[QGIS Commit] r10087 - trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics

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Author: timlinux
Date: 2009-02-01 17:14:05 -0500 (Sun, 01 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 10087

Modified:
   trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex
Log:
Added author details and some notes to 'who uses QGIS' section

Modified: trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex
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--- trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex	2009-02-01 17:20:24 UTC (rev 10086)
+++ trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex	2009-02-01 22:14:05 UTC (rev 10087)
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 universities and students, and amateurs alike, for a large variety of tasks,
 from simply viewing raster and vector data (especially useful is the capability
 to deal with PostGIS layers) to running complex and custom analyses through
-GRASS modules. Often is used to replace or integrate proprietary software, and
+GRASS modules. Often QGIS is used to replace or integrate proprietary software, and
 several migrations have been accomplished or are underway, both in small and in
 large companies and public administrations. Among the hundreds of people that
 have attended courses on QGIS use, a common feeling is that the switch from
@@ -239,6 +239,19 @@
 free and open source licence, it is also used in some of the poorest countries,
 thus helping to reduce the world digital divide and bring more geoinformatic
 knowledge where local conditions are more difficult.
+
+QGIS is also used by many software developers to produce new GIS enabled
+applications. As a Free alternative to GIS toolkits such as ESRI ArcObjects,
+QGIS provides a compelling option. Yet more developers are building custom
+plugins to suit their own needs and are sharing them via plugin repositories. 
+
+One of the curious aspects of being a Free and Open Source project is that we 
+have very little idea of exactly how many users we have. Since the software can 
+be freely copied and passed around after it is downloaded it is difficult to 
+judge useage numbers. With around 1550 registered users on our community map 
+we can extrapolate a user base in excess of 15000 given a conservative 
+estimate of a 1% sign up rate.
+
 Professional support is provided by several companies.
 
 \subsection{Perspective / Conclusion}
@@ -249,7 +262,9 @@
 
 Otto Dassau <dassau at nature-consult.de>
 \\Gary Sherman <sherman at mrcc.com>
-\\Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>
+\\Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>: Tim runs a consultancy business in Gauteng,
+South africa where he provides commercial support and development services for
+QGIS and other FOSS GIS software.
 \\Marco Hugentobler <marco.hugentobler at karto.baug.ethz.ch>
 \\Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>