They also participate in the scope of GIS StackExchange website. PostGIS, Oracle Spatial, Spatial Algorithms, etc are a part of the website scope too.
George On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Imran Rajjad <raj...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://blog.geoprocessamento.net
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