for a change some objective thinking on the list! Pc
On 9/10/05, Indranil Das Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 14:57 +0530, Rajesh Kankaria wrote: > > > It reminds me - there is no e-map of Kolkata. Can we as ilug-cal with > > > 1500+ members find a way to develop one for Kolkata? > > > This may be a good show case for Nov2005-Compass. > > > > > To clarify, there surely are GIS-Maps of Kolkata. but not open-sourced= =20 > ones. > > > > An opensourced effort with surely be a good show-stopper for Compass=20 > show. >=20 > Nice coincidence that at the last Linux-Adda held at Arin's office, we > had a brief discussion on geo-spatial modeling. :) >=20 > The suggestion is interesting, and its something I would like to > contribute to if something like this gets underway. >=20 > I have a few basic open questions that I have listed out: >=20 > 1) What purpose(s) will it serve? > 2) Who will be its target users? > 3) Where is the mapping data going to come from? > 4) Is the map/model going to be 2D or 3D? > 5) What will be the resolution of such a map? > 6) Are we talking about a Google Maps type web-service platform? >=20 > cheers, > -indra >=20 > --=20 > prem chand kankaria > mumbai . india > +91-22-26860871, 26862937 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . www.coral.co.in <http://www.coral.co.in> -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
