[OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

2010-07-20 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi, I am googling on the topic in GIS / mobile GIS for farming, forestry, forest management and forestry carbon applications I found out that Refractions did a UN FAO Mobile GIS System for Agriculture Monitoring. Mobile GIS System for Agriculture Monitoring – United Nations Food and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

2010-07-20 Thread Joseph Reeves
Now, do you know any other UN FAO sponsored FOSS / Geo projects? Not only software, but data too; the FAO have released Africover data: http://www.africover.org/ This has made its way into OpenStreetMap: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Africover/DEPHA Cheers, Joseph On 20 July 2010

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

2010-07-20 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi Joseph, Thanks. Nice to know about OSGeo in Africa. Correction to my earlier posting, the project below is of course LGPL. uDig is LGPL. I am just thinking where we can download it. It seems that everybody is clamoring for Mobile GIS System, yet this is one developed already by Reflaction and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Install gvSIG 1.10 Ubuntu?

2010-07-20 Thread Simon Cropper
On Wednesday 21 July 2010 06:58:48 cruise...@comcast.net wrote: 1. can't find gvsig in the ubuntu archive. 2. Downloading from the gvsi website gets the .bin file, which synaptic package manager ignores, and will not execute when clicked on. need help here, thanks 1. Will not be in Ubuntu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN FAO and FOSS / OSGEO Projects

2010-07-20 Thread Stefan Steiniger
Geonetwork OpenSource is FAO sponsored http://geonetwork-opensource.org/documentation/articles Noli Sicad schrieb: Hi Joseph, Thanks. Nice to know about OSGeo in Africa. Correction to my earlier posting, the project below is of course LGPL. uDig is LGPL. I am just thinking where we can