How do I do that on QGIS? Was: [Qgis-user] manifold and qgis comparison

[custard]

Hi Mike, 

Those are some interesting links and thoughts. 

The udig link is to this, yes? 
http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/HACK/Desktop+GIS+Comparisons 
(or alternatively http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Case_Studies#Web_Client_Comparison) 


With the images, two thoughts: 
1. I should have thought of that. They would make things much easier. 

2. I had thought initially that they might be loitering in the osgeo tree somewhere, but I've shaken most of the branches but nothing has fallen out yet. 

I have however, found them in the source tree. Does anyone know if they're out on the web already? 
If they aren't, does anyone object if the default set start making their way slowly out onto the wiki? 

-ramon. 

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From: "Mike" <mswope at gmail.com> 
To: "qgis-user" <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> 
Cc: custard at westnet.com.au 
Sent: Monday, 21 March, 2011 7:19:21 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi 
Subject: Re: How do I do that on QGIS? Was: [Qgis-user] manifold and qgis comparison 

A couple thoughts on this - I mentioned the desire for these kinds of docs on the discus list, thread titled " [Live-demo] Has anyone written a "How do you XXX with Open Source GIS?" 


There was a helpful link for udig http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home 


On the esri front, there is a book I picked up titled something like "20 essential skills" which I got to make sure my base skills are there, as I and many of us work in an esri shop. This goes through a list of 20 skills the author saw that was in demand from her students and other professionals. 


I've thought about making a list and then starting on describing how to do this or that. I've written some howto stuff using esri sofware. 


To help motivate people to create it and use it, is there a place that has png's of all the tool buttons so you can easily add them to the docs where it's needed? 
For example this page 
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=Core_ArcMap_toolbars 


gives me access to images for individual tools 
http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/published_images/button_sketch.gif 


Which made it much easier to describe people new to the software what to do. 


Mike 




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