Let me add my $.02: I'd been looking for a reduced-pain method of converting to OL from the GMaps API, the target being a local/server-based OL/OSM implementation in the absence of Internet connectivity.
I have the maps stored and accessible, but my GMaps function calls need translation. I suspect that it's largely one-for-one, and one of these days ... I can't believe I'm alone on needing some kind of tool for this. AS On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Stephen Woodbridge <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2/2/2011 5:14 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > >> Below, Frank has done a great job asking the exact sort of question that >> new GIS users ask, and which we as an OSGeo community should address to >> attract new users. >> > > I think that it would be helpful to identify gaps also, for two reasons: > > 1. if someone is planning to migrate from say ArcMap to OSS, know the pain > points and gaps will make it easy fro them to decide if their use case makes > sense of not to convert now or not. Knowing what to expect up front lets > them plan better and design new processes to work around those issues. > > 2. if we as a community have a clear idea of the gaps and pain points then > it gives us a check list if high value projects that we might want to work > into our projects. While I suspect most projects maintain some kind of wish > list, I do not think there is a high level document like this FAQ that > covers this. Maybe it is as simple as creating additional entries like "How > to you XXX with Open Source GIS?" which identify gaps and pain points also. > > I think we are all about transparency, and this would help, IMHO. > > ATB, > -Steve W > > What has been done so far toward building a FAQ on "How to you XXX with >> Open Source GIS?"? >> >> Frank wrote: >> >>> Not only am I new to the forum, but >>> I'm new to GIS work in general. >>> >>> I downloaded the Live CD and installed it on a virtual machine and it's >>> working great. I'm trying to build a suite of GIS tools I can for the >>> various >>> tasks I have to do at work and it's great having so many products right >>> in front of me. It's highly quality work and I appreciate all the hard >>> work to pull it together. >>> >>> What would be really helpful to me (and possibly other new-to-GIS folks >>> like myself) is a FAQ-type list of questions with app answers. For >>> example: >>> >>> >>> Do you want to edit shapefiles? Try xxx, yyy, zzz. >>> Do you want to style shapefiles? Try ... >>> Do you want to work exclusively with raster files? >>> Do you need to work simultaneously with raster and vector files? >>> Do you want to convert one file into one another format? >>> Do you want to convert raster to vector? >>> Vector to raster? >>> Vector to another vector? >>> >>> etc. >>> >>> If there were a couple dozen questions with short answers it would really >>> supplement the disc quite well. >>> >>> For instance, I'm trying to figure out how to convert a raster (binary >>> GRID) file into a shapefile. I dink around in the various programs on the >>> CD, but I don't know if I just can't find the "convert raster to vector" >>> option in a particular app or if it isn't there at all. A short little >>> Q&A text file would be nice to help at least focus my initial search >>> a little bit better. At the least I (hopefully) would be pointed to the >>> best choices for my purpose. >>> >>> >>> Hope this makes sense! >>> >>> Frank >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Live-demo mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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