Ben Ey wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've just started hearing, through the list, about
> Linux & GRASS
> and was just wondering what they were/are. Could someone give
> me a brief
> description of the two. I'm assuming that Linux is a new
> operating
> system of some sort but I have no idea what GRASS is.
>
Baylor University now supports GRASS, which is a very capable and
free GIS package that runs in a UNIX environment. It will run on
Linux (a free and very capable UNIX-flavored OS that can run on
PCs as well a almost anything else). The GRASS homepage is at:
http://www.baylor.edu/~grass/
For Linux, go to the Red Hat site at http://www.redhat.com/.
What the heck... set up Linux on one of your old 486s that isn't
doing anything useful these days, load the free Apache web server
stuff and free Java engine, hook it up to the web and you can run
the new MapXtreme to make web maps without using any Microsoft
products anywhere. Imagine that!
- Bill Thoen
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