RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance
Hi All, All members who have interest in participating in the GIS/SDI Community of IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository are welcome to join at http://www.osor.eu/communities/gis/gis-software-community The Community's goal is to promote the exchange of software and experience in this field, and to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects. We look forward for your participation. Best wishes, Suchith Dr Suchith Anand Centre for Geospatial Science Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham Tel: (0)115 846 8408 url: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cgs/cgs_suchith_anand.html -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rafal Wawer Sent: 12 March 2009 09:32 To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance Hi Maning, For me the best success story is gvSIG project, which was actually created on behalf of Valencia's local government. I am sure there are planty of gvSIG users on that mailing list - they can tell best how it works. gvSIG's website: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/ At the European level you can look into IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository www.osor.eu. In Belgian region of Flanders the government uses OSS as a tool for agricultural policy - geGIS project www.gegis.org The case on application in egovernment is discussed here: http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/images/Workshop/gegis_workshop.pdf Best regards: Raf Dr. Rafal Wawer K.U.Leuven RD Division SADL (Spatial Application Division) Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224 BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee Belgium tel. 0032 16 329731 - Original Message - From: maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance Hi, We are looking for case studies/success stories in deploying FOSS Geo for local government. I earnestly believe that FOSS tools are available for adoption in local government. Critical is how to integrated them to a provincial/city wide government IT infrastructure. In the Philippines, geospatial technologies are often used in: property/parcel tax mapping zoning development planning However, in most cases these domains are loosely integrated. Sometimes the GIS in the planning division doesn't communicate with the assesor's office in terms of data management. What we are looking for are stories that integrate FOSS GEO tools in the overall IT infrastructure. I know some of the strategies maybe institutional rather than technical in nature. What technologies do we need (dbase managment, server, desktop apps)? How do we provide capacity to local government staff? How do we integrate the data into planning? Any ideas? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance
Hi Maning, For me the best success story is gvSIG project, which was actually created on behalf of Valencia's local government. I am sure there are planty of gvSIG users on that mailing list - they can tell best how it works. gvSIG's website: http://www.gvsig.gva.es/ At the European level you can look into IDABC's Open Source Observatory and Repository www.osor.eu. In Belgian region of Flanders the government uses OSS as a tool for agricultural policy - geGIS project www.gegis.org The case on application in egovernment is discussed here: http://www.cascadoss.eu/en/images/Workshop/gegis_workshop.pdf Best regards: Raf Dr. Rafal Wawer K.U.Leuven RD Division SADL (Spatial Application Division) Celestijnenlaan 200e bus 2224 BE-3001 Leuven-Heverlee Belgium tel. 0032 16 329731 - Original Message - From: maning sambale emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com To: OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance Hi, We are looking for case studies/success stories in deploying FOSS Geo for local government. I earnestly believe that FOSS tools are available for adoption in local government. Critical is how to integrated them to a provincial/city wide government IT infrastructure. In the Philippines, geospatial technologies are often used in: property/parcel tax mapping zoning development planning However, in most cases these domains are loosely integrated. Sometimes the GIS in the planning division doesn't communicate with the assesor's office in terms of data management. What we are looking for are stories that integrate FOSS GEO tools in the overall IT infrastructure. I know some of the strategies maybe institutional rather than technical in nature. What technologies do we need (dbase managment, server, desktop apps)? How do we provide capacity to local government staff? How do we integrate the data into planning? Any ideas? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap
Thanks Bob, that $wgLogo is just the default mediawiki Logo, it says how to replace it with your own picture in the mediawiki settings. I was just to lazy to set up a own logo, because that wiki is (for now) just for testing. ;-) regards, Christian Bruce, Bob (CON) schrieb: Hi Christian: I have found it to be a nice easy interface to use. This significantly improves the usermap. However, I am curious about the message at the top left of the page about $wgLogo - is this meant to be there and if so, how do we use it? Bob Bruce -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Christian Willmes Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:37 PM To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Usermap Hello, I improved the usermap over the last days. I installed a wiki as a test playground for testing the new features of the usermap described here - http://wiki.christian-willmes.de/index.php/Usermap_user_documentation The test wiki is accessible from here - http://wiki.christian-willmes.de/ Anybody can create an account and play with it. So feel free to do so and report the bugs you find to me or leave a note here - http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Usermap-develop If the community agrees with the new features, I will be happy to install it to the osgeo wiki. best regards, Christian ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Christian Willmes AG GIS Fernerkundung | GIS RS Group Geographisches Institut | Institute of Geography Universität Köln| University of Cologne http://www.geographie.uni-koeln.de/gis/ Tel.: +49 (0)221 470 6234 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on FOSS Geo for local governance
Mecklenburg County , NC, USA. Geospatial portal . Source code availabe to site. http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/ft/?p=307 http://maps.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/gp/ Doug Newcomb USFWS Raleigh, NC 919-856-4520 ext. 14 doug_newc...@fws.gov - The opinions I express are my own and are not representative of the official policy of the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service or Dept. of Interior. Life is too short for undocumented, proprietary data formats. maning sambale emmanuel.sambale @gmail.comTo Sent by: OSGeo Discussions discuss-boun...@l discuss@lists.osgeo.org ists.osgeo.org cc Subject 03/12/2009 03:28 [OSGeo-Discuss] case studies on AMFOSS Geo for local governance Please respond to OSGeo Discussions disc...@lists.os geo.org Hi, We are looking for case studies/success stories in deploying FOSS Geo for local government. I earnestly believe that FOSS tools are available for adoption in local government. Critical is how to integrated them to a provincial/city wide government IT infrastructure. In the Philippines, geospatial technologies are often used in: property/parcel tax mapping zoning development planning However, in most cases these domains are loosely integrated. Sometimes the GIS in the planning division doesn't communicate with the assesor's office in terms of data management. What we are looking for are stories that integrate FOSS GEO tools in the overall IT infrastructure. I know some of the strategies maybe institutional rather than technical in nature. What technologies do we need (dbase managment, server, desktop apps)? How do we provide capacity to local government staff? How do we integrate the data into planning? Any ideas? -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
