Re: Still need information for ESRI application
Sascha Meinrath <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.wireless.cu-wireless |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Wendy Edwards wrote: > 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. Yes, I think this would be useful information to have. Thanks Wendy, --Sascha > > 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. > > > -- Sascha Meinrath Project Manager & President * Project Manager Acorn Active Media Foundation *** Eggplant Active Media www.acornactivemedia.com * www.eggplantmedia.com _______________________________________________ CU-Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/cu-wireless Project Page: http://cuwireless.ucimc.org