Re: [HOT] An instant PC?

2016-08-15 Thread Matt Sayler
POSM & Red Cross had an excellent presentation at SOTMUS, and Seth mentioned he'd be willing to set some up for the cost of hardware and brownies (I assume that will become dependent on demand/appetite): http://stateofthemap.us/2016/field-mapping-at-scale/ Nutshell: POSM is for mapping in low/no

Re: [HOT] An instant PC?

2016-08-15 Thread john whelan
One of the mappers I talk to from time to time had a machine die, they were knowledgeable enough to rebuild it using Unix but after playing with freePBX and knowing it can be done that's where the thought came from. Wasn't the POSM project something like this? I seem to be seeing more mappers

Re: [HOT] An instant PC?

2016-08-15 Thread Laura O'Grady
Hi Johns, I think using the USB thumb drive option would be better as fewer computers have DVD drives nowadays. Laura > On Aug 15, 2016, at 12:26 PM, John Bocan wrote: > > John, > > Would the OSGeo Live DVD fit the bill? Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 — > OSGeo-Live 10.0

Re: [HOT] An instant PC?

2016-08-15 Thread John Bocan
John, Would the OSGeo Live DVD fit the bill?  Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 — OSGeo-Live 10.0 Documentation  It has JOSM installed and ready to go--along with tons of other GIS software! Best Regards, John Bocan | | | Welcome to OSGeo-Live 10.0 — OSGeo-Live 10.0 Documentation | | |

[HOT] An instant PC?

2016-08-15 Thread john whelan
I prefer windows but it does have a cost. For FreePBX I think someone has set up a DVD image that loads the Uinx operating system plus the software preconfigured. Does such a CD or DVD image exist for say Unix and JOSM or even Unix preconfigured with a browser? The idea would be to make it