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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>building
a GIS workstation using free and open source software<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--
see Matt Perry's blog - Turning Ubuntu into a GIS workstation <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=10" target="_blank">http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=10</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The instructions
take Ubuntu 7.10 and add the following desktop GIS applications:<br>
Postgresql/PostGIS : a relational database with vector spatial data handling <br>
GRASS : A full blown GIS analysis toolset <br>
Quantum GIS: A user-friendly graphical GIS application <br>
GDAL, Proj, Geos : Libraries and utilities for processing spatial data <br>
Mapserver : web mapping program and utilites <br>
Python bindings for QGIS, mapserver and GDAL <br>
GPSBabel : for converting between various GPS formats <br>
R : a high-end statistics package with spatial capabilities <br>
GMT : the Generic Mapping Tools for automated high-quality map output <br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(If
some on this list try following the instructions, please let the
list know how you got on with it)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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sdi-africa-bounces@lists.gsdi.org [mailto:sdi-africa-bounces@lists.gsdi.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Kate
Lance</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 21 January 2008 02:56 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SDI-Africa<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [SDI-Africa] building a
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