[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1081: QGIS Quickstart review feedback

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#1081: QGIS Quickstart review feedback
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 Reporter:  camerons  |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive6.5             
Component:  LiveDVD   |    Keywords:  qgis, 6.5                
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 I've just completed the QGIS Quickstart review and have inserted a number
 of comments on ways to improve it - mostly along the lines of:[[BR]]

 * It needs more screen shots[[BR]]
 * Can we describe what steps are being done for[[BR]]
 * Pick one pluggin, GRASS or Sextente, and a "sexy" or commonly used
 algorithm and show why it is used and how to use it.[[BR]]


 These comments are embedded in track changes here:[[BR]]

 http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/changeset?new=9720%40livedvd%2Fgisvm%2Ftrunk%2Fdoc%2Fen%2Fquickstart%2Fqgis_quickstart.rst&old=9622%40livedvd%2Fgisvm%2Ftrunk%2Fdoc%2Fen%2Fquickstart%2Fqgis_quickstart.rst


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 A few errors (inaccuracies) in QGIS Quickstart.[[BR]]

 Chapter "Edit QGIS project":[[BR]]


  1) Read:
   "Check ne_10m_populated_places in the Layers tree"
  But in TOC layer name is "ne_10m_populated_places_
 simple"[[BR]]


  2) By default group layer "Water" is active.[[BR]]


  Chapter "Using the GRASS Toolbox":[[BR]]


  1) Read about NVIZ:[[BR]]

   "In the new module tab that pops open, select the elevation map as the
 map
  for elevation."
  But the layer "elevation" is unavailable in list, because it was not
  opened in QGIS.[[BR]]


  2) NVIZ crashed with the error:[[BR]]

   "G_malloc: unable to allocate 240080400 bytes at gsds.c:575
  Finished with error"

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