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<body><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hello,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">The company I work for wants to develop certain GIS functionality on top of an existing GIS product. I would like to do a small comparison between the various GIS programs so that we can make a motivated decision. The application must enable us to develop the following:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>create functionality where a user can place symbols, lines or polygons in the map by drawing in the map. Next, a dialogbox must appear where he can enter some attribute information. The coordinates and the entered attribute data must be stored in a spatial database (postgis).<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>One can have multiple views (windows) that are linked together; so when you pan in one view, the other views will pan along automatically. (there are different layers in each view)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Create short-cut keys for various functions; for example to make layers visible / invisible and to zoom in to a certain scale.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>It must be fast with raster and vector data<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Make use of global variables that we can use in the entire application<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>-</FONT><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>Create buttons, menu bars, etc that execute our developed scripts<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Can we do this with GRASS?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><br /><hr />Met MSN Spaces kun je per e-mail je weblog bijwerken. Publiceer leuke verhalen, foto's en meer! Het is gratis! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnksac0030000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.imagine-msn.com/spaces' target='_new'>Het is gratis!</a></body>
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