[California] Help With Our New Web Site

[Landon Blake]

Thanks for the comments Mateo. I'll see what we can do about getting the
type of content you suggested on the web site.

Landon

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Yanes, Mateo at DWR <Mateo.Yanes at water.ca.gov>
wrote:

> Hi Landon,
>
>
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> What would be highly beneficial is a page on GIS open source tools/systems
> that members use and maybe some comments on them (I’m thinking more of a
> resource list by different categories).  This would be a huge help for
> government agencies.  We currently use little to no open source and are in
> the process of coming up with an open source strategy within our group.  If
> I can point to a page like that then this would be helpful in moving
> towards using some open source tools/systems within State government.  I
> cannot offer any guarantees, but it is something of serious consideration.
> It would be great to see some GIS desktop open source alternatives as well
> as open source on the server for developing web services for both desktop
> and web maps.  Recommendations from users who use these technologies in
> their everyday use is also very helpful because we all know brochures tell
> you everything works the best possible, but real world use is much more
> valuable.
>
>
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> Another thing to consider for agencies in the State, IT shops want
> technical support.  I’ve been told this is a big selling point.  So, if an
> open source tool/system also has a company that can be used for supporting
> the product/technology then this is a big plus.  If a program crashes or
> doesn’t work as expected and there is someone to call for technical support
> then this is something IT will look at favorably because they don’t want to
> be on the hook for something they may not be too familiar with (it is a
> selling point for non-open source software as well but in that case the
> source company is normally closely coupled with the software they sell so
> support may be built-in with maintenance fees, etc.).
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Mateo
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mateo Yanes
>
> GIS Senior Programmer Developer, Enterprise GIS Services Office
>
> California Natural Resources Agency
>
> Department of Water Resources
>
> Bonderson Building
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> 901 P Street, Room 313
>
> Sacramento, CA 95814
>
>
>
> *From:* California [mailto:california-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Landon Blake
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2016 8:28 AM
> *To:* california at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [California] Help With Our New Web Site
>
>
>
> I could still use some help with content for our new chapter web site:
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> http://www.californiaosgeo.org/
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> Here is what I need:
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> 1) Short bios for the "Individual Members Page".
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> 2) Short company profiles for the "Companies and Organizations" page.
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> 3) Articles on open source GIS or related topics for the "Articles" page.
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> Please e-mail me with any content contributions!
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> Thanks for your support!
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>
> Landon
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