Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010?

2009-12-23 Thread Charlie Schweik
Hi all, Helena Mitasova wrote: I have been promising Charlie to put this under OSGeo Edu svn for a long time, but I keep updating and improving it so it is never finished - I guess it will never be so I may as well upload it. I have created NCSU directory there and we started a coastal lidar

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Include remote sensing software in OSGeo desktop shootout? Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 31

2009-12-23 Thread Pilant . Drew
Dear All, The discussion of an OSGeo desktop shootout prompts me to inquire if remote sensing / image processing software could be included in the comparison. Or, does anyone have an existing comparison of features and capabilities? More specifically, how do the FOSS remote sensing toolkits

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Will there be an OSGeo Desktop shootout atFOSS4G 2010?

2009-12-23 Thread Miller, Craig
I haven't been following this thread closely, so my apologies if my suggestion has already been stated. Back in the mid-90s the USFS BLM conducted a multi-year study called Project 615 of the various GIS packages available. I would think that their work would make a good basis and would provide

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Include remote sensing software in OSGeo desktop shootout? Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 36, Issue 31

2009-12-23 Thread Stefan Steiniger
Hei Drew, my question to you would be: Which FOS remote sensing packages do you know? I did not found many in my survey made in the beginning of December (this year). So, I think the state here is worse than for desktop GIS. I found the following tools: desktop: - OSSIM - desktop RS app -

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for papers: The Politics of Open Source conference

2009-12-23 Thread Charlie Schweik
OSGeo colleagues, In case people on this list are interested, see the below call for papers for a conference we are holding at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst this May [1]. Not specifically on OS Geo, but some discussion topics in this list certainly address issues this conference