Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:41:45 +1000 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> Cc: Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org>, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New category: geography Message-ID: <0E86699E-FC6B-435E-89E3-7839526BE127@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200605181744.11710.daeg@houston.rr.com> References: <1BC08CCE-1820-45A5-BCAB-FE424BED0CC1@brooknet.com.au> <1147989509.69696.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <200605181744.11710.daeg@houston.rr.com>
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On 19/05/2006, at 8:44 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Thursday 18 May 2006 16:58, Pav Lucistnik wrote: >> Sam Lawrance p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v =C4=8Dt 18. 05. 2006 v 20:41 +1000: >>> I would like to create a new category "geography", encompassing the >>> following types of ports: >>> >>> - Mapping - editing, viewing, format conversion (eg. graphics/=20 >>> jumpgis) >>> - Geographic information systems and utilities (eg. databases/=20 >>> postgis) >>> - GPS applications (eg. astro/gpsman) >>> - Weather (eg. astro/gdesklets-goodweather) >>> - Other software/services related to location (eg. net/GeoIP) >> >> Excuse me, pal, but how exactly does weather fit into a geographical >> applications? > > My guess would be that Meteorology is being considered as a subset =20 > of Geology, > which isn't really the same as Geography. I don't think so. They don't train up geologists so they can sit =20 around in the coal mine looking at the weather all day. > It dosn't really fit well in Astronomy either. Personally, I would =20 > think that > weather apps would fit best in ports/science unless there are =20 > enough of them > to justify their own category of ports/wx I agree that it doesn't fit in astronomy. However, I am not =20 considering moving ports to anything except a "geography" category.
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