Mateusz Loskot writes > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:29 PM > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?) > > George Silva wrote: > > Hello lists, > > > > As you can i see im mailing this message to some lists around the web > > (im sorry if thats a problem). > > > > At the moment i am writing my BSc thesis (Geography) focusing the > > development of a open source software and database for logging and > > analysing traffic accidents in Uberlândia, MG - Brazil. > > > > I am dedicating a chapter in my thesis to explaining Open Source > > Software, and OSS for GIS. i searched the web for some > history of OSS in > > general, but i found too many different sources. So i come to you, > > developers of GIS OSS, to see if you can give me references > of where to > > search for the history and process regarding this theme. > > George, > > Here is number of "keywords" related to history of FOSS4G > and that you may google for and find details: > > - Sol Katz > - Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) > - GRASS History (http://grass.itc.it/devel/grasshist.html) > - UMP MapServer history
Mateusz Great credits but don't forgot http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/ or perhaps http://members.verizon.net/~vze2hc4d/proj4/ :-) Thanks Gerry !! _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
