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