[Qgis-user] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] New site demonstrating the use of Free & Open Source Software]

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at faunalia.it
Tue Apr 26 00:56:55 PDT 2011


Hi all.
Anyone interested adding guides for QGIS?
Thanks.
------- Messaggio inoltrato -------
> Da: Simon Cropper <scropper at botanicusaustralia.com.au>
> Reply-to: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> A: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] New site demonstrating the use of Free & Open
> Source Software
> Data: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:52:55 +1000
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I apologise in advance if you have received this email more than once 
> because you are listed on two or more mail lists.
> 
> I would like to announce the launch of a new website called 
> http://www.fossworkflowguides.com that may be of interest to you.
> 
> The site's aim is to provide detailed workflow guides using free and 
> open source software.
> 
> The target audience is beginners to intermediate users.
> 
> The ultimate aim is to get more people using foss in their businesses.
> 
> These are not manuals but rather guides on how to get complex tasks 
> sequences or workflows completed using free and open source software.
> 
> The website is the main medium by which information is being disseminated.
> 
> That said, PDF files have also been provided that can be downloaded and 
> referred to when the Internet is not available.
> 
> Of particular note for this group is the 'fosGIS Workflow Guide - A 
> guide to the use of FOSS to view, edit, create, analyse and map 
> geospatial data (http://gis.fossworkflowguides.com)', although if you 
> look at the main page you will see I also intent to publish tutorials on 
> use of bash and python (http://scripting.fossworkflowguides.com). Other 
> guides are planned but will depend on how enthusiastically the currently 
> published and proposed tutorials are received.
> 
> An initial instalment of tutorials have been posted along with copious 
> support documentation and CC-BY-SA Data.
> 
> I welcome any feedback. You can post back to this mail list (if you want 
> to have a debate) or use the feedback form on the website 
> http://www.fossworkflowguides.com/#feedback, if you want to just point 
> out a typo or suggest a topic for a tutorial.
> 
> The current list of tutorials are...
> - Installing gvSIG 1.10 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> - Installing gvSIG 1.10 on Windows XP
> - The basic configuration of gvSIG for normal use
> - Datums and Coordinate Systems used in South-eastern Australia 	
> - How gvSIG handles Coordinate Reference Systems
> 
> If you want to be informed of the publication of other tutorials in the 
> future register for email alerts at 
> http://www.fossworkflowguides.com/#alerts.
> -- 
> Cheers Simon
> 
>     Simon Cropper
>     Principal Consultant
>     Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
>     PO Box 160, Sunshine, VIC
>     W: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
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