On Tuesday 08 December 2009, Ashik S wrote:
> Hi all
>
> The Free Software Users' Group Thiruvananthapuram has sent the following
> letter to the Chief Minister of Kerala as well as the secretary of state
> for IT. ( link:
> http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Letter_to_Chief_Minister_of_Kerala_on_IT_P
>olicy_Violation ).
>
> "We, the Free Software Community in Thiruvananthapuram, understand that the
> Kerala State IT Mission is setting up a new organization called KSDI (
> Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure ). They have put up a Request for
> Proposals (RFP), on the IT Mission's website, for selection of total
> solution providers for setting up a Geoportal and Clearinghouse for the
> Kerala State Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI). The tender document
> available for download in the above link describes an infrastructure that
> could be completely supported by Free and Open Source Software, but it
> calls for using proprietary solutions. The state's IT Policy mandates the
> use of Free Software for government agencies and the tender document is a
> blatant violation of this policy.
>
> Specific points that we wish to point out:
>
> 1. A clear violation in the stated IT policy : The tender document
> specifically calls for the purchase of proprietary software (pages 109-110)
> like
>
> Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Debian Lenny, Ubuntu Karmic. However I presume that you want XP for use as a
desktop for GIS, so take
> ERDAS imagine
> ERDAS Vector, autoSync, VirtualGis,
> ERDAS Map2PDF, MosaicPro
> LPS Core, LPS Stereo, LPS Automatic terrain
> Editor, Terrain Extraction
> ArcInfo
> ArcGIS 3D Analyst, Network analyst
> ArcView
GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System)
is the largest free geographic information system (GIS) world-wide. It is
used for data management, image processing, graphics production, spatial
modeling, and visualization of many types of data and can be under several
platforms.
* Raster Analysis: classification, conversion to vector/sites, map
algebra, statistics
* DEM Analysis: cost analysis, processing slope, aspect, curvature,
watershed
* Image processing: production of orthophotos, radio-/geometrical
correction
* Vector Analysis: interpolation, classification, data conversion to
raster/sites
* 3D Voxel Analysis: interpolation, masking, 3D analysis, visualisation
* Vector Network Analysis: shortest path analysis, "Steiner Tree" analysis
* Point Data Analysis: interpolation, Thiessen polygons, statistics
* Geostatistics: interface to R statistical language
* Modeling: erosion modeling, hydrological modeling, wild fire prediction,
landscape analysis
* Visualisation: 3D surface, maps, color assignments , overlay
* SQL Support: Interfaces to several external databases (PostgreSQL,
MS-Access, DBF)
* Printing: Maps can be layouted, printed and exported
> Oracle 10i, SQL Server, .net
POstgresql, POSTGIS,
PostGIS follows the OpenGIS "Simple Features Specification for SQL" and has
been certified as compliant with the "Types and Functions" profile by the
Open Geospatial Consortium.
APACHE2
Webserver with features, compliances and advantages too numerous to list here.
UMN MAPSERVER
* Advanced cartographic output
o Scale dependent feature drawing and application execution
o Feature labeling including label collision mediation
o Fully customizable, template driven output
o TrueType fonts
o Map element automation (scalebar, reference map, and legend)
o Thematic mapping using logical- or regular expression-based
classes
* Support for popular scripting and development environments
o PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Java, and .NET
* Cross-platform support
o Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, and more
* Support of numerous Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards
o WMS (client/server), non-transactional WFS (client/server), WMC,
WCS, Filter Encoding, SLD, GML, SOS, OM
* A multitude of raster and vector data formats
o TIFF/GeoTIFF, EPPL7, and many others via GDAL
o ESRI shapfiles, PostGIS, ESRI ArcSDE, Oracle Spatial, MySQL and
many others via OGR
* Map projection support
o On-the-fly map projection with 1000s of projections through the
Proj.4 library
Additional editing tools
QGIS http://www.qgis.org/
GDAL
JUMP
THUBAN
Infact you are pampered silly with choices and you dont pay a pip.
--
Rgds
JTD
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