On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:08:10 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020, Mike C. wrote: > > > I'd be interested in a PLUG-Talk about this topic. But honestly, > > what I feel like I really need is a support group to help me > > completely move off the Google platform. > > Mike, > > Modeled on AA? Perhaps called GA? Do you need a sponsor? > > > And I say support group because Google has made everything so > > integrated and convenient that I've become deeply habituated to > > their services and I know that getting off of Google's platform is > > going to be slow, messy and painful. > > 'Convenience' is the amber in which the surveillence capitalists try > to entomb us. I've always followed the advice of Benjamin Franklin > who once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to > purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor > Safety." While this now applies most strongly to electronic > communications, public cameras, and the like it was obviously not the > context ol' Ben meant when he said it. When you think about it, > however, it can be a powerful motivator to alter behavior patterns. > > I use Google Earth and am on a couple of mail lists for members of > google groups. And my mobile phone runs Android. Other than these > I've no idea what tools, other than gmail, folks use. > > If I could help let me know. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug What are some open source GIS replacements for earth? Viking is very useful but it seems to require the use of a tiling server for raster maps. Doesn't have the ability to work with the OSM dataset directly, Which is pretty important for offline usage. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
