<div>They also participate in the scope of GIS StackExchange website. PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, Spatial Algorithms, etc are a part of the website scope too.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Imran Rajjad <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rajjad@gmail.com">rajjad@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">What about core programming libraries like Geotools and GDAL and mapnik???<br>
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<div class="h5"><br><br>On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, George Silva <<a href="mailto:georger.silva@gmail.com">georger.silva@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Great announcement Christopher.<br>><br>> The website right now is the most voted/commited in stackExchange and I have<br>
> a very strong feeling that will congragate many users from many communities,<br>> all in one place.<br>><br>> The easy of use of StackOverflow and the quickness that everything gets<br>> answered there can be a major tool for all of us, using OpenLayers, MapFish,<br>
> MapServer, GeoServer, ESRI, Autodesk, and the vast diversity of softwares<br>> that we work with.<br>><br>> George<br>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <<a href="mailto:christopher.schmidt@nokia.com">christopher.schmidt@nokia.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Hi,<br>>><br>>> A proposal has been made for a GIS-centric StackExchange site:<br>>><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>>> For those of you who are not aware, StackExchange is a website<br>>> that allows for reputation-based question + answering, and provides<br>>> users a way to find good answers to many questions.<br>
>><br>>> Currently, there are users of StackOverflow asking OpenLayers questions<br>>> there:<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/openlayers" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/openlayers</a><br>
>><br>>> The quality of answers in general on StackOverflow is high:<br>>><br>>><br>>> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/559431/how-to-display-data-using-openlayers-with-openstreetmap-in-geodjango" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/559431/how-to-display-data-using-openlayers-with-openstreetmap-in-geodjango</a><br>
>><br>>> The reputation-based feedback to users encourages users to<br>>> create high-quality answers.<br>>><br>>> I have participated in other StackExchange sites (3500 rep, woohoo)<br>>> and enjoyed the process immensely, but the StackOverflow site has<br>
>> too small of a ratio of OpenLayers questions for me to follow it<br>>> regularly.<br>>><br>>> If you are interested in having another way to ask/answer questions<br>>> related to OpenLayers, I would recommend committing to the<br>
>> GIS site on the area51 link above. I can personally promise that<br>>> I will be participating in the StackExchange site in question if<br>>> it is set up, and I think that many other users could give and<br>
>> receive help in this format.<br>>><br>>> (I'd also probably like to set up some cross-linking between the<br>>> mailing list and OpenLayers-tagged questions on a potential GIS<br>>> SE site, if one gets set up, to encourage cross-platform communication<br>
>> about the topics in question.)<br>>><br>>> Best Regards,<br>>> --<br>>> Christopher Schmidt<br>>> Nokia<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Users mailing list<br>
>> <a href="mailto:Users@openlayers.org">Users@openlayers.org</a><br>>> <a href="http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>><br>><br>
><br>> --<br>> George R. C. Silva<br>><br>> Desenvolvimento em GIS<br>> <a href="http://blog.geoprocessamento.net/" target="_blank">http://blog.geoprocessamento.net</a><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
> Users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Users@openlayers.org">Users@openlayers.org</a><br>> <a href="http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br>
><br>><br><br><br><br>--<br></div></div><font color="#888888">I.R<br></font></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>