I've been participating in the new Pro Webmasters community (another Area 51 site) while waiting for the GIS site to kick off, and it's been a great experience. I'd strongly encourage anyone with an interest in a consolidated, open licence knowledge base for GIS to commit to this effort. <div>
<br></div><div>Thanks very much for putting this together George!<div><br></div><div><div>Jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 July 2010 12:14, George Silva wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello everyone,<br><br>First I would like to apologize for cross posting in different/related lists. This is more of a invitation:<br><br>StackOverflow.com is a website of questions and answers that is very lightweight, dynamic, and involves a great number of members in it's community. The stackOverflow website is specific about programming Q&A.<br>
<br>The makers of SO, built a website classe stackexchange (<a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com" target="_blank">area51.stackexchange.com</a>) that allows users to propose new Q&A websites, about a certain topic.<br>
<br>The proposal of this website is a to create a common place to ask for general questions about geoprocessing, GIS, GISc, and related topics. There is no restrictions about the technology or it's licensing methods. It's a true open forum for developers, geographers and anyone who actively uses GIS frequently.<br>
<br>I proposed one about GIS and is in it's final stage before Beta. In that website you can view the example questions of On and Off topic questions, vote in the better ones and allows you to commit to that website. Only users that follow and commit to the website are allowed to participate in the Beta version (the beta version lasts for 10 days only - I'm not sure).<br>
<br>Right now, we have 98% commit. Only 2% away from getting a Q&A website like StackOverflow (and others, that already passed beta period: <a href="http://gaming.stackexchange.com" target="_blank">gaming.stackexchange.com</a> , <a href="http://cooking.stackexchange.com" target="_blank">cooking.stackexchange.com</a> , etc);<br clear="all">
<br>Here is the website address:<br><a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems" target="_blank">http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems</a><br>
<br>If you feel like it, commit to the website and let's start building a great community for diffusion of GIS knowledge.<br>
<br>I'm sorry for the long post, but I hope you like it.<br><br>George<br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote></div></div></div></div>