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| Subject: | GISList: Project clairification |
| Date: |
11/22/2002 09:00:51 AM |
| From: |
Dan Posner |
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To: GIS Community
FR: Dan Posner, President
The Florida Bass Foundation, Inc.
I am overwhelmed by your responses to our project. But we need to clear up=
some things.=20=20
#1. I have a background in the web and network technology. The server we wi=
ll host this on will be a clustered Compaq dl760 with 8 processors and 16 g=
ig of RAM. The data will be housed on a SAN linked to the server on a fibe=
r channel backbone. Half a terabyte of disk should be enough. The backups=
will be done on a DAT jukebox doing backups in real time (the backup windo=
w just could not be large enough).=20=20
#2. The GIS web interface platform must run on a J2EE engine.
#3. The DB of choice is Pervasive SQL2000. We chose this platform because =
the data set built on this engine would require NO modification if we chang=
ed Operating Systems. The data engine is truly cross platform: you just cop=
y the data to the new platform, load the new engine and you are up and runn=
ing.
#4. The OS of choice in our minds is NetWare 6 from Novell, the leader in N=
et Services Software. Their platform is going to be the most secure. The =
link to the DB for access will use their single sign-on technology and eDir=
ectory. I have 15 years in network design and implementation.=20=20
#5. The part about our being a publicly funded charity, means the public no=
t the government. If they give us data and their help, we won't turn it do=
wn. We will be going after the corporations that have made their money whil=
e polluting the environment. They have a vested interest in showing suppor=
t for positive environmental projects. We will also be looking to the gene=
ral public to fund this. This is the private sector and the benefit for yo=
ur donation is a tax deduction.=20=20
#6. Florida is 49th of 50 in public education. If we wait for the governmen=
t to do something about it, my great grand children still wont have a bette=
r place to learn (just do the math, my daughter is now 10 years old).
#7. We will come up with whatever money is needed. We plan to raise 2 mill=
ion dollars in 2003 and twice that in 2004. Most of this money will go to =
our Scholarship Program, but we know we need a lot of money for this projec=
t.
#8. When people give money to our cause they will know where every penny go=
es. Can you say that about your tax dollars?
#9. The sport fishing industry in Florida is a 6 Billion dollar per year in=
dustry with 1.5 million registered anglers.
#10. The statistics show that children that are taken fishing at a young a=
ge and continue to fish, are less likely to get in trouble.
So if you folks tell me exactily what we need to do to get this project off=
the ground we can do it. A lot of your info has already been very helpful=
. I have two questions about the info:
"Is this to be a temporal model -- i.e. will it account for changes in
time? Remember, these waterways are dynamic systems. How do you want to
account for time in this data model?"
This is a Question we thought of but we're not sure of the answer. We woul=
d like it to have a temporal component, but we need more information.
"How much error are you willing to tolerate? Should your data be
accurate to 1 meter? One centimeter? One kilometer? Your data will have
errors. How much you will tolerate is a major factor in the time and
cost."
In terms of error, I never want to see any error. However, considering we =
will be gathering this data from a variety of sources, how much error is a=
cceptable? What is the cost associated with reducing that error?=20
Since you folks know a whole lot more about this stuff than we do, please g=
ive us some more feedback on these two issues and any other issues you thin=
k of that might come up to bite us!
TIA,=20
Dan Posner, CEO
The Florida Bass Foundation, Inc
A Public Charity 501(c)(3)
22761 Neptune Road
Boca Raton, FL 33428
561-883-1361
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