Hi,<br><br>seems to be a great idea. Thanks for this tool.<br>I will try it and get back to you with More details.<br><br><br>Sajith VK<br>Freedom is not Free<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Chris Puttick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.puttick@thehumanjourney.net">chris.puttick@thehumanjourney.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi<br>
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Really exciting concept, I very much like the idea of letting the user see the algorithm; I just differ from other people's views on the use of .net. This is effectively a closed technology and one controlled by a company that has no interested in the sustainability of the solutions created within it. The use of .net also limits the platforms on which the solution can be deployed; strategically that is poor i.e. the limiting of choices in one area because of the choices in another. I would be interested, I imagine off-list, in your reasons for choosing that closed development approach for something you wanted to make very open in other ways.<br>
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Regards<br>
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Chris<br>
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----- "John Lindsay" <<a href="mailto:jlindsay@uoguelph.ca">jlindsay@uoguelph.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I wanted to let you know about a new open-source GIS project that I<br>
> have initiated called Whitebox Geospatial Analysis Tools. Whitebox GAT<br>
> is a user-friendly and expendable GIS with significant capabilities<br>
> for spatial analysis. In developing Whitebox GAT I have taken a<br>
> transparent approach to the open-source paradigm. That is, if the user<br>
> would like to know how a particular tool's algorithm works, they need<br>
> not download the source code and wade through the immense code base to<br>
> find the few lines of relevant code. Instead, each tool has a 'View<br>
> Code' button that will bring up the specific code related to the tool.<br>
> Furthermore, they are able to convert the code into other programming<br>
> languages. The idea is to remove some of the barriers that exist<br>
</div>> between the developer community and the user community. My analogy is<br>
> that commercial software is like a locked library where only a few<br>
<div class="im">> select individuals have the right to access the information contained<br>
> within; most open source software packages, at least from the<br>
> viewpoint of the user, is like a public library but there is no<br>
> cataloging system and the books are all written in Greek; Whitebox is<br>
> much more like the Internet. You can download Whitebox GAT from:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/%7Ehydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.uoguelph.ca/~hydrogeo/Whitebox/index.html</a><br>
><br>
> I'd certainly appreciate any feedback that you may have.<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> John Lindsay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor<br>
> Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Guelph<br>
> Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1 CANADA<br>
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