shrug-l: Looking for Suggestions

[Tripp Corbin]

Though I am certainly a bit biased as an ESRI Business Partner and
Authorized Instructor, I have to agree with Jason. Most Government
Agencies and many private sector companies use ESRI as their primary GIS
software tools. It is not bad for students to know other platforms are
out there but they will have easier times finding jobs if they have
exposure to ESRI software.

Tripp Corbin, MCP, GISP
Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Keck & Wood, Inc.
www.keckwood.com
(678) 417-4013
(678) 417-8785 fax

Keck & Wood now offers Introduction to ArcGIS/ArcView training classes.
Contact me for more information.
Currently Scheduled Classes:
Introduction to ArcGIS I - October 10-11 in Calera, AL
Introduction to ArcGIS II - October 12-14 in Calera, AL
Introduction to ArcGIS II - November 9-11 at the SHRUG Workshop in
Tallahassee, FL=20



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-----Original Message-----
From: shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jason Houck
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 8:44 AM
To: watry@steam.coaps.fsu.edu; shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Looking for Suggestions


Gary,
    I understand your situation in wanting to avoid the high costs
associated with implementing an maintaining a large number of machines
running GIS, but I would warn you about using anything but ESRI.
Students will certainly grasp the concepts of GIS using almost any
software, but with ESRI being the industry standard, I think you would
be doing them a disservice not having them learn the ESRI software.
That's just my two cents.=20

-----Original Message-----
From: shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
watry@steam.coaps.fsu.edu
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:17 PM
To: shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: shrug-l: Looking for Suggestions

Hi

I am looking for some ideas about software. I have been asked to teach
GIS to under Grad and Grad students.=20

Here is the situation:
1: we run MAC, Linux, XP on the desk tops. (I am looking for GIS
software that runs on all platforms.)

2. I can not incur a large recurring cost or high setup costs for
multiple machines.

What I have so far is:
Software              Cost
Platforms                  Comments       =20
QGIS                   Free        (open source)          Mac, XP, Linux

limited XP
TNTLite                Free        (limited capability)    Mac, XP,
Linux=20
limited data size
Grass                  Free        (open source)           Mac, XP,
Linux=20
steep setup

3. For web services, It will start on a Linux (maybe windows server in 6
months)
Software
MN MapSever                     Free        (open source)
WebView Professional         $360       (Educational License that is
extension in ARCGIS)

If I get a Windows server
Software
MN MapSever       Free        (open source)
Manifold              $300        (fully functional)

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions

Gary Watry

GIS Coordinator
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies Floirda State University
Suite 200 Johnson Building Tallahassee, Florida 32306

Phone: (850) 644-4174
E-mail: watry@coaps.fsu.edu


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