sample dataset including plug-ins (=> was: Re: [Qgis-user] Announcing "Time Manager" Plugin v 0.1)

[maning sambale]

This is a great suggestion.  I've used GRASS old spearfish dataset
while trying to learn GRASS in the past.
Additional points for discussion:
- application domain - QGIS is a general purpose tool.  A biologist, a
geologist, a local government or a small community would have very
different data requirements.  A generic dataset cannot cater to all.
Probably good to create multiple datasets and allow each group to
curate each dataset.
- geographic location - during my beginner gis courses, I find that
participants appreciate the concepts if they work on a "local"
dataset.  A good resource is openstreetmap.

For cartography related plugins and exercises, I suggest you use the
Natural Earth dataset.

2010/10/4 Pierre Chevalier Géologue <pierrechevaliergeol at free.fr>:
> I would be in favour of compiling a "state-of-the-art" complete dataset,
> so that users can play immediately with it, and get a good feeling about
> softwares. Not only plug-ins, but the whole thing. This could be a sort
> of standard, a base on which any GIS newbie could rely on to make his
> own dataset: just erase all example data, and fill with your own, and
> you're up and running.
>
> Such a dataset has, of course, to be free (freedom), it may have data
> such as:
>   - an srtm dem,
>   - a topo map,
>   - gpx data,
>   - satellite imagery
>   - a scanned geological map (sorry, "je prêche pour ma paroisse"
>                                                          => if someone
> knows the English
>
> translation, go on and translate ;)
>                                              ),
>   - a scanned pedological map,
>   - a set of pictures taken from the ground, geotagged,
>   - buildings as vectors,
>   - roads as vectors,
>   - "field occupation" (occupation du sol, in French: not sure about
> translation) as vectors,
>   - a postgis database,
>   - an sqlite database,
>   - a mysql (forgot about postgis equivalent, sorry) database,
>   - a whole grass dataset,
>   - etc, etc. (unlimited)



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maning
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