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["Darren J. Doherty" <darren@permaculture.biz>]

 

Tashi Deley Gaiden,

 

You've had a busy time on this list lately - thanks for the reply - I haven't heard of the oziexplorer - but then again I have been looking either. I'll check it out this morning. I do need a cheap alternative to Mapinfo for my clients as opposed to doing what is obviously illegal. Mapinfo is expensive yes - I think about $AUD2500 (AUD = $US0.65 approx). I hardly any of its main functions - only the cartography and basic analysis. AutoCAD is very expensive - about $AUD7000 - so is out of reach from most. World Construction Set and Terragen are made by the same company I think - as you said - perhaps more time wasted than on computer games themselves - but jeez what about the effects.

 

As for Pitcairn and the use of this stuff - well of course its possible - but would, I believe, be only a grand exercise in design in the absence of the islander's involvement. What a job though. Dam here Dam there.....On that not we are about to launch a remote broadacre design service which follows our tried and true “Work’s Pattern” but involves clients more in the data collation part of the process without this permaculture designer’s site visit.

 

Cheers,

 

Yours and Growing,

 

Darren J. Doherty

Applied Diploma of Permaculture Design, (Education, Site Design, System Establishment & Implementation) Permaculture Institute (1995)

Permaculture Design Certificate, Permaculture Institute (1993, 1995, 2001)

Whole Farm Planning Certificate (Train the Trainer), University of Melbourne (1995)

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