<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I believe this has a lot of overlap with 'Work Mgmt' as expressed in the <br>utillities and telecoms, which centers on the Work Order as the <br>primary abstraction for tracking Create/Update/Delete both on database <br>objects and the physical assets they model. Usually involves specific <br>states ('Proposed', 'Existing', 'Abandoned', 'Removed, etc.), version <br>management, provisions for advancing the state of the Work Order <br>when detached from the database, and so forth.<br><br>I'd be interested in discussing further, as this is one of the capabilities <br>that would advance the cause of FOSS4G in utilities and telecoms.<br><br>Robert H.<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br><div class="plainMail"><br>> I am currently looking out for web based Open source Geospatial Job<br>>
Tracking Software similar to Job Tracking for ArcGIS?<br>><br>> <br>><br>> <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/jobtracking/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/jobtracking/index.html</a><br>><br>> <br>><br>> Are there any open source projects out there that you know of that<br>> cover these features similar to ESRI product?<br>><br>> <br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> Kumaran<br>><br>This is a good question and I'm very interested in any answers you<br>receive. This sort of workflow/project management software is much<br>needed in the GIS industry sector and I've not seen any open source<br>options out there that met my specific needs when I looked previously. <br>One that might help at least on the conersion/transformation side is<br>Talend studio with it's spatial component:<br><a
href="http://www.spatialdataintegrator.com/" target="_blank">http://www.spatialdataintegrator.com/</a><br><br>But that's likely only one piece of the puzzle. I believe that much of<br>what is required for job tracking and workflow can be developed through<br>some simple web interfaces, with open source apps sitting on the server<br>side. I've taken several attempts on doing this but never devoted<br>enough time/focus to get very far. If any else is interested in<br>developing such tools, I'd be interested in discussing it further. I<br>believe these are necessary to streamline workflow and gain back<br>efficiency that has been lost during the industry's general move toward<br>using point-click GUI environments for everything.<br><br>Tyler<br>_______________________________________________<br><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>