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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations for 3rd World |
| Date: |
01/28/2005 12:25:01 AM |
| From: |
GISex* Technologies |
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In India so many such GIS schools are establsihed with the help of ESRI
they give the software at 10% price, what else? and all such schools are
producing talents.
--
Krishan Sharma, Ph.D. (USA)
www.gisextechnologies.com
info@gisextechnologies.com
Mobile: 933-300-8409 & 0987-0129-4791
>
> This discussion can easily be broadened to also include the rural parts of
> developED nations, like the US Appalachian belt, aptly described in "I Am
> a Soldier, Too" as "opportunity-deficit" areas. Such economically
> distressed regions offer neither cheap skilled labor nor attractive
> infrastructure, and hence, may be the bigger losers in globalization. As
> proximity breeds participation, often their only claim to fame is the
> offer of a bucolic lifestyle close to large urban centers. Revitalization
> of such blighted communities within developED nations may pose a bigger
> challenge from a technology/social stand-point.
>
> Harsh Prakash
> GIS Planner
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
>> [mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf
> Of RICK GRAY
>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:04 PM
>> To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
>> Subject: [gislist] GIS software/hardware donations
> for 3rd World
>>
>> Hello GIS friends,
>>
>> As part of an international development project in
> Africa, I have
> been
>> asked
>> to help establish a GIS lab in a local college to
> train students in
> the
>> use
>> of GIS as a land use planning tool so that when the
> project ends, the
>> locals
>> will be that much more self sufficient.
>>
>> I am seeking advice on acquiring software and
> hardware at the lowest
> cost
>> possible. I understand that companies, such as ESRI,
> will donate
> software
>
>> in
>> some cases, and that computer companies have been
> known to do the
> same.
>> Although free is often the best, deep discounts are
> also useful.
>>
>> As I am new to this kind of endeavor, I do not
> really know where to
> start
>> asking so I have turned to you. If you have any
> idea on who to
> approach
>> and
>> the best way to go about it, I'd be very grateful.
>>
>> Thanks a million,
>> Rick
>>
>> Rick Gray
>> GIS Specialist, Ontario Weather Network
>> http://www.ownweb.ca
>> GIS Instructor
>> Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
>> http://www.ridgetowncollege.com/
>>
>> Tel. 519-674-1554
>> E-mail: rgray@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
>>
>> Ridgetown: -81.883 W, 42.450 N
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