[OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?

[Cameron Shorter]

Dr Dan Ames,

Gary suggested that you might be able to provide a case study or similar 
into the EPA's migration from ESRI to Open Source.
Specifically I have some Australian Government Agencies who would be 
interested to use such work, and in general, such case studies would be 
very beneficial for the uptake of Open Source globally.

Gary Watry wrote:
> Contact Dr. Dan Ames at Idaho State University
> amesdani at isu.edu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cameron Shorter 
> Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 22:11
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to Geospatial FOSS?
> To: OSGeo Discussions 
>
>   
>> Yes Gary, that would be great. Do you know where we can find information about this?
>>
>> On Jan 29, 2008 2:07 PM, Gary Watry wrote:
>>     
>>> Would the U.S. EPA moving from ESRI to Open Source for their 
>>>       
>> Watershed model help
>>     
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Cameron Shorter
>>> Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 21:39
>>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Case studies for migrating to 
>>>       
>> Geospatial FOSS?
>>     
>>> To: OSGeo Discussions
>>>
>>>       
>>>> After giving a presentation recently about Geospatial Open 
>>>>         
>> Source, we
>> were asked whether there have been any case 
>> studies on migration to
>>     
>>>> Geospatial Open Source.
>>>>
>>>> The audience were very sympathetic to Open Source, but felt is 
>>>>         
>> would> > be much easier to sell to upper management if they could 
>> draw upon
>>     
>>>> experiences of other agencies who have done something similar.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone point me to reports, or programs which have 
>>>>         
>> migrated from
>>     
>>>> ESRI/Oracle applications (ArcGIS in particular) to Open Source
>>>> equivalents?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Geospatial Systems Architect
>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>
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>>>>         
>>> Gary Watry
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>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Geospatial Systems Architect
>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>
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>
> Gary Watry
> Applications Developer/Designer
>
> Florida State University
> Office of Telecommunications
> 644 West Call Street
> Tallahassee, Fl 32306
> Phone: 645-6904
> email: gwatry at fsu.edu
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-- 
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Systems Architect
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions
http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html