From jan at intevation.de Fri Jun 2 13:40:30 2006 From: jan at intevation.de (Jan-Oliver Wagner) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:40:30 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Open position: Intevation strengthens the Geospatial team Message-ID: <20060602114030.GA12604@intevation.de> Hello, Intevation is looking for someone to strengthen our Geospatial team. It will be all about Free GIS Software products. However, this time one requirement is skills in german language - they should be moderate at least. Therefore the actual descripton remains in german ;-) ###### Hallo, wir m?chten unser Geospatial-Team bei Intevation verst?rken und suchen eine neue Mitarbeiterin oder einen neuen Mitarbeiter. Intevation Geospatial konzentriert sich auf Anwendungsentwicklung im Bereich Web-GIS und Desktop-GIS und bietet Support f?r eine Reihe von Freie GIS Produkten, insbesondere PostGIS und MapServer. Team-F?higkeit und Selbstst?ndigkeit sind bei uns gleicherma?en wichtige Eigenschaften. Dazu kommen gute Kommunikations-F?higkeiten, flie?end englisch wird dabei vorausgesetzt. Es gibt keinen festgeleten Termin, der Standort sollte m?glichst Osnabr?ck sein. Wir bieten ein junges und sehr engagiertes Team. Die Kunden-Projekte sind abwechslungsreich und bieten immer wieder neue Herausforderungen. Wir blicken dabei auf eine Erfahrung von bald 7 Jahren im Umgang mit kommerzieller Freier Software zur?ck. Ich denke, diese Beschreibung gibt einen allgemeinen Eindruck - die meisten werden uns ja bereits kennen ;-) Ansonsten gibt es noch www.intevation.de. Interessenten melden sich am besten direkt bei mir. Wie ?blich werden alle Anfragen absolut vertraulich behandelt. Viele Gr??e Jan-Oliver Wagner -- Jan-Oliver Wagner: www.intevation.de/~jan | GISpatcher: www.gispatcher.de Kolab Konsortium : www.kolab-konsortium.de | Thuban : thuban.intevation.org Intevation GmbH : www.intevation.de | Kolab : www.kolab.org FreeGIS : www.freegis.org | GAV : www.grass-verein.de From jan at intevation.de Fri Jun 2 16:50:27 2006 From: jan at intevation.de (Jan-Oliver Wagner) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:50:27 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Now it is possible to sponsor FreeGIS via Paypal Message-ID: <200606021650.28299.jan@intevation.de> Hello, I just added a Paypal button to the FreeGIS.org website. So it is easier to sponsor the project if you find FreeGIS useful. Any arbitrary amount is possible, people can add comments and we eventually want to assemble a list of all sponsors and name their sponsorship on a web page. (There is a opt-in for allowing to be named). Best Jan -- Jan-Oliver Wagner: www.intevation.de/~jan | GISpatcher: www.gispatcher.de Kolab Konsortium : www.kolab-konsortium.de | Thuban : thuban.intevation.org Intevation GmbH : www.intevation.de | Kolab : www.kolab.org FreeGIS : www.freegis.org | GAV : www.grass-verein.de From werchowyna at epf.pl Fri Jun 2 23:06:52 2006 From: werchowyna at epf.pl (Maciek Sieczka) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 23:06:52 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] change vector line direction In-Reply-To: <20060428080542.GA11184@keybit.net> References: <20060427221538.89c4f03b.werchowyna@epf.pl> <20060427202816.GB3819@keybit.net> <20060428074000.ae054fff.werchowyna@epf.pl> <20060428080542.GA11184@keybit.net> Message-ID: <20060602230652.81840ddd.werchowyna@epf.pl> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 10:15:38PM +0200, Maciek Sieczka wrote: > Hi! > > I've been looking for a software which can change vector line > direction attribute. A thing that ArcInfo has been a long time > able to do... OK, I decided to do it myself and I think I have it working well enough to share it. Please find attached a final version of Bash + Awk script for flipping selected lines direction, and it's html man page. I wrote it for Grass 6.1, should be fine for 6.0 propably too. I'll appreciate any remarks. Would like to put in Grass WIKI soon if nobody minds. Best, Maciek -------------------- W polskim Internecie s? setki milion?w stron. My przekazujemy Tobie tylko najlepsze z nich! http://katalog.panoramainternetu.pl/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: v.flip_16 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 5843 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.intevation.de/pipermail/freegis-list/attachments/20060602/e7764e13/v.flip_16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.intevation.de/pipermail/freegis-list/attachments/20060602/e7764e13/v.flip.html From jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca Fri Jun 9 20:29:55 2006 From: jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca (Jeff McKenna) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:29:55 -0400 Subject: [Freegis-list] FOSS4G2006 - Registration and Accommodation Message-ID: <4489BE23.4080007@dmsolutions.ca> Final registration for FOSS4G is now open. Please visit http://www.foss4g2006.org There is a new registration form to fill for new registrants, or to complete for pre-registrants. HOTELS/ROOMS - IMPORTANT NOTICE Remember that September is still high season for tourism in Lausanne, therefore it's critical to make a hotel booking early. A block of rooms has been booked for FOSS4G2006 participants, but deadlines are approaching. For those who want to book an inexpensive room, we encourage you to book as soon as possible. In particular, you should book early for the two low-cost hotels : H?tel JEUNOTEL and Lausanne Guesthouse (see http://www.foss4g2006.org/internalPage.py?pageId=4&confId=1). When booking a room there, please call them and indicate that you are making a booking for FOSS4G2006 Conference. We really do advise early booking of your accommodation. Room blocks for Jeunotel end on June 11. Room blocks for the Guest House end on June 15. WORKSHOPS Seating is limited at workshops. Please make sure to check the Workshop Timetable and enter the codes for your choices when you register. ABSTRACTS Please submit any abstracts in the Call for Contributions section. If you don't see a category that fits what you want to present or do, please check "other" and include some comments about where you think your topic might fit. Please be adventurous. This is your chance to talk about your work! ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS June 30, 2006 UPDATES Please check the web site periodically for updates. CONTACT Don't hesitate to contact us if you have remarks or need some advice. http://www.foss4g2006.org/internalPage.py?pageId=5&confId=1 From hitchcock at conterra.de Mon Jun 12 12:05:39 2006 From: hitchcock at conterra.de (Ann Hitchcock) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:05:39 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] =?iso-8859-1?q?52=B0North_Sensor_Observation_Servi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ce_update?= Message-ID: <448D3C73.2040201@conterra.de> Dear FreeGIS List, 52N Sensor Observation Service Version 2.01 This quality assured update provides new features. It supports PostgreSQL 8.1 and provides improved memory handling. Up to 6000 Observations (approximately 6MB XML) were requested with the standard configuration of the Tomcat on our test server (1,5 GB RAM, 1,1 GHz). The same test with the former release yielded only 3000 observations. A DBFeeder framework has been implemented and supports the SOS provider by integrating observations into the underlying SOS data base. Download the 52N SOS V2-01-00 from our home page (http://www.52north.org/index.php?sw_releases). Please direct comments and inquiries to 52?North's Working Group Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) mailing list (http://www.52north.org/mailman/listinfo/swe) or contact Alexander Walkowski (walkowski at 52north.org). -- Dipl.-Geogr. Ann Hitchcock con terra GmbH Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24 48155 M?nster Germany Tel: +49 (0)251 7474 520 Fax: +49 (0)251 7474 100 email: hitchcock at 52north.org http://www.conterra.de http://www.52north.org From wharms at bfs.de Tue Jun 13 09:33:40 2006 From: wharms at bfs.de (walter harms) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:33:40 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] OKGIS , anyone ? Message-ID: <448E6A54.3040301@bfs.de> is anybody aware of the OKGIS Project ? http://www.ok-gis.de/ OK – GIS: Open disaster management with free GIS What software do the use ? anybody on this ml ? note: i read about this project from: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/74046 "Bei Geodaten sind offene Kartensysteme auf dem Vormarsch" re, wh From jan-oliver.wagner at intevation.de Tue Jun 13 11:14:48 2006 From: jan-oliver.wagner at intevation.de (Jan-Oliver Wagner) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:14:48 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] OKGIS , anyone ? In-Reply-To: <448E6A54.3040301@bfs.de> References: <448E6A54.3040301@bfs.de> Message-ID: <200606131114.50587.jan-oliver.wagner@intevation.de> On Tuesday 13 June 2006 09:33, walter harms wrote: > is anybody aware of the OKGIS Project ? well, Intevation and latlon are involved as corporate partners ;-) > http://www.ok-gis.de/ > OK ? GIS: Open disaster management with free GIS > > What software do the use ? anybody on this ml ? it will be a mixture of various tools. Deegree will play a role on the server side. Best Jan -- Jan-Oliver Wagner: www.intevation.de/~jan | GISpatcher: www.gispatcher.de Kolab Konsortium : www.kolab-konsortium.de | Thuban : thuban.intevation.org Intevation GmbH : www.intevation.de | Kolab : www.kolab.org FreeGIS : www.freegis.org | GAV : www.grass-verein.de From sridhar_kodali at rediffmail.com Wed Jun 14 05:46:51 2006 From: sridhar_kodali at rediffmail.com (sridhar kodali) Date: 14 Jun 2006 03:46:51 -0000 Subject: [Freegis-list] header intact. Message-ID: <20060614034651.27503.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com> ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.intevation.de/pipermail/freegis-list/attachments/20060614/e7726008/attachment.html From wharms at bfs.de Wed Jun 14 17:32:23 2006 From: wharms at bfs.de (walter harms) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:32:23 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] OKGIS , anyone ? In-Reply-To: <200606131114.50587.jan-oliver.wagner@intevation.de> References: <448E6A54.3040301@bfs.de> <200606131114.50587.jan-oliver.wagner@intevation.de> Message-ID: <44902C07.7080905@bfs.de> nice to read. in the meantime i have talk to Mr.Zipf. we hope that our experience in running a large sensor network and open source programming will help to make the project a success. re, wh Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: > On Tuesday 13 June 2006 09:33, walter harms wrote: >> is anybody aware of the OKGIS Project ? > > well, Intevation and latlon are involved as corporate > partners ;-) > >> http://www.ok-gis.de/ >> OK ? GIS: Open disaster management with free GIS >> >> What software do the use ? anybody on this ml ? > > it will be a mixture of various tools. Deegree will > play a role on the server side. > > Best > > Jan From taddei at lat-lon.de Wed Jun 14 18:28:30 2006 From: taddei at lat-lon.de (Ugo Taddei) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:28:30 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Freegis-list] OKGIS , anyone ? In-Reply-To: <44902C07.7080905@bfs.de> References: <448E6A54.3040301@bfs.de> <200606131114.50587.jan-oliver.wagner@intevation.de> <44902C07.7080905@bfs.de> Message-ID: <1120.141.54.161.197.1150302510.squirrel@mail.lat-lon.de> Hello, > Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: >> On Tuesday 13 June 2006 09:33, walter harms wrote: >>> is anybody aware of the OKGIS Project ? >> >> well, Intevation and latlon are involved as corporate >> partners ;-) >> >>> http://www.ok-gis.de/ >>> OK - GIS: Open disaster management with free GIS >>> >>> What software do the use ? anybody on this ml ? >> >> it will be a mixture of various tools. Deegree will >> play a role on the server side. ...and on the client side, since they're using deeJUMP. Cheers, Ugo >> >> Best >> >> Jan > > _______________________________________________ > Freegis-list mailing list > Freegis-list at intevation.de > https://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list -- l a t / l o n GmbH Aennchenstrasse 19 53177 Bonn, Germany phone ++49 +228 184960 fax ++49 +228 1849629 http://www.lat-lon.de http://www.deegree.org From Solsyst at netscape.net Wed Jun 14 19:44:54 2006 From: Solsyst at netscape.net (Solsyst@netscape.net) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:44:54 -0400 Subject: [Freegis-list] Reset GISDBASE Message-ID: <26748F9D.112B9DC3.001A633D@netscape.net> Dear Grassers: I had Grass installed and running (it would start up OK). Loaded Globe for USA Colorado but just got a horozontal line as monitor display. So I thought I would start with a new data set , location, new region etc. However, when doing so my system lost power and I did not exit Grass properly. Now when I start grass5 I get a "gis set.tcl" dialog window and no further operation. When I cancel the dialog window I get the following erroe message: "ERROR: LOCATION_NAME not set /opt/grass5/etc/Init.sh: GISDBASE : parameter null or not set. I did uninstall and then reinstalled grass5, but to no avail. I looked in the list archive for this problem, but to no avail. Anyone have some tips on what I should do to get grass5 running again? Thanks, Raw solsyst at netscape.net __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp From holl at gdf-hannover.de Wed Jun 14 19:52:58 2006 From: holl at gdf-hannover.de (Stephan Holl) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:52:58 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Reset GISDBASE In-Reply-To: <26748F9D.112B9DC3.001A633D@netscape.net> References: <26748F9D.112B9DC3.001A633D@netscape.net> Message-ID: <20060614195258.53a477eb@localhost> Hello Raw, GRASS related questions by be better anwered on the GRASS-user-mailinglist[1] where most GRASS-gurus read. On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:44:54 -0400 Solsyst at netscape.net wrote: > Dear Grassers: > > I had Grass installed and running (it would start up OK). Loaded Globe > for USA Colorado but just got a horozontal line as monitor display. So > I thought I would start with a new data set , location, new region > etc. However, when doing so my system lost power and I did not exit > Grass properly. Now when I start grass5 I get a "gis set.tcl" dialog > window and no further operation. When I cancel the dialog window I > get the following erroe message: > > "ERROR: LOCATION_NAME not set > /opt/grass5/etc/Init.sh: GISDBASE : parameter null or not set. > > I did uninstall and then reinstalled grass5, but to no avail. > I looked in the list archive for this problem, but to no avail. > > Anyone have some tips on what I should do to get grass5 running again? It *could* be that you need to delete the ~/.grassrc*-files inside your Home-dir. This should work and *should* bring you the startup-screen back. Best regards Stephan [1] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grassuser -- GDF Hannover - Solutions for spatial data analysis and remote sensing Hannover Office - Mengendamm 16d - D-30177 Hannover Internet: www.gdf-hannover.de - Email: holl at gdf-hannover.de Phone : ++49-(0)511.39088507 - Fax: ++49-(0)511.39088508 From werchowyna at epf.pl Sun Jun 18 12:27:52 2006 From: werchowyna at epf.pl (Maciek Sieczka) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:27:52 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Interesting NGA News (about VMAP1) In-Reply-To: <080601c638e1$eacd7bd0$9b02a8c0@DellWork> References: <1140469497.7982.8.camel@linux.site> <080601c638e1$eacd7bd0$9b02a8c0@DellWork> Message-ID: <20060618122752.17873176.werchowyna@epf.pl> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:30:37 -1000 "Ben Discoe" wrote: > Yeah, that's a frustratingly vague press release. The only hint of > how anyone might actually get the public data is the reference to > "Geospatial-Intelligence Feature Database" (GIFD). However, i do not > find anywhere on the NGA site (or anywhere online) is it described > where or how to access GIFD. > > Anyone know more? Bill Thoen on http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/read.php?f=13&i=16&t=13 said: >Jim Lusby at NIMA came through and I just received a spreadsheet >listing all the VMAP 1 file reference numbers and their status. There >are 232 files, 60 will be made available for sale through the USGS very >soon; 118 are not yet published, and 56 are not for sale. The whole discussion is pretty interesting (but too many American law specific issues for me to follow it fully). Anyway, the point is, I think, that you can request any vmap1 dataset from NIMA based on FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act), though NIMA seems to ignore such requests, for now. Read more: http://www.ollivier.co.nz/atlas/freeworldmaps.html http://exchange.manifold.net/manifold/manuals/5_userman/mfd50Public_Access_to_Public_Data.htm Most of the public vmap1 datasets are already available here for easy download here: http://www.mapability.com/index1.html?http&&&www.mapability.com/info/vmap1_download.html Maciek ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIEP?E KRAJE - CIEP?E MORZA. Szukasz atrakcyjnego wypoczynku w przyst?pnej cenie, zapoznaj si? z nasz? ofert?. ZAPRASZAMY www.skarpatravel.pl From abacusdesign at eircom.net Sun Jun 18 13:33:39 2006 From: abacusdesign at eircom.net (Tim Makins) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:33:39 +0100 Subject: [Freegis-list] Interesting NGA News (about VMAP1) References: <1140469497.7982.8.camel@linux.site><080601c638e1$eacd7bd0$9b02a8c0@DellWork> <20060618122752.17873176.werchowyna@epf.pl> Message-ID: <002d01c692cb$159599e0$6401a8c0@IC7G> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maciek Sieczka" To: "Ben Discoe" Cc: Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] Interesting NGA News (about VMAP1) > Bill Thoen on > http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/read.php?f=13&i=16&t=13 said: > > >Jim Lusby at NIMA came through and I just received a spreadsheet > >listing all the VMAP 1 file reference numbers and their status. There > >are 232 files, 60 will be made available for sale through the USGS very > >soon; 118 are not yet published, and 56 are not for sale. It might have been useful if you'd added the date of that exchange: May 26th 2000 !! Not much seems to have happened since then. I did get an email in 2004 mentioning that a US university student had requested and had been sent a CD by NIMA of an unpublished area in S.America, on the strict understanding that he didn't distribute it, but I have lost touch with him. I wonder who has full access to VMAP1 ? Military, I suppose and other government guys. Overseas too. With 8000 desertions from the US military last year alone, its amazing none have walked off with the set of CDs under there arm. If they have, they are keeping quiet about it. Anyone noticed any suspiciously accurate maps originating from Canada lately ?! Tim Makins www.mapability.com VMAP stuff From werchowyna at epf.pl Sun Jun 18 13:41:23 2006 From: werchowyna at epf.pl (Maciek Sieczka) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:41:23 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Interesting NGA News (about VMAP1) In-Reply-To: <002d01c692cb$159599e0$6401a8c0@IC7G> References: <1140469497.7982.8.camel@linux.site> <080601c638e1$eacd7bd0$9b02a8c0@DellWork> <20060618122752.17873176.werchowyna@epf.pl> <002d01c692cb$159599e0$6401a8c0@IC7G> Message-ID: <20060618134123.6239ad0e.werchowyna@epf.pl> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:33:39 +0100 "Tim Makins" wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maciek Sieczka" > To: "Ben Discoe" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] Interesting NGA News (about VMAP1) > > > > Bill Thoen on > > http://lists.directionsmag.com/discussion/read.php?f=13&i=16&t=13 > > said: > > > > >Jim Lusby at NIMA came through and I just received a spreadsheet > > >listing all the VMAP 1 file reference numbers and their status. > > >There are 232 files, 60 will be made available for sale through > > >the USGS very soon; 118 are not yet published, and 56 are not for > > >sale. > > It might have been useful if you'd added the date of that exchange: > May 26th 2000 !! Oh shoot! True. Thanks. Maciek ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CIEP?E KRAJE - CIEP?E MORZA. Szukasz atrakcyjnego wypoczynku w przyst?pnej cenie, zapoznaj si? z nasz? ofert?. ZAPRASZAMY www.skarpatravel.pl From aft1972 at yahoo.com Tue Jun 20 07:46:17 2006 From: aft1972 at yahoo.com (Ashraf Tammam) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer Message-ID: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> Hello Any one want an encrypted shape file viewer can find it at http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12849 regards, ashraf __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From strk at keybit.net Tue Jun 20 12:00:22 2006 From: strk at keybit.net (strk) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:00:22 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer In-Reply-To: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060620100022.GD67337@keybit.net> On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:46:17PM -0700, Ashraf Tammam wrote: > Hello > > Any one want an encrypted shape file viewer can find > it at "encrypted" shapefiles ? Is it new DRM policy from ESRI ? --strk; From strk at keybit.net Tue Jun 20 12:46:20 2006 From: strk at keybit.net (strk) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:46:20 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer In-Reply-To: <20060620103946.68201.qmail@web50002.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060620100022.GD67337@keybit.net> <20060620103946.68201.qmail@web50002.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060620104620.GA73743@keybit.net> On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:39:46AM -0700, Ashraf Tammam wrote: > Hello > > no. using this application u can distrute all of ur > shape files to all of ur customers. ur customers will > be able to see the shape files without the ability of > copying it or use it in any GIS application. > > regards, > ashraf > Why should anyone distribute unusable shapefiles ? I find this to be an highly unethical practice. --strk; > --- strk wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:46:17PM -0700, Ashraf > > Tammam wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > Any one want an encrypted shape file viewer can > > find > > > it at > > > > "encrypted" shapefiles ? > > Is it new DRM policy from ESRI ? > > > > --strk; From j.j.green at sheffield.ac.uk Tue Jun 20 12:58:19 2006 From: j.j.green at sheffield.ac.uk (J.J. Green) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:58:19 +0100 Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer In-Reply-To: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1150801099.11394.20.camel@lax.shef.ac.uk> > Any one want an encrypted shape file viewer can find > it at > http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=12849 Horrible. A Windows-only DRMed geospatial data viewer. Not really what we're interested in on this group (at least I hope not). No more than I've come to expect from ESRI though. -j -- J.J. Green, Dept. Applied Mathematics, Hicks Bld., University of Sheffield, UK. +44 (0114) 222 3742 http://pdfb.wiredworkplace.net/pub/jjg From cavallini at faunalia.it Tue Jun 20 13:20:53 2006 From: cavallini at faunalia.it (Paolo Cavallini) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:20:53 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer In-Reply-To: <20060620104620.GA73743@keybit.net> References: <20060620100022.GD67337@keybit.net> <20060620103946.68201.qmail@web50002.mail.yahoo.com> <20060620104620.GA73743@keybit.net> Message-ID: <4497DA15.9000906@faunalia.it> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 and rather contrary to the role of de facto standard for vector data exchange shapefiles have achieved over the years. pc strk wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:39:46AM -0700, Ashraf Tammam wrote: >> Hello >> >> no. using this application u can distrute all of ur >> shape files to all of ur customers. ur customers will >> be able to see the shape files without the ability of >> copying it or use it in any GIS application. >> >> regards, >> ashraf >> > > Why should anyone distribute unusable shapefiles ? > I find this to be an highly unethical practice. > > --strk; - -- Paolo Cavallini email+jabber: cavallini at faunalia.it www.faunalia.it Piazza Garibaldi 5 - 56025 Pontedera (PI), Italy Tel: (+39)348-3801953 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEl9oU/NedwLUzIr4RArR6AKCGNqwk3ZIotissHxFyuX3ynEZhcACfbv0j 30ZKMB2/1ob/51n9tbPsdfA= =KbWA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From gpezzuchi at sidic.pol.gba.gov.ar Tue Jun 20 14:23:32 2006 From: gpezzuchi at sidic.pol.gba.gov.ar (Gaston Pezzuchi, MSC, GISP, CCA) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:23:32 -0300 Subject: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer References: <20060620054617.39211.qmail@web50014.mail.yahoo.com> <20060620100022.GD67337@keybit.net> Message-ID: <059501c69464$5852a710$35013d0a@DPLAN.local> Not really an ESRI policy, just someone uploaded the file to the arcscripts repository. If you think it is an un-ethical behaviour or a demo, trial or a retail product, you can alert the ESRI arcscripts moderator. Gaston ----- Original Message ----- From: "strk" To: "FreeGIS Mailing" Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [Freegis-list] encrypted shape file viewer > On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:46:17PM -0700, Ashraf Tammam wrote: > > Hello > > > > Any one want an encrypted shape file viewer can find > > it at > > "encrypted" shapefiles ? > Is it new DRM policy from ESRI ? > > --strk; > > _______________________________________________ > Freegis-list mailing list > Freegis-list at intevation.de > https://intevation.de/mailman/listinfo/freegis-list From massi.zurli at libero.it Wed Jun 28 20:59:33 2006 From: massi.zurli at libero.it (Massimiliano Zurli) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:59:33 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Network analysis Message-ID: <44A2D195.9050708@libero.it> Hi All, does anybody know if it is possible to perform a network analysis on internet (like ArcIMS Route Server) with a open source software? Thanks, Massimiliano --- avast! Antivirus: In partenza messaggio pulito. Virus Database (VPS): 0626-2, 28/06/2006 Controllato il: 28/06/2006 20.59.34 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com From jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz Wed Jun 28 21:52:39 2006 From: jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz (Jachym Cepicky) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:52:39 +0200 Subject: [Freegis-list] Network analysis In-Reply-To: <44A2D195.9050708@libero.it> References: <44A2D195.9050708@libero.it> Message-ID: <20060628195238.GC5098@localdomain> hi, http://les-ejk.cz/?cat=pywps sample implementation: http://www.bnhelp.cz/mapserv/wpsdemo/index.php features: grass+python+ogs's web processing service, in early development stage by jachym On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 08:59:33PM +0200, Massimiliano Zurli wrote: > Hi All, > does anybody know if it is possible to perform a network analysis on > internet (like ArcIMS Route Server) with a open source software? > Thanks, > Massimiliano > > > --- > avast! 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Die Regional - oder Sprachgruppen werden derzeit von hier verlinkt: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapters Um diesen Regional- oder Sprachgruppen einen formalen Rahmen geben zu k?nnen wurde eine Vorgehensweise erarbeitet, wie eine regionale Gruppe entsteht. Diese Leitlinie ist noch nicht offiziell verabschiedet, es gibt also durchaus noch Handlungsspielraum. Das OSGeo Board of Directors m?chte diese Leitlinien gerne bald verabschieden, damit Regional- und Sprachgruppen entstehen k?nnen. Hier besteht noch Bedarf an konstruktiver Kritik, Verbesserungsvorschl?gen und Ideen. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapter_Guidelines Meine pers?nliche Wahrnehmung ist, dass unsere nordamerikanischen Freunde mit dieser Aufgabe leicht ?berfordert sind, weil sie sich gar nicht vorstellen k?nnen, dass jemand nicht englisch spricht. Um so wichtiger ist, dass wir uns dort einbringen. Unabh?ngig davon w?chst bereits eine Liste potentieller Teilnehmer einer deutschsprachigen Regionalgruppe auf der Seite: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Deutsch Alle sind herzlich eingeladen sich dort ebenfalls einzutragen. Derzeit liegt der Schwerpunkt der Aktivit?ten auf der Vorbereitung der diesj?hrigen Intergeo-Messe in M?nchen auf der die Open Source GIS Anwendergemeinschaft erstmals gemeinsamen im neu formierten Open Source Park auftreten wird. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Intergeo_2006 Was zeichnet ein Mitglied der OSGeo aus? Diese Frage wird (ebenfalls noch nicht ganz vollst?ndig) auf dieser Seite beantwortet: http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Proposed_Membership_Rules Ich denke, dass diese Frage ganz essentiell wichtig ist, wenn es darum geht die Sichtbarkeit der OSGeo zu unterst?tzen und neue Interessierte zu gewinnen. Die OSGeo wird n?chste Woche auch auf der AGIT 2006 in Salzburg vertreten sein. Herzliche Gr??e, Arnulf Christl. http://wiki.osgeo.org https://www.osgeo.org The Open Source Geospatial Foundation 111 McInnis Parkway San Rafael, CA 94903 USA From proclus at gnu-darwin.org Fri Jun 30 19:11:55 2006 From: proclus at gnu-darwin.org (proclus@gnu-darwin.org) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:11:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Freegis-list] FOSS, Science, and Public activism Message-ID: <20060630171155.582F36B0FAB@gnu-darwin.org> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (Sorry if you get more than one copy of this message, but I felt that it was urgent to get this important info out.) The values of freedom and openness are crucial to understanding itself, so that civilization and public welfare now depend on them, as I argue below. These values may find their best expression in the free and open source software (FOSS) movement, and the foresightful example of FOSS developers should now be beneficially applied to many other disciplines in the context of a global and public Internet. It is crucial that we occasionally take time to discuss the reasons _why_ we release our source code, and this is one of those occasions. There are good reasons for the freedom and openness which are characteristics of FOSS development, reasons which should receive wider attention now that they can be readily communicated to other arenas. The consequences of doing otherwise are often catastrophic. For example, it incomprehensible that Genentech could consider withdrawing a cheap cure for blindness (ARMD) from the market. http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/random-bits/2006-june/001374.html The mechanism of this drug is public knowledge. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=14183567&forum_id=6042 This abhorrent situation is a great example of the kind of thing that will happen if people don't get behind the values of freedom and openness that we are espousing. Please let Genentech know that you find what they are doing offensive. Publicize the mechanism so that new compounds can be obtained as replacements. For the future, continued vociferous public activism is required to prevent such outrages from occurring in the future. It becomes clear that the compounds which come from common roots, fruits, and vegetables are a shared human heritage and the free and open source of the future. Tannins are another interesting case in point, because as molecules, and as anti-oxidents, they are similar to resveratrol (resV), and that molecular mechanism has been anchored to the public domain via a prior art declaration. It is a so-called CR-memetic, which may increase healthy human longevity by many decades. Here are some links about it. Resveratrol mechanism posts from GNU-Darwin list http://proclus.gnu-darwin.org/gdposts.html CR protocol for human bodies http://proclus.gnu-darwin.org/bootstrap.html Here is some important recent news about it. http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=print&client=printer&f=237&t=10749 It is exciting to suppose that people can get off the pharmaceuticals that they are taking with calorie restriction or CR-memetics. I personally am trying to get off the cholesterol drug Pravachol, a statin compound, starting a few of weeks ago. Write me, and I'll let you know how it turns out. From the article... "Fontana says ... evidence of "younger" hearts in people on calorie restriction, suggest that humans on CR have the same adaptive responses as did animals whose rates of aging were slowed by CR." I think that it is time to look at the tannins in tobacco leaves. There may be other treasures lurking there too. As you may be aware there is ample public research into any possible beneficial compounds that may be obtained from tobacco leaves. The mechanisms are there waiting to be discovered. If you want to post them, just reply to me and I'd be delighted to host them. The public establishment of prior art is a time-honed method of entering inventions into the public domain. We now have other methods at our disposal as well. If you are planning to establish prior art against future CR-memetic related patents, you might want to have a look at www.creativecommons.org. Perhaps it goes without saying at this point that you should please choose a license that provides for free and broad public access to your memetic. In that way you will assure that the public health is served by anchoring them to the public common, where they cannot be exploited by those who would withhold them for their own profit. The DRM situation is precisely analogous to this. Can you imagine doing science in a world where your ability to read and write your data is filtered through secret protocols that are hidden from you? I recommend the Defective By Design campaign to fight the outrage of DRM, which is incompatible with the scientific pursuit. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ It is clear that scientific tools must be demonstrably and penetratingly understood, or else our claims will likely be skewed and called into question. Free and open source software is a great example of how to make your science verifiable to the public. Establishing prior art against future patents is another good one, which is precisely analogous in method, making the result explicit to the public, free and open to all. Thank goodness for the free and open software movement, which gave us such a great example of how to serve the public in this manner. I am willing to grant that there are particular exceptions to these rules of freedom and openness, and such exceptions may be relatively harmless; however, let us posit the opposite, that freedom and openness are _not_ crucial to understanding. Think of the implications. When people are compelled to learn, they do not receive the intended message. It is not understood correctly or completely. When crucial facts are withheld from the people you are trying to teach they become paranoid, possibly unteachable. Freedom and openness are obviously the best approach to understanding. This is not a metaphor for the pursuit of science, but a fact. We are learning from nature, and it is ultimately required that our tools be demonstrably and penetratingly understood, or else we will receive incorrect lessons from nature. Clearly this requires public access to the source code and more. This is why many of us are pressing for public access to scientific publications. Moreover FOSS tools are becoming ever more important to the pursuit of the scientific endeavor itself. In our biophysics department we are obsolescing proprietary hardware and software in favor of open standards and free software, which is a widespread phenomenon in the science sector, and sure to continue. We build most of the workstations ourselves with commodity hardware, but we also have some clusters running Debian and FedoraCore. Some of you will know that I am the lead developer for the GNU-Darwin distribution. GNU-Darwin has a FOSS operating system, which is getting alot of press these days. Here is an example How Apple and Microsoft are advancing desktop Linux http://www.desktopLinux.com/news/ns7294331817.html I see the article as counter-productive against building a FOSS coalition that includes democracy, freedom, and public access activists, Apple, GNU-Darwin, GNU, and GNU/Linux all linked together in spectrum. It is important to alert the whole FOSS community that Darwin cannot be classified as a free or open source operation system as of the Darwin-8 revision, because AppleACPIplatform-39 which is required to boot the system is proprietary. It is notable that only the current version of Darwin from Apple is a non-free OS. GNU-Darwin has a free version, an earlier revision that includes the source code. It is FOSS, and we call upon Apple to maintain Darwin as such, as it has been in the past. We hope that the current situation with the kernel and ACPI driver will soon be remedied so that Darwin will continue as a FOSS OS. We are asking for free software developers to please write to the *nix core of Darwin, which is the core OS for both Mac OS X and GNU-Darwin OS. Darwin OS, which underlies both systems, comprises parts from GNU, the BSD's, mach, plus Apple's substantial contributions to the free software community. Be consistent with your philosophy and avoid linkage to proprietary binaries, such as OpenGL and CoreAudio, except when it is imperatively required in order to lead users to the values of software freedom. Under that principle, another reason to maintain compatibility with the *nix core, is so that your code will be readily portable to new platforms and usable by free-software-only aficionados too. GNU-Darwin OS is not an obsolete implementation of Darwin OS, or to be superseded by Mac OS X. We are trying to lead users to freedom, not away from it. By maintaining Darwin core compatibility your code will remain valuable as the marketplace and industry continues to evolve (trust me here), particularly as DRM-related problems continue to come forward. Of course, that means releasing your source code under a FOSS license, such as APSL. Darwin OS is a free and open source operating system that is not going away, so try to focus your coding towards supporting that standard instead of proprietary software. Here is the essence of the current problem with Darwin OS. Apple replaced working boot code with the following proprietary drivers, which are required for the system to boot. Darwin-7: AppleAPIC.kext/ Applei386genericplatform.kext/ Darwin-8: AppleACPIplatform In addition the kernel (xnu) has been taken proprietary in the recent revisions. We are not asking for Apple to give away such things, but rather to continue maintaining Darwin OS as FOSS, which it already was. After repeated attempts by many FOSS developers to get this situation remedied, nothing has happened. It is now time for us to better use the measures at our disposal in order to assure that Darwin OS remains free and open. If you are unhappy that xnu and the boot drivers have not been released, I would encourage you to spread your dissatisfaction to other forums, so that Apple will take notice and commit to a workable free and open Darwin OS from now on. Moving on to coalition strategy now, some of you may not know that GNU/Linux system administration is one of my day jobs. I manage a wide range of systems. Here is a screen-shot of my work desktop, so that you can see I use the same tools at work that I use at home at night on GNU-Darwin. (weekends too, so please read I am your friend) http://proclus.gnu-darwin.org/debian.html The only time that I ever use proprietary software is when I am trying to help other users learn free and open source free software. I'm a long time Apple and GNU/Linux user, and here is the old proof doc ;-}. http://proclus.tripod.com/indulge.html Now, it is embarrassing but, I want you to have a look at my cv. http://biophysics.med.jhmi.edu/love/thesis/cv6.html In all my years I have never used Microsoft Windows. There are only two exceptions to this statement, where I was helping Windows users to access our servers at Hopkins. Clearly, you can get a few things done without it ;-}. One of the primary reasons for founding GNU-Darwin was to help people to put Microsoft behind them, and it is definitely possible to do it now. You have many resources at your disposal to help you leave Microsoft behind. Look at the link below to see what you can do with free software. Apple, GNU-Darwin, GNU.org, and GNU/Linux will all help, and we are largely all helping together, because we have a shared foundation of free software. http://www.gnu-darwin.org/gdc/ Microsoft is only one example. That is why we are so insistent that Apple keep true to free and open source software principles. We should ultimately try to leave all proprietary software behind us, so that we can participate fully in the freedom and openness of the internet culture and public domain. What more do we need, when we have such a rich store of information and so many capable people at our sides? Finally, as a scientist, it is obvious to me that this situation is relevant current and ongoing discussion in the scientific community, and as such, it is also clear that many members of the various lists would be interested in the current state of Darwin with respect to FOSS and with respect to science. Here is the crucial point. The principles of FOSS and scientific inquiry converge. In practical terms, how else can you know is what happening in your experiments? Free and open source software, open standards, best promote the scientific endeavor by mirroring its method, but also they assure that the work is accessible to the public. Freedom and openness are crucial to understanding, and foundational to the scientific endeavor, and they should not be compromised. There are a few examples of exceptions, but clearly, this matter will find further debate in the appropriate forums. We should not quell debate because a few people are offended or complaining. - From a scientific perspective that would be incorrect. On that last point, I would suggest that Apple get on the right side of the debate, and they will make tremendous headway. Now is the time. Some people will find this message annoying and divisive, and the delete button is ready at hand for them, but other people will find it interesting and engaging. All as you like. Let us not quell discussion because a few people are annoyed. Some will call this a troll, but I hope that folks will see through such name-calling. Trolls are mythological creatures, so don't believe in them. Everyone has a right to have their opinion heard, even if those opinions are divisive or unpopular. It is clear that the idea of trolls is being used to attack freedom of expression. In fact, freedom of expression demands that we listen to the so-called-trolls sometimes, and if you are civil, it helps, so don't resort to name-calling. On cross-posting; when there are matters of urgent importance that affect a broad range of subscriber lists, courtesy must sometimes take a back seat, and cross-posting is an example of that. Cross-posting is to be encouraged when the subject of the post is on topic. Each of the various lists will respond in the way that seems appropriate to the people in that forum, and the threads on the various lists will diverge accordingly. As the threads diverge, the cross-posting addresses should be removed as needed. Relevance to all people is an unattainable goal, but messages of the broadest applicability should have the broadest reach, and discussion should not be stymied because some find it irrelevant. I have given this method due consideration; it is not trolling, not spam, not off-topic, and cross-posting is an example of something that is sometimes required according to the felt importance and relevance of a given subject matter. In summary, Freedom and openness are now the bedrock of our civilization and public welfare depends on these values, so that we should actively engage ourselves in preserving and making them happen. In keeping with these principles it is crucial to note that there are exceptions to etiquette, otherwise free expression will be overly channeled, damped, and ultimately suppressed in our forums. This notion of courtesy will certainly receive additional consideration, but meanwhile, let us together get to work on the activism now. Duly, I am amenable to valid criticism and able to respond, but please reply with kindness. Obviously, feel free to write back, copy, or send these comments along to anyone else as you see fit. Regards, Michael L. Love Ph.D Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University 725 N. Wolfe Street Room 608B WBSB Baltimore MD 21205-2185 Interoffice Mail: 608B WBSB, SoM office: 410-614-2267 lab: 410-614-3179 fax: 410-502-6910 cell: 443-824-3451 http://www.gnu-darwin.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEpIl6u0oI3iz5oZcRAtpQAJ9X7D6kq1vmWKXkG/3LBvx3gGrK1QCZAbgI 8Ww6QABLiZtmFmS9Ekea5nI= =a0Oy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From SMeeks at camsys.com Fri Jun 30 19:34:26 2006 From: SMeeks at camsys.com (Scott Meeks) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:34:26 -0400 Subject: [Freegis-list] Scott Meeks is away on vacation. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 06/30/2006 and will not return until 07/05/2006. 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