[Qgis-community-team] Guidance on Training Manual Tasks

Mon Jan 13 06:23:55 PST 2014

... I meant "If you want more time for database issues (I have very LITTLE
experience with those)...

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Eduardo Gonzalez <eg at gismood.com> wrote:

> Hello Jeff,
>
> I see that you are also working on modules dealing with databases. It
> seems that module 9 can wait for a few days in the hope that the
> exercise_data for that module can be found from somewhere. Have you started
> working on module 7? If you want more time for databases issues (I have
> very experience with those), I can get on working with module 7 and
> continue with 9 afterwards, both modules' topics are very familiar to me so
> it should not be a difficult task.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eduardo
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <
> jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, Modules 8 (Raster) and 10 (Plugins) are updated and George has
>> already pulled them. See the other thread about Modules 14, 15 and the
>> new one about DB Manager etc that is now 16.
>>
>> I went ahead and setup a milestone in github for this porting effort.
>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/issues?milestone=1&state=open
>>
>> The main outstanding modules are 7 (Vector Analysis) and 9 (Completing
>> the Analysis). I will go ahead and keep working on these next week and
>> hoping to have help from Victor Olaya. I believe George should be done
>> with 11 (Online Resources) shortly, and Im not sure about the status
>> of Module 6 (Creating Vector Data).
>>
>> Beyond that, we need to update the Appendix and Answer sheet. George,
>> lets try to chat about that next week.
>>
>> I'm also keen to have a discussion about issue #190 concerning the
>> sample data. It makes sense to make it as easy as possible to switch
>> to a different set of exercise data for a local area with minimal
>> updates to the docs themselves (i.e. remove direct references to
>> Swellendam etc). This may require a bit of discussion on how best to
>> do that. Might be good to have a script that can grab the necessary
>> data from OSM and potentially SRTM based on a bbox and create a
>> localized exercise_data directory. This will take a bit of thinking
>> and editing, but I think its doable and a good idea.
>>
>> Talk to yall next week, have a good weekend.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Jeffrey Johnson
>> <jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>> > Fwiw, I was granted push access. Didnt have nearly as much time as I
>> > was expecting to work on this before the holidays, but back at it this
>> > week.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Jeffrey Johnson
>> > <jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>> >> Great. I dont have push to that repo, so cant change tags. Will ping
>> >> duiv in IRC and see if he can fix that. Going to work on 10, 14 and 15
>> >> in order and then come back to 7-9 as time permits and when Victor
>> >> Olaya can help.
>> >>
>> >> Will follow up with ticket comments as well.
>> >>
>> >> Jeff
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 7:56 PM, George Irwin <george at linfiniti.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>> Good morning Jeff,
>> >>>
>> >>> That all sounds great, thanks!! I’d be grateful if you could mark the
>> relevant issue on github as In Progress when you start working, just so
>> that everyone knows where we stand. We can also use the comments for
>> targeted discussions/sharing of tasks if need be.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks again
>> >>>
>> >>> George
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 17 Dec 2013, at 23:30 , Jeffrey Johnson <jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I can go ahead and take on Module 10 for now to get started. Might
>> >>>> make sense to just go ahead and add screenshots and let George come
>> >>>> behind and replace them for consistency. I think I can also take on
>> >>>> Modules 7-9 regarding processing, but will have a chat with Victor
>> >>>> about that before getting started. Im also ok to take responsibility
>> >>>> for 11, 14 and 15 if that works for you all.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Will go ahead on 10 and wait to hear back from all of you.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jeff
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:33 PM, George Irwin <george at linfiniti.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>> Morning Jeff,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I saw Tim’s email to you last night - I’m almost half way through
>> the first pass of the manual.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Basically what I’m doing is translating the instructions which
>> exist to 2.0, incorporating a new dataset from OSM (with the option for
>> end-users to replace the course data with their own localised data via the
>> built-in QGIS tools) and updating and renaming the screen grabs. Ideally,
>> all the screenshots should be on the same platform (for visual consistency)
>> and it would make sense for the data shown in the screen grabs to be the
>> new sample data with the same symbology throughout. And wherever possible,
>> we can use the icons defined in the repo’s conf file.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> The result is that I think it would be best if I continue to update
>> the screenshots, simply to maintain consistency. However, it would be great
>> if you could pick a module and update the text for 2.0 - anything after
>> module 6. It might also be an idea to go through the new “preparing data”
>> section in the introduction to make sure what I’ve described makes sense!
>> At this stage, we’re not prioritising adding instructions for new features,
>> but if you come across any glaring 2.0 omissions which could be
>> incorporated into the workflow, please do add them.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Please note that I’ve still got some tidying up to do of the first
>> 6 chapters - through my own error, the new OSM data set was introduced
>> after I’d been through those chapters, so I’m currently re-updating
>> screenshots and references to the old data sets.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I’ll be around on IRC if I can be of any help, but thank you very
>> much for helping out!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Yours,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> George
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On 16 Dec 2013, at 21:43 , Jeffrey Johnson <
>> jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hi Guys,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I have time this week to contribute to the training manual. Im
>> >>>>>> currently reviewing the tickets and the repo (duiv says its all in
>> the
>> >>>>>> manual_en_v2.0 branch). I will make sure I can build and do some
>> basic
>> >>>>>> review, but will be looking for guidance on the priorities after
>> that.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Im on IRC as jj0hns0n.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Jeff
>> >>>>>
>> >>>
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