[Qgis-developer] Fwd: Good mailing list for FOSS GIS desktop client discussion?

[Gary Sherman]

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> From: dnrg <dananrg at yahoo.com>
> Date: July 23, 2006 7:16:50 AM AKDT
> To: postgis postgis <postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net>
> Subject: [postgis-users] Good mailing list for FOSS GIS desktop  
> client discussion?
> Reply-To: PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis- 
> users at postgis.refractions.net>
>
> Any good email discussion lists for FOSS GIS desktop
> client discussion?
>
> I've been playing with Quantum GIS (and adding PostGIS
> layers), but I'm disappointed that:
>
> -- There's no query functionality whatsoever - only
> the ability to open an attribute table and sort
> ascending or descending.
> -- There are no analysis or transformation
> capabilities
> -- Symbology options are primitive
> -- Layers don't have transparency
>
> Nice interface and a terrific start, but aside from
> panning and zooming there isn't much functionality.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good GIS desktop client for
> Windows? I know GRASS is probably the best client, but
> I think it'll take a good desktop client for Windows
> (without having to use something like CygWin) to
> provide a real alternative to commercial GIS desktop
> clients.
>
> The commercial market leader in desktop GIS clients
> seems to be light years away from any of the
> Windows-based open source FOSS GIS clients; unless I'm
> missing something.
>
> Is there a windows-based FOSS GIS client that at
> least has basic query abilities? Or do I need to fire
> up MapServer and use that to do queries? Seems odd
> that MapServer would have more functionality than any
> windows-based FOSS GIS desktop, non-web based client.
> Or maybe not, given that a browser provides a nice GUI
> to build on.
>
> Sorry for the non-PostGIS digression.
>
> Frustrated as heck with Quantum GIS,
>
> Dana
>
>
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