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Wednesday, August 23. 2006

Opportunity in Open Source GIS

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MoneyControl India explores open source software in India with Michael Tiemann, President (Open Source Initiative) and Vice President (Open Source Affairs), Red Hat Inc. He notes:

There has been a substantial uptake of open source in India. But India is a big country and it’s not easy for 800 million people to move in the same direction at the same time.

There are opportunities for open source Geographic Information System (GIS) software. There has been some work with Geographic Resources Analysis Support System or GRASS, which is being used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing commonly used for urban planning and other land issues in India.

GRASS is a fine place to start. I wonder if he's not aware of all the newer projects with large followings? I wonder if Autodesk/OSGeo have looked at this market recently? Somehow, with all the tech expertise (geospatial and otherwise) in India, open source GIS should be a natural.

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Open Source at 07:19 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation has been created to support and build the highest-quality open source geospatial software. The foundation's goal is to encourage the use and collaborative development of community-led projects.

The India OSGeo Chapter has been recently established.
Details are presently available http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/India

Anyone interested in Open Source Geospatial solitions is welcome to Join.
#1 Venka (Link) on 2006-09-02 06:24 (Reply)

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