. We have a lot
I've been asked to approach the OSGeo with a request on behalf of the
OpenJUMP community. Our community wiki is currently being hosted by a
programmer that is no longer involved in the project. We have a lot of
problems with spam and vandalism on the wiki. We'd like to know if the
OSGeo would be
I've been to Canada, so I can vouch for that. :]
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
In
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Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] some post-FOSS4G thoughts
Landon Blake wrote:
Jody wrote: The original post talked about minimizing expense;
breaking
into several venues actually updates
I should have clearly stated that local conferences could be an
alternative to FOSS4G, not a REPLACEMENT. Please don't burn me at the
stake for that slip up. :]
Landon
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Sent
I'd subscribe.
I'm currently working on a parser for the GPX format as part of the
GeoTools Project. I'm also interested in learning how to read Garmin's
data format directly from a receiver into OpenJUMP.
Landon
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My thanks go to Arnulf.
Landon a
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From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:47 AM
To: Landon Blake
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Standards] OSGeo-OGC MOU
Landon Blake wrote:
Frank,
I think this is really important work, and I
You're likely screwed. (We love you Autodesk.)
Can you get the data in DXF format?
As an alternative, you might look into buying a version of IntelliCAD.
It should be able to open an AutoCAD 2008 drawing file and only runs
about $200-$500 for the full version.
Landon
and
structuration
On 8/27/08, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Puneet wrote: a conference becomes too big to continue being useful.
Do you mean too big as in number of people attending, too big as
in
number of topics presented, or too big in some other sense?
To an extent, the above three
From: Landon Blake
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Proposed Meeting To Discuss California Chapter of OSGeo
I'd like to propose a meeting to discuss the formation of a California
or a Central Valley Chapter of the OSGeo on September 27, 2008, in
Stockton
Puneet wrote: a conference becomes too big to continue being useful.
Do you mean too big as in number of people attending, too big as in
number of topics presented, or too big in some other sense?
Landon
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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:01 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for OSGeo Slide Show/Presentation
Material
I've been invited to give a presentation on OSGeo at the local GIS user
group and my company has agreed to cover my time out
Yves,
We have to think about hosting pages, but also all the translation process:
who is doing what, when do we need what modify, who change what, etc.
I believe there are really two (2) areas in which OSGeo projects can focus on
translation:
(1) Easing the translation of the GUI of FOSS GIS
There is no way I can go to FOSS4G in a foreign country, but I could
likely get to a North American meeting on the West Coast. I'm sure
others are in the same boat. So from my perspective, this is a good
idea.
Landon
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I said: I believe there are really two (2) areas in which OSGeo projects can
focus on translation:
I meant to say three (3) areas. :]
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Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:15 AM
To: OSGeo
, Landon Blake wrote:
There is no way I can go to FOSS4G in a foreign country, but I could
likely get to a North American meeting on the West Coast. I'm sure
others are in the same boat.
Well, North America's West Coast includes the
'foreign countries' of Canada and Mexico, if you
live
I've messed around with Maven a little bit, and I'm afraid I'll mess
around with it some more if I get more involved in GeoTools.
I must say that I find the tool might be overkill for all but the most
complex projects. I believe Ant is a much better tool for simple
projects.
This is just my
I've been working on GeoTools support for the GPX format. Part of the
GPX format allows a user/program to specify a Symbol as a string/text
value.
We've been having a discussion on the GPX mailing list about a standard
mapping of symbol names to symbol graphics, either in Raster or Vector
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Fundraising
Landon Blake wrote:
Frank,
Thanks for posting the budget. It was an interesting read. I was
impressed with the fact that the Foss4G conference appears to pay for
itself.
Landon,
It is currently an objective that the conference should make
I stole the following snippet from another of Paul Ramsey's posts. I
thought it belonged in a separate thread:
Paul wrote: Having a plan to take better advantage of our host nation
status. We pay a good deal in terms of administrative overhead to be a
fully tax-exempt charity in the USofA, what
I would like to add two (2) brief comments about the issue if American
influence in the OSGeo, and the role members from other language
groups/nations play in the organization.
The first comment is about utilizing the mechanism for local chapters.
Perhaps this is a vehicle that members from
Is it possible to move forward with seeking recommendations on OSGeo
policies regarding the export of software from an Attorney that is
experienced in this area of law?
If we'd like to move forward we will need to [1] find a suitable
attorney, [2] get an idea of the cost of a consultation [3]
The recent discussions on software export restrictions got me to
wondering if we have, or if we should create, a legal committee. This
would be a group familiar with patent law, licensing terms, and other
legal issues related to geospatial software (like privacy rights, access
to publicly funded
Roger that.
Landon
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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 9:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Seeking Recommendations On Software Export
FromAn Attorney
Landon Blake wrote
+1 on making all 18 charter members. I know I can personally vouch for
both Martin Davis and Markus Lupp.
Landon
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Bruce,
I agree with Puneet. In this scenario it would make more sense for the
organization to maintain their own fork of the code to which
improvements can be made. This really doesn't cause problems for the
parent of the fork as long as there is an established process and some
honest effort
).
Are really all the differences among forks impossible to reconcile, using that
'honest effort'? ;-)
Miguel
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Asunto: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source development
?
Landon
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(OSGeo)
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 3:25 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Options for a Java Collaboration Mailing
List
On Fri, May 9, 2008 21:11, Landon Blake
I thought it might be wise to point out that this discussion seems to be
getting a little aggressive, and possibly a little personal.
All sides have made valid points. It's obvious that Mr. Fee isn't going
to agree with many of us on this particular issue, and his opinion is
worth considering.
I
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:57 AM
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Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration
Landon Blake wrote
I would remind Mr. Fee, very humbly (of course), that he
Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration
Landon Blake wrote:
I thought it might be wise to point out that this discussion seems to
be
getting a little aggressive, and possibly a little personal.
All sides have made valid points. It's obvious that Mr. Fee isn't
Frank wrote: I also do not accept that getting government data in open
standard formats is a basic right...
I had to respond to this statement. :]
I'd be pretty upset of my federal, state, or local government released
written information in French. It would be pretty useless to me. I think
the
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:40 AM
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Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Sign the Hague declaration
On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 09:53 -0700, Landon Blake wrote:
I thought it might be wise
Real artists ship. For everyone else, there is wanking.
I'm going to add that to my book of favorite quotes. To bad it means I'm
a wanker myself...
Landon
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Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:15 PM
To:
I wasn't trying to apply this quote to all forms of non-programming
support on open source projects.
I was applying it to programmers like myself, that have 52 projects in
their Eclipse IDE, but only two Ant scripts that actually produce a
working JAR file on a regular basis.
It seems my bad
Jo,
You have touched on an issue dear to my heart. I have a lot of work to
do this afternoon, so I can't babble on as I normally do. But, I can't
resist one or two short comments.
Jo wrote: In the past i've heard it suggested that really successful
open source
projects now need serious
Frans,
Perhaps I can help you understand.
As far as I know the only two official OSGeo projects for the Java
programming language are gvSIG and GeoTools. OpenJUMP isn't an official
OSGeo project, but I hope that it is one day. :] Even though it isn't
yet a project I try to stay active in
so much on mailing list (it's
bad I know :D ).
Best regards,
Y.
Le Monday 05 May 2008 17:13:01 Landon Blake, vous avez écrit :
Bruno,
You are the exception!
I am familiar with your book, as I bought a copy about 4 months back.
iText is a great open source library! Please accept my
: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:28 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Your open source career
Landon Blake wrote:
Bruno,
You are the exception!
I am familiar with your book, as I bought a copy about 4 months back.
iText is a great open source library! Please accept my
A fellow OSGeo member suggested that I move a topic from a private
e-mail discussion to this mailing list. I have been talking with a
couple of the guys from GeoTools, a couple of the guys from deegree, and
a couple of guys from OpenJUMP about a shared Java CRS library. There
are a lot of
Thanks for the input Justin.
I agree simplicity (and the broad adoption that results from simplicity)
is a primary goal. We shouldn't let GeoAPI stand in the way of that.
Does anyone know how much of the existing GeoTools code is actually
based on the CRS interfaces in GeoAPI? Is anyone besides
The Java collaboration has reared its ugly head again...
Some programmers from GeoTools, OpenJUMP, degree, and Open Plans are
talking about the possibility (probably remote) of a shared library for
SRS or CRS definitions and transformations. The idea wouldn't be to
scrap existing libraries
-Discuss] Java Collaboration...Again
Landon Blake wrote:
The Java collaboration has reared its ugly head again...
Some programmers from GeoTools, OpenJUMP, degree, and Open Plans are
talking about the possibility (probably remote) of a shared library
for
SRS or CRS definitions
Tyler,
You know I can't pass up an opportunity to talk about myself. :] I don't
have much time because of an impending Friday deadline, but I will share
a couple of thoughts with you. I could share more next week if you want.
From my personal experience, skills as an open source programming can
A convert! Welcome Jennifer.
I can't speak for GRASS, but I know that OpenJUMP
(http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/OpenJUMP.html) could be compared to
the old 3.X Arcview. It has limited printing abilities at this point in
time, but I don't think there is a better cross-platform tool for basic
Justin,
This is the discussion list for the OSGeo, a non-profit organization
that supports open source GIS software development. It is not the user
list for Mapguide. (This is a common mistake.)
If you want an answer to your question you should find and post to the
Mapguide user list.
Engineer 1
(770)-989-9488
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Scientific Research Corporation
2300 Windy Ridge Parkway
Suite 400 South
Atlanta, GA 30339
770-859-9161 (phone)
770-859-9315 (fax)
Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/7/2008 11:19 AM
Justin,
This is the discussion list for the OSGeo, a non-profit
I can provide an answer for OpenJUMP. There are actually a couple
reasons why I have not pushed for OpenJUMP to become an OSGeo project.
[1] I don't know that we have the resources to become the type of
project the OSGeo is looking for, at least not at this point. We don't
have any large
I like this idea as well.
Landon
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Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:31 PM
To: Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Planet OSGeo
Folks,
Is there any plan or motion to setup an
I'd be willing to shed the Sunburned Surveyor nickname for my real
name on my OpenJUMP blog for OSGeo Planet if asked.
Landon
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:45 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
think we should ask SAC (in CC) to kindly make a mailing list and set
our 3 e-mail addresses as moderators.
can this mail be considered a request to SAC?
otherwise I'll do it via Trac
ciao
lorenzo
Landon Blake wrote:
I think we've got three people to moderate a mailing list. I think we
should
(and subsequent biweekly posting).
-mpg
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:08 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
I'm not sure about
I have modified the Jobs Board page on the OSGeo wiki page created by
Frank Wammerdam to serve as our OSGeo Jobs Board.
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Landon
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I'm down for whatever. :]
Landon
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
Landon Blake wrote:
I like this idea
, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Did you know that Directions Magazine has GIS podcasts online?
http://www.directionsmag.com/podcasts.php
This has inspired me to try a couple of FOSS GIS podcasts. I bought a
microphone and book on podcasting this weekend. I also downloaded Audacity
, called libJCRS, that
includes support for different SRS repositorys (EPSG, ESRI, IAU2000) as
well as end user datums and projections.
We think this may be also a reusable library other java project may
also use.
Greetings
Luis
Landon Blake wrote:
I've spoken with a couple
Did you know that Directions Magazine has GIS podcasts online?
http://www.directionsmag.com/podcasts.php
This has inspired me to try a couple of FOSS GIS podcasts. I bought a
microphone and book on podcasting this weekend. I also downloaded
Audacity to use for the podcast editing.
I
to certain aspects of software design, but I
think at a minimum we can share data I/O or data access code and map
projection code.
Landon
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From: Richard Greenwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:32 PM
To: Landon Blake
Subject: Re: [OSGeo
Paul wrote: The trouble with the geospatial marketplace is that it is
relatively small, so the small proportion an open source company can
monetize is smaller still.
I wonder how this will change as the ability to obtain spatial
information improves and becomes more affordable?
A few decades
Markus wrote: I have to say that I am a bit surprised that
I got the impression (from the remarks by Paul and others) that the same
is not possible in Northern America!?
I'm no expert, but I think most people involved in FOSS development in America
would agree that the political climate for
Well put Paul. A little harsh...but well put.
Landon
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Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:41 AM
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [postgis-users] A
Thanks for the insight on the meeting Miguel and Puneet. It was interesting to
hear what the other side of the aisle thinks of us.
Landon
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:23 AM
To: OSGeo
24, 2007 10:13 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Time In GIS - Requested Updates Made
Hi Landon,
maybe you'll find usefull also some of the OGC works. For instanc
the paper 06-022r1 Temporal Standard Recomendations,
greetings
Luis
Landon Blake wrote:
I made
OSGeo Members and Geowankers,
Has anyone done any work/research on the typical lifecycle of geospatial
datasets? I was working on my Metadata chapter for the Free GIS Book
this morning and I found myself trying to explain how metadata is
related to this life cycle. (The basic idea of this
I've put up a page at the OSGeo Wiki summarizing some of the responses I
got to my question about time in GIS as promised.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Time_In_GIS
I would like to personally thank all of the responders. (If I forgot to
add your name to the credits section on the page,
I made updates and/or corrections to the wiki page for Time In GIS
requested by Brent Fraser and Grant Pezeshki. Brent provided a simple
example of using time in GIS for cadastral parcels. I need to chew on
this some more and then I may post it to the page.
Thanks Brent and Grant.
Landon
Perhaps I have muddied the waters with my clumsy efforts. :]
The idea of a dictionary for GIS terms is great, and is something that
will be useful for work on the Free GIS Book. I have no problem working
on dictionary entries at Wiktionary or somewhere else. For the time
being I'll add my
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:53 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Presence On Wikipedia
Landon Blake wrote:
This is really good feedback, and has helped me reevaluate my original
idea. What about using Wikinfo instead? It seems that they have some
more reasonable
On Wikipedia
On Dec 20, 2007 12:19 AM, Landon Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
... and there was some other discussion about a multi-language GIS
dictionary.
Here the link to my proposal:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Multilanguage_Dictionary
Markus
I got all kinds of responses to my question about time in GIS, which I
appreciate. Give me a couple of days and I will try to get a summary of
the responses posted online.
Landon (A.K.A. - The Sunburned Surveyor)
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This is being sent to the geowanking and OSGEO discuss list. I apologize
in advance if you catch it in your inbox twice, but I didn't want to
miss any potential resources.
I'm working on a GIS Data Model in which I am trying to model some
temporal data. I've done a little research online, but
wish.
Bob Brundage
GIS Coordinator
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PH: 270-798-9571
FAX: 270-798-2232
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:48 PM
Thanks for the information Evan.
Landon
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Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:47 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS Data Models
Landon,
There it goes:
Landon Blake wrote
Model
Viewer.
Thanks,
Orest.
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:03 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] GIS Data Models
Ian,
I'm not actually talking about data structures. When
Does anyone know if there has been work on GIS Data Models besides any
organization other than ESRI?
(http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geodatabase/about/data-models.html)
I have both books on GIS Data Models by ESRI Press, which I thoroughly
enjoy:
Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies
FYI,
I tried to follow the link for information on BXML on the cubewerx site,
but I got a page missing error at the OGC.
Landon
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Puneet wrote: Shall we focus on the technical limitations of Shapefiles
in order to keep moving forward?
I was going to add a couple of limitations in addition to the
limitations of attribute data brought on by use of a DBF file as a
storage container:
[1] No way to store simple topology.
[2] No
Puneet,
You wrote: Is this too crazy?
I don't think this idea is crazy at all. In fact, I think it is a very
good idea. I do have a couple of comments, which you can read below:
You wrote: What if we came up with a new and improved data format --
call it
Open Shapefile (extension .osh)...
I
Puneet,
You wrote: Should be easy to transition to. By building the new format
on the
structure of the Shapefile format, and *in fact*, calling it open
shapefiles or some such thing, we indicate from its name that the
transition is not that revolutionary but is evolutionary. This,
hopefully, will
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On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
Is there any effort at the OSGeo to advocate for reasonable
access to publicly funded geospatial data? By reasonable I mean:
[1] With an affordable
. Thus there's not enough of a pot of gold to win in a suit.
However, I'm guessing that this strategy depends on a pretty
well-defined process to ensure there are no loopholes.
Allan
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Cameron,
I think this is an excellent idea
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