[OSGeo-Discuss] What GeoSpatial Open Source Software do Surveyorsuse?

[Cameron Shorter]

Ladon,
Thank you, your presentation sounds like an excellent basis for my 
presentation.
Please send it through.
I'm expecting I'll get a chuckle from the audience when mentioning you 
as  "The Sunburned Surveyor".

Landon Blake wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> I recently gave a presentation entitled "introduction to vector GIS for
> land surveyors" at the joint California Land Surveyor Association/Nevada
> Association of Land Surveyors Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada. It
> included demonstrations of how to use OpenJUMP in a land surveying
> practice.
>
> I would be happy to share the materials from my presentation with you.
>
> I currently use OpenJUMP to perform the following tasks in my own survey
> practice:
>
> - Project Planning
> - Parcel Management
> - Preparation of GIS Deliverables from Survey/CAD Data
>
> I also have written some AutoLISP routines that help improve CAD/GIS
> integration. I haven't put in as much time on this as I want to, but my
> code does currently support export of WKT geometries from CAD using
> AutoLISP.
>
> Let me know if any of this is helpful. You might also visit:
>
> http://surveyos.sourceforge.net/
> http://sunburnedsurveyorongis.blogspot.com/
>
> I give you my best wishes for your presentation to FIG.
>
> Landon (AKA - The Sunburned Surveyor)
> Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
> Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658
>  
>  
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 12:45 AM
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> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] What GeoSpatial Open Source Software do
> Surveyorsuse?
>
> I'm giving a presentation on GeoSpatial Open Source at the international
>
> Surveyors conference here in Sydney.
> http://www.fig2010.com/
>
> I'd like advice on what use cases and Open Source packages I should 
> focus on during the presentation.
> Feedback from Surveyors welcomed.
>
>   


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