Hello all,
what do you think about something like this (http://geo.ideaplus.com.br)?
I like it very much. The only problem is the mix of languages (english,
spanish, portuguese).
Between 2007 and 2009 we were working with a group of volunteers
(http://www.gvsig.org/web/community/agradecimientos/traductores/) translating
the handbook of gvSIG 1.1.2 into german. The whole manual was translated and it
"should" be available behind this link
(http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/docs/user/gvsig-desktop-1-1-manual-de-usuario/gvsig-desktop-1-1-manual-de-usuario/not_available_lang/view?set_language=de).
It took a long time to be finished. We wrote a document to explain the people
how they could edit the plone themselves. At the end most of them sent us their
translations because they didn't find time to edit the plone and we had to edit
it ourselves with one or two volunteers. Screen shots were not translated into
german and actually, AFAIK no one is doing the translation into german of 1.9
(1.10 or 1.11).
People expect to have the software with handbooks, manuals and tutorials but it
is difficult (not impossible) to find funding for this.
One of the major difficulties of open source projects is the lack of
documentation. Handbooks and tutorials are often done many months after the
version is released.
So we have to look for a solution. On the web you will find a lot of videos and
tutorials like the link mentioned above. Users like to make these kind of
tutorials. They don't need instructions and they can work autonomous. We have a
software with more than 800 functionalities (even more now with R-Sextante
Interface: http://sextantegis.blogspot.com/2011/10/r.html). We are testing them
and simultaneously we could make small tutorials and put them in a common gvSIG
CE platform (wiki, google sites, ... and whatever related web solutions people
would like to bring up). We could provide a template with gvSIG CE layout to
make it nice and easy for authors. We could include author's name and contact
e-mail address to promote their work with the project. It is better to have a
common platform than thousands links on the web (oft with the same information)
I think it is a good way to bring different people together to exchange
thoughts and know How.
What do you think about?
Best regards!
Jose
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José Antonio Canalejo Alonso
gvSIG CE Team
www.gvsigce.org
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