Let me add my $.02: I'd been looking for a reduced-pain method of converting to OL from the GMaps API, the target being a local/server-based OL/OSM implementation in the absence of Internet connectivity. <br><br>I have the maps stored and accessible, but my GMaps function calls need translation. I suspect that it's largely one-for-one, and one of these days ... <br>
<br>I can't believe I'm alone on needing some kind of tool for this.<br><br>AS<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Stephen Woodbridge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woodbri@swoodbridge.com">woodbri@swoodbridge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On 2/2/2011 5:14 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
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Below, Frank has done a great job asking the exact sort of question that<br>
new GIS users ask, and which we as an OSGeo community should address to<br>
attract new users.<br>
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I think that it would be helpful to identify gaps also, for two reasons:<br>
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1. if someone is planning to migrate from say ArcMap to OSS, know the pain points and gaps will make it easy fro them to decide if their use case makes sense of not to convert now or not. Knowing what to expect up front lets them plan better and design new processes to work around those issues.<br>
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2. if we as a community have a clear idea of the gaps and pain points then it gives us a check list if high value projects that we might want to work into our projects. While I suspect most projects maintain some kind of wish list, I do not think there is a high level document like this FAQ that covers this. Maybe it is as simple as creating additional entries like "How to you XXX with Open Source GIS?" which identify gaps and pain points also.<br>
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I think we are all about transparency, and this would help, IMHO.<br>
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ATB,<br>
-Steve W<br>
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What has been done so far toward building a FAQ on "How to you XXX with<br>
Open Source GIS?"?<br>
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Frank wrote:<br>
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Not only am I new to the forum, but<br>
I'm new to GIS work in general.<br>
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I downloaded the Live CD and installed it on a virtual machine and it's<br>
working great. I'm trying to build a suite of GIS tools I can for the<br>
various<br>
tasks I have to do at work and it's great having so many products right<br>
in front of me. It's highly quality work and I appreciate all the hard<br>
work to pull it together.<br>
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What would be really helpful to me (and possibly other new-to-GIS folks<br>
like myself) is a FAQ-type list of questions with app answers. For<br>
example:<br>
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Do you want to edit shapefiles? Try xxx, yyy, zzz.<br>
Do you want to style shapefiles? Try ...<br>
Do you want to work exclusively with raster files?<br>
Do you need to work simultaneously with raster and vector files?<br>
Do you want to convert one file into one another format?<br>
Do you want to convert raster to vector?<br>
Vector to raster?<br>
Vector to another vector?<br>
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etc.<br>
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If there were a couple dozen questions with short answers it would really<br>
supplement the disc quite well.<br>
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For instance, I'm trying to figure out how to convert a raster (binary<br>
GRID) file into a shapefile. I dink around in the various programs on the<br>
CD, but I don't know if I just can't find the "convert raster to vector"<br>
option in a particular app or if it isn't there at all. A short little<br>
Q&A text file would be nice to help at least focus my initial search<br>
a little bit better. At the least I (hopefully) would be pointed to the<br>
best choices for my purpose.<br>
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Hope this makes sense!<br>
<br>
Frank<br>
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