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

[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]

Hi,

Congratulations, Victor!
For the translation process, I would prefer something like Pootle, which
is quite simple to install. Cameron's process is very "human dependent".
More info about Pootle at:
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index
Among other things, Pootle supports terminology, making it easier for
several different people translate the same terms in the same manner.
Pootle is also better for supporting several translations processes at
the same time. Definitely, I would like start translating Free GIS book
to Portuguese :-)

It's my two cents.

Regards,

Jorge
OSGeoPT


Ter, 2011-01-11 às 14:17 +1100, Cameron Shorter escreveu:
> Hello Victor,
> Well done on the Free GIS Book.
> 
> Regarding translation: We have been translating multiple pages, into
> multiple languages for the OSGeo-Live project, and I'd be happy to
> help coordinate translation of the Free GIS Book in a similar manner.
> 
> You can see our coordination process described here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Translate
> 
> I would suggest breaking up the Free GIS Book into lots of small
> sections that are short enough for a volunteer to easily translate by
> themselves, and then track using a similar spreadsheet to the one we
> use for the OSGeo-Live projects:
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlRFyY1XenjJdFRDbjFyWHg1MlNTRm10QXk0UWEzWlE&authkey=CPTB6uIE&hl=en_GB#gid=5
> 
> 
> On 10/01/2011 7:50 AM, Charlie Schweik 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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