Here is a link, somehow related, hope it helps: http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/WhitePaper/tsou_free-GIS-for-educators-whitepaper.pdf<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgeoinfo%2Esdsu%2Eedu%2Fhightech%2FWhitePaper%2Ftsou_free-GIS-for-educators-whitepaper%2Epdf&urlhash=0ugO&_t=tracking_anet>Alex Borrell
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Hamish <[email protected]> wrote: > Jody: > > This request comes up yearly; and was > > one of the ideas for content for the osgeo website. The > > difficulty is finding resources to produce the content. > > > > The trouble is just because a request is common, and makes > > perfect sense from a marketing open source geospatial point > > of view, does not imply the foundation has the marketing > > muscle to get it done. > > as noted in the original thread on the live-demo ML, much of the OSGeo > software is somewhat interchangeable, especially for common desktop GIS > tasks. Asking the collective authors/representatives of all OSGeo projects > which is the best single tool to get the job done is not likely to converge > on a single answer that doesn't leave at least one or two projects feeling a > bit ignored. > > this may be frustrating & overwhelming to the new recruit, but the only > honest answer I could give to it is "explore the Live DVD and find something > that fits you well". > > > what's the best FOSS tool to edit a text file? > debian$ apt-cache search editor | wc -l > 603 > > ... "it depends", take your pick :-/ > > > solutions welcome, > Hamish > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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