[gdal-dev] [off-topic] Help build GIS specific Stack Exchange

[Matt Wilkie]

Hello Folks,

It's just a proposal right now, but with your help it could become a 
reality, a vendor neutral /"Q&A site for programmers, DBAs, 
Cartographers, Geographers and anyone interested in GIS professionally"/ 
Come aboard and help build an information-rich community based gis 
technical support site, a GIS specific site on Stack Exchange 
<http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems?referrer=C9f1tb1_LSB3hJ0vc5L2Fg2>. 
((use this link instead 
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems 
if you don't want to give me any referrer karma ;-))

What is Stack Exchange? Who better to answer than the founders,/ 
"//...we’ve gotten used to the clean, fast, reliable answers that you 
get from Stack Overflow, so whenever we try to get an answer to a tax 
question, or a Siberian Husky question, or an iPhone question, it’s 
incredibly frustrating to find old conversations, trapped in forum and 
discussion software, instead of answers. Forums are optimized for 
conversation and shooting the breeze, not for getting answers, so they 
suck when you actually need some information./" (full post 
<http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/04/changes-to-stack-exchange/>) By 
and large, they've risen to the challenge better than anyone else in my 
experience.

Anyway, check out the proposal, see what you think, and if you agree 
throw your weight behind it.

cheers,

-matt