[FreeGISBook] Migration to OSGEO.org

[Sunburned Surveyor]

I have copied over the outline for the book to the new wiki. You can
find it here:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Book_Outline

You will see I have made some changes to the outlines in two areas. I
have reordered and added entries to the section on data collection,
with the most major changes to the section on traditional surveying. I
think I will start on this section of the book first, as time permits,
so thats why I changed this part.

I also added a glossary and a couple of appendices at the end of the outline.

I think it would be good to come up with a suggested chapter outline
that authors can follow. I put a sample here:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Sample_Chapter_Outline

I welcome any comments are suggestions for the outline.

I think it would also be wise to include a link to the book's wiki
main page on each new page that is created. I have started to do this
with the "Navigation" Section at the bottom of each page. This makes
it a little easier for viewers to move around the wiki.

The Sunburned Surveyor

On 7/10/06, Allan Doyle <adoyle at eogeo.org> wrote:
> The migration to OSGEO.org can officially begin.
>
> We have a page at http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Free_GIS_Book
>
> And a section at http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/
> Education_Working_Groups#FreeGISBook_Group
>
> You will have to make an account on the OSGEO wiki before you can do
> any editing. Note that the MediaWiki engine uses a different wiki
> markup than the ZWiki engine on which the EOGEO pages were based.
>
> My first thought was to copy over the current material, so I made a
> page for that at
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OriginalFreeGISBook
> but it might make more sense to just start over, and copy/paste
> material as we go.
>
> We'll continue to use this list for discussion. The #osgeo channel on
> freenode.net is where the OSGEO people hang out.
>
> Here's what I think we need to do:
>
> * Sign up on http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/
> Education_Working_Groups#FreeGISBook_Group under Contributors.
>
> * Work out the "Method" on the same page.
>
> * Dive in.
>
> I put a notice on the EOGEO page at
>   http://www.eogeo.org/Projects/projects_wiki/FreeGISBook
> about the migration.
>
>         Allan
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