Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Live DVD advice

2015-06-28 Thread punk . kish
On Jun 28, 2015, at 12:46 AM, Brent Wood pcr...@pcreso.com wrote: I can't reasonably use Postgis on a read only filesystem, and all the later guides assume that tiles will be used. Does anyone have any advice as to how I might best do this? Pre-generate tiles and serve them via nginx

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The importance of having Open Principles in Education for our future generations

2015-06-28 Thread Randal Hale
If a bootable USB version could be developed for schools/kids with suggestions of buy this USB drive and here's how you load everything - that would help in a lot of cases. BUT * I underestimate the kids abilities - some are very sharp - some look for the anykey. * In general many of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The importance of having Open Principles in Education for our future generations

2015-06-28 Thread Ravi Kumar
The developing world including India battles a scourge 'P I R A C Y'. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/it-services/Nehru-Place-A-beehive-for-software-piracy/articleshow/11349126.cms Unless this affliction to society is cured, Open Source Software will have very slow growth. While I teach