FW: [Foss4g2009] "newbie" section on FOSS4G website? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Bruce Bannerman]

Hi Stephen,

It's good to see you taking an interest in FOSS4G!   Welcome aboard.

You'll find that it will nicely complement your proprietary experience as
both need to coexist.


Out of interest and to help us with our marketing, what has attracted you to
invest the time into finding out more about FOSS4G and OSGeo?


Bruce Bannerman


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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > [mailto:foss4g2009-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Lead
> > Sent: Friday, 8 May 2009 10:45 AM
> > To: Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
> > Cc: foss4g2009 PUBLIC
> > Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] "newbie" section on FOSS4G website?
> >
> > Hi Tyler,
> >
> > I found that even OSGeo.org was a bit confusing - look at it
> > from the perspective of someone who's never used a free GIS
> > package. Where do you start?
> >
> > The home page has extracts of blog posts, which don't mean
> > much if you don't know the programs they're talking about.
> > The FAQ talks mostly about the foundation itself, rather than
> > the software available.
> >
> > It would be great if OSGeo and/or the FOSS4G site had a
> > "getting started" section which helped new users to get started.
> >
> > eg, if you need to perform raster processing on Windows, read
> > this. To do vector processing on Linux, read this. Etc.
> >
> > If the FOSS4G conference is aimed at people who already know
> > a lot about FOSS software, my comment isn't applicable. But
> > if it is to be aimed at newbie users too, I think it needs a
> > brief hand-holding section.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > 2009/5/8 Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
> >
> >
> >       Perhaps just a pointed back to OSGeo.org would be enough?
> >
> >       On 7-May-09, at 5:33 PM, Doug White wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >               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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