[OSGeo-Edu] Fwd: First version of the Free GIS Book

[Markus Neteler]

Hi all,

just for the record, here the link:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Libro_SIG

Markus

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Charlie Schweik
<cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Great news... See the below message from Victor Olaya. If anyone has ideas
> on how we get this translated into English, please respond.
>
> Charlie
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Victor Olaya<volayaf at gmail.com>
> Date: 2011/1/5
> Subject: First version of the Free GIS Book
> To: edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am proud to announce that, after a long work, the first version of
> the Free GIS Book is ready to be released. It is a 900+ pages book
> which covers most of the main topics regarding GIS, from analysis to
> visualization, from the history of GIS to the fundamentals of Web
> Mapping or SDIs. A first version is currently available from the book
> website, but, since we are still in the process of correcting and
> proof-reading the book, it includes linenumbers to make it easier to
> locate errors and typos. However, it is complete and can be downloaded
> to get an idea of what the book will look like once it is finished.
>
> A book work session (similar to a code sprint, but with text instead
> of code...) is scheduled at the Jornadas de SIG Libre de Girona (the
> spanish equivalent of FOSS4G), and after that the final version is
> expected to be ready. It might not be inmediatly after, but definitely
> it will not be long after the conference that the book will be
> officially released.
>
> As some of you already know, the book is written in spanish, but we
> would love to have an english version, and this is the main reason why
> I am sending this email to the list. Next FOSS4G, which will take
> place in Denver, is a great oportunity to start working seriously on
> that. There will already be a full text to translate and the
> conference will take place in a english-speaking country, which means
> that many people who can contribute to that english version will be
> there.
>
> I think we should start thinking about how to plan this, in case we
> want to take the great opportunity that FOSS4G brings us regarding the
> free GIS book. I do not have an idea about how to do it, but
> suggestions are welcome and it would be great to discuss it. We still
> have plenty of time to talk about it.
>
> Regards
>
> Victor Olaya
>
>
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