[Freegis-list] Re: Katrina maps and photos via open source tools

[Norman Vine]

"Bill Thoen" <bthoen at gisnet.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0509211911430.26210-100000 at gisnet.com...> 
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> I'd like to see the emergency response planning process accommodate
> alternative software solutions and focus on the job and the results
> required rather than depend on a single brand name GIS. Even something as
> simple as agreeing that Shape files and GeoTIFF and NMEA are the standards
> for data interchange would be better than imperiously mandating that
> ArcGIS 9 is the only answer. One of the most basic concepts of emergency
> planning and response is "defense in depth" and depending on only one
> solution flies in the face of that principle.

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Norman