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Hi Steve<BR>
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What is the basis of most of these type of GIS /linux type programes, C++, Java, what would be helpful in understanding these program‘s better. <BR>
In the mean time I’ll need to complete my proposal shortly.<BR>
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I'd say Java: (UDig is written in Java (Eclipse IDE)), OpenJUMP and Kosmo are also written in Java. Python is also an excellent language to learn and can be used to access many geo toolkits for geo-processing, even for setting up REST services accessing databases directly - and best of all: it's cross platform (much like Java) (and ArcGIS 10 has abandoned VBA altogether - all application scripting now needs to be done in Python). I.t.o FOSS I'm partial to PostGIS as, besides being extremely powerful and lightening fast, thanks to Postgresql, you can access external programs written in Perl, C, Java, Python and even R - all directly from a database function - brilliant.<BR>
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On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 17:08 +0200, Steve wrote:<BR>
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Hi Gavin and Bridget<BR>
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First thanks for these links I will first need to become familiar with the GIS programmes, budget permitting. <BR>
I trust that you guys had a good Christmas and a wonderful new year, I pray that 2011 is a really blessed one for you.<BR>
The geography department at Stellenbosch runs an ARC GIS course one can find it on the web it looks quite comprehensive and one is issued with a Plato certification after that, which is useful when applying for positions requiring it.. However speaking to Andrew Turner from cape nature he suggested that knowing QGIS is also helpful because they use both. Between now and October I will be fairly flat out with finishing this course. Then I am keen to do the GIS courses that are a requirement of many positions. The jobs on the links are still out of my league, but I’m sure with time I’ll get there.<BR>
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What is the basis of most of these type of GIS /linux type programes, C++, Java, what would be helpful in understanding these program‘s better. <BR>
In the mean time I’ll need to complete my proposal shortly.<BR>
Thanks for keeping me posted, look forward to seeing you guys at some stage.<BR>
Regards <BR>
Steve<BR>
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On 2011/01/21 2:18 PM, "Gavin" <<A HREF="gavinjfleming@gmail.com">gavinjfleming@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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