<div>I suggested looking for the checklist that was used in the old USFS/BLM Project 615. That project is relatively old now, but evaluated the various GIS systems available according to a checklist of functionality and tests. It would make a great starting point if you can find it.</div>
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<div>Craig</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Cameron Shorter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Percy,<br>Maybe you are remembering the email discussion titled:<br>[OSGeo-Discuss] Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout at FOSS4G 2010? <<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/006494.html" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/006494.html</a>><br>
<br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/thread.html" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2009-December/thread.html</a><br><br>As a contribution to this thread, the LiveDVD project can contribute to this shootout, in that we have many of the desktops already packaged, along with 1 page descriptions of each project.<br>
<br>And I'd love to include documentation or tables into the liveDVD which help users select between different applications.<br><br>percy wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Does anyone have any info on the desktop comparison (shootout/smackdown) planned for FOSS4G-NA in Quebec next year?<br>
<br>I'm sure I saw an announcement about this somewhere, but the google is failing me :-)<br><br>We are doing a similar event at our regional GIS in Action conference in two weeks, and it would be great to see if there has already been a matrix of capabilities established (cartography, analysis, etc) that we can use and contribute to.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Percy<br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>Cameron Shorter<br>Geospatial Solutions Manager<br>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<br>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<br><br>Think Globally, Fix Locally<br>Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<br>
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