[OSGeo Africa] open source GIS CD

[Gaby van Wyk]

Hi all

I had a good look at the GeoNetwork CD, in my mind it includes everything we
may want in the CD. But before I contiue - can I ask that we do a quick
reality check here:
1. We have access to the GN_OS202 (the GeoNetwork CD)
2. AgileWorks has produced an Open Source GIS CD (Agile works is a private
company in RSA offering Open Source Services)
3. Paul Scott has also produced such a CD (Paul is associated with the
University of Stellenbosch)
4. The CSIR may include GIS stuff on the Ubuntu Distro...
5. Any others?

Do we really need a long list of different CD's, or should we rather
collaborate and produce a family of related CD's?

I actually think that we have a need for different CD's.

   - We need a generic CD that includes a range of good software. It
   needs to be usable on a variety of OS platforms. Perhaps the GeoNetwork CD
   is the answer on this one? I understand that organisations such as Agile
   works may want to have a different one for marketing purposes, but it would
   be nice to pool resources in this type of development as well! By the way
   the AgileWorks CD has a much nicer look and feel! :-)
   - We also need nationally/regionally relevant CDs. From a South
   African perspective we really need this, but I am sure that other countries
   will also benefit from something like this and an African version would be
   great. This one should be a live, bootable CD and should include the
   following:
      - An OS
      - Various GIS tools
      - A metadata tool (GeoNetwork) with South African metadata
      records and live browser based maps.

Having given my opinion, here are a few more questions:

   1. Do we need different CD's in order to promote Open Source Software,
   if so what do we need?
   2. What should be on such CD's?
   3. What about the branding on the label?



Gaby


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