[OSGeo-Discuss] desktop gis comparison at code sprint foss4g

[Jody Garnett]

Okay that is a good call. There was a table comparing different
desktop systems released a while back - perhaps that could be a
starting point?

Jody

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:01 PM, andrea antonello
<andrea.antonello at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jody,
> you are right, but I would like to involve power users in code sprints
> as well. They get usually bored in all the moments they have to wait
> for a fix to test.
> I think a tester/power user in the sprint would have more fun in doing
> something more autonomous.
>
> But, yeah, it seems you are not the only one thinking like that, since
> there has been no feedback.
>
> Andrea
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Andrea:
>>
>> That may be a good topic for a BOF session; I would recommend the code
>> sprint stays focused on you know ... coding :-)
>>
>> Jody
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 6:48 PM, andrea antonello
>> <andrea.antonello at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all, but mainly QGis-sers and gvSig-gers (I am now speaking as uDig-ger).
>>> In Italy in November we have our annual GFOSS conference and this year
>>> we proposed a workshop in which desktop GIS are compared.
>>> So what should happen, is that we create a list of tasks that then are
>>> shown/compared on every GIS during the workshop, in order to highlight
>>> the strenghts of every GIS and hide the weaknesses behind the
>>> availability of other possibilities.
>>> At the Italian conference QGis/grass, gvSig/sextante and
>>> uDig/JGrass/Axios will be put into the game, which is why I mainly
>>> address those groups now, but obviously others are welcome.
>>>
>>> I would really love to give this thing a ride before the November
>>> conference, since it is a first try for me. Therefore I was wondering
>>> if some QGis and GvSIG poweruser would be available during the
>>> Saturday codesprint for comparison on some tasks together with the
>>> uDig team.
>>>
>>> That said, I would love to hear from anyone what he would like to see
>>> tested in such a comparison, browsing from the easiest line creation
>>> to the most particular and odd reprojection.
>>> For that I just opened a small subsection in the uDig code sprint
>>> area: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Code_Sprint#The_desktop_comparison_tasks_list
>>> Feel free to add whatever comes to your mind.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrea
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