What about core programming libraries like Geotools and GDAL and mapnik???
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:23 PM, George Silva <georger.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great announcement Christopher. > > The website right now is the most voted/commited in stackExchange and I have > a very strong feeling that will congragate many users from many communities, > all in one place. > > The easy of use of StackOverflow and the quickness that everything gets > answered there can be a major tool for all of us, using OpenLayers, MapFish, > MapServer, GeoServer, ESRI, Autodesk, and the vast diversity of softwares > that we work with. > > George > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM, <christopher.schm...@nokia.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> A proposal has been made for a GIS-centric StackExchange site: >> >> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1425/geographic-information-systems >> >> For those of you who are not aware, StackExchange is a website >> that allows for reputation-based question + answering, and provides >> users a way to find good answers to many questions. >> >> Currently, there are users of StackOverflow asking OpenLayers questions >> there: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/openlayers >> >> The quality of answers in general on StackOverflow is high: >> >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/559431/how-to-display-data-using-openlayers-with-openstreetmap-in-geodjango >> >> The reputation-based feedback to users encourages users to >> create high-quality answers. >> >> I have participated in other StackExchange sites (3500 rep, woohoo) >> and enjoyed the process immensely, but the StackOverflow site has >> too small of a ratio of OpenLayers questions for me to follow it >> regularly. >> >> If you are interested in having another way to ask/answer questions >> related to OpenLayers, I would recommend committing to the >> GIS site on the area51 link above. I can personally promise that >> I will be participating in the StackExchange site in question if >> it is set up, and I think that many other users could give and >> receive help in this format. >> >> (I'd also probably like to set up some cross-linking between the >> mailing list and OpenLayers-tagged questions on a potential GIS >> SE site, if one gets set up, to encourage cross-platform communication >> about the topics in question.) >> >> Best Regards, >> -- >> Christopher Schmidt >> Nokia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@openlayers.org >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > -- > George R. C. Silva > > Desenvolvimento em GIS > http://blog.geoprocessamento.net > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- I.R _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
