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

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Sounds good. You can leave the old ones there if not much has changed
since they will get replaced anyway.

Let me know if you run into any issues or anything I can help with. Im
jj0hns0n on IRC.

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Eduardo Gonzalez <eg at gismood.com> wrote:
> Let's do that, I will take the first to sections.  I work with a pc so
> George will have to replace my screenshots as well.
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> Eduardo
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> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Also note that I've been replacing the images with ones from Ubuntu
>> when necessary and then George is going back and replacing them all
>> with OSX screenshots for consistency.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Jeffrey Johnson
>> <jjohnson at boundlessgeo.com> wrote:
>> > How about you take on the first 2 sections (Reprojecting and
>> > Transforming Data and Vector Analysis) and I can take on the latter 2
>> > (Network Analysis and Spatial Statistics) and then we wait on George
>> > and Tim to figure out whats up with the data in 9.
>> >
>> > If that sounds ok, I can update the ticket to reflect that.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Eduardo Gonzalez <eg at gismood.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> 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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