Hello everyone, >From what I've been, it seems that the code/UI for phase 2 of the website is getting done. They will need a couple days until we can really move on.
Lets continue delineating the questions on that website and wait for phase 2 :D George On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Alexis Guéganno <a9e...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2 June 2010 20:17, miblon <mob...@dogodigi.net> wrote: > > Hello George, > > > > I completely agree that there aren't a lot of questions that are GIS > related > > on SO, but most come from people not familiar with GIS at all entering > > either from a developer (google maps api, openlayers) or a dba > perspective. > > And these roles are interesting; Often they are the guys that are asked > by > > management to "put a map in their app" and often they strand on geometry > or > > projection related topics. I believe that is where we fit in. We help > them > > out, point them to the fact that there ARE people specialized in GI and > > maybe one thing will lead to another: The managers grow in understanding > > that Geo IT is a profession too... > > > > Especially now, with the crisis, IT managers are looking at programmers > > being able to work in the whole spectrum of options. I believe it is our > > task to show them that using specialists might speed up development. That > is > > why I always advice customers to hire me for the map and the geodata, and > > designers for the website look and feel. I cannot (and will not) design > > websites, and a designer shouldn't try to master maps, he/she should > master > > design! > > > > GIS related topics pop up more and more thanks to openlayers and google > > maps. And it offers opportunities. SO is an environment to spot these > > opportunities whereas a GIS specific SO would lead to segregation, > keeping > > us away from the rest of the world. > > > > I would strongly opt to put effort in gettting GIS related topics "on the > > map" on SO instead of copying SO for a limited audience. It would surely > > show our presence to the people out there. > > Hi everybody ! > > First I have a question : does anyone know the rules for the second > step ? Because I think we've succeeded to complete the first one (it's > not a reason not to continue our efforts ;-) ) > > I don't think that the existence of a Q&A site dedicated to GIS will > lead to the disappearance of GIS related questions on stack overflow. > By the way, it will be really interesting, in my opinion, to keep an > eye on what happens on SO (or on server fault, because I think GIS > related questions can be found there too ;-) ). What i hope, though, > with the start of a GIS dedicated site, is to gain in audience, and to > gain a new place where people involved in GIS will be able to share > their experiences. There are people who don't like mailing lists, and > Q&A sites are another way to be really efficient, and to get accurate > answers on really technical questions. > > Btw, Milo, I agree on many facts you set forth. Your point of view is > really interesting ^_^ > > Greetings, > > Agemen. > > > -- > Les objets quantiques sont complètement dingues, mais au moins ils le > sont tous de la même façon. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://blog.geoprocessamento.net
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