Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do you XXX with Open Source GIS?
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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Board] Helpers at FOSS4G
Great news Tyler. All the best Ravi --- On Thu, 3/2/11, Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us wrote: From: Seven (aka Arnulf) se...@arnulf.us Subject: Re: [Board] Helpers at FOSS4G To: bo...@lists.osgeo.org Date: Thursday, 3 February, 2011, 2:03 PM On 02/01/2011 11:31 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: Hi all, Just a heads-up that we're expecting a new baby in our house in September. I asked if we could put it off until after FOSS4G, but apparently it's not possible! Tyler, this is great news, congratulations! Wish you all the best and say hello to your family. Too bad that they won't adhere to your schedule :-) As SOTM, FOSS4G and an OGC TC meeting are this year all due in September *and* in Denver I will be in that area for at least three weeks. Maybe we can arrange to meet somewhere during that time, I might also come to Canada for a short visit. So... I highly doubt I'll be anywhere near Denver in September and am on the hunt for folks to help take over tasks that I normally coordinate. Of course I can still help with lots of planning work, but the implementation needs some help. I guess some of these tasks naturally fall back to the president's job unless there are others interested in joining forces, so I'll commit to the following: * Running the AGM We have done this together before, so with a little help in coordinating up front I am happy to do this. * Oversee the OSGeo Booth It would be great if we could arrange to have more community activity at the OSGeo booth this year, so we might want to move this item to OSGeo discuss and the public FOSS4G mailing list. The marketing committee will also have a vital interest in becoming active here. * Give opening OSGeo welcome talk and/or closing talk FOSS4G will be just between SOTM and OGC making it a great bridge between different takes on Openness. Apart from that it would be great to have a connoisseur of the local culture and Open Source business perception in North America give a fine tuned talk about what OSGeo is to the expected audience. * Host the Board Meeting * Visit all the sponsors and say thanks :) I do this every year, so no problem to do it again. But we should take this chance and use what we find out for our future policy regarding the North American markets. Again, someone from Marketing should join in analyzing what we have found out. It is also a great opportunity to start a targeted fund raising activity. * Buy a drink for the conference chair Ha. Well, lets see, I guess this is one of the more complicated tasks so I'll happily leave it to others. * other things I'm forgetting... Some of these are easier than others. Any takers? As said above I suggest to broaden the scope of this request and try to get more people involved from all areas of interest within OSGeo. I added it to the board meeting agenda [1] today (tonight for me). Best regards, Arnulf [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2011-02-03 Tyler___ Board mailing list bo...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Board mailing list bo...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Yikes, we have the fifth OSGeo Anniversary TOMORROW!
Folks, I added another agenda item which I believe is really important. Thanks for Tyler and Jorge to remind us! We have an anniversary tomorrow. Five years ago OSGeo was born in it's current incarnation. Since then we have served the vision of promoting and supporting Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. We should at least have a birthday cake on our website and wiki, ten blog articles, a news item and a few dozen tweets. Hopefully we can all throw in a few cents to make this an event. OSGeo deserves it. Join the party? Local Chaps, this is a great opportunity to have a news item and maybe some thoughts of your own role in your local chapter lists and web sites too. Best regards, Arnulf PS: Sorry for almost forgetting this but I would forget my own birthday if folks wouldn't remind me to have a party each year. So we should make this a recurring event. -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind http://arnulf.us ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Local-chapters] Yikes, we have the fifth OSGeo Anniversary TOMORROW!
Hello, Le jeudi 03 février 2011 10:32:14, Seven (aka Arnulf) a écrit : [..] Join the party? yes! Local Chaps, this is a great opportunity to have a news item and maybe some thoughts of your own role in your local chapter lists and web sites too. I have some idea but it still too soon yet. * share issue and orgnisation schema (I am pretty sure that there are different choice for the organisation of a LC) * share xp on a wiki page (Tyler draft) about how create a LC and organize it Best regards, Arnulf PS: Sorry for almost forgetting this but I would forget my own birthday if folks wouldn't remind me to have a party each year. So we should make this a recurring event. same problem :) Y. -- Yves Jacolin http://yjacolin.gloobe.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Local-chapters] Yikes, we have the fifth OSGeo Anniversary TOMORROW!
El 03/02/2011 10:36, Yves Jacolin escribió: Hello, Le jeudi 03 février 2011 10:32:14, Seven (aka Arnulf) a écrit : [..] Join the party? yes! Local Chaps, this is a great opportunity to have a news item and maybe some thoughts of your own role in your local chapter lists and web sites too. I have some idea but it still too soon yet. * share issue and orgnisation schema (I am pretty sure that there are different choice for the organisation of a LC) * share xp on a wiki page (Tyler draft) about how create a LC and organize it Best regards, Arnulf PS: Sorry for almost forgetting this but I would forget my own birthday if folks wouldn't remind me to have a party each year. So we should make this a recurring event. same problem :) Y. Ok as Tyler is apparently very busy I'll post here some ideas (without of course any time to implement some) * Something like the blue yourself for Drupal 7 campaign[1], asking people to give some greenish to their avatars in social networks. * A metapixel[2] image. The idea is to gather as much OSGeo related images (from FOSS4G and more) and create a (really) big metapixel image from the OSGeo banner and release it using OpenLayers to navigate to it. That is to say: you see when you enter the OSGeo logo and lemma and when you zoom in you can see the community in many different photographs * Somthing like the Japan LC crazy video[3] with people telling a FOSS4G but asking people from all committees and projects to record themselves and send the video to produce a video joining all of them. * Contest for a logo refactoring for the anniversary and then add the winner to the OSGeo Store t-shirt/etc designs [1] http://d7blue.me/ [2] https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/metapixel/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-TaOuqm26k -- Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas http://es.osgeo.org http://jorgesanz.net ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do you XXX with Open Source GIS?
Here is a link, somehow related, hope it helps: http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/WhitePaper/tsou_free-GIS-for-educators-whitepaper.pdfhttp://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgeoinfo%2Esdsu%2Eedu%2Fhightech%2FWhitePaper%2Ftsou_free-GIS-for-educators-whitepaper%2Epdfurlhash=0ugO_t=tracking_anetAlex Borrell On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:07 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do you XXX with Open Source GIS?
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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do youXXX with Open Source GIS?
All, Could an expanded version of something like this comparison work: http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblogtask=viewid=257Itemid=59lang=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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Yikes, we have the fifth OSGeo Anniversary TOMORROW!
On 2011-02-03, at 3:50 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote: Ok as Tyler is apparently very busy I'll post here some ideas (without of course any time to implement some) Hehe, yes running behind on a few things, but I know your ideas would be better than mine anyway ;-) * A metapixel[2] image. The idea is to gather as much OSGeo related images (from FOSS4G and more) and create a (really) big metapixel image from the OSGeo banner and release it using OpenLayers to navigate to it. That is to say: you see when you enter the OSGeo logo and lemma and when you zoom in you can see the community in many different photographs [2] https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/metapixel/ Very cool idea. I also wonder about seeing how many personal videos people might be able to post telling us something fun or interesting. Lots more ideas out there... let's hear them! :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do youXXX with Open Source GIS?
I've often thought a document like this would be quite useful. http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/165 http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/165This 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.uswrote: All, Could an expanded version of something like this comparison work: * http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php?option=com_myblogtask=viewid=257Itemid=59lang=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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Tyler Mitchell sent you an e-card through TheoWorlds.com!
My 2 minutes cake decorating. You can better, I challenge you!! :) Tyler To check the card, click here: http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004 --- TheoWorlds.com - make your message fun! Flash games, e-cards, applications... ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] not spam :)
Oh darn, they put a silly subject line :) Believe it or not, this is not SPAM... much tastier! On 2011-02-03, at 9:35 AM, Tyler Mitchell wrote: My 2 minutes cake decorating. You can better, I challenge you!! :) Tyler To check the card, click here: http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004 --- TheoWorlds.com - make your message fun! Flash games, e-cards, applications... ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Anniversary Celebrations!
Is it anniversary or birthday? Ah, maybe both! I started putting some of the ideas for celebrating onto the wiki page - add your ideas, challenge others, have some fun! http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Anniversary_Celebrations_2011___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] not spam :)
Amazing what has happened in those 5 years. It was great to be in that first meeting and see the organization grow. Happy Birthday OSGEO mark On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: Happy birthday to all of you! -mpg, who was happy to be able to attend on that Chicago day five years ago -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss- boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:38 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] not spam :) Oh darn, they put a silly subject line :) Believe it or not, this is not SPAM... much tastier! On 2011-02-03, at 9:35 AM, Tyler Mitchell wrote: My 2 minutes cake decorating. You can better, I challenge you!! :) Tyler To check the card, click here: http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/index.php?CardID=146004 --- TheoWorlds.com - make your message fun! Flash games, e-cards, applications... ___ 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] How does GeoNetwork generate UUIDs?
Hi there I've using GeoNetwork v2.4 and gather that the GeoNetwork software somehow automatically generates UUIDs. Can anyone explain/direct me to some documents that explain exactly how the UUID is assigned to a particular record? Thanks in anticipation, John John Forne New Zealand Geospatial Office | DDI: +64 4 496 5404 www.geospatial.govt.nzhttp://www.geospatial.govt.nz/ Land Information New Zealand l Toitu te whenua Lambton House l 160 Lambton Quay l PO Box 5501 l Wellington 6145 l New Zealand | Fax +64 4 498 3519 __ This message contains information, which is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately (Phone 0800 665 463 or i...@linz.govt.nz) and destroy the original message. LINZ accepts no responsibility for changes to this email, or for any attachments, after its transmission from LINZ. Thank you. __ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Harvesting from a Geoportal Extension 9.3.1
Hi Marten - thanks for your advice - much appreciated! Ian, do you know what the URL is for the CSW interface? Cheers, John John Forne New Zealand Geospatial Office | DDI: +64 4 496 5404 www.geospatial.govt.nzhttp://www.geospatial.govt.nz/ Land Information New Zealand l Toitu te whenua Lambton House l 160 Lambton Quay l PO Box 5501 l Wellington 6145 l New Zealand | Fax +64 4 498 3519 From: marten [via OSGeo.org] [mailto:ml-node+5985461-224158555-288...@n2.nabble.com] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 5:30 AM To: John Forne Subject: Re: Harvesting from a Geoportal Extension 9.3.1 hi John, it appears as if you've registered the homepage of the Geoportal. the CSW interface has its own endpoint. For example: http://gptogc.esri.com/geoportal/csw/discovery?request=GetCapabilitiesservice=CSWversion=2.0.2 The open source Geoportal Server (http://esriurl.com/geoportalserver) implements CSW 2.0.2 and depending on what the implementer has configured supports the OGCCORE profile (always), ISO-Application Profile (most useful if the catalog only has ISO metadata), and the INSPIRE Discovery Service (sort of like ISO-AP but not entirely). cheers, @martenhogeweg If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Harvesting-from-a-Geoportal-Extension-9-3-1-tp5968645p5985461.html To unsubscribe from Harvesting from a Geoportal Extension 9.3.1, click herehttp://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_codenode=5968645code=amZvcm5lQGxpbnouZ292dC5uenw1OTY4NjQ1fC0zOTI0ODQ0NQ==. __ This message contains information, which is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately (Phone 0800 665 463 or i...@linz.govt.nz) and destroy the original message. LINZ accepts no responsibility for changes to this email, or for any attachments, after its transmission from LINZ. Thank you. __ -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Harvesting-from-a-Geoportal-Extension-9-3-1-tp5968645p5991431.html Sent from the OSGeo Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Live-demo] Has anyone written a How do youXXX with Open Source GIS?
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_myblogtask=viewid=257Itemid=59lang=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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
