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Poll Results on Linux and MacOS Geospatial Software and New One about Google Earth's License
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The last poll results gave surprising results, and I fail to interpret the numbers. We asked you about using Linux and MacOS X in geospatial technologies. Out of 113 answers, 15% said their software are Windows only, 15% restrain themselves from looking for trouble, 6% simply don't choose their operating system. Now the surprises; 7% claim geosoftware on Linux/MacOS X is not up to par, 22% say it works well, and... 31% claim it works better! That makes 53% of users claiming geospatial software works well or works better on Linux/MacOS X than on MS Windows. Am I the only one surprised? The new poll ask you whether you break the Google Earth license at work, in the context that you can't legally use Google Earth Free or Plus at work.
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For those using Macs, Ogle Earth have a nice entry on running virtual globes using virtualization software on Macs. First, virtualization is not like emulation. From the post: "The big question: Is the 3D graphics support compatible with the Windows virtual globes that have no Mac counterpart — NASA World Wind, Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D, SkylineGlobe and ESRI ArcGIS Explorer? Alas, in a word: No. Despite trying all possible configurations for RAM and graphics memory, most of these applications either won't run at all or run unstably." He was successful at running ArcGIS Explorer and Skyline Globe with caveats. See also related stories below.
Operating Systems for Geospatial Software?
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Slashgeo: Slashgeo's Back and New Poll on Geospatial and Linux/Macs 2 comments
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Slashgeo will soon resume its daily coverage of geospatially-related news. Expect additional stories in the coming days as a catching up effort for the last two weeks. Let's start by refreshing the poll. Last poll was about how much you like your geospatial job. 40% of the 74 responders claim they like so much their job they want to be workaholics. This is surprising good news! An additional 25% say they work on fine projects, 14% love it but it's still work. On the darker side, 5% don't like their job and another 5% are happy that it pays the rent but aren't excited. The new poll is derived from this previous story and asks you about using Linux/MacOS X operating systems for geospatial projects (see related stories below).
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A friend wrote to inform me that within the new MacOS X Leopard (10.5) to be available in 9 days, there seems to be some geospatial awareness at the operating system level, well, more precisely GPS metadata support directly in Preview, the default small application that open any PDF and image file: "GPS Metadata Support: Get real information from your photos. If your image has embedded GPS metadata, Preview will show you exactly where that perfect photo was taken. Open the Image inspector and select GPS. Preview pinpoints the location where you took the photo on a world map. From there you can even open the GPS location in Google Maps." Not exactly groundbreaking, but still nice to see such integration. See also related stories below.
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