Check out gvSIG. The English interface needs polishing up but it's quite usable at this point. It's Java-based, and works on cross platforms, not as feature rich as GRASS but it's solid as a desktop GIS.
In terms of speed or performance, not as smooth as ESRI but it's complete FOSS. It's a Spanish government project and most of their users and documentation are in that language. I now give out the binaries of gvSIG when I distribute some of my projects. On 6/1/07, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friends and colleagues: > > As I might've mentioned several weeks back, I'm part of a project team > that unfortunately is predominantly Microsoft-brainw^woriented > developers. However, I did mention that I'd try to sneak in some FOSS, > and I've managed to finally get my project-assigned laptop to > surrender to DesktopBSD, complete with sound and WiFi. I don't expect > to be able to sway the rest of the team into FOSS on their desktops, > let alone a FOSS-oriented development environment. What I do expect to > be able to do is introduce FOSS apps into the project. One such app is > a GIS. Would anyone who has had experiences with FOSS GIS please share > your experiences? Main criteria would be, possibly in order, feature > set, ease of use, performance, ease of training, and documentation. I > don't believe ease of installation is a requirement, because that'll > be the team's problem (more likely, mainly mine <G>) and we should be > able to handle that. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > independent IT consultant and writer > contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
