We are in the process of working with a group of Maine land trusts and V2. We should learn a lot about what land trusts need. And be able to share what we learn.
And about GIS - some of the small Land trusts we are working with don't have a database of any kind, let alone GIS. I will be able to share more on this soon. Clif -------------------------------------------- Clif Graves, Programmer TechRocks 74 Narrows Pond Road Winthrop ME 04364 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] eFax: 425.790.2058 Web: http://www.techrocks.org -------------------------------------------- ebase - Open Source Relationship Management Software for Non Profits http://www.ebase.org -------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Daniels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:42 AM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: land trust customization > > > Most land trusts should be tracking their parcels with a Geographic > Information System (GIS), such as ArcView. They have full database > capabilities as well as all the specialized stuff to track locations and > show maps. The latest version of ArcView uses MS VBA as its scripting > language so it should be possible to write an application (they call them > extensions) that does whatever tracking you need to do. I don't > know if this > has already been done. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sally Zaino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 8:52 PM > > To: TechRocks Support > > Subject: [support] Re: land trust customization > > > > > > Vicki, > > > > No, but the answer to that would help us decide whether to spring for > > Filemaker, so please keep us informed of your success. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sally > > > > > > >Has anyone customized their e-base to help a land trust track landowner > > >contacts? Basically following the process of developing an > > easement donor > > >or conservation buyer from prospect to done deal. > > > > > >We're planning for our transfer to version 2 and want to > incorporate the > > >best customizations into the design. I would appreciate any > > information on > > >what you've developed (and what pitfalls you have discovered > > through painful > > >trial and error). > > > > > >Thanks for your help on this. > > > > > >Vicki Sola > > >Development Coordinator > > >Inland Northwest Land Trust > > >phone: 509-462-1239 > > >fax: 509-328-4733 > > > > > > > > >------------------ > > >Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > > preferences, go to > > >http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter > > >the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > Sally Zaino > > The Manada Conservancy > > P.O. Box 25 > > Hummelstown, Pa. 17036 > > http://www.manada.org > > > > "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to keep all the pieces" > > --Aldo Leopold > > > > ------------------ > > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and > enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase > support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
