[OSGeo-Discuss] [Fwd: Fee vs Free]
There is a slide that I've seen relating to the Canadian SDI and the dramatic increase in downloads of data in the twelve month period after data was made free for download. http://www.thinkwell.ca/cgdi-icdg/libraryDocs/FeevsFree.pdf It shows an increase from around 96,000 to 5.4 Million downloads in that period. Can anyone point me to some studies that support the claim made in this slide please? Bruce Bannerman signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and use of freenode for IRC
On Tue, August 19, 2008 17:12, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 18-Aug-08, at 9:55 PM, Dave Patton wrote: Has the OSGeo foundation, or any of the OSGeo projects, done the Group Registration with freenode? http://freenode.net/group_registration.shtml Yes, I did this a long time ago. Our main channel #osgeo and any other channels starting with #osgeo- are registered to our group. We also have the option to use an OSGeo cloak. If you are a regular user and want to hide your hostname and show the special osgeo/ member tag instead, then let me know your nick and I'll request your cloak to be created. Tyler I should read answers to mails prior to answering myself. Do you think it makes any considerable difference whether a channel is registered? Should we try to register them all of can we sub-register as an OSGeo project? Best regards, Arnulf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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 Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Brief history of GIS OSS (bit off topic?)
George, I am using to build this system PostgreSQL + PostGIS, QGis and PHP. In advance i would like to thank David Bitner who helped me alot by letting me use his geocoding function for PostGIS. I guess you should also find support from a native FOSS project in your country, terralib.org. It supports several RDBMS including PostgreSQL (with and without PostGIS) and there is also a TerraPHP API. You can also find thesis from students from the department where TerraLib is developed at http://www.dpi.inpe.br/geopro/teses.html, including mine :) List of TerraLib projects: http://www.terralib.org/php/about.php?body=ListofProjects There was a article with the INPE's FOSS history on this same website but I think they took it off. Hope it helps, Best regards, Ivan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
