+1 Great initiative!!! we really need an uptodate documentation... 2015-10-05 9:07 GMT+02:00 Otto Dassau <[email protected]>:
> Dear QGIS community, > > In the last few years we have been steadily improving the amount of funding > we are able to accumulate in the QGIS project. Our goal in obtaining > funding > is always to 'make QGIS better'. Up until now we have focussed funding on > high profile aspects of the project: Funding regular hackfests, paying for > bug fixing work prior to releases, funding infrastructure such as servers, > domain name registrations etc. > > With improved funding levels we now have the opportunity to also start > addressing some of the many less obvious components of QGIS that badly need > attention, but often don't attract volunteers. In our PSC meetings it was > agreed that we would start this initiative by funding one or more > experienced users to improve the QGIS manual. Here, briefly, is the vision: > > As an experienced QGIS user you currently have two main resources: The QGIS > manual and the QGIS training manual. In this call we focus on the manual, > which is already an excellent resource on available functionality in QGIS. > The challenge is to keep it synchronised with all new features, and > examples > and figures often run the risk of being out of date. This is the case > already for several chapters of the manual for the latest QGIS releases and > we want to start optimizing this. > > We would love to see the QGIS manual providing a readable narrative > explaining the purpose (with images and illustrations if needed) of each > feature. It can also provide short sample snippet where useful, which in > many cases you can simply cut and paste into your code and then tweak to > get > started. > > For this funded effort we are thus seeking one or more individuals to lay > the foundation for this work: > > * verify and improve the norms and guidelines of the documentation and > especially its update process together with the PSC. > * update the manual to include all features that are available within the > latest QGIS release (2.12). > * update figures, if necessary according to the defined guidelines (size, > desktop-environment, resolution,...). > * populate the manual with further short examples and improved > descriptions, > without competing with the training manual. > * do these in a nice clear and concise writing style, taking inspiration > from other software manuals, if available. > > If you think this is something you are able to do, please contact the QGIS > PSC using this form and let us know! > > http://goo.gl/forms/18vTEOg7Be > > Best wishes, > Otto > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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