RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography

2009-10-31 Thread Craig Miller
I didn't see what the original link was, but the Geographer's Craft is an excellent resource http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/notes.html Craig -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ian Turton

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] new military OSS policy

2009-10-27 Thread Craig Miller
I'd like to comment that the government has always been a strong supporter of FOSS and the DOD has made significant contributions. This paper clarifies what is in my opinion a long standing DOD OSS position. For a long time the US Army, Corp of Engineers developed GRASS GIS and it was the

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS Performance Shootout presentation/results

2009-10-23 Thread Craig Miller
Anyone know why Mapguide OS wasn't represented? I'd be happy to set one up if there is a conference in my area (Seattle/Vancouver BC area). Craig -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna Sent: Friday,

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] WMS Performance Shootout presentation/results

2009-10-23 Thread Craig Miller
I agree wholeheartedly. It looks like the bottleneck was the database. I've been privy to some MapServer tests done by testing teams over several months and the result there was always deploying the data with long update cycles to the middle tier disks instead of using the database. Only then

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] shp - .svg/.ai ?

2009-09-18 Thread Craig Miller
In a roundabout way... postgis -Original Message- From: Kjell Are Refsvik Sent: 9/18/2009 7:50:27 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] shp - .svg/.ai ? Hi, Do any of know of a open source tool (preferably command-line) that converts shapefiles to svg or ai (illustrator)?

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Insurance for contractors?

2009-09-14 Thread Craig Miller
Best of both worlds... LLC. Fall through taxation, but offers protection too. Craig -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 5:23 PM To: OSGeo Discussions

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Documenting GIS Data Models (Again): Using DXF

2009-09-09 Thread Craig Miller
Landon, I missed your previous post. I'm not sure if you are modeling GIS Objects or a relational database but am guessing you are modeling GIS objects. Since I missed the earlier post(s). Is there a reason why traditional OO diagrams such as UML Class diagrams won't work for the GIS data you

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Documenting GIS Data Models (Again): Using DXF

2009-09-09 Thread Craig Miller
Rupert Essinger designed a visual GIS workflow language in 1991. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/Publications/Tech_Reports/91/91-6.pdf Max Egenhofer designed an entire Direct manipulation UI around Map Algebra. http://www.spatial.maine.edu/~max/MapAlgebraSurvey.pdf Both might be inspiring to someone