[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a "How do youXXX with Open Source GIS?"

[Jody Garnett]

Hey Mike:

I am not sure about other projects; but for uDig we have a "tasks" section; and we depend on our contributors to populate it. You will find that many of the contributors have not used ArcMap and are not in a position to write a from this perspective.

For uDig the tasks section is in a wiki (allowing anyone to contribute); the result[1] is exported out and processed into online help for the application.

Jody
[1] http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home

On 04/02/2011, at 3:17 AM, Mike wrote:

> I've often thought a document like this would be quite useful. 
> http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/165
> This one says "You do this in ArcMap, here's how to do it in Manifold"
> 
> Is there a guide like this for some of the OSGeo applications?
> 
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Bob Basques <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> All,
> 
> Could an expanded version of something like this comparison work: http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=view&id=257&Itemid=59&lang=en  I really like this comparison, and the fact that there are many versions available, each with added content, makes the whole process that much more valuable over time.   
> 
> If so, is there marketing fund available for building an expanded version.  Germain may be interested in something like this.  May also have a good bead on what interested parties are looking for in a Geoproduct.
> 
> This type of question/answer packet seems like a good fit for a promotional piece of OSGEO propoganda materials, and could be regularly upgraded.   Germain for example already has a third (v5) english version on the side lines waiting to be converted to english.   This type of product with the right additions seems like it might satisfy a large part of the question "what tool for what purpose?".
> 
> bobb
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> >>> Tyler Erickson <tylerickson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think a FAQ needs to point to one "single best tool". As Frank noted in his examples, the answer could be a list of tools if more than one provides the capability. Answers that include links to a description of the capability (and/or examples of usage) in the project documentation would be especially helpful.
> 
> - TylerE
> 
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jody:
> > This request comes up yearly; and was
> > one of the ideas for content for the osgeo website. The
> > difficulty is finding resources to produce the content.
> >
> > The trouble is just because a request is common, and makes
> > perfect sense from a marketing open source geospatial point
> > of view, does not imply the foundation has the marketing
> > muscle to get it done.
> 
> as noted in the original thread on the live-demo ML, much of the OSGeo software is somewhat interchangeable, especially for common desktop GIS tasks. Asking the collective authors/representatives of all OSGeo projects which is the best single tool to get the job done is not likely to converge on a single answer that doesn't leave at least one or two projects feeling a bit ignored.
> 
> this may be frustrating & overwhelming to the new recruit, but the only honest answer I could give to it is "explore the Live DVD and find something that fits you well".
> 
> 
> what's the best FOSS tool to edit a text file?
> debian$ apt-cache search editor | wc -l
> 603
> 
> ... "it depends", take your pick :-/
> 
> 
> solutions welcome,
> Hamish
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