[OSGeo-Edu] Desktop GIS Handbook

Sun Oct 17 07:27:12 EDT 2010

  On 10/15/2010 10:10 AM, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> As a top comment, please also feel free to make use of (under CC-SA,
> please attribute our funders) the resources we created here:
>
> http://linfiniti.com/dla
>
> All original source docs are available (oo writer or latex) for
> worksheets, video scripts etc.
Tim,

FYI, we added an entry to the above material on the OSGeo education 
inventory page.
See  http://www.osgeo.org/node/1076. Thanks for sharing it.

All: This is our main location for sharing material with each other. 
Please bookmark the submission page [1] and add entries whenever you 
have something relevant to share...

Cheers
Charlie

[1] https://www.osgeo.org/node/add/edu-content

> Best regards
>
> Tim
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Simon Cropper
> <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>  wrote:
>> Hi Charlie,
>>
>> Since I have not received any comments about this issue I have reposted
>> under a new subject title as my response may have been missed by people not
>> reviewing the original thread.
>>
>> Below is my original post...
>>
>>> 3) I'm going to continue working on the desktop GIS handbook over the
>>> next few months. Remember these links?
>>>
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Desktop_GIS_exercises
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Web_GIS_lab_exercises
>>>
>>> Anyone have any other additions or contributions?
>> After nearly 8 months I have finally acquired some aerial photography and
>> vector data from the Victorian Government under a CC-BY-SA (I actually have
>> a piece of paper. Took a lot of negotiation but eventually did it).
>> I am now actively preparing my tutorials (repository, templates, data
>> bundles, how to's).
>> I was unaware of the above links and had given my draft a working title
>> 'Desktop GIS Handbook' to avoid conflicts with others suggestions they would
>> use 'Cookbook' (this is following extensive searching for such a title on
>> the Internet). Obviously I am going to have to decide on anothe r name to
>> avoid confusion with what you are developing.
>> My outline of tasks are based on my recent paper in the latest OSGeo Journal
>> (http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au/Documents/164-334-1-PB.pdf) but will
>> expand this list under broad groupings to include other activities.
>> Obviously once developed and released you will be able to either link to,
>> create a copy or create regional derivatives of my work as I am releasing
>> the information under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 Australia licence.
>> My tutorials are focusing originally on gvSIG (which at the moment is still
>> in incubation) but I had decided to broaden the brief to include any free
>> and unencumbered packages (this allows me to create tutorials for some
>> freeware conversion routines for ECW and DWG files). My initial candidates
>> were gvSIG+Sextante, OpenJUMP, QGIS, GDAL command line utilities and SAGA.
>> The choice is based on what I use to get things done rather than
>> dogmatically sticking to one package.
>> After reviewing structured documents, open office, PDFs and various other
>> document types (see previous posts), I decided the most pivotal element to
>> development of this type of resource is accessibility to published documents
>> for maintenance and creation of derivatives. Without running through all the
>> logic I have fallen back to basic HTML to be made available on-line, which
>> in turn will be used to create PDFs that will be able to be used off-line.
>> PREEMPTIVE ANSWER - I decided not to use OpenOffice Writer because although
>> it is very easy to create documents, maintenance and derivatives are
>> difficult to create. Essentially ODT files need to be disassembled then
>> reassembled with every derivative (consider the actual structure). This
>> places huge barriers to ongoing maintenance of this type of resource. In
>> HTML, files can be updated by duplicating the directory, replacing the
>> images with updated ones, then the text updated accordingly. Side-by-side
>> editors like Diffuse or Goggle Translate can be easily used to do this
>> without worrying about the HTML tags. This option is a bit like using a
>> structured document without the rigidity.
>> I am currently preparing an introduction, packaging the data and preparing
>> notes on how others can contribute to the project if they want.
>> PREEMPTIVE ANSWER - I decided not to house it under the OSGeo framework
>> because as a self confessed control freak I like freedom when developing a
>> resource. Freedom to chop and change anything without holding a meeting to
>> ask permission. I also wanted an easily accessible domain and the ability to
>> create a webpage outside the existing OSGeo wiki structure. At least at the
>> outset I was going to keep the resource on my company webpage although I
>> might look into creating a new domain once I settle on a new name or another
>> option if one become available.
>> Postscript - I h ad not intend to pilfer your handbook idea. I came to the
>> OSGeo-Edu Group after being invited by Cameron Shorter after he became aware
>> of my 'tutorial project'. Obviously the need for this type of resource has
>> resulted in a number of disparate people/groups considering the development
>> of a handbook. As I have teased out the various issues that I have
>> encountered I have posted my thoughts on the mailing list for input by
>> others. I intend to continue with my resource, at least until I complete
>> what I set out to do, but have structured my work to ensure that the
>> resource will not be lost to the broader community if I loose interest or
>> unable to continue my work (see Note 5). Once I have a palpable base I will
>> upload to my webpage and let people know via this list.
>>
>>   Cheers Simon
>>
>>       Simon Cropper
>>       Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>>       PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria
>>    &  nbsp;  W: http://www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
>>       T: +61 (03) 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437.
>>
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