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Hi Gertrude,<br>
<br>
First let me thank you for working on the publication! I think it is
excellent work. I agree that some information can get outdated very
quickly.<br>
<br>
Thank you for pointing us to the existing efforts of Stefan, you and
others for Desktop GIS comparisons. I think we (the QGIS community)
can certainly help to update the QGIS column in your comparison
chart
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en">http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Albk_XRkhVkzdGxyYk8tNEZvLUp1UTUzTFN5bjlLX2c&hl=en</a>)
- there is quite a bit of functionality/information missing in this
chart. Things that were introduced in QGIS 1.4 and QGIS 1.5.<br>
<br>
The question is how we deal with functionality that is only
available through Plugins? Should it be mentioned that the
functionality is available through plugin (a footnote?)<br>
<br>
One interesting new development with QGIS is to use existing
resources also for web services. The start is the QGIS Mapserver (or
QGIS server), which can use an existing desktop project and deploy
it as WMS for the web. Together with OpenLayers/Ext/GeoExt one can
do quite powerful webmapping systems, in a relative short time.
Later, additional OGC services may follow, such as WFS server or
others.<br>
<br>
For the record: QGIS did not start as a GRASS viewer, but as a
Postgis viewer (by Gary Sherman). I believe GRASS editing was added
much later.<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
<br>
On 8/28/10 2:53 PM, gpieper wrote:
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cite="mid:20100828195316.i8sk0duyckw8s0c4@webmail.online.com.kh"
type="cite">
Hello Andreas and Paolo,
<br>
Thank you for your interest in the FAO-FIG publication on FLOSS
for
<br>
Cadastre and Land Registration.
<br>
<br>
Quoting "Andreas Neumann-4-3 [via OSGeo.org]"
<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_top" rel="nofollow">[hidden email]</a>>:
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> They base their software comparison chart on QGIS 1.3, which
is a bit
<br>
> outdated. And sometimes they make wrong statements, like
"Quantum GIS is a
<br>
> light-weight frontend for GRASS data which works also well
with PostGIS
<br>
> data." It would be ok, when it was stated like "Quantum GIS
is also a
<br>
> lightweight frontend for GRASS data ...."
<br>
<br>
I probably should have said "Quantum GIS started out as a
lightweight
<br>
frontend for GRASS data ... ".
<br>
QGIS 1.4 came out after the deadline for the publication, but I
<br>
mentioned the new functions of QGIS when presenting at the launch
of
<br>
the publication in Sydney
<br>
(<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/ppt/ts04a/ts04a_pieper_ppt_4577.pdf"
target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/ppt/ts04a/ts04a_pieper_ppt_4577.pdf</a>)
<br>
<br>
Of course, any comparison of desktop GIS in print gets outdated
very
<br>
quickly (QGIS at 1.5 now!) and a better way to do this would be by
<br>
putting it up on the OSGeo wiki (Stefan Steiniger's table is an
<br>
excellent start!) and have it updated by one or two people from
each
<br>
desktop GIS project after major releases. I planned to work on
that
<br>
with Cameron Shorter for FOSS4G Barcelona, but it hasn't come off
the
<br>
ground yet for lack of time and resources. Does any of you know if
<br>
there has been an interest in maintaining a desktop GIS comparison
<br>
table on the OSGeo wiki from the QGIS side?
<br>
<br>
Greetings, Gertrude
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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