User: bherzog

Re:Freegis?

On: Open Maps?

good source of information, but doesn't come with maps.

Well, they do have links to sources of free geographic data. Some of the data is also on the FreeGIS CD-ROM.

PS: I work for the people who run FreeGIS.

Re:In three and a half months...

On: German Government Commissions KDE Groupware System

Actually, the deadline is only one month away! See e.g. Kalle's Post to the kroupware mailing list.

Re:Tools?

On: SVG Now a W3 Recommendation

My vector drawing program Sketch also has some SVG
support, although the SVG import/export filters are still incomplete,
unfortunately. The program itself is quite usable, though. Since Sketch
is Free Software, help is always welcome, of course.

Re:What about non-geo data?

On: FreeGIS Project Makes Mapping Better

it costs $US25.00 for just the software, $US45.00 if you include the manual (in German). So, this is not free as in "free beer"

But it's free as in "free speech", which is much more important. The $/EUR 25 cover only little more than the cost of creating the CDs and shipping them. The money Intevation actually makes from selling the CDs goes back into the FreeGIS project and Free Software.

Furthermore, all the software and data on the CD is also available for free (well actually for whatever the download costs you) on various web-sites, all of which are linked from the FreeGIS project.

Disclaimer: I work for Intevation, but this post only reflects my personal opinions.

Re:YARGT

On: Corel releases Photo-Paint for Linux for Free

But is anyone working on vector tools for Linux (like an Illustrator-killer, not CAD bullshit). Nope.

Well, I am. Have a look at Sketch.

There's still a lot to do before it can really compete with professional vector drawing programs, but my users seem to be quite satisfied with what it already offers.

I'm the only developer, so any help to improve it would be appreciated.