I starting to collect information for a talk and maybe even a WEB page on
"Geographic Resources for Linux Users". At the moment, GRASS and pbmplus
are the only Linux tools I know of to do mapping on Linux workstations.
Do other people have tools I don't know about? I'm interested in
commercial as well as freeware tools.
By the way, has everyone ported MOSS/MAPS/ADS/COS to Linux?
How about ELAS?
Dave Mandel
David Mandel wrote:
I starting to collect information for a talk and maybe even a WEB page on
"Geographic Resources for Linux Users". At the moment, GRASS and pbmplus
are the only Linux tools I know of to do mapping on Linux workstations.
Do other people have tools I don't know about? I'm interested in
commercial as well as freeware tools.By the way, has everyone ported MOSS/MAPS/ADS/COS to Linux?
How about ELAS?Dave Mandel
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available for Linux. I have part of it compiled.
While not strictly a GIS/mapping tool it does have a number of mapping tools in
it. And, of course, image manipulation is an important part of mapping.
Jim
David Mandel writes:
David> I starting to collect information for a talk and maybe even a WEB page
on
David> "Geographic Resources for Linux Users". At the moment, GRASS and pbmp
lus
David> are the only Linux tools I know of to do mapping on Linux workstations
.
David> Do other people have tools I don't know about? I'm interested in
David> commercial as well as freeware tools.
David> By the way, has everyone ported MOSS/MAPS/ADS/COS to Linux?
David> How about ELAS?
David> Dave Mandel
David> ==============================================================
David> David Mandel, Linux Activist dmandel@transport.com
David> Internet Provided by: Transport Logic (503) 243-1940
David> Serving the Pacific Northwestern USA
David> Portland * Vancouver * McMinnville * Salem * Bend
David> ==============================================================
I saw a mapping application from a link off the Tix page; the one showing
applications written using the Tix widgets.
Karl M. Hegbloom <pcc60257@teleport.com>
Portland, Oregon, USA
Linux 1.2.13 ELF POSIX
Dave Mandel <dmandel@transport.com> wrote:
It's funny. I did a lot of work with LTPlus starting in 1989
when I introduced it to Infotec Development Inc. for a large
topographic data capture project. Still I almost forgot about it
in my "Geography on Linux" talk last Thursday. I have seen Dan
Haskell's "LTPlus for Linux", and I think it is the best GIS data
for Linux. In fact, it is good by any standard.
Dave is being modest here. I believe he also introduced LTPlus to the US
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and a number of other organizations. In
addition, Dave, along with Tuyen Ngo, performed the first major porting of
the program (from Xenix to SCO Unix/ODT). As I think about it, he was also
the one who introduced me to LTPlus. To be certain, neither LT4X, Delta3D,
or LTPlus-for-Linux would exist now if it weren't for this man.
On the downside, he was the one who introduced John Dabritz (the prime
author of LTPlus) and Holly Martin to Infotec... (is John still speaking
with you Dave?)
As far as I know Dan still sells LTPlus. In fact, he recently
told me he was working on a new release. His email address is
dhaskell@halycon.com.
I am. At present I am working on a version that utilizes Tcl as a macro
language, supports HTML based help pages, and allows vector digitizing
(along a number of other goodies). Anyone interested in the current
status of the project is welcome to visit
http://www.halcyon.com/dhaskell/
(please note that this Web page is a work in progress).
Thanks,
Dan Haskell
"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
- Winston Churchill -