[OSGeo-Discuss] A FOSS Geo Project in India

[Ravi]

Hi,
freedomgis.worpress.com
shows little. Pl give specifically 
Ravi Kumar

--- On Sun, 28/2/10, Sajith VK <sajithvk at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sajith VK <sajithvk at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] A FOSS Geo Project in India
> To: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date: Sunday, 28 February, 2010, 10:25 PM
> Hi all,
> Thanks for the encouraging mails. We will release the
> documentations
> etc along with the official inauguration of the project. As
> Tyler suggested
> we also write article on OSGeo journal, however, we will be
> able to do that
> along with the official inauguration of the project.
> 
> In the mean time, I have started a blog to share some of
> the small scripts and
> tools we developed for the requirements of this projects.
> Please have a look
> at freedomgis.worpress.com
> 
> 
> Sajith VK
> Freedom is not Free
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
> <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
> wrote:
> > If you are interested in writing an article on this
> topic for our OSGeo
> > Journal - you are welcome to submit a proposal at http://osgeo.org/ojs
> >
> > Sajith VK wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> We are proud to share with you that Keltron, a PSU
> under government of
> >> Kerala, has completed development of an
> integrated, GIS based total
> >> solution for Kolkata Police. This consists of,
> >> Development of Large scale map of the area
> >> A GIS based area traffic control system
> >> Vehicle Tracking system
> >> GIS based distress call response management system
> etc
> >>
> >> The complete solution is developed purely on Free
> and Open Source
> >> solutions, including PostGIS, OpenLayers,
> Mapserver, GRASS &
> >> Geodjango. Technology demonstration and pilot run
> for all modules are
> >> over and large scale deployment is going on.
> AFAIK, this is the
> >> biggest FOSS Geo initiative in India, and one of
> the major GIS project
> >> in the government sector. I hope this project will
> help us in bringing
> >> other projects also into the FOSS way.
> >>
> >> Thanks to OSGeo. The very existence of the
> Foundation helped us to
> >> convince our client that FOSS Geo tools are
> matured, and are actively
> >> supported. We also thank the user and developer
> community around the
> >> major FOSS tools, for their fast response to our
> questions and
> >> clarifications.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks & Regards,
> >>
> >> Sajith VK
> >> Freedom is not Free
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