Thanks Eric, Ian, we'd be happy to help out. It would be straight forward to have an AWS deployment of GeoIQ that would be horizontally scalable. Looks like there would be several components, though, I'd think a hybrid approach is the way to go. We'd plug in where ever we can help out the most.
Although, I'm a bit surprised because I though the state of Oregon was standardized on ESRI - http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/EISPD/ITIP/OAR_Development.shtml best, sean On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, > > With such an ambitious project and probably a slim budget for staff, > I'd recommend your friend talk to Andrew and Sean about using GeoIQ. > Otherwise the project would become a huge integration effort using > FOSS or fall prey to Jack's minions with the entire budget, except for > one or two people, going into a check to Esri. > > -Eric > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Ian White <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings > > A friend in Oregon state government has a fairly ambitious web-based GIS > > project. A brief description—take all land use records from all state, > > county and local government offices and digitize them, with metadata, > make > > everything queryable within a performant web-based geoservices platform. > > It's envisioned that this could be used by policymakers, economic > > development groups, individuals, transportation planning, and many other > > stakeholders. In his words, they want to take Oregon state GIS "from 1989 > to > > 2020" in one fell swoop. > > The project is in (at least) two phases. The first, which would begin > > immediately, is to interview stakeholders and create an implementation > > plan—what does the application(s) look like, resources, timing, > expertise, > > etc…There's money for that. The second phase is build, and there's also > > money for that. It's envisioned there will be more money as the > application > > can be shown off to various stakeholders. Phase one begins immediately > and > > phase two would start in mid-summer. > > There's a strong interest in using the best geo has to offer—that means > not > > being bound by traditional tools/services/infrastructure. Open source/AWS > is > > encouraged, and he's excited about having multiple firms/consultants > working > > on different elements of the project (ie, data sourcing, db design, app > dev, > > UI, project management, etc…). > > I'm guarding this a bit close to the vest as I don't want my friend to > get > > bombarded with email, so if you are interested in knowing more let me > know > > and I can put you in touch. > > I > > > > == > > Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc > > 26 O'Farrell Street Suite 310 > > San Francisco CA 94108 > > T.415.946.8170 X800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > -- Sean P. Gorman PhD. FortiusOne Inc. 2200 Wilson Blvd. Suite 307 Arlington VA, 22201 Mobile: 202-321-3914 Office: 703-647-2151 @seangorman This email and the information it contains are confidential and may be privileged. If you have received this email in error please notify me immediately. You should not copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. Internet communications are not secure and, therefore, FortiusOne does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message as it has been transmitted over a public network. If you suspect the message may have been intercepted or amended please contact the sender.
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