Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS in India

On 8/10/07, H. S. Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/10/07, RAVI KUMAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > including the IITs( top educational institutes of the > > land). All of them teach proprietary GIS (ARC and > > ERDAS) and image processing software. The reason, > > they are driven by the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS in India

Hi, "If not for Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the initiatives taken at Centre for Ecological Sciences, the GRASS mirror site in India, would not have been hosted" Rightly said. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the initiatives taken at Centre for Ecological Sciences, is a shining exa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS in India

On 8/10/07, RAVI KUMAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The students of computer-science (a general term) > rarely develop code for > GIS, as they are probably much in demand elsewhere. It > is a fact that 'Google summer of code', may not be an > option for young programmers, Though generalisation w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS in India

Hi, I would like to clarify on one aspect relating to GIS in educational institutes. If not for Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the initiatives taken at Centre for Ecological Sciences, the GRASS mirror site in India would not have been hosted

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS GIS in India

Hi Frank, here are some of my PERSONAL views. Programming skills and GIS: In developing countries like India, GIS and Software (GIS) development in education rarely have much common ground in general. So experts in GIS need not necessarily be software developers. The students of computer-science (