[OSGeo-Edu] Re: OEGEO Logo
Ari Jolma
ari.jolma at tkk.fi
Mon Aug 14 02:53:13 EDT 2006
My comments/questions on this:
- I have a similar tutorial PDF from you for QGIS, both look from
surface good for the purpose of an hands-on course, perhaps also for
self-learning (I'll try to get a student(s) of ours to use them, then I
can perhaps say more). You shoud add the metadata to the tutorials: your
name, copyright etc (this is important!). You should also consider
submitting them to the OSGeo library and/or submitting them into
community development as OSGeo books. Did you inform MapWindow and QGIS
people about the tutorial books? By the way, Puneet et al, how would the
layout & content (images, colors, fonts) of this book work in the
proposed wiki platform?
- I assume this is mostly a computer classroom course, where all
students use their own computer? How does a typical class go, are they
more independently paced or more mimicking the instructor? What is the
instructor/nr of students ratio? How many hours of instruction? Are
there any homeworks, exams? How do you check "completed to satisfaction"?
- Regarding the certificates: it would feel more natural to me to have
the organization offering the instruction to be on the top of the
certificate, i.e., the certificate is given by it and not by OSGeo. Also
I'd expect a bit more metadata: how large the course is (hours again)
etc. I'd have OSGeo mentioned as we are now discussing: "An OSGeo
recognized course". If you are mentioning specific software like UDig or
MapWindow, then equally important would be a recognition of the course
from the developers of the software.
Thank you very much for your commitment and work on the tutorials,
Ari
watry at steam.coaps.fsu.edu kirjoitti:
> The course is geared towards anyone who wants to learn about open source
> GIS.
> Last Spring students ranged from GIS novices to professionals who have
> been in the field for years and wanted to learn something new> There
> were university faculty and students, some used it as material in ther
> class rooms.
>
> Attached are two certificate, I would prefer certificate.jpg but will
> settle for certificate1.jpg as well as a draft ofthe course for MapWindow
>
> The course outline is as close as identical as possible so if one wants
> to know about vecor data, it is section 400 regardless if you are in
> uDig, QGIS, MapWindow, etc
>
> MapWindow GIS 4.1.2342
> 000.0 Setup and Update
> 001.0 Introduction
> 002.0 Getting the software 002.1
> MapWindow GIS 002.2 WinZip
> 003.0 Getting the Data 003.1
> Obtaining Data from National Atlas
> 004.0 MapWindow GIS 004.1 Updating
> MapWindow GIS 100 Projects
> 101.0 Projects
> 101.1 Creating a New Project
> 101.2 Loading an Existing Project
> 101.3 Saving a Project
> 102.0 Our First Project
> 102.1 Additional Windows
> 103.0 Rendering
> 103.1 Rendering
> 104.0 Projections
> 104.1 Projections
> 104.2 Assigning Projections
> 104.3 Reprojection
> 104.4 Custom Projections
>
> 200 Interface
> 201.0 The MapWindow Interface
> 201.1 The Standard Toolbars
> 201.2 Addition Menus:
>
> 300 Tools
> 301.0 Zoom Tools
> 301.1 Map Zoom Tools
> 301.2 Zooming In
> 301.3 Zooming Out:
> 301.4 Zooming to Full Extent
> 301.5 Zooming to Previous or Next Extent:
> 301.6 Zoom to Layer Extent
> 302.0 Panning 302.1 Panning
> 303.0 Measuring
> 303.1 Measuring distance
>
> 400 Vector Data
> 401.0 Vector Data
> 401.1 Adding Vector Map Data
> 402.0 The Legend
> 402.1 Using the Legend to Control the Layers
> 402.2 Changing the Layer Name.
> 402.3 Changing the Drawing Order:
> 402.4 Removing a Layer from the Map
> 402.5 Making the Layer Scalable
> 403.0 Map Symbolization
> 403.1 Map Layer Symbolization
> 403.2 Changing the Default Symbology
> 404.0 Labeling Layers
> 404.1 Adding a Label to a Layer
> 405.0 Manipulating the map
> 405.1 Querying Map Features
> 406.0 Selecting Features
> 406.1 Selecting Features by Rectangle
> 407.0 Data Editing and Creating
> 407.1 Creating a New Layer
> 407.2 Editing a Layer
> 407.3 Clipping a Layer
>
> 500 Raster Data 501.0 Raster Data
> 501.1 Raster Data
> 501.2 Legend Editor
> 501.3 Coloring Scheme Editor
>
> 600 Plugins or Extensions
> 601.0 Plugins Basics
> 601.1 MapWindow Plug-ins
> 601.2 Adding a Plug-in to MapWindow
>
> 602 Managing Plug-ins
> 602.0 Managing Plug-ins
> 602.1 Plug-in Menus
> 602.2 Scripts
> 602.3 Plug-in List
>
> 603.0 GIS Tools Plug-in
> 604.0 Raster Tools
> 604.1 Assign Projection to Grid
> 604.2 Reproject Grid
> 604.3 Change Grid Format
> 604.4 Create Grid Image
> 604.5 Resample Grid
> 604.6 Merge Grid
> 604.7 Clip Grid with Polygon
> 604.8 Georeference image or raster
> 604.9 Generate a contour shapefile
> 605.0 Vector Tools
> 605.1 Assign Projection to Shapefile
> 605.2 Reproject Shapefile
> 605.3 Buffer Shapes
> 605.4 Calculate Polygon Area
> 605.5 Clip Polygon with Line
> 605.6 Clip Shapefile with Polygon
> 605.7 Erase Shapefile with Polygon
> 605.8 Merge Shapefile
> 606.0 Miscellaneous Plug-ins
> 606.1 Identifier
> 606.2 Document Launcher
> 606.3 Shapefile Labeler
> 606.4 Shapefile Editor
> 606.5 Table Editor
> 606.6 EPA BASINS 4
> 607.0 Third Party Plug-ins
> 607.1 Third party Plug-ins
> 607.2 EMRG Plug-ins
> 607.3 MapWindow Plug-in
> 608.0 Stand Alone Utilities
> 608.1 Stand Alone Utilities
>
> 700 Extra Features
> 701.0 Map Overview
> 701.1 Map Overview
> 702.0 Customizing and Programming
> 702.1 Plug-in Creation
> 702.2 Custom Application using MapWinGIS ActiveX
>
> 800 Hard Copy/Exporting
> 801.0 Printing a Hard Copy or Exporting
> 801.1 Printing a Hard Copy
> 801.2 Exporting
>
> 900 Support and Help
> 901.0 Support
> 901.1 Support
> Quoting Ari Jolma <ari.jolma at tkk.fi>:
>
>> Gary,
>>
>> Could you post the outline and target audience of the course on this
>> list or on the wiki, so that the edu committee can recognise it? I
>> guess "recognizing" means that we see the outline, maybe discuss it a
>> bit and don't oppose putting the logo on the certificate.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ari
>>
>> Frank Warmerdam kirjoitti:
>>> On 8/11/06, Gary Watry <watry at steam.coaps.fsu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hi Frank
>>>> I am getting ready to start the fall open source GIS Course
>>>>
>>>> Several people have asked if I could come up with a "Certificate of
>>>> Completion" for the end of the course.
>>>>
>>>> What I would like to do is include the OSGEO logo on a simple
>>>> certificate; see attached powerpoint or pdf file. I would like to
>>>> put it
>>>> in the upper-left corner. Is this doable?
>>>
>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> My suggestion would be to take this up with the educational
>>> committee. I'm hesitant to pursue some sort of formal OSGeo
>>> certification right away, but I don't think there would be a
>>> problem with the course being "OSGeo recognised" or something
>>> of that sort.
>>>
>>> My take is that the educational committee would come up with
>>> some guidelines for what an OSGeo recognised course would
>>> be like, and could then designate courses according to the criteria
>>> after a review of the course material.
>>>
>>> I think this would be a "light weight" step that might eventually
>>> lead to some more formal certification process.
>>>
>>> I'm cc:ing the edu committee and will leave this between you
>>> and them as I'm on vacation this week.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Prof. Ari Jolma
>> Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
>> Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
>> POBox 1200, 02015 TKK, Finland
>> Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma
>>
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma
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