[Freegis-list] Thesis on Enterprise GIS

[Brent Wood]

--- "Brundage, Robert G" <robert.g.brundage at us.army.mil> wrote:

> Hello Group:
> 
> I am interested in doing my thesis on whether it is possible to compose an
> 'Enterprise GIS' scenario using shareware software on a Windows computer
> network.

Hi Robert,

You may be interested in a paper I had published in the SECOND INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM ON GIS/SPATIAL ANALYSES IN FISHERY AND AQUATIC SCIENCES.

See http://www.esl.co.jp/Sympo/2nd/pdf/contents.pdf which lists the paper by
Brent Wood on constructing a Fishery GIS from free/Open Source components.
(This was not formally presented at the symposium, but arose from another paper
I presented, which used OS GIS tools & generated sufficient interest to have
the second paper written for the proceedings) 


I have also given presentations on standards based GIS, where the various
functional components of a corporate GIS are different (but interoperable) GIS
packges. The focus was on not buying into proprietary systems, but ensuring
that the components of a corporate GIS adhered to appropriate standards (eg:
OGC) so the user could choose the most appropriate package for their needs out
of the available commercial or Open Source offerings to build a customised
suite of GIS tools to best meet their needs. I guess such a suite could equate
to an enterprise GIS.

> I am having trouble finding literature on this topic.
> 
> Can anybody out there help me locate published studies, reports,
> presentations, books, conference papers...
> 


Cheers,

  Brent Wood