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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I agree - GRASS is awesome software -
but for a beginner it's too steep of a learning curve. I scratch
my head using it and I've been doing this for a while (granted not
with Grass) but still. With what she is doing - QGIS should work
fine....Mapserver/Geoserver is a bit of work but very doable.
Especially with an OSGEO chapter somewhere in the vicinity - it's
all good. <br>
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BTW - ArcGIS User for 20 years - QGIS is my new GIS love affair. <br>
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Randy<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Randal Hale, GISP
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On 1/4/2013 10:09 AM, Jo Cook wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Maxi,
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<div>I'm not sure which comment you're referring to with this-
but I don't think either myself or Randal are being impolite
in our responses. Certainly, all I meant was that for a
beginner, using GRASS would require a steep learning curve. I
use GRASS when I need advanced functionality, but I think the
learning curve may put new users off, that's all.</div>
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<div>Jo<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:56 PM,
Massimiliano Cannata <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch"
target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>></span>
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<p dir="ltr">Pls, let me say that I don't like the
approach: don't sue this software!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Many software can do the job, suggesting
your preferred approach without reference to what not
to use (in your questionabile opinion) may result more
polite and in line with open source collaboration.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
Maxi</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Il giorno 04/gen/2013 14:57,
"Jo Cook" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div dir="ltr">+1 for using QGIS without GRASS- it
should do everything you need.
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<div>Just one thing- you need Mapserver (or
Geoserver as an alternative) and something like
OpenLayers to form the online mapping component.
Mapserver does the work of serving up your
geospatial data, then the actual user interface
(the map, with the options to switch layers on
and off) is done using openlayers.</div>
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<div>Since you're in the UK, can I point you at
the OSGeo UK local chapter? <a
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href="http://www.osgeo.org/uk" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/uk</a> we
have our own mailing list, which is where you
might have more luck getting information about
UK-specific datasets- you will also find a few
companies on there who provide training in the
various components that you're looking to use.
(Disclaimer, the company that I work for- Astun
Technology) is one of those.</div>
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<div>Hope that's useful, again, feel free to shout
if you need more help/advice. Also, it's great
that you're looking at open source options- I
wish more people starting out would do the same!</div>
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<div>Jo</div>
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1:43 PM, Randal Hale <span dir="ltr"><<a
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href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com"
target="_blank">rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>></span>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Good
Morning/Afternoon<br>
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If it were me - I would do everything in
QGIS. It will be much easier to work with
and you won't have any of the oddness of
GRASS - I like GRASS - but it's not the
easiest thing in the world to work with.
QGIS also translates data over to mapinfo
very well. You should be able to do
everything in QGIS without programming. <br>
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There is a plugin to QGIS for Mapserver - so
once the project is set up You could publish
it there. I would try to keep it as simple
and as well documented as possible. <br>
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Hope that helps some - yell if you need help
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<br>
Randy
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