[OSRS-PROJ] commercial apps

[Ed McNierney]

Folks -

I recently (two months ago) received the email below regarding the
release of the 2.2.1 version of GEOTRANS, which I downloaded per the
instructions.  I'm certainly not a government or military user, nor have
I ever pretended to be <g>.  When I first downloaded the software
(probably 2 years ago or so) I did register as a user, and the email did
state that the update was available to "registered users".

I have never needed to use it for commercial purposes, so I've never
looked into the license restrictions (if any).  This is not "long
obsolete", as it was released (version 2.2.1) in June, 2001 according to
the release notes.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242


-----Original Message-----
From: Clifford J Mugnier [mailto:cjmce at lsu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:30 AM
To: osrs-proj at remotesensing.org
Subject: RE: [OSRS-PROJ] commercial apps



Norman,

What you refer to is a long-obsolete version.  The latest stuff is not
"free" to the public, and it's still not adequate for civilian-style
large
scale mapping.  However, that DOES answer my question regarding what the
OSRS-PROJ group refers to as "GeoTrans."

Prof. Clifford J. Mugnier (cjmce at LSU.edu)
Chief of Geodesy
CENTER FOR GEOINFORMATICS
Department of Civil Engineering
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
Baton Rouge, LA  70803
Voice and Facsimile:  (225) 578-8536


----- Original Message


Clifford J Mugnier writes:
>
>What is GeoTrans?  The only one I know about is the
>"Geographic Translator"
>that is part of the Department of Defense Joint Mapping Tool
>Kit (JMTK).

FYI - NIMA has released the code
http://www.remotesensing.org/download/NIMA.php3#GEOTRANS

Source Code Disclaimer

1. The GEOTRANS source code ("the software") is provided free of charge
by
the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the United States
Department of Defense. Although NIMA makes no copyright claim under
Title
17
U.S.C., NIMA claims copyrights in the source code under other legal
regimes.
NIMA hereby grants to each user of the software a license to use and
distribute the software, and develop derivative works.

......

Cheers

Norman


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