[OSGeo Africa] Survey of FOSS GIS usage in South Africa

J Du Plessis jean at pula.co.za
Fri Aug 31 03:29:55 PDT 2012


Hi Gavin

 

Up to date we have not started to use FOSS GIS. However in future we might
use it, and stop using Arcgis for projects.

 

Regards

 

Jean

 

From: africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:africa-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Gavin Fleming
Sent: 31 August 2012 11:32 AM
To: chapter discussions, Africa
Subject: [OSGeo Africa] Survey of FOSS GIS usage in South Africa

 

Hi fellow FOSS GISers

I'm conducting a snap survey of FOSS GIS in SA - please respond by Mon 3
Sept! I will use later responses but they won't be guaranteed to make it
into the proceedings (deadline 5 Sept).

I'll be presenting a paper at the GISSA Ukubuzana in October with the
following abstract:

Free and Open Source GIS Software is being used widely across South Africa
in diverse applications. This presentation will showcase a number of
projects implemented with FOSS GIS in government, private industry, civil
society and other sectors. Case studies will be drawn from various
companies, consultants and service providers.

I'd like to showcase what's being done and if I get a big enough response,
to compile some stats. 

So, please send me some brief information about FOSS GIS work that you are
or have been involved with or that you feel we should know about. 

I'm looking for work done with FOSS GIS in southern Africa by anyone OR work
done by South Africans anywhere in the world. 

Any project counts, from a helpful script to a backend database to a big web
application to a desktop GIS rollout - anything goes. 

Please send roughly the following:

- a brief description
- if web-based and public, a url
- otherwise, send screenshots, publications, etc. 
- reasons why you or the client chose to use FOSS GIS
- which FOSS GIS technologies you used

PS: Apologies for the short notice but I was only notified of paper
acceptance yesterday.




-- 
regards
 
Gavin
 
Gavin Fleming
http://afrispatial.co.za
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c: 0845965680
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