ESRI’s International User Conference, held this past week in San Diego, brought together users of Geographic Information Systems. ESRI is the (near monopoly) vendor of GIS software.
(Thanks, Dan!)
Launched on June 30th, the ,Geospatial One Stop program, administered by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is supported with ESRI technology. This portal is designed to be a clearinghouse for all geospatial data and is designed to facilitate searches and construct maps through a web service.
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@ 12:30
Enter the mono-busters: Establishment vs. Grassroots
@ 13:44
Thanks for that resource-rich link, Darrin.
@ 15:37
I know this article is very old, but it still good to see some people posting about ESRI monopoly. I linked you in my latest phpGIS article, and I hope you accept my links as well.
Just to add to the resources, I have a pretty large GIS Directory going at:
http://www.jrbtech.com/gislinks/
@ 15:38
PHP GIS Update
php GIS is an OpenSource GIS application meant to be used as a way of viewing your GIS files. With the power of Linux and PHP we were able to create a very usefull application for viewing ESRI shape files as well as aerial photos in the TIFF format.
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