[OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

[Gary Watry]

Contact Dr. Dan Ames at Idaho State University
amesdani at isu.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: Cameron Shorter 
Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 22:11
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?
To: OSGeo Discussions 

> Yes Gary, that would be great.<BR>> Do you know where we can find information about this?
> 
> On Jan 29, 2008 2:07 PM, Gary Watry wrote:
> >
> > Would the U.S. EPA moving from ESRI to Open Source for their 
> Watershed model help
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cameron Shorter
> > Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 21:39
> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to 
> Geospatial FOSS?
> > To: OSGeo Discussions
> >
> > > After giving a presentation recently about Geospatial Open 
> Source, we
> were asked whether there have been any case 
> studies on migration to
> > > Geospatial Open Source.
> > >
> > > The audience were very sympathetic to Open Source, but felt is 
> would> > be much easier to sell to upper management if they could 
> draw upon
> > > experiences of other agencies who have done something similar.
> > >
> > > Can anyone point me to reports, or programs which have 
> migrated from
> > > ESRI/Oracle applications (ArcGIS in particular) to Open Source
> > > equivalents?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cameron Shorter
> > > Geospatial Systems Architect
> > > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> > > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> > >
> > > Think Globally, Fix Locally
> > > Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions
> > > http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html
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> > >
> >
> > Gary Watry
> > Applications Developer/Designer
> >
> > Florida State University
> > Office of Telecommunications
> > 644 West Call Street
> > Tallahassee, Fl 32306
> > Phone: 645-6904
> > email: gwatry at fsu.edu
> >
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> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter
> Geospatial Systems Architect
> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
> 
> Think Globally, Fix Locally
> Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions
> http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 

Gary Watry
Applications Developer/Designer

Florida State University
Office of Telecommunications
644 West Call Street
Tallahassee, Fl 32306
Phone: 645-6904
email: gwatry at fsu.edu
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