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Hello all: I recently gave a short tutorial/demonstration of some FOSS GIS software to a group of entomologists. I'm very pleased to say that the sessions went especially well since I used OSGeo-Live USB sticks. I had prepared in advance a slightly modified version of the system in a VM on my laptop, with extra data tuned to the participants in the conference, and then created an ISO using the scripts made by the OSGeo-Live developers. Then I "burned" 15 USB sticks (using unetbootin) to be handed out at the conference. Those participants with GIS experience were, of course, astounded with the breadth and capabilities of FOSS GIS. And their experience was purely due to the OSGeo-Live system with everything packaged together. The others, seeing this kind of software for the first time, dove right in and worked thru the exercises with none of the glitches that usually accompany installing on a variety of user's machines. Everyone is walking away with a good taste for FOSS in general, and the possibilities of employing FOSS GIS software at their home institutions. So, another warm thanks for all the excellent work put in here! Regards, Micha /2011 23:47, Cameron Shorter wrote: I've just received the following comments on my blog post: |
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