Hi Rashad , I have heard about the stuff you are developing from Ashok Shenoy. It is a great initiative on the past of Grass team. (Which includes you !.. if i am not mistaken , now you are working on the stuff from IIIT,hyd. ..r8 ? )
The problem here is there should be commerical companies which can give support to the users like ISRO. The service providers will have to be cost compettitive to the proprietory companies. To have such a company around there should be people who are comfortable with Vector and Raster Graphics , File formats , Compilers ( Lex and yacc ) etc. We need to build that as part of the FOSS initiative regards Praseed Pai http://praseedp.blogspot.com --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Mohammed Rashad <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mohammed Rashad <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] ISRO vs Opensource GIS To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 12:50 AM Hi all, ISRO bhuvan is something similar to Google Earth. But I am developing a GIS software which gives all information about India.It does not use satellite data but uses static maps of the whole india. I had bought 25 maps from NATMO. It will have a web version as well as desktop. It will be built using GRASS GIS and other FOSS tools.From the 25 maps I have many layersRoadsRailsAirways Postal & TelecommunicationCollegesuniversitiesPortssoilgeologymedical institutionsetc........and its a big list :) It will highlight India rather than World as in google earth.It will also have many layers which ISRO Bhuvan and Google Earth are missing!! On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all , Most probably ISRO will be relying on a Proprietory Engine from a Canadian company like Arcview (etc) . Their Viewer on Windows will be using DirectX ( They are forced to use DirectX 9 , because MS has not deliberately implemented later versions of DirectX on XP. Still, a critical mass is using XP ). The Google has got support for DX or OGL. They can afford that because , their budget might be far bigger than that of ISRO I think project is a quick hack , if it was otherwise using a FOSS Library would have been better. But, the budgetory issues with FOSS on a project might have forced them to use Proprietory stuff.(Buy vs Make -your are essentially making a engine when you use open source stuff ) It is a complicated issue. Last , but not the least , let us see another view on the stuff @ http://praseedp.blogspot.com/2009/09/chandrayan-chinese-angle.html regards Praseed Pai http://praseedp.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 9/10/10, sreekanth sasikanth <[email protected]> wrote: > From: sreekanth sasikanth <[email protected]> > Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] ISRO Goes Proprietary Way!!! :( > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software " > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 2:04 PM > Guys!!...i found this news on the net > today. We should do something about this > as soon as possible!!. ISRO has launched a project called > BHUVAN; which will > compete with Google Earth!!...and trust me, after reading > the contents of the > site, i was truly proud at what they are gonna achieve and > i am sure you will > also be. > > But > all that faded away in a matter of minutes... First of all, > the > site is designed in ASP. Which made me unable to enter the > main link (Dont know > whether its mine or their issue, please check and let us > all know). And then, i > found that this thing is now available only on Windows and > DirectX9 or > higher!!!!! :( :(... all my expectations to try it out just > vanished. I believe > its a huge huge mistake on government side. I request u all > to go thorough the > site and please confirm my findings. Its a very ambitious > project.. Just giving > a quick comparison btw Google Earth and Bhuvan : > > Google Earth Bhuvan > Zoom levels up to 200 mt Zoom levels up to 10 mt > Single layer information Multi-layer information > Images upgraded every 4 years Images upgraded every year > No alternate viewing options Options of viewing on > different dates > Uses international satellites Uses Indian satellites > > The Links are as below : > > Bhuvan Official Site : http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/index.asp > > News article that i found on Yahoo! > : > http://in.news.yahoo.com/242/20090814/1334/tnl-bhuvan-isro-s-answer-to-google-earth.html > > > > > > Best Regards, > S.Sreekanth > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected] -- Rashad -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
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