[CoLoCo] Front Range Users of Geospatial Open Source?

[NICK VERBECK]

You also forgetting about MapServer http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/download
A lot of the software & scripts that you see used in the Open Source
world seem to be derived from this project and its sister projects and
libraries.

On Nov 27, 2007 10:24 AM, Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 09:18:52AM -0700, Jennifer Horsman wrote:
> > I am a GIS user and second the opinion on ESRI products. It is really
> > difficult to move away from such a great product once you have really
> > learned how to use it. With GIS, the concepts are not that difficult to
> > grasp, but learning to use the software is quite a hurdle. However, as a
> > person who is interested in starting up a GIS contract-based business,
> > the ESRI software is prohibitively expensive. For this reason, software
> > like GRASS is very attractive. I have been thinking about trying to
> > learn it in earnest and I think you may find there are people out there
> > who feel the same - and are very interested in Linux. Obviously, any of
> > the members of FRUGOS are interested in open source GIS and Unix/Linux
> > is the best choice for running these products on.
> >
> > I have worked for the government too and 10 years ago, the lab I worked
> > for was using GRASS exclusively. Of course, it was originally developed
> > by the US government!
> >
> > Jennifer
>
> Thanks Jennifer.  I've been lurking occasionally in the GIS area for
> over a decade and this seems right.  And I hope the GRASS fans can
> make headway.
>
> The new more open data formats in ESRI sound very helpful.  How is
> support for them in GRASS et al?  Perhaps one use case for GRASS would
> be to help governments and consultants deliver good GIS data to users
> who couldn't afford ESRI?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
>
>
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