Before we take a deep dive into the world of GIS on the Mac platform, I’d like to give a brief mention to those who inspired me to pursue this project. Some of the first coverage I saw on GIS for Mac came from Stefan Geens over at the ever-popular Ogle Earth. Specifically, a brief post titled Three ways to make your Mac more location-savvy piqued my interest in turning my Mac into a useful tool for processing and visualizing geographic data. Additionally, I’d like to point to the comprehensive list of geographic tools for the Mac compiled by Leszek Pawlowicz at the excellent Free Geography Tools site. Thank you both for the inspiration and seemingly never-ending stream of great writing!
I worked on aspects of this video with a great team of people. I’d like to thank Freedom to Roam for letting me play a role in bringing this tour to fruition. I hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to gismac. I have been thinking about doing this site for about two years now and I think 2010 (pronounced 20-10) is the right time to do it for the following reasons:
I miss writing
There are more Mac users than ever before
There are more GIS users and neogeographers than ever before
I have been looking for a challenging new project
I have learned a lot about GIS on *nix platforms over the past three years
