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NOTE: A future recurrence of this nature will earn you moderated posting rights on probationary basis. And further violations will ensure de-list from mailing list. </LISTADMIN_NOTIFICATION> These exist and in my opinion are quite good. General maps : http://kolkatapolice.org/index.asp - select your area from drop down. Traffic rules specific maps : http://www.kolkatatrafficpolice.com How was it done ? -Saugata --- Soumyanath Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > > ><ADMIN_CLEARED_NON_MEMBER_POSTING/> > > > >A Frenchman, and maps ... in the South Pacific > > > >Franck Martin [1] is a Frenchman based in the South > Pacific. (You might > >have noticed his sense of humour on the trip to > Angkor Wat.) As a > >Wikipedia contributor, he's described as someone > "checking mainly the > >pages of the Pacific Islands and updating when > neccessary. Promotion of > >wikipedia in Pacific Islands." But what's more > interesting is his > >Tikimaps [2] work. > > > >http://www.iosn.net/events/fossap-2005/blog/franck > > > >Mapserver, says Franck, is a tool, for "bringing > data to all > >stakeholders via Internet and Opensource > Technology". It promises the > >tools for e-government, good governance, > transparency, sustainable > >development, asset management, disaster management > and security.... > >provided we have the political will for that. > > > > 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 see what's possible, visit some of these sites > from the distant (from > >us!) South Pacific islands of Tonga [3], Fiji [4], > Tuvalu [5], Kiribati > >[6]. Franck sees many advantages in using Free and > Open Source software. > >These include sustainability, licenses (Internet > licences are > >expensives), software support, no "black box" > phenomenon (where we don't > >understand the technology we use). It also allows > you to rely on > >standards and support many file formats (not vendor > dependent). It is > >reliable. And secure too, provided the > administrator cares for it. > > > <-- snip --> > > > > -- > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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
