[Qgis-psc] Fw: request from geoinformatics magazine

[Otto Dassau]

Hi, 

thanks Tim and Marco for your text so far. We now would need something for the
prespective part, I guess. I don't think I am able to add anything and speak for
the project here. Gary, maybe you can write something about QGIS future?

As contents, they wanted a product review of QGIS 1.0 and also its
users/purpose in life/platforms used?" Paolo, I remember QGIS is quite heavily
used in Italy and you give QGIS training courses from time to time. Could you
write some text about your experiences, why and where do people (companies,
institutes, etc. ) use QGIS? That would be great!

I will also try to add some more and ...

cat article.tex | wc already counts 1524 words, and we should write not
more than 3000 words :).

 thanks
  Otto

On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:51:46 +0100
Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I added more text to the geoinformatics article in svn. Would be great, if you
> can have a look at the structure and especially write something (more) about
> development, technical stuff, realeases, and future and proof-reading of my
> poor english, of course ;). We need 3000 words...
> 
> We should try to finish the article ASAP, because I will be very busy at the
> end of next week and more or less offline the week afterwards.
> 
> BTW: I don't know if the images are ok, good enough, also in quality but I
> don't know how to do it better. If you can check that, it would be great, too.
> 
> regards,
>  Otto
> 
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:43:49 +0100
> Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Tim,
> > 
> > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:32:02 +0200
> > Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 20:06 +0100, Otto Dassau wrote:
> > > > Hi Paolo,
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:50:37 +0100
> > > > Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Otto Dassau ha scritto:
> > > > > > Hi, 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > after we already have 3x "+1" I wrote to Eric van Rees and this is
his
> > > > > > answer:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ##########
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Many thanks for your positive reply! We're looking forward to your
> > > > > > contribution. My plan is to have a series of open source geospatial
> > > > > > application articles in the coming issues of the magazine. If
> possible,
> > I'd
> > > > > > like to publish your contribution in our March issue (deadline
> February
> > 4).
> > > > > > As for the contents, maybe you'd be able to do a product review of
> QGIS
> > v.
> > > > > > 1.0 and its users/purpose in life/platforms used?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Otto.
> > > > > I've also published a few things on QGIS, if I can be of help just let
> > > > > me know.
> > > > 
> > > > My suggestion is that the article is written by the PSC. I think if we
all
> > spend
> > > > a little time it won't be too much trouble but a nice piece of work. For
> me
> > > > this is a good idea for this kind of article. I would be happy if you
and
> > Tim,
> > > > who hasn't commented yet, will be on board as well. 5 authors would be
no
> > > > problem.
> > > 
> > > Yes I will participate too :-) Sorry for delayed reply. I think time
> > > will be short to get it out by feb 4 but I'm hoping many hands on board
> > > will make the work not too much for each of us.
> > 
> > yes, that's what I also hope.
> >  
> > > I dont know if you have seem the new community maps and charts Carson
> > > and I have been working on - would be nice to include some of this
> > > demographics stuff in the article maybe.
> > > http://qgis.osgeo.org/community.html  Maybe also a timeline showing
> > > different release dates.
> > 
> > yes, I saw the new community map - very nice! 8-) And yes, would be nice to
> > include parts of it in the article. I will start with some ideas and then we
> can
> > discuss. Maybe we can use svn for that? Would it make sense to put it
> somewhere
> > in the QGIS svn where we all have rw access or somewhere else?
> > 
> > btw: It seems there is still a small problem with the right column in the
new
> > web. For the community map it looks as if it is still active. I will try to
> fix
> > that. 
> > 
> > regards,
> >  Otto
> > 
> > > > Please give a short vote on that and if you have some time to help,
please
> > > > read
> > > > the editorial guidelines and consider if the March issue (deadline
> February
> > 4)
> > > > is ok for you, too.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.geoinformatics.com/asp/default.asp?t=show&var=902
> > > > 
> > > > Then we can start...
> > > > 
> > > >  regards,
> > > >   Otto
> > > > 
> > > > > All the best.
> > > > > pc
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