[QGIS Commit] r10104 - trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics
svn_qgis at osgeo.org
svn_qgis at osgeo.org
Wed Feb 4 02:58:01 EST 2009
Author: pcav
Date: 2009-02-04 02:58:00 -0500 (Wed, 04 Feb 2009)
New Revision: 10104
Modified:
trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex
Log:
Added resume
Modified: trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex
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--- trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex 2009-02-04 00:59:50 UTC (rev 10103)
+++ trunk/articles/2009/geoinformatics/article.tex 2009-02-04 07:58:00 UTC (rev 10104)
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
where layer visibility is managed and set to a z-order, meaning layers
listed nearer the top of the legend are drawn over layers listed lower down.
The \textbf{map overview} area provides a full extent view of selected layers
-with a rectangle showing the current map extent in the map view. And finally, the
+with a rectangle showing the current map extent in the map view. And finally,
+the
\textbf{status bar} shows the current mouse pointer position in map
coordinates, view extents of the map view, the progress of rendering or
analysis activities, the current map scale depending on the defined
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@
repository.
\end{itemize}
-In addition to these two repositories, a number of QGIS developers provide and maintain
+In addition to these two repositories, a number of QGIS developers provide and
+maintain
their own repositories. These can be added to the repository list of the
Python Plugin Installer.
@@ -184,11 +186,11 @@
distributed under the terms of the GPL too. QGIS 1.0 provides a stable API
which
provides an assurance that plugins and applications developed against the 1.0
-API
-will work against future releases in the 1.X release series.
+API will work against future releases in the 1.X release series.
\subsubsection{Development in the core classes of QGIS}
-Changes to existing classes may be submitted as patches using the QGIS Project bug
+Changes to existing classes may be submitted as patches using the QGIS Project
+bug
tracker (\url{https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/}). The code maintainers of the QGIS
project, each responsible for a certain part of the code base, regularly check
the tracker.
@@ -197,9 +199,11 @@
The plugin interface allows extensions to access the running QGIS
instance and to use and extend the objects in the core of QGIS. Plugins may be
written in C++ or in Python. The QGIS documentation contains simple examples
-for both programming languages, making it straightforward to get started with plugin
+for both programming languages, making it straightforward to get started with
+plugin
programming. The development of Python plugins is especially fast and
-convenient. Simple plugins require only a few hours of development time. As a result,
+convenient. Simple plugins require only a few hours of development time. As a
+result,
an increasing number of users are contributing new plugins, of either
specialised or general use.
@@ -213,7 +217,8 @@
compatible map server on top of the QGIS core library. This software has no
graphical user interface. It is a FastCGI application that waits until called
by a web server. It parses the request parameters and uses QGIS to render a map
-into an off-screen buffer. The content is then returned as a binary image back to
+into an off-screen buffer. The content is then returned as a binary image back
+to
the client.
Another context where this approach would make sense is to provide a mapping
@@ -227,7 +232,8 @@
universities and students, and amateurs alike, for a large variety of tasks,
from simply viewing raster and vector data (especially useful is the capability
to deal with PostGIS layers) to running complex and custom analyses through
-GRASS modules. Often QGIS is used to replace or integrate proprietary software, and
+GRASS modules. Often QGIS is used to replace or integrate proprietary software,
+and
several migrations have been accomplished or are underway, both in small and
large companies and public administrations. Among the hundreds of people that
have attended courses on QGIS use, a common feeling is that the switch from
@@ -240,10 +246,11 @@
QGIS is also used by many software developers to produce new GIS enabled
applications. As a free alternative to GIS toolkits such as ESRI ArcObjects,
QGIS provides a compelling option. Even more developers are building custom
-plugins to suit their own needs and are sharing them via plugin repositories.
+plugins to suit their own needs and are sharing them via plugin repositories.
One of the curious aspects of being a Free and Open Source project is that we
-have very little idea of exactly how many people are using QGIS. Since the software can
+have very little idea of exactly how many people are using QGIS. Since the
+software can
be freely copied and passed around after it is downloaded it is difficult to
judge usage numbers. With around 1,550 registered users on the community map
we can extrapolate a user base in excess of 15,000 given a conservative
@@ -286,7 +293,7 @@
Germany. His topics are FOSS GIS and applied remote sensing.
\\Gary Sherman <gsherman at mrcc.com>: Gary lives and works in Alaska and been
torturing computers and programming languages well over two decades. In 2002
-he founded the Quantum GIS project.
+he founded the Quantum GIS project.
\\Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>: Tim runs a consultancy business in
Gauteng, South africa where he provides commercial support and development
services for QGIS and other FOSS GIS software.
@@ -294,9 +301,10 @@
Zurich, Switzerland. He works for the Institute of Cartography, ETH Zurich
and for his company that provides programming and consulting services for
FOSS GIS software.
-\\Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>: Paolo lives and works in Italy. He
-heads a small and active group of professionals (biologists and agronomists)
-under the name Faunalia.
+\\Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>: Paolo lives and works mostly in Italy. He
+provides commercial support for QGIS and other FOSS GIS through his companies
+Faunalia.it and Faunalia.pt, and promotes FOSS GIS through the non-profit
+GFOSS.it.
\minisec{Links}
@@ -305,7 +313,8 @@
Quantum GIS project: \url{http://qgis.org}
\\QGIS Forum: \url{http://forum.qgis.org}
\\QGIS Blog: \url{http://blog.qgis.org}
-\\QGIS User Mailing List: \url{http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user}
+\\QGIS User Mailing List:
+\url{http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user}
\\QGIS IRC: Channel \#qgis port 6667 at \url{irc.freenode.net}
\\Open Source Geospatial Foundation: \url{http://www.osgeo.org}
\\QGIS Map Server Project \url{http://karlinapp.ethz.ch/qgis\_wms}
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