Proceed to GeoCommunity Home Page


SpatialNewsGIS Data DepotGeoImaging ChannelGIS and MappingSoftwareGIS JobsGeoBids-RFPsGeoCommunity MarketplaceGIS Event Listings
HomeLoginAccountsAboutContactAdvertiseSearchFAQsForumsCartFree Newsletter

Sponsored by:


TOPICS
Today's News

Submit News

Feature Articles

Product Reviews

Education

News Affiliates

Discussions

Newsletters

Email Lists

Polls

Editor's Corner


SpatialNews Daily Newswire!
Subscribe now!

Latest Industry Headlines
SiteVision GIS Partnership With City of Roanoke VA Goes Live
Garmin® Introduces Delta™ Upland Remote Trainer with Beeper
Caliper Offers Updated Chile Data for Use with Maptitude 2013
Southampton’s Go! Rhinos Trail Mapped by Ordnance Survey
New Approach to Measuring Coral Growth Offers Valuable Tool for Reef Managers
Topo ly - Tailor-Fit for Companies' Online Mapping Needs

Latest GeoBids-RFPs
Nautical Charts*Poland
Software & Telemetry GPS
Spatial Data Management-DC
Geospatial and Mapping-DC
Next-Gen 911-MO

Recent Job Opportunities
Planner/GIS Specialist
Team Leader- Grape Supply Systems
Geospatial Developer

Recent Discussions
Raster images
cartographic symbology
Telephone Exchange areas in Europe
Problem showcasing Vector map on Windows CE device
Base map

GeoCommunity Mailing List
 
Mailing List Archives

Subject: Re: [gislist] GIS-List Focus
Date:  03/23/2005 02:50:04 PM
From:  Paul van Helden



Hi Leonie,

May I suggest investigating using GIS software developed south of the
equator, priced for south of the equator, known to run well on
hamster-powered computers and supported by dedicated
south-of-the-equator companies that understand your hamster troubles... :-D

Regards from south of the equator,

Paul.
Planet GIS
www.planetgis.co.za

Leonie Meiring wrote:

>Dear Listers
>
>Support? What support? In my country (south of the equator) it's very
>difficult to find speedy support and solutions for most of the different
>GIS softwares, considering that we use hamsters to power the computers.
>We feed them "super-cabbage-al-fresco-al-donuts" every morning and by
>the time they need to give more juice for the GIS functions they tend to
>get cranky and blow the circuits. I only just managed to send you all
>this trivial piece of e-mail via the express-hamster-back-up. Can you
>imagine what would happen if a bug got into the system?
>
>This is just to illustrate the frustrations of living in a third world
>country where "GIS support" has not been perfected yet.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com
>[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.geocomm.com] On Behalf Of J Bee
>Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:00 PM
>To: gislist@lists.geocomm.com
>Subject: [spamcatcher] Re: [gislist] GISlist Focus
>
>A matter of personal preference? I'm trying to fight the feeling that
>the folks who want to continue using this list as tech support are not
>completely anal, but it its a hard battle.
>
>
>
>
>
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist

_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/

Get Access to the latest GIS & Geospatial Industry RFPs and bids
http://www.geobids.com

Sponsored by:

For information
regarding
advertising rates
Click Here!

Copyright© 1995-2012 MindSites Group / Privacy Policy

GeoCommunity™, Wireless Developer Network™, GIS Data Depot®, and Spatial News™
including all logos and other service marks
are registered trademarks and trade communities of
MindSites Group