Well, all the Open Source GIS, like GRASS, Qgis, OpqnJUMP etc have their code for download. GRASS has a programmers guide (or of sorts).. will it not be of help.<br>Ravi Kumar<br><br><b><i>Landon Blake <lblake@ksninc.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Arial Narrow"; panose-1:2 11 5 6 2 2 2 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial Narrow";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose;
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“Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling Book” by ESRI when I decided it would be nice to have a tutorial for people who decide to design their first GIS outside of ESRI’s world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I made an outline for such a document or tutorial which you can find here:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df5nfmf8_30rvgj7j<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I thought that I would try to review other material on the subject, if there was any, before I write the article.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I appreciate any references or suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Landon (A.K.A. – The Sunburned Surveyor)<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial
Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">P.S. – I’m going to shoot this off to the Geowanking list as well.<b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> <br><br><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><strong>Warning:<br></strong>Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information
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