Hey Mike: I am not sure about other projects; but for uDig we have a "tasks" section; and we depend on our contributors to populate it. You will find that many of the contributors have not used ArcMap and are not in a position to write a from this perspective.
For uDig the tasks section is in a wiki (allowing anyone to contribute); the result[1] is exported out and processed into online help for the application. Jody [1] http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Home On 04/02/2011, at 3:17 AM, Mike wrote: > I've often thought a document like this would be quite useful. > http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/165 > This one says "You do this in ArcMap, here's how to do it in Manifold" > > Is there a guide like this for some of the OSGeo applications? > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Bob Basques <bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> > wrote: > All, > > Could an expanded version of something like this comparison work: > http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblog&task=view&id=257&Itemid=59&lang=en > I really like this comparison, and the fact that there are many versions > available, each with added content, makes the whole process that much more > valuable over time. > > If so, is there marketing fund available for building an expanded version. > Germain may be interested in something like this. May also have a good bead > on what interested parties are looking for in a Geoproduct. > > This type of question/answer packet seems like a good fit for a promotional > piece of OSGEO propoganda materials, and could be regularly upgraded. > Germain for example already has a third (v5) english version on the side > lines waiting to be converted to english. This type of product with the > right additions seems like it might satisfy a large part of the question > "what tool for what purpose?". > > bobb > > > > > > >>> Tyler Erickson <tylerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think a FAQ needs to point to one "single best tool". As Frank noted > in his examples, the answer could be a list of tools if more than one > provides the capability. Answers that include links to a description of the > capability (and/or examples of usage) in the project documentation would be > especially helpful. > > - TylerE > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Hamish <hamis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jody: > > This request comes up yearly; and was > > one of the ideas for content for the osgeo website. The > > difficulty is finding resources to produce the content. > > > > The trouble is just because a request is common, and makes > > perfect sense from a marketing open source geospatial point > > of view, does not imply the foundation has the marketing > > muscle to get it done. > > as noted in the original thread on the live-demo ML, much of the OSGeo > software is somewhat interchangeable, especially for common desktop GIS > tasks. Asking the collective authors/representatives of all OSGeo projects > which is the best single tool to get the job done is not likely to converge > on a single answer that doesn't leave at least one or two projects feeling a > bit ignored. > > this may be frustrating & overwhelming to the new recruit, but the only > honest answer I could give to it is "explore the Live DVD and find something > that fits you well". > > > what's the best FOSS tool to edit a text file? > debian$ apt-cache search editor | wc -l > 603 > > ... "it depends", take your pick :-/ > > > solutions welcome, > Hamish > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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