[OSGeo Africa] open source GIS CD

[Ramsley Sono]

Hi Gavin
 
Please let me know when you find it. I have the Agileworks CD. I was looking for an open source equivalent to Idrisi for the Learners her at CSIR. 
 
Please advice on your findings and which one I can use for the learners.
 
Thank you
 
 
Ramsley Sono
Learnership Co-ordinator
CSIR
Meiring Naude Road
Brumeria
Pretoria
South Africa
P O Box 395
Pretoria
0001
+2712 841 2133
+2783 586 9013

>>> GavinF at mintek.co.za 15/06/2006 11:31:28 >>>

Hi al Have any of you worked on or do you know about a good CD of OS GIS resources that you'd recommend for distribution? Or, are you keen to help develop one that we could all use? I'm aware of a few CDs: FreeGIS, UbuntiGIS, KnoppixGIS and a local compilation by Agileworks. What do you think of these? What I'm after is something like the following, to promote and facilitate the availability and use of GIS in Africa: - simple interface to contents, perhaps html-browser driven.- collection of recent, stable, popular/good OS GIS software binaries for multiple platforms (min Windows and Linux). A complete suite from desktop to spatial DB to web map server to analysis to image processing to develop tools and libraries, etc.- compilation or pointers to support material for installation and configuration- a collection of free data- a collection of metadata, available through metadata software like GeoNetwork desktop.- standalone, but with extra resources that can be obtained if you have a network connection. Many users will not be online.- Nice to have: multilingual- not a once-off * this can be a resource that we can update over time.- everything as standards-compliant as possible- the whole thing released under open content / open source licences I'd appreciate any comments, offers of assistance or suggestions for other content or good ideas for setting it up. thanks Gavin FlemingGISSA Open Source SIG   Sustainable Development ResearcherMintek w: +27-11-709-4668c: 0845965680f: 0866164820xmpp (Jabber, Google Talk, etc.): gavinjfleming at gmail.compostal: P/Bag X3015, Randburg, 2125physical: 200 Hans Strijdom Drive, RandburgSouth Africa
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