Re: [OSS] Re: Meeting Note: Japan Viet Nam Geoinformatics Consortium(JVGC)

For some of the things GIS can do, general outline maps that resolve district
or even commune boundaries are sufficient. I don't think there are real problems
with that. These data seem are available though you (and I) have in the past had
trouble getting them gratis. I have what appears to be an up-to-date map to district
level in an application supplied to one of our projects.

The technology I have seen (and I have not seen much of it so far) allows for
zooming into maps (for example using SVG) or outputting paps is a standard format.

I haven't really started exploring this myself - I have a job after all ;-) - but
I am toying with DIVA-GIS which is used for agricultural mapping. And I would like to
get a good tutorial on GRASS, which is a general OS GIS application, with lots of
modules.

Cheers, Vern

I'm really pleased. The scholarship in Viet Nam already is good! and there are some
pretty cool resources available.

Rob Hurle wrote:
>
> > >Interesting reference to open source web-based map servers. These are
> > >available now.
> >
> > Servers are one thing. Maps the other.
> >
> > Are there free (not only free to get, but also free to (re-) use) on-line
> > maps of Vietnam and the cities available?
>
> Maps are pretty expensive. The mapping authority (in Nguyen Chi Thanh
> road) charges 1.000.000 VND for one CD (one map), and you need 39 maps to
> cover Vietnam at 1:250.000 scale. And you need an introduction letter
> from your co quan. I suspect they would object to them being made
> available on a server, but bandwidth considerations would make it
> impractical anyway.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob Hurle
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