[OSGeo-Discuss] Comparision between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS

2009-05-26 Thread Bill Thoen
for consideration, but I'd like to know the answers too. Thanks, - Bill Thoen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Comparision between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS

2009-05-27 Thread Bill Thoen
very impressed with ESRI's marketing -- if they can sell this, they could sell snow to Santa Claus! Regards, - Bill Thoen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] This Thread is Dead (was Re: Comparison between MapServer/OpenLayers and ESRI ArcIMS)

2009-06-01 Thread Bill Thoen
Message subjects, like diapers, need to be changed once in a while. Usually for the same reasons, too. Traian Stanev wrote: However, they (the US govt.) don’t even need a specific legal provision to spy on data that is hosted outside the US, and they’ve been doing that since forever…

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Geodata] GeoNetwork opensource v2.4.0 released

2009-07-22 Thread Bill Thoen
mirror information for the GeoNetwork%20opensource/GeoNetwork%20opensource%202.4.0/geonetwork-install-2.4.0-0.jar file. Please select another file. Did I do something wrong or is this an installation malfunction? Regards, - Bill Thoen ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Thoen
Property, Patents, and Web Mapping: Historical Perspective at http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=28360. - Bill Thoen And I believe there actually was a patent issued for René A. Enguehard wrote: I suspect they might be applying for the patent but in for quite a surprise when

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Patent for feature of paper map.

2009-08-07 Thread Bill Thoen
Christopher Schmidt wrote: Er, that blog is written by Richard Fairhurst. http://www.systemeD.net/blog/about.html Oops! Sorry about that. Too many windows open at the same time, I guess I lost track. Probably explains the double post too. Thanks for catching that.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Lurkers

2009-08-21 Thread Bill Thoen
, then you're sort of stepping on your own air hose. - Bill Thoen Landon Blake wrote: I would like to get some comments on a phenomenon I have discovered among the OpenJUMP community. I know for sure of one (1) company that maintains a separate fork of OpenJUMP, but which monitors our mailing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geodata as Public Record in U.S.

2009-08-25 Thread Bill Thoen
Richard Greenwood wrote: A friend of my prepared this analysis of geodata distribution and fees at the county government level in the US: http://home.centurytel.net/wilsonlandsurvey/docs/GIS Data as Public Record.pdf

[OSGeo-Discuss] Anyone Know What's Happened to All the NAIP Servers?

2010-07-27 Thread Bill Thoen
might be happening to US govt. spatial data resources. - Bill Thoen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Working with shapefiles in PHP

2010-08-29 Thread Bill Thoen
, hence does nice raster renders. The API is pretty much all MapServer does too. Just use the AGG driver in the OUTPUTFORMAT object in the mapfile to get nice-looking antialiasing over the entire map. -- *Bill Thoen* GISnet - www.gisnet.com 303-786-9961

[OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for Yum or RPM Site for GIS Suite for Centos 5.5

2010-09-09 Thread Bill Thoen
like to follow the recommendations of people who know more than I do, whenever I can. So, does any know if there's a one-stop yum repository or rpm site where I can get everything as integrated, compatible rpms ? TIA, - Bil Thoen -- *Bill Thoen* GISnet - www.gisnet.com http://www.gisnet.com

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for Yum or RPM Site for GIS Suite for Centos 5.5

2010-09-09 Thread Bill Thoen
database server, but for desktop use, let’s wait for CentOS 6. -- *Bill Thoen* GISnet - www.gisnet.com http://www.gisnet.com/ 1401 Walnut St., Suite C Boulder, CO 80302 303-786-9961 tel 303-443-4856 fax bth...@gisnet.com ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for Yum or RPM Site for GIS Suite for Centos 5.5

2010-09-10 Thread Bill Thoen
Bill Thoen wrote: I hope this is the appropriate place for this general-GIS software question. Apologies if this isn't it. I'm looking for a yum repo or an rpm download site for the following set of GIS packages for a machine running Centos 5.5: PostgreSQL Proj4 GDAL / OGR tools GEOS PostGIS

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thoughts on how to use elevation in routing

2010-09-13 Thread Bill Thoen
or inspiration There's a particularly good demonstration of using fog instead of shadow to create a visual representation of ridge lines, if your 're using those to determine a topographic index (see http://ctmap.com/serendipity/index.php). *Bill Thoen* GISnet - www.gisnet.com http

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Thoughts on how to use elevation in routing

2010-09-14 Thread Bill Thoen
saying you'll need to qualify the precision of your results before you can say much about applying this to any real-world problems. - Bill Thoen On 9/13/2010 5:28 PM, Stephen Woodbridge wrote: Bill, Thanks for the ideas. I might try to do something with the viewshed idea in the future

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for Yum or RPM Site for GIS Suite for Centos 5.5

2010-09-14 Thread Bill Thoen
Thanks! I've still got to finish getting the machine built and the RAID system set up and get PostgreSQL sorted out. Then I should be in position to start loading up on GIS tools. I'll probably be asking plenty of questions then. - Bill Thoen . On 9/14/2010 5:41 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote