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

[Cameron Shorter]

Daniel, here is some feedback from one of the Australian agencies, I'm 
hoping for more feedback in the next day or so:

  I'd like to see where an organisation has successfully implemented OS 
Spatial products, including:
   - what drove them to do this
  - what evaluation they did
  - what benefits they found
   - what problems they faced and how they overcame them
   - unresolved issues
   - integration with existing spatial products and IT infrastructure
   - future plans

Daniel Ames wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> What type of a document are you looking for? In other words how much 
> detail and what focus?  We might be able to find something that exists 
> with respect to this EPA effort, or we could perhaps put it together. 
>
> Dan
>
> On Jan 29, 2008 1:10 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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 <mailto: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
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>     >>>> Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions
>     >>>> http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html
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>     >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>> 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 <mailto: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
>     >> _______________________________________________
>     >> Discuss mailing list
>     >> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>     >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     > 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 <mailto: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
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Daniel P. Ames, PhD, PE
> Geospatial Software lab
> Department of Geosciences
> Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
> amesdani at isu.edu <mailto:amesdani at isu.edu>
> www.hydromap.com <http://www.hydromap.com>


-- 
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