Some interesting details about the OpenGIS birth can be found also in Gardel's OGC history: http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/historylong
Giovanni 2008/8/21 Mateusz Loskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Norman Vine wrote: >> >> 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 !! > > Norman, > > Yes, I've forgot about these two. Thanks for completing. > > Best regards, > -- > Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net > Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
