[Freegis-list] Re: [postgis-users] FOSS GIS suite project? (was Mandrake GIS)

[Wood Brent]

--- Jean-Denis Giguere <jdenisgiguere at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Sorry for cross-posting, but I want to answer to the original list, but 
> I think this is more freegis related.

Agreed. Frank Warmerdam replied to my message & we have swapped a few off-list
emails discussing it. We thought a precompiled binary .tar.gz package
comprising a range of interoperable FOSS GIS packages which can be simply
installed into it's own tree and was distro independent was perhaps a better
approach than a distro oriented one. 

The idea was to provide a suite of GIS software (data management, query,
reformat, topology, reproject, GUI, web mapping server/client, etc) ready to
install and supplied as interoperable components with a sample dataset(s). (At
least that's about what I think we agreed as a possible goal :-)

We also felt it was something which should be discussed on the freegis list as
well, before progressing it any further.

Which I guess is now happening :-)

I suggest a name change for the thread (as above) and let the discussion
commence!


  Brent Wood