[Foss4g2009] "newbie" section on FOSS4G website?

[Doug White]

Steve,

I think it's a good idea.  I would say all the software on the LiveDVD 
is available online in one way or other. There are also websites devoted 
to this, try a search on sourceforge for GIS or opensourcegis.org, there 
will be many others sites.

http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&words=GIS
http://opensourcegis.org/

You can also download LiveDVD images like Arramagong LiveDVD and use 
them now.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Available_Live_Discs

Any getting started section should probably include an outline of 
getting packages using apt-get or yum for the uninitiated and summary of 
building from source too.

Doug.



Stephen Lead wrote:
> I'm an experienced GIS user, but I've only ever used commercial GIS 
> software. I'm intrigued to learn more about free and open source GIS 
> software but I don't really know where to start.
>
> I reckon most of my GIS friends would be in the same position as me. 
> Do you think it's worthwhile putting a "getting started" section on 
> the FOSS4G website letting us know where to start?
>
> Eg the conference DVD will include some FOSS GIS software. Is any of 
> it available online already, and if so where can we download it and 
> start playing with it before the conference? That way we would have a 
> better idea of which sessions to attend, and would have a more 
> compelling reason to attend in the first place.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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