Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
Thanks everyone again for the response my request has had. I didn't hope in so much sharing :) It's been important for the ngo itself to recognize the value of this community and it's open source mind. I will share the blog I'm going to setup for the course, in which I will also gather your materials (with the respective citings) and the one I will prepare. I'll let you know. Have a good week, Giovanni 2009/10/31 Craig Miller craig.mil...@spatialminds.com: I didn't see what the original link was, but the Geographer's Craft is an excellent resource http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/notes.html Craig -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ian Turton Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:49 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: Thnaks Ian. That's a really interesting material, but it's out of our course scope. I need something about basic geodesy, coordinates systems, etc. ah geography not cartography - try https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/ (browse all the PSU offerings at http://open.ems.psu.edu/courseware) Ian -- Ian Turton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.37/2466 - Release Date: 10/31/09 00:53:00 ___ 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] looking for introductory material on cartography
G. Allegri wrote: I've added myself to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_and_Curriculum_Committee#Membership Hope to be able to give a help. giovanni Terrific! Thanks Giovanni. I hope others on this list who have an interest in collaborating on educational curriculum and material and who are not on the education group list will do the same. The recent postings of links to material are examples of the knowledge out there that needs to be collected in some more organized way. I also encourage each local OSGeo group to have a representative on this list, as well as each software team. Finally, in another effort to try and enhance communication on educational issues, we have started an OSGeo educational blog page [1]. I'm acting as the editor of that blog -- but if anyone has OSGeo educational-related content you'd like me to put on the blog, send them to me with a subject line For OSGeo edu blog. Charlie Schweik (OSGeo education group chair) [1] http://www.osgeo.org/blog/510 attachment: cschweik.vcf___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
Giovanni, G. Allegri wrote: Thnaks Ian. That's a really interesting material, but it's out of our course scope. I need something about basic geodesy, coordinates systems, etc. Giovanni, I'm going to send you something separate that I have but I haven't checked the content fully to make sure I can publish it on the OSGeo edu inventory page. ps: wouldn't it be useful to gather such introductory resources under the Education and Curriculum pages of the OSGeo wiki [1]? [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_and_Curriculum_Committee Yes, it would. This relates to our discussion about developing some OSGeo curriculum material. This next week, I'm going to send out a call on the OSGeo edu list to see if we can hold one or more online discussions about how to move in this direction. I'm also going to try and get some funding to hold, sometime in the next year, a face-to-face workshop for some of us to meet and work on a curriculum. Anyone interested in joining this please subscribe to the OSGeo education and curriculum list. Cheers Charlie Schweik attachment: cschweik.vcf___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: Thnaks Ian. That's a really interesting material, but it's out of our course scope. I need something about basic geodesy, coordinates systems, etc. ah geography not cartography - try https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/ (browse all the PSU offerings at http://open.ems.psu.edu/courseware) Ian -- Ian Turton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
I didn't see what the original link was, but the Geographer's Craft is an excellent resource http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/notes.html Craig -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ian Turton Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 12:49 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:52 PM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: Thnaks Ian. That's a really interesting material, but it's out of our course scope. I need something about basic geodesy, coordinates systems, etc. ah geography not cartography - try https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/ (browse all the PSU offerings at http://open.ems.psu.edu/courseware) Ian -- Ian Turton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.37/2466 - Release Date: 10/31/09 00:53:00 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
Thanks you very much for your replies. Nimalika, I would really like to have a look at your material. I'm mostly interested in cartography basics, but a look at the rest would be helpful too. I will produce ad-hoc presentations on GIS (and Qgis usage) and GPS, and I could share them after the course. Jody, thank's for the tip. I will wait for foss4g material. giovanni 2009/10/30 Jody Garnett jody.garn...@gmail.com: You may wish to look at some of the materials coming out of the the FOSS4G conference; I think the making maps pretty workshop will be up shortly as a PDF for example and it has an overview of the cartography/communication side of maps. Jody On 30/10/2009, at 9:06 PM, nimalika fernando wrote: Hi, I was involved in doing some introductory level GIS unit ( not for geography people) in Asia last year. Once I was asked to do that course, I faced the same situation as you. We are working under very tight cost constraints and cannot use costly material or ask people to use such. I have prepared some presentations for the course with lot of supporting material from freely available web resources/ diagrams etc. That does not cover sufficient level of GPS surveying . There are few basic level tutorials I have prepared on using software to prepare maps also. I have used QGIS /Udig as the software. Do you like to have a look at them ? If so I may be able to provide an access code for this material available in their website. You may use them if useful for your purpose. Goodluck! Nimalika On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:35 PM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to teach a course (mostly as volunteer time) on GIS basics and GPS surveying for an ONG in Africa. The first two days they will self-teach cartography basics, then I'll begin from GIS, etc. They asked me if I could indicate them some links to free introductory material on cartography (earth shape, coordinates, maps, reference systems, projections, etc.). Does anybody know web resources, or could share copyleft tutorials/manuals/etc on the subject? I've found something googling, from wikipedia to some sparse course chapters, but I would like to find structured, clean and easy, stuff. Am I asking too much? Thanks very much, Giovanni ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Nimalika Fernando http://nimalika.blogspot.com/ ___ 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to teach a course (mostly as volunteer time) on GIS basics and GPS surveying for an ONG in Africa. The first two days they will self-teach cartography basics, then I'll begin from GIS, etc. They asked me if I could indicate them some links to free introductory material on cartography (earth shape, coordinates, maps, reference systems, projections, etc.). Does anybody know web resources, or could share copyleft tutorials/manuals/etc on the subject? I've found something googling, from wikipedia to some sparse course chapters, but I would like to find structured, clean and easy, stuff. Am I asking too much? How about https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog486/? It's CC BY NC SA Ian -- Ian Turton Sent from State College, Pennsylvania, United States ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] looking for introductory material on cartography
Thnaks Ian. That's a really interesting material, but it's out of our course scope. I need something about basic geodesy, coordinates systems, etc. thank you anyway. giovanni ps: wouldn't it be useful to gather such introductory resources under the Education and Curriculum pages of the OSGeo wiki [1]? [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Education_and_Curriculum_Committee 2009/10/30 Ian Turton ijtur...@gmail.com: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:05 AM, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to teach a course (mostly as volunteer time) on GIS basics and GPS surveying for an ONG in Africa. The first two days they will self-teach cartography basics, then I'll begin from GIS, etc. They asked me if I could indicate them some links to free introductory material on cartography (earth shape, coordinates, maps, reference systems, projections, etc.). Does anybody know web resources, or could share copyleft tutorials/manuals/etc on the subject? I've found something googling, from wikipedia to some sparse course chapters, but I would like to find structured, clean and easy, stuff. Am I asking too much? How about https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog486/? It's CC BY NC SA Ian -- Ian Turton Sent from State College, Pennsylvania, United States ___ 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