[OpenLayers-Users] GIS StackExchange

[Imran Rajjad]

What about core programming libraries like Geotools and GDAL and mapnik???


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, George Silva <georger.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great announcement Christopher.
>
> The website right now is the most voted/commited in stackExchange and I have
> a very strong feeling that will congragate many users from many communities,
> all in one place.
>
> The easy of use of StackOverflow and the quickness that everything gets
> answered there can be a major tool for all of us, using OpenLayers, MapFish,
> MapServer, GeoServer, ESRI, Autodesk, and the vast diversity of softwares
> that we work with.
>
> George
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <christopher.schmidt at nokia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A proposal has been made for a GIS-centric StackExchange site:
>>
>>  http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems
>>
>> For those of you who are not aware, StackExchange is a website
>> that allows for reputation-based question + answering, and provides
>> users a way to find good answers to many questions.
>>
>> Currently, there are users of StackOverflow asking OpenLayers questions
>> there:
>>
>>  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/openlayers
>>
>> The quality of answers in general on StackOverflow is high:
>>
>>
>>  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/559431/how-to-display-data-using-openlayers-with-openstreetmap-in-geodjango
>>
>> The reputation-based feedback to users encourages users to
>> create high-quality answers.
>>
>> I have participated in other StackExchange sites (3500 rep, woohoo)
>> and enjoyed the process immensely, but the StackOverflow site has
>> too small of a ratio of OpenLayers questions for me to follow it
>> regularly.
>>
>> If you are interested in having another way to ask/answer questions
>> related to OpenLayers, I would recommend committing to the
>> GIS site on the area51 link above. I can personally promise that
>> I will be participating in the StackExchange site in question if
>> it is set up, and I think that many other users could give and
>> receive help in this format.
>>
>> (I'd also probably like to set up some cross-linking between the
>> mailing list and OpenLayers-tagged questions on a potential GIS
>> SE site, if one gets set up, to encourage cross-platform communication
>> about the topics in question.)
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> --
>> Christopher Schmidt
>> Nokia
>>
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> George R. C. Silva
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