Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Any plan for improving Service Providers?

2009-08-07 Thread Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)
Jacolin Yves schrieb: Le Monday 03 August 2009 20:13:09 Frank Warmerdam, vous avez écrit : Yves Jacolin (free) wrote: Hello, Anyone could tell me it there are any plan for improving the Service Provider [1] ? For instance, add more information about service provided by each company like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Brian Russo
I've seen legends similar to that before; afraid I can't offer anything solid in terms of prior art examples but it's hardly as revolutionary as they seem to think. Pretty absurd if you ask me; On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:34 AM, René A. Enguehard ahugen...@gmail.comwrote: I suspect they might be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G on Windows

2009-08-07 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Mateusz Loskot wrote: Paul Ramsey wrote: It's not a matter of like or not like it's a matter of hassle or no hassle. I work on OS/X and Linux, and compiling there is radically different than compiling on Windows. And while OS/X and Linux and Solaris have slight system API differences which

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Brian Russo
Well there are all kinds of nonsensical patents on the books but a lot of them are never enforced. I don't see how the web mapping patent would fulfill the non-obvious requirement- but there are a lot of stupid courts out there. - bri On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Bill Thoen bth...@gisnet.com

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 08:14:10AM -0600, Bill Thoen wrote: You might be surprised what people might be able to get away with, though. There's been repeated attempts to patent web mapping for example, and if it wasn't for the efforts of a few dedicated people, there would now be patents

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Thoen
You might be surprised what people might be able to get away with, though. There's been repeated attempts to patent web mapping for example, and if it wasn't for the efforts of a few dedicated people, there would now be patents in both Britain and the USA on displaying maps over the web. But

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
note While I have no absolutely no familiarity with the patent in question, something I've said here before perhaps bears occasional repeating: Patent and IP law is a very deep and complex subject. The vast majority of us laypersons are not qualified to read and evaluate patent claims; what is

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Brian Russo
Experienced web mapping experts that are also patent lawyers? Good luck finding one. (a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in section 102http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode35/usc_sec_35_0102000-.htmlof this title, if the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Thoen
Christopher Schmidt wrote: Er, that blog is written by Richard Fairhurst. http://www.systemeD.net/blog/about.html Oops! Sorry about that. Too many windows open at the same time, I guess I lost track. Probably explains the double post too. Thanks for catching that.