An insightful discussion has been going on recently on the OSGeo-Discuss mailing list, around the question Can I do the same GIS tasks with OS (as with ESRI)? Among the main points: if you think open source, think modular. And: Good cartographic output remains a problem for open source. Other interesting issues are discussed, for [...]
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GRASS, with FDO and GDAL 'graduate'
OSGeo is announces that the GRASS, together with GDAL and FDO projects has graduated from the incubation process and is now a full fledged OSGeo project. From the announcement: Graduating incubation includes requirements for open community operation, a responsible project governance model, code provenance and license verification and general good project operation. Graduating incubation is [...]
Find OCG WMS servers
Listings of Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Servers: http://www.ogc-services.net/ http://exploreourpla.net/gis/maps/ http://wms-sites.com/ Search for shaded relief: http://wms-sites.com/search?SearchableText=shaded+relief Search for digital ortho quadrangles: http://wms-sites.com/search?SearchableText=doq+OR+ortho Terraserver: http://terraserver-usa.com/ Jet Propulsion Lab: http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/ Also check http://www.perrygeo.net/wordpress/?p=35 GRASS supports direct download of raster data with r.in.wms
