Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS GIS for Grazing Planning

2010-06-22 Thread Stefan Steiniger
Hei Frank, not sure but there was a precision farming project Pirol using OpenJUMP, but I guess what they did is/was quite different? http://www.al.fh-osnabrueck.de/pirol-english0.html however, Arnd is still around on the OpenJUMP user list, so I can give you his email. stefan Frank Arago

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS GIS for Grazing Planning

2010-06-22 Thread Frank Aragona
We would probably want to start with desktop. My thinking is that something like Grass or QGIS could plug into a PostGIS database. What we need is something that allows the user to input some basic variables, like available forage (in animal days per acre/hectare), paddock sizes, herd size, g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OS GIS for Grazing Planning

2010-06-22 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 22/06/2010 18:58, Frank Aragona ha scritto: > Is anybody aware of the use of open source GIS tools for grazing > planning? I'm very interested in the prospects of taking a pre-existing > platform and further developing it. Or, in the absence of such a > platform (which is likely), I'd like to

[OSGeo-Discuss] OS GIS for Grazing Planning

2010-06-22 Thread Frank Aragona
Is anybody aware of the use of open source GIS tools for grazing planning? I'm very interested in the prospects of taking a pre-existing platform and further developing it. Or, in the absence of such a platform (which is likely), I'd like to develop and work with partners in the development o