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

[Eduardo Gonzalez]

hi Jeff,

I can take some part of 7, just let me know which section you like least
and I'll get with it ;). Let's see what comes up about the exercise data
for 9.

cheers,
Eduardo




On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jeffrey Johnson
<jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com>wrote:

> Hi Eduardo,
>
> I've already completed the 3 database sections (adding one new one). I
> believe George is going to still update the screenshots, and it would
> be great if someone could review the new one I wrote
> (http://docs.qgis.org/2.0/en/docs/training_manual/databases/index.html)
> but those are basically done leaving only section 7 and 9.
>
> I was planning to work on 7 today and this week, but since its fairly
> long, it wouldnt be a bad idea if we split that one up. There are 4
> sections and I know Victor Olaya has indicated he can help with one.
>
> Let me know what you are thinking and we can get going. Hoping we can
> wrap this whole thing up this week.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Eduardo Gonzalez <eg at gismood.com> wrote:
> > ... 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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> >>
> >
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