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http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2012-March/062139.html

[OSM-talk] QGIS v MapInfo observations

I have been using MapInfo since about 1995 and QGIS for the last year or so and have noticed some real differences in usability that I would like to share.
DVD/USB/VM of Open Source GeoSpatial software + docs + data) Version 5.5 of the OSGeo-Live GIS software collection ( http://live.osgeo.org ) and accompanying Lightening Presentation ( http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/ ), has been released, ready for distribution at a large number of geospatial conferences and workshops from around the world.

Live 5.5 Released | OSGeo.org

http://www.osgeo.org/node/1267

ESRI’s brilliant marketing move and what Open Source GIS can learn from it « Mapoholic

https://mapoholic.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/esris-brilliant-marketing-move-and-what-open-source-gis-can-learn-from-it/ ESRI has announced “ ESRI Maps for Office ”, an Excel add-in which will be available in public beta the first half of 2012.

Insider : The Future Looks Bright for Spatial Thinkers

http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esri-insider/2011/10/03/the-future-looks-bright-for-spatial-thinkers/ Many industries have suffered during the current economic downturn.
Jamie Justham - Chairman, Dotted Eyes Plans to reduce the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) from 650 to 600 in the next UK General Election continue to attract controversy. Proposals for new constituency boundaries in England, Scotland and Wales are currently being debated in a series of public hearings. The UK picture will be completed when the Boundary Commission for Wales publishes its Initial Proposals, which are expected in January 2012. http://www.vector1media.com/article/features/24725-uk-politicians-realise-the-importance-of-gis.html

UK Politicians Realise the Importance of GIS

Design your map with ShareMap and then use your mobile device for field navigation. With assistance of GPS you will not miss any interesting point again. http://sharemap.org/site/index

Share your maps! - ShareMap.org

user manual - ShareMap.org

This user manual is written to help you with map creation. If you have any question related to ShareMap.org not covered by this manual don't hesitate to use contact form. http://sharemap.org/site/ShareMap_user_manual
http://web.archive.org/web/20110724080940/http://www.spatialserver.net/osgis/Desktopgis_overview.htm

Desktop GIS

The table(s) should be published in forthcoming journal article which I have started to work on for a research article, because it bothers me, that current GIS research is hardly aware of the existing systems.
http://www.mapwindow.org/ The MapWindow GIS project includes a free and open source desktop geographic information system (GIS) with an extensible plugin architecture; a GIS ActiveX control; and C# GIS programmer library called DotSpatial. We would be happy to have you join our project.

MapWindow Open Source GIS - Home Page

documentation [MapWindow GIS Documentation]

Note: all software listed below is licensed under free and open source licenses except where noted.

About QGIS

Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a powerful and user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats. QGIS is licensed under the GNU Public License.
QGIS has a lot of plugins, including over 180 that have been contributed by users. If you aren’t using plugins, you are missing out on a lot that QGIS has to offer.

QGIS Plugin of the Week: Time Manager | Spatial Galaxy

Making simple map images with qGIS | Neogeo ramblings with a Python twist

Occasionally you just need a quick map, and it’s not going to be used for interaction or even necessarily display on the internet (say a Keynote/PowerPoint presentation, for example). We could build it as a Google map, get a gigantic computer monitor and fullscreen the window and take a screenshot, and have it look like every other web map out there – or we can reach into the toolbox of those who are NOT neogeographers and borrow a few things. For me this tool is still qGIS ( for Mac check out KyngChaos for binary builds ), though there are alternatives like GRASS GIS and TileMill , to name only a couple.

Learn GIS | SULAIR

Spatial Tools is a collection of tools for Raster/Grid data. Its menus, tools, and buttons provide access to various spatial modeling and analysis capabilities such as: clipping, mosaicking, merging grids, resolution alteration, data clean-up and spatial analysis.