[Mapserver-west] Open Source GIS

[Dean C. Mikkelsen]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the links and the information. There are some good
presentations and I think I can easily tie together the business
perspective and the advantages.

Cheers,
Dean



-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Perry [mailto:perrygeo at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:31 AM
To: mapserver-west at lists.maptools.org; Dean C. Mikkelsen
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-west] Open Source GIS


Dean,

> Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:21:47 -0700
> From: "Dean C. Mikkelsen" <dcmikkelsen at shaw.ca>
>
> Does anyone have any material on Open Source GIS that I could 
> incorporate into a PowerPoint Presentation that provides an overview 
> of the technology, products, and even the business model?
> 

  There were two great presentations at last years conference that might
help out. Go to http://www.omsug.ca/osgis2004/proceedings.html
and look for these topics:

Dave McIlhagga - Intro to Open Source GIS
Paul Ramsey - A Brief Survey of Open Source GIS Software 

The first focuses more on the business model behind open source and the
second  on an inventory of open source GIS projects. Between these two,
you should find something useful.
-- 
Matt Perry
Humboldt State University
perrygeo at gmail.com