[OSGeo-Discuss] idea for an OSGeo project -- a new, open, data format

[Chip Mefford]

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 On 11/13/07, Frank Warmerdam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 P Kishor wrote:
 So, I am thinking, Shapefile is the de facto data standard for GIS
 data. 
BIG SNIP

 Having a server-less, self-contained, rdbms-capable format would be the key.

No argument per say.

However, it's my -very much less than- 2 cents worth, that while
this is very useful, I wouldn't do it to the exclusion of
server based, distributed database.

Meaning, that's nice, but if you can't easily transition the
data munging back into a larger shared dataset, then the
utility is somewhat less than optimal.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for volunteers - Newsletter production team

[Chip Mefford]

Landon Blake wrote:
 Tyler,
 
SNIP

 I don't know much about LaTex, but I have used Scribus. If we ever
 decide to move the newsletter to Scribus I could help with the layout
 and graphical production.

SNIP

I've used both, and for this particular type of application, I
really feel that scribus is a better fit.

So, I second the motion :)

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