Hi Daniel -
Isn't GRASS raster only? If so, are you thinking of that as one of several
options?
If not, cool, but will that make some interesting vector data inaccessible?
Thanks,
Jeff
"Daniel Mayer" <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote in
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Jeff Meyer wrote
>The plan is to deliver an easily searchable repository (content &
searchable
>clearinghouse) of quality map content to cover the
entirety of human
>history. Along with it would be a freely distributable, open source map
>player. People could then link their existing maps, add modifications,
build
new map
content, etc.
I happen to be finishing up my GIS credentials and geography/cartography
degree
right now and was thinking about playing around with
the free software
GRASS
GIS program this summer. See
http://grass.baylor.edu/
and the GRASS Wiki
http://grass.itc.it/wiki2/
It would be neat to tie GRASS into MediaWiki for map creation. I'll see if
I
can get that to work later this year (at least for
creating simple maps).
There is a whole bunch of public domain GIS data out there (mostly in the
U.S....). It would eventually be neat to have a place to do GIS editing on
the
Internet to help maintain and extend those data. As it
is, the public
domain
GIS material created by the U.S. government is made
into proprietary
products
by GIS firms who clean up, extend, and then sell the
data. AFAIK there is
no
free content alternative.
WikiGIS perhaps? I better snag that one... Done.
WikiGIS.org and
WIkiGIS.com
are reserved for the Wikimedia Foundation if and when
the foundation wants
those domains.
Which reminds me,
Wikimedia.org is about to expire... I better fix that.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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