[Qgis-community-team] Training manual: base data

[George Irwin]

As you’ve rightly pointed out, the frustrating part is getting the actual data - particularly the imagery. As far as we’ve discovered, there isn’t a solution which sits nicely between what is currently described in the Preparing Data chapter (foreword) and a fully automated system. The main complication being to find a solution which suits anyone anywhere in the world (different data sources suit different regions). A fully automated system can be designed to handle regional requirements, but a half-automated solution can’t (not satisfactorily anyway). 

So in essence, I don’t think there’s much more I can suggest beyond the Preparing Data chapter. 


George Irwin
Project and Client Manager
Linfiniti Consulting
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On 14 Apr 2014, at 15:10, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> Il 14/04/2014 14:59, George Irwin ha scritto:
> 
>> Having said that, in my (very humble) opinion, a localised dataset for a
>> training manual is a “nice-to-have” and that anyone who might want
>> localised data is also likely to be a trainer (or at least someone who
>> is very familiar with QGIS). It’s also likely that they would be putting
>> together a training package for a group of people/students and would
>> probably re-use their localised manual. With those very broad
>> assumptions in mind, the not-so-straightforward process of localising
>> the training manual becomes a bit less of a concern?
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> My case is: I have to run courses in many different locations, and I
> think having local data, although not an absolute necessity, is a nice
> feature. I do not need a fully automated process, but a straightforward
> solution would be important, not having to fight with different issues
> every time.
> Can you suggest me the best approach to this?
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
> QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html

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