MOSS

= Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) =

Scope
This wiki page summarizes all currently available facts, links and references about the first open source GIS application MOSS.

Significance for OSGeo
The annual OSGeo price is named after the late Sol Katz, one of the project members of MOSS. Sol_Katz_Award@OSGeo-Wiki

MOSS-related Ressources

 * Wikipedia: Map_Overlay_and_Statistical_System
 * OSGeo: Open_Source_GIS_History (points to broken blm-ftp-site: MOSS is still available to download (ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/))
 * EVOLUTION OF THE MOSS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR 32-BIT COMPUTER SYSTEMS.com/site/reedsgishistory/Home/short-history-of-the-moss-gis short-history-of-the-moss-gis]
 * On-line manual from the PC Version of MOSS as developed by Saul Katz
 * Reed, C.R. 1982, Map Overlay and Statistical System User's Manual, Western Energy and Land Use Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Fort Collins, Colorado.
 * Reed, C., 1984, Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS), System Reference Manual, prepared by Autometric, Inc., Falls Church, VA
 * MOSS user's manual (@USGS)
 * Carl Reed's GIS History Notes
 * User needs assessment for an operational geographic information system
 * A 125 year history of topographic mapping and GIS in the U.S. Geological Survey 1884-2009, part 2: 1980-2009
 * [|2009 Carl Reed GIS History Fort Collins]
 * PC-MOSS VERSION 1.0 USER AND PROGRAMMER DOCUMENTATION (IBIBLIO)
 * Implement of the computer-program system MOSS
 * Draft Guidelines for Use of ADSARC and MOSSARC Commands 1993.pdf (Source: BLM Library, 2019)
 * [[File:Conversion of an ARC-INFO Coverage Containing Multipe Attribute Data to a MOSS.pdf|thumbnail|Conversion of an ARC-INFO Coverage Containing Multipe Attribute Data to a MOSS]](Source: BLM Library, 2019)
 * | Appendix C MOSS Line Styles and Font Styles]

Points of contact

 * BLM: Deborah Harnke: Librarian (Reference)

MOSS Codebase Search & Rescue Effort
20190327: BLM ceased during the last year (date unknown) to host the MOSS sources on its FTP site. The BLM library did not archive a digital copy. The original author, Carl Reed has been contacted by Peter Loewe (PL) for a copy of the source code (status:pending).

201903 |Proposal to the OSGeo board to recognize MOSS as a OSGeo heritage project, to ensure future access to the codebase (if recoverable).

20190329: The wayback-machine of the Internet Archive did take snapshots of the FTP site, but apparently not the subdirectories: https://web.archive.org/web/*/ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/ 20190610: The BLM library was able to provide a few scanned documents regarding MOSS (to be uploaded to this wiki). PL asked them to investigate wether a digital copy could still exist offline at BLM.

20190904: Māris Nartiss discovers a remaining copy of the MOSS codebase.