Hello everyone,<br><br>From what I've been, it seems that the code/UI for phase 2 of the website is getting done. They will need a couple days until we can really move on.<br><br>Lets continue delineating the questions on that website and wait for phase 2 :D<br>
<br>George<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Alexis Guéganno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a9emen@gmail.com">a9emen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 2 June 2010 20:17, miblon <<a href="mailto:moblin@dogodigi.net">moblin@dogodigi.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello George,<br>
><br>
> I completely agree that there aren't a lot of questions that are GIS related<br>
> on SO, but most come from people not familiar with GIS at all entering<br>
> either from a developer (google maps api, openlayers) or a dba perspective.<br>
> And these roles are interesting; Often they are the guys that are asked by<br>
> management to "put a map in their app" and often they strand on geometry or<br>
> projection related topics. I believe that is where we fit in. We help them<br>
> out, point them to the fact that there ARE people specialized in GI and<br>
> maybe one thing will lead to another: The managers grow in understanding<br>
> that Geo IT is a profession too...<br>
><br>
> Especially now, with the crisis, IT managers are looking at programmers<br>
> being able to work in the whole spectrum of options. I believe it is our<br>
> task to show them that using specialists might speed up development. That is<br>
> why I always advice customers to hire me for the map and the geodata, and<br>
> designers for the website look and feel. I cannot (and will not) design<br>
> websites, and a designer shouldn't try to master maps, he/she should master<br>
> design!<br>
><br>
> GIS related topics pop up more and more thanks to openlayers and google<br>
> maps. And it offers opportunities. SO is an environment to spot these<br>
> opportunities whereas a GIS specific SO would lead to segregation, keeping<br>
> us away from the rest of the world.<br>
><br>
> I would strongly opt to put effort in gettting GIS related topics "on the<br>
> map" on SO instead of copying SO for a limited audience. It would surely<br>
> show our presence to the people out there.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Hi everybody !<br>
<br>
First I have a question : does anyone know the rules for the second<br>
step ? Because I think we've succeeded to complete the first one (it's<br>
not a reason not to continue our efforts ;-) )<br>
<br>
I don't think that the existence of a Q&A site dedicated to GIS will<br>
lead to the disappearance of GIS related questions on stack overflow.<br>
By the way, it will be really interesting, in my opinion, to keep an<br>
eye on what happens on SO (or on server fault, because I think GIS<br>
related questions can be found there too ;-) ). What i hope, though,<br>
with the start of a GIS dedicated site, is to gain in audience, and to<br>
gain a new place where people involved in GIS will be able to share<br>
their experiences. There are people who don't like mailing lists, and<br>
Q&A sites are another way to be really efficient, and to get accurate<br>
answers on really technical questions.<br>
<br>
Btw, Milo, I agree on many facts you set forth. Your point of view is<br>
really interesting ^_^<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Greetings,<br>
<br>
Agemen.<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Les objets quantiques sont complètement dingues, mais au moins ils le<br>
sont tous de la même façon.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>George R. C. Silva<br><br>Desenvolvimento em GIS<br><a href="http://blog.geoprocessamento.net">http://blog.geoprocessamento.net</a><br>