Re: [Freegis-list] Open Source Software and Leitfaden für kommunale GIS-Einsteiger

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi,

I have just read the paragraph and I am also a bit disappointed by the 
text they put down. This does not encourage the adoption of Open Source 
GIS software, which is even an understatement.

In my opinion there are many examples of good Open Source GIS software 
where you can buy support from a company. Also, the free e-mail support 
lists are usually a good source of information.
Some examples:

UMN Mapserver: DM Solutions
PostGIS: Refractions Research
Deegree: Lat/Lon
(GDAL/OGR: Frank Warmerdam, not a company, but a freelance GIS expert)

There are also some independent GIS companies (at least in The 
Netherlands, I don't know about the situation in Germany) which use Open 
Source GIS software in their projects and those companies can also help 
public administration with the adoption of Open Source GIS.

So in my opinion their arguments don't stand to the full extent.

Best regards,
Bart

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:18:52 +0100, Garand 
<Michel.Garand at frankfurt-oder.de> wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I just finished reading the Handbook "Leitfaden für kommunale
> GIS-Einsteiger" published by the Bayerische
> Finanzministerium with the Bayerischen Vermessungsverwaltung, the 
> kommunalen
>
> Spitzenverbände in Bayern (Gemeinde-, Städte- und Landkreistag), as well 
> as
> the Runde
> Tisch GIS e.V. an der Technischen Universität München.
>
> see http://www.gis-leitfaden.de
>
> Under  Chapter 3 GIS-Technologie there is a section on Open Source 
> Software.
>
> I was quite happy to see that the publishers have included a section on 
> OSS.
> However after reading this section I was quite upset. As I looked at the
> list of publishers and people (experts?)  who worked so hard to publish a
> much needed and such a usefull book for german speeking city and county
> adminsitrations, I said to myself if this is all they have to say about 
> OSS,
> either the OSS community have a lot of work to do, to get the message
> across, or the public administration and scientific institutes behind 
> this
> book are realy in a pitifull state.
>
> I don't think I have to argue about the potential and advantages of OSS 
> in
> context of the public administration reform in this news group, but I 
> would
> be interested to hear other peoples ideas on this matter.
>
> Thank you and best regards
>
> Michel Garand
> Stadt Frankfurt (Oder)
> Abteilung Stadtentwicklung
>> Amt für Strategie, Wirtschafts- und Stadtentwicklung
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