Re: Still need information for ESRI application

Thanks!  IMHO, the most important thing we're getting from ESRI is
the GIS data, which is already free on their website.  I'd like to use
a free/open-source product called JUMP
(http://www.vividsolutions.com/jump/) to manipulate/display the
data.  I've already downloaded the Champaign County data and pulled
it into the default JUMP application.  It worked well.  I'd like to
combine this with some open-source tools that display network
information (status, traffic, etc) for the CWN information system.
There were some earlier suggestions about using tools developed by
the Navy, and I can look into these and see what else is out there.

The biggest challenges of the CWN information system are probably
going to be reliability and user interface design.  I can write
up something about this for the website/wiki if that would be
useful.

Wendy


>
> I don't know what this stuff buys us over using open-source solutions --
> especially given that this wouldn't be generalizable to other community
> wireless groups because of the cost.  I'd be weary about spending any
> funding on this unless we have a clear idea of why it is essential.
>

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