shrug-l: Looking for Suggestions

Daniel Schwartz schwartz@cs.fsu.edu
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:37:43 -0400 (EDT)


Gary,

The FSU Geography Department has a site license for all ESRI GIS software,
and you can get it from them at 10% the retail price.  Contact Shawn Lewers,
swl2727@mailer.fsu.edu, 644-8373.

--Dan Schwartz 
  Computer Science, FSU


> Hi
> 
> I am looking for some ideas about software. I have been asked to teach
> GIS to under Grad and Grad students. 
> 
> 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        
> QGIS                   Free        (open source)          Mac, XP, Linux  
> limited XP
> TNTLite                Free        (limited capability)    Mac, XP, Linux 
> limited data size
> Grass                  Free        (open source)           Mac, XP, Linux 
> 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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