Today I've been contacted by a software farm, which develops ArcGIS
Server based solutions. It's the third in few months to propose me to
work on that product, and maybe it's a clue indicating an increasing
request for distributes GIS applications.
I know it's a hot theme and I don't want to start up a flame, but I
think that FOSS gis run the risk to remain a step behind proprietary
products. I know, interested subjects should invest in it to start a
specific deployment, but I suspect it won't be possible in a short
time...
I think that projects, as PyWPS or some other examples on how to run
Grass commands through web interfaces, are interesting prototypes, but
they surely don't replace the lack of an OS Gis Server.
What do yuo think about it? Are there projects in this direction?
Today I've been contacted by a software farm, which develops ArcGIS
Server based solutions. It's the third in few months to propose me to
work on that product, and maybe it's a clue indicating an increasing
request for distributes GIS applications.
I know it's a hot theme and I don't want to start up a flame, but I
think that FOSS gis run the risk to remain a step behind proprietary
products. I know, interested subjects should invest in it to start a
specific deployment, but I suspect it won't be possible in a short
time...
I think that projects, as PyWPS or some other examples on how to run
Grass commands through web interfaces, are interesting prototypes, but
they surely don't replace the lack of an OS Gis Server.
What do yuo think about it? Are there projects in this direction?
I'm sorry for having not made a clear question.
What I mean with GIS Server, is a platform for the deployment of
distributed GIS tools. As a parallel, Arcgis Server can deply ready to
use tools for editing, data processing tools, as client-server
applcations usable in mobile applications, browser based interfaces,
etc.
It centralizes the application model and business interface, and
distribute it to light clients, or other desktop applications.
Such a kind of server is increasingly requested by agencied
distributed on the territory for example.
It's something far beyond a map server!
So, my question was: is there any project, in the og gis community,
dealing with this?
The second question is, how to convinve agencies to use OS software if
they're looking for such solutions?
Giovanni
2007/11/11, Lars Forseth <l-forset@online.no>:
Søndag 11. november 2007 skreiv G. Allegri:
> Today I've been contacted by a software farm, which develops ArcGIS
> Server based solutions. It's the third in few months to propose me to
> work on that product, and maybe it's a clue indicating an increasing
> request for distributes GIS applications.
>
> I know it's a hot theme and I don't want to start up a flame, but I
> think that FOSS gis run the risk to remain a step behind proprietary
> products. I know, interested subjects should invest in it to start a
> specific deployment, but I suspect it won't be possible in a short
> time...
>
> I think that projects, as PyWPS or some other examples on how to run
> Grass commands through web interfaces, are interesting prototypes, but
> they surely don't replace the lack of an OS Gis Server.
>
> What do yuo think about it? Are there projects in this direction?
>
> Giovanni
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Giovanni Allegri wrote:
> Today I've been contacted by a software farm, which develops ArcGIS
> Server based solutions. It's the third in few months to propose me to
> work on that product, and maybe it's a clue indicating an increasing
> request for distributes GIS applications.
Personally, I would read that as a clue indicating an increasing commercial
sales pressure for distributed GIS applications, not an indicator of real
demand.
Server apps are Open Source's strongest historical domain, so I would imagine
any strong customer demand in that area to be quickly and strongly satisfied by
the FOSS community.
Are you thinking like a Oracle spatial data repository, or server based data
viewer, or server based GIS processing & analysis software?