I know this wouldn't be for new people to GIS but I plan on writing something on my blog for this kind of thing. For people that are interested in QGIS but currently using MapInfo, like I did. Kind of like: This in MapInfo = This in QGIS
- Nathan - http://woostuff.wordpress.com/ On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com>wrote: > Below, Frank has done a great job asking the exact sort of question that > new GIS users ask, and which we as an OSGeo community should address to > attract new users. > > What has been done so far toward building a FAQ on "How to you XXX with > Open Source GIS?"? > > Frank wrote: > >> Not only am I new to the forum, but >> I'm new to GIS work in general. >> >> I downloaded the Live CD and installed it on a virtual machine and it's >> working great. I'm trying to build a suite of GIS tools I can for the >> various >> tasks I have to do at work and it's great having so many products right >> in front of me. It's highly quality work and I appreciate all the hard >> work to pull it together. >> >> What would be really helpful to me (and possibly other new-to-GIS folks >> like myself) is a FAQ-type list of questions with app answers. For >> example: >> >> >> Do you want to edit shapefiles? Try xxx, yyy, zzz. >> Do you want to style shapefiles? Try ... >> Do you want to work exclusively with raster files? >> Do you need to work simultaneously with raster and vector files? >> Do you want to convert one file into one another format? >> Do you want to convert raster to vector? >> Vector to raster? >> Vector to another vector? >> >> etc. >> >> If there were a couple dozen questions with short answers it would really >> supplement the disc quite well. >> >> For instance, I'm trying to figure out how to convert a raster (binary >> GRID) file into a shapefile. I dink around in the various programs on the >> CD, but I don't know if I just can't find the "convert raster to vector" >> option in a particular app or if it isn't there at all. A short little >> Q&A text file would be nice to help at least focus my initial search >> a little bit better. At the least I (hopefully) would be pointed to the >> best choices for my purpose. >> >> >> Hope this makes sense! >> >> Frank >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Live-demo mailing list >> live-d...@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >> > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Director > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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