[Qgis-psc] Short report from the Far East

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Paolo

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> Hi all.
> FOSS4G.jp is now over, and I would like to share a few conclusions about
> this event and the almost parallel FOSS4G.kr.
> The first and foremost evidence is that QGIS is really booming here
> (more in jp than in kr, it seems), and it took the flight in the last
> year. It is widespread from small local government up to ministries, and
> the trend is still accelerating.
> Translation of the interface and the manual is especially important.
> The main stumbling block for a more effective cooperation with the
> international community appear language more than anything else, even
> though some cultural attitudes may make the interactions slightly more
> difficult.
> Local users have a few specific problems, mainly related to double-byAll
> the best.te characters and local projections, but these should be very
> easy to solve,with proper collaboration.
> I had seminars+workshops in Seoul, Tskukuba, Sapporo, Tokyo, and Osaka:
> now a few hundreds of people know QGIS and its community a bit better,
> hopefully this will result in a more active cooperation.
> Maybe we can forward these notes to other lists, not sure about it,
> please send your opinions.
> All the best, and thanks for giving me this extremely interesting and
> challenging opportunity.
>

I'm behind on my email again - I'm not sure if I already responded to
this, but thanks again for the promotional work you have done on
behalf of QGIS - really great stuff!

Regards

Tim

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