I have started a small article: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_GIS_History
Feel free to expand. Markus On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, G. Allegri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some interesting details about the OpenGIS birth can be found also in > Gardel's OGC history: > http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/historylong > > Giovanni > > 2008/8/21 Mateusz Loskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Norman Vine wrote: >>> Mateusz Loskot writes >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:29 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?) >>>> George Silva wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello lists, >>>>> >>>>> As you can i see im mailing this message to some lists around the web >>>>> (im sorry if thats a problem). >>>>> >>>>> At the moment i am writing my BSc thesis (Geography) focusing the >>>>> development of a open source software and database for logging and >>>>> analysing >>>>> traffic accidents in Uberlândia, MG - Brazil. >>>>> >>>>> I am dedicating a chapter in my thesis to explaining Open Source >>>>> Software, and OSS for GIS. i searched the web for some history of OSS in >>>>> >>>>> general, but i found too many different sources. So i come to you, >>>>> developers of GIS OSS, to see if you can give me references of where to >>>>> search for the history and process regarding this theme. >>>> -- Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ http://www.grassbook.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
