[Proj] RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?)

[G. Allegri]

Some interesting details about the OpenGIS birth can be found also in
Gardel's OGC history:
http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/historylong

Giovanni

2008/8/21 Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net>:
> Norman Vine wrote:
>>
>> Mateusz Loskot writes
>>>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:29 PM
>>
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?)
>>>
>>> George Silva wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello lists,
>>>>
>>>> As you can i see im mailing this message to some lists around the web
>>>> (im sorry if thats a problem).
>>>>
>>>> At the moment i am writing my BSc thesis (Geography) focusing the
>>>> development of a open source software and database for logging and analysing
>>>> traffic accidents in Uberlândia, MG - Brazil.
>>>>
>>>> I am dedicating a chapter in my thesis to explaining Open Source
>>>> Software, and OSS for GIS. i searched the web for some
>>>
>>> history of OSS in
>>>>
>>>> general, but i found too many different sources. So i come to you,
>>>> developers of GIS OSS, to see if you can give me references
>>>
>>> of where to
>>>>
>>>> search for the history and process regarding this theme.
>>>
>>> George,
>>>
>>> Here is number of "keywords" related to history of FOSS4G
>>> and that you may google for and find details:
>>>
>>> - Sol Katz
>>> - Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS)
>>> - GRASS History (http://grass.itc.it/devel/grasshist.html)
>>> - UMP MapServer history
>>
>>
>> Mateusz
>>
>> Great credits but don't forgot http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ or perhaps
>> http://members.verizon.net/~vze2hc4d/proj4/ :-)
>>
>> Thanks Gerry !!
>
> Norman,
>
> Yes, I've forgot about these two. Thanks for completing.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
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