Hello Andreas and Paolo,
<br>Thank you for your interest in the FAO-FIG publication on FLOSS for
<br>Cadastre and Land Registration.
<br><br>Quoting "Andreas Neumann-4-3 [via OSGeo.org]"
<br><<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5472637&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow">[hidden email]</a>>:
<br>> They base their software comparison chart on QGIS 1.3, which is a bit
<br>> outdated. And sometimes they make wrong statements, like "Quantum GIS is a
<br>> light-weight frontend for GRASS data which works also well with PostGIS
<br>> data." It would be ok, when it was stated like "Quantum GIS is also a
<br>> lightweight frontend for GRASS data ...."
<br><br>I probably should have said "Quantum GIS started out as a lightweight
<br>frontend for GRASS data ... ".
<br>QGIS 1.4 came out after the deadline for the publication, but I
<br>mentioned the new functions of QGIS when presenting at the launch of
<br>the publication in Sydney
<br>(<a href="http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/ppt/ts04a/ts04a_pieper_ppt_4577.pdf" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2010/ppt/ts04a/ts04a_pieper_ppt_4577.pdf</a>)
<br><br>Of course, any comparison of desktop GIS in print gets outdated very
<br>quickly (QGIS at 1.5 now!) and a better way to do this would be by
<br>putting it up on the OSGeo wiki (Stefan Steiniger's table is an
<br>excellent start!) and have it updated by one or two people from each
<br>desktop GIS project after major releases. I planned to work on that
<br>with Cameron Shorter for FOSS4G Barcelona, but it hasn't come off the
<br>ground yet for lack of time and resources. Does any of you know if
<br>there has been an interest in maintaining a desktop GIS comparison
<br>table on the OSGeo wiki from the QGIS side?
<br><br>Greetings, Gertrude
<br><br><br>
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