[FM Discuss] Finnish version of FLOSS Manuals

[Edward Cherlin]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:17 AM, Tomi Toivio <tomi.olavi.toivio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/5/5 Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
>>
>> If Adam Hyde agrees, I think that FLOSS Manuals would be the perfect
>> place to retarget your book for Linux, and finish it. Actually, we
>> need a book explaining what GIS is, what you can do with it, and the
>> range of software, file formats, data sources, and so on involved.
>
> There are at least a couple of things that need to be added. First of all I
> dropped OpenLayers interface programming with JavaScript completely, since
> this was originally a training manual for system administrators and users
> from local communities. Another thing to include is Google Earth/Maps, since
> that is the easiest way to view GIS data online. Or do we count that as
> FLOSS here?

No, but we can discuss how to handle it. We have extra chapters for
our book, How to Bypass Internet Censorship, that talk about tools for
Windows. You can get either edition, with or without them, or remix
your own.

> A lot more OS GIS software is available, such as Geonetwork, but to me it
> seemed like a tool for a huge project, not something that a beginner would
> need to think about.

We have huge projects that we would like schoolchildren to contribute to.

> And then it needs some kind of an introduction to GIS and GPS. Besides just
> being a software manual.

Absolutely.

> The project in Kenya was in co-operation with Kikuyu, Meru and Yaaku
> communities. Yaaku culture had been assimilated by Maasai culture, but now
> it is being revived.

Excellent.

> But probably I should try to get this Finnish localization process started
> before going into technical writing. ;)

Good idea. I had to get Haitian Kreyol and Cambodian Khmer
localization started last year for OLPC, and take care of a few other
matters, before I was able to make a beginning on Digital Textbooks.

> Best Regards
> Tomi Toivio
>
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