2009/5/5 Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>><div class="gmail_quote"><span dir="ltr"></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If Adam Hyde agrees, I think that FLOSS Manuals would be the perfect<br>
place to retarget your book for Linux, and finish it. Actually, we<br>
need a book explaining what GIS is, what you can do with it, and the<br>
range of software, file formats, data sources, and so on involved.<br></blockquote></div><br>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? <br>
<br>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.<br><br>And then it needs some kind of an introduction to GIS and GPS. Besides just being a software manual. <br>
<br>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.<br><br>But probably I should try to get this Finnish localization process started before going into technical writing. ;)<br>
<br>Best Regards<br>Tomi Toivio<br><br>