I'm giving a presentation on GeoSpatial Open Source at the international
Surveyors conference here in Sydney.
http://www.fig2010.com/
I'd like advice on what use cases and Open Source packages I should
focus on during the presentation.
Feedback from Surveyors welcomed.
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Cameron Shorter
Well we have surveyors trialling Total Open Station into gvSIG and people using
Leica's software into gvSIG; I guess here is the message that into GIS is a
move forward for all but building survey and that there are open source GIS
packages well up to the job.
And for building survey? Well,
Dear Cameron
if you are interested also in LiDAR data filtering (to obtain from the
LiDAR point cloud the digital terrain model), we developed commands
into GRASS. They have to be used in sequence.
http://grass.osgeo.org/gdp/html_grass64/v.lidar.edgedetection.html
Thank you Marina,
That is a good example.
To be complete, could you also answer:
* What would be the proprietary equivalent software you would use?
* Why did you decide to use GRASS instead of proprietary software?
(Hopefully more than it was cheaper)
* It seems you are officiated with a
Hi Cameron,
You might find these Oxford Archaeology produced guides interesting:
http://openarchaeology.net/project/survey-and-gis-manual
There's also the MapAction Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping:
http://www.mapaction.org/content/view/183/59/
If you're looking for a couple of real feel
Cameron,
Most of the material from my slide show can be downloaded here:
http://www.redefinedhorizons.com/introduction_to_vector_gis_for_land_sur
veyors.html
I think the only thing that is missing will be the speaker outline. I
adhere to the slide:ology method of slide show presentations, so
Mr. Bolz:
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Landon
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