[OSGeo-Edu] Getting Started on the Free GIS Book...

[Tyler Mitchell]

There are two goals, from my perspective:
1) Provide a resource for teaching the use of free/open source GIS  
software packages.  We all know that the commercial packages don't  
need our help :)  The idea here being to provide help for those  
teachers/professors, etc. that want to teach alternatives yet do not  
have the resources to build curriculum themselves.
2) As part of 1) there is the need to teach basic GIS concepts and  
theory.  This is similar to the commercial packages, where they  
overview the theory before launching into how to use their product.   
We need this so the overall package can be useful to as many people  
as possible.

So, from my angle, I don't see any problem with your material fitting  
in here, in fact believe it is needed.

Hope that helps,
Tyler

On 20-Dec-06, at 11:25 AM, Landon Blake wrote:

> Thanks for the comments Arnulf.
>
> I'm beginning to wonder if my material will really fit in with the
> purpose and goal of the Free GIS Book. You said that is was going  
> to be
> " a comprehensive tutorial and technical reference for FOSSGIS
> software."
>
> I thought it was more of a "vendor-neutral" textbook of basic GIS
> concepts.
>
> Perhaps another home for my material would be more appropriate. I  
> don't
> want to create something that won't fit in with the theme of the  
> rest of
> the book.
>
> Landon
>
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