Comments on: Google Summer of Code 2010 – Quantum GIS http://spatialgalaxy.net/2010/04/02/google-summer-of-code-2010-quantum-gis/ Exploring the Realms of GIS Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kay http://spatialgalaxy.net/2010/04/02/google-summer-of-code-2010-quantum-gis/comment-page-1/#comment-70865 Kay Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:41:12 +0000 http://spatialgalaxy.net/?p=186#comment-70865 If where up to me what tools i could use for my work, i would only use FOSS gis. But employer decides this for me and they don't trust FOSS in general. And my coworkers should agree too and they don't like to change their methodology. The only possible FOSS replacement for Sonar-processing mb-system, not exacly user friendly (cli-based, have to compile yourself). A hybrid environment is the best I can achieve, where i use foss tools to do less routine stuff that otherwise would require buying additional software, like compressing and warping large imagery, converting database xy-tables to shapefiles, making webmaps, ... For the Map composition of qgis is getting there and gvsig's mapcomposer is already quite impressive. With some touching up SVG-maps using inkscape, krita, Xara or Scribus, a lot can be achieved too. If where up to me what tools i could use for my work, i would only use FOSS gis. But employer decides this for me and they don’t trust FOSS in general.
And my coworkers should agree too and they don’t like to change their methodology.

The only possible FOSS replacement for Sonar-processing mb-system, not exacly user friendly (cli-based, have to compile yourself).

A hybrid environment is the best I can achieve, where i use foss tools to do less routine stuff that otherwise would require buying additional software, like compressing and warping large imagery, converting database xy-tables to shapefiles, making webmaps, …

For the Map composition of qgis is getting there and gvsig’s mapcomposer is already quite impressive. With some touching up SVG-maps using inkscape, krita, Xara or Scribus, a lot can be achieved too.

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