Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-03-01 Thread Cameron Shorter
Manning, This is excellent feedback. I'm very excited to see the Live DVD being used as a training tool, which I see as one of its key benefits. I'm very hopeful that we will see a number of tutorials like this at the FOSS4G conference in Sydney. (You have one more week to get your abstract i

Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-03-01 Thread Markus Neteler
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Charlie Schweik wrote: > One other follow-up comment to Maning's post: > > Does the OSGeo data group have any inventory of data online that we should > be linking to on the educational pages? This page should be linked: http://flightgear.telascience.org/ and also

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread maning sambale
Helena, I will try out the barebones dataset. And try to prepare some data sets I can add. maning On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote: > Maning, > > I very much agree with what you have to say, especially about > introducing students to CLI. I teach a semester long course >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread Helena Mitasova
Maning, I very much agree with what you have to say, especially about introducing students to CLI. I teach a semester long course on geospatial modeling and analysis with assignments in GRASS and ArcGIS and eventually the students find out that they can run the assignments and project in minutes

[OSGeo-Discuss] experience using FOSS4G live-dvd in teaching FOSS GIS

2009-02-27 Thread maning sambale
Hi, I just want to share my experience teaching grass and qgis using the osgeo FOSS4G 2008 livedvd. I was invited by a non-profit organization to provide an overview of using FOSS Geo tools. The organization provides mapping services to Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines through collaborative