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not aware of anything with a similar interface, but you should be able to do
everything that Idrisi can do with GRASS. I think it would be great to develop
some GRASS skills in SA. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Ramsley Sono [mailto:rsono@csir.co.za] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 15 June 2006 12:15 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> africa@africa.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [OSGeo Africa] open
source GIS CD</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Please let me know when you find it. I have the Agileworks
CD. I was looking for an open source equivalent to Idrisi for the Learners her
at CSIR. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Please advice on your findings and which one I can use for
the learners.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Ramsley Sono<br>
Learnership Co-ordinator<br>
CSIR<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Meiring Naude Road</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
Brumeria<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pretoria</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">P O Box</st1:Street> 395</st1:address><br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pretoria</st1:place></st1:City><br>
0001<br>
+2712 841 2133<br>
+2783 586 9013<br>
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>>> GavinF@mintek.co.za 15/06/2006 11:31:28 >>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi al<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Have any of you worked on or do you know
about a good CD of OS GIS resources that you’d recommend for
distribution? Or, are you keen to help develop one that we could all use?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’m aware of a few CDs: FreeGIS,
UbuntiGIS, KnoppixGIS and a local compilation by Agileworks. What do you think
of these?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>What I’m after is something like
the following, to promote and facilitate the availability and use of GIS in <st1:place
w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- simple interface to contents, perhaps
html-browser driven.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- collection of recent, stable,
popular/good OS GIS software binaries for multiple platforms (min Windows and
Linux). A complete suite from desktop to spatial DB to web map server to
analysis to image processing to develop tools and libraries, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- compilation or pointers to support
material for installation and configuration<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- a collection of free data<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- a collection of metadata, available
through metadata software like GeoNetwork desktop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- standalone, but with extra resources
that can be obtained if you have a network connection. Many users will not be
online.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- Nice to have: multilingual<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- not a once-off – this can be a
resource that we can update over time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- everything as standards-compliant as
possible<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- the whole thing released under open
content / open source licences<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I‘d appreciate any comments, offers
of assistance or suggestions for other content or good ideas for setting it up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Gavin Fleming<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>GISSA Open Source SIG <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Sustainable Development Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Mintek <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>w: +27-11-709-4668<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>c: 0845965680<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>f: 0866164820</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>xmpp (Jabber, Google Talk, etc.): </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><a href="mailto:gavinjfleming@gmail.com"><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>gavinjfleming@gmail.com</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>postal: P/Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>physical: <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">200 Hans
Strijdom Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>, Randburg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>South Africa</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>27.9782E 26.0896S<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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