[OSGeo-Discuss] Which is "best" Mapinfo "substitute"??

[Markus Müller]

Patricia and all,

Patricia Mergen schrieb:

> Dear colleagues
>
> For OpenSource desktop GIS systhems, I have recentily used Diva-GIS 
> (http://www.diva-gis.org/) and Quatum-GIS 
> (http://qgis.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=66)
>
> Depending on what your needs are they can be very useful, they are 
> rather user-friendly and good user-guides and totorials exist.
>
> For a more elaborated system check Deegree 
> (http://deegree.sourceforge.net/)

deegree moved to http://www.deegree.org. http://deegree.sourceforge.net/ 
only leads to the old pages.


cheers

Markus

>
> In using OpenSource GIS  tools we did experience that  there are now 
> quite good systems. The problem lies more in the access to good and 
> free maps/layers and georeferenced data, especially for the European 
> Continent as opposed for the US where you can find quite good free stuff.
>
> Best regards
>
> Patricia Mergen
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Patricia Mergen
>
> */Jody Garnett <jgarnett at refractions.net>/* wrote:
>
>     M.Blackmore wrote:
>     > I really need someone to give me an educated walk through of
>     what the
>     > realities are of proposing a shift of an organisation to an open
>     source,
>     > all staff and volunteers with access to a GIS on their 'pooters etc.
>     > (don't worry about maintaining data compliance yet, we'll have
>     to build
>     > in entry policies etc. later).
>     >
>     Although not a hopeful outlook please review the discussion here:
>     -
>     http://miles.asmoz.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=32
>
>     The Miles project invited many of the open source members together to
>     answer your question. In particular reviewing the papers
>     produced is worthwhile.
>     > Incidentally, if anyone has a copy of Schuyler et als intro book
>     on GIS
>     > I could borrow/have as a donation, I'd be most grateful. 25 quid
>     is a
>     > lot to pay when one is a family on a single hal f-time income
>     :-( So if
>     > anyone has a copy on their bookshelf they've grown out of, this
>     newbie
>     > would be very happy to make use of it!
>     >
>     Jody
>
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