Yes Benjamin, 2 third or more are generally non-GIS non-geographical background and Windows users. Remaining ArcGIS/ArcView and sometimes i got chance with a couple of BSD teaching guys. Also, for the first time I saw a person (in Thailand) coming up with an Ubuntu laptop, made things easier.... In Laos, no Internet, major amount of viruses on computers... sorry... not the topic.
I do recognize the power of GRASS by all means, I am just trying to get people started up faster. From Null() to G_anything(). :-) On 14/03/2008, Benjamin Ducke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Just adding a little bit on what wall very first GIS users are > banging... > > Yann > > > Are they really first time GIS users? Or first time GRASS users? > If they have had exposition to other GIS before, chances are it will > have been ArcGIS or MapInfo -- i.e. a Desktop GIS. If it was a > Workstation class GIS, such as ArcInfo or IDRISI, they should have > far less trouble, > > GRASS being rather of the Workstation type, Currently, GRASS does not > try to emulate the heavily interactive Desktop GIS workflow too much, > as it only gets in the way of (semi-) automated and mass data processing > for which GRASS is the ruling champion. > > Benjamin > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grass-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev > > -- > Benjamin Ducke > Senior Applications Support and Development Officer > > Oxford Archaeological Unit Limited > Janus House > Osney Mead > OX2 0ES > Oxford, U.K. > > Tel.: ++44 (0)1865 263 800 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > grass-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev >
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