Hi all!
If someone's been looking for a great introductory task to start contributing to QGIS, I'd like to put a call out for a volunteer to have a go at re-working the landing page (the README) that you see when you visit https://github.com/qgis/QGIS While the current text is all accurate, it's very dry and technical, hasn't had a major update in years, and doesn't really paint QGIS in an "exciting" light! I'd love to see this revamped into something more visual which really showcases QGIS' capabilities. I'm thinking something more like what you see for the alternative QGIS albireo frontend at https://github.com/kadas-albireo/kadas-albireo2... It'd be a great task for someone who is well familiar with QGIS' capabilities and has a good English writing style, and it doesn't require any technical capabilities between simple markdown editing. Thanks in advance! Nyall _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
I agree with Nyall. I think WebODM landing page is also a great source of inspiration: Best regards, Pedro Nyall Dawson <[hidden email]> escreveu no dia quinta, 11/02/2021 à(s) 22:11: Hi all! _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
Happy to take this on (next week, this week is a bit crazy).
I like all 3 examples given: key thing being leading off much more with an easy-to-understand, illustrated list of main functionality and use cases. By way of introduction, 30 years ago I was a software developer, back when Pascal and C (++ was cutting edge!) were mainstream and Prolog was sexy (at least for geeks, that is). I then became a mathematician for a while, before going into business consulting. I've done a fair amount of technical writing and ran an editorial board for a while. My day job is now risk consulting, including probabilistic modeling, Excel/VBA, and R. On the side I help manage and preserve a decent chunk of Canadian wilderness, through which in the past couple of years I've become more and more involved in GIS. First, just making a map of the darned thing, but more recently vegetation and land-use analysis, indexing of research notes and wildlife photos, automation so others can use it, and even more recently UAV 2.5D mapping. I'm also a frequent contributor (Q and A) at gis.stackexchange.com Happy also to work on this 4 (or more) hands if anyone else wants to help out. Otherwise, I'll sit back this week and accept with gratitude any additional suggestions of what to cover or how. I'll then come back with a 1st (but doubtlessly incomplete) draft next week. Martin Pergler -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
Hi,
Thanks for stepping up, Martin. I would like to add a single suggestion: to make a clear distinction between QGIS and QGIS Server. If necessary, I can help/review QGIS Server description. Regards, Jorge Gustavo Às 01:15 de 16/02/21, Martin Pergler escreveu: > Happy to take this on (next week, this week is a bit crazy). > I like all 3 examples given: key thing being leading off much more with an > easy-to-understand, illustrated list of main functionality and use cases. > > By way of introduction, 30 years ago I was a software developer, back when > Pascal and C (++ was cutting edge!) were mainstream and Prolog was sexy (at > least for geeks, that is). I then became a mathematician for a while, before > going into business consulting. I've done a fair amount of technical writing > and ran an editorial board for a while. My day job is now risk consulting, > including probabilistic modeling, Excel/VBA, and R. On the side I help > manage and preserve a decent chunk of Canadian wilderness, through which in > the past couple of years I've become more and more involved in GIS. First, > just making a map of the darned thing, but more recently vegetation and > land-use analysis, indexing of research notes and wildlife photos, > automation so others can use it, and even more recently UAV 2.5D mapping. > I'm also a frequent contributor (Q and A) at gis.stackexchange.com > > Happy also to work on this 4 (or more) hands if anyone else wants to help > out. Otherwise, I'll sit back this week and accept with gratitude any > additional suggestions of what to cover or how. I'll then come back with a > 1st (but doubtlessly incomplete) draft next week. > > Martin Pergler > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [hidden email] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > J. Gustavo -- Jorge Gustavo Rocha Departamento de Informática Universidade do Minho 4710-057 Braga Gabinete 3.29 (Piso 3) Tel: +351 253604480 Fax: +351 253604471 Móvel: +351 910333888 skype: nabocudnosor _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
There should be already some description on the QGIS Server documentation: Alexandre Neto A terça, 16/02/2021, 09:11, Jorge Gustavo Rocha <[hidden email]> escreveu: Hi, _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
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Hi Martin, I would like to help you with this in case you need it. I'm fairly comfortable with both QGIS' capabilities and working with Markdown. Do let me know how I can help and how we can collaborate. Thanks! All the best, Ben Hur On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 9:15 AM Martin Pergler <[hidden email]> wrote: Happy to take this on (next week, this week is a bit crazy). _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
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As per the thread last week, with the help of Jorge Gustavo Rocha (regarding
server) and Ben Hur Pintor, I've taken a first crack at revising the Github landing page to be more exciting, up-to-date, and visual. The current draft is at https://github.com/Houska1/QGIS/blob/README-md-update/README.md; all comments welcome (here, there, or by email to [hidden email]). At this stage, I'd love to get buy in on the overall structure, and the choice of the 5 high-level points under Features. We can then hunt for better illustrations for each -- right now, I grabbed something from the user manual or qgis.org gallery for each one, but we can probably do better. Might even make sense to make something custom at a better image size/resolution (but only once we're collectively happy we have the right points to illustrate...). Cheers, Martin -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
Hello everyone, This is my first time replying to these emails since joining the QGIS development list. Besides the landing page, are there any other beginner tasks that you have in mind for someone to begin contributing to this project? Please let me know when you have a moment free. Respectfully, Tyler — On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:54 PM Martin Pergler <[hidden email]> wrote: As per the thread last week, with the help of Jorge Gustavo Rocha (regarding _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
Hi Martin, I have the impression that it's not suitable for small screen ? Do you confirm ? Le mar. 23 févr. 2021 à 09:08, Tyler Eshelman <[hidden email]> a écrit :
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Hi all,
Nice work, Martin! Yes, the text itself and the images are not properly formatted. Right now the goal is to validate and improve the structure and the key arguments, as I understand. Afterwards, images can be improved and properly formatted in markdown. I think everyone can edit this proposal in place, to submit improvements as a PR. Matthias already did it. My contribution just landed there. https://github.com/Houska1/QGIS/edit/README-md-update/README.md Regards, Jorge Às 08:29 de 23/02/21, JD L escreveu: > Hi Martin, > I have the impression that it's not suitable for small screen ? Do you > confirm ? > > > Le mar. 23 févr. 2021 à 09:08, Tyler Eshelman <[hidden email] > <mailto:[hidden email]>> a écrit : > > Hello everyone, > > This is my first time replying to these emails since joining the > QGIS development list. > Besides the landing page, are there any other beginner tasks that > you have in mind for someone to begin contributing to this project? > > Please let me know when you have a moment free. > > Respectfully, > > Tyler > > — > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:54 PM Martin Pergler <[hidden email] > <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote: > > As per the thread last week, with the help of Jorge Gustavo > Rocha (regarding > server) and Ben Hur Pintor, I've taken a first crack at revising > the Github > landing page to be more exciting, up-to-date, and visual. > > The current draft is at > https://github.com/Houska1/QGIS/blob/README-md-update/README.md; all > comments welcome (here, there, or by email to [hidden email] > <mailto:[hidden email]>). > > At this stage, I'd love to get buy in on the overall structure, > and the > choice of the 5 high-level points under Features. We can then > hunt for > better illustrations for each -- right now, I grabbed something > from the > user manual or qgis.org <http://qgis.org> gallery for each one, > but we can probably do better. > Might even make sense to make something custom at a better image > size/resolution (but only once we're collectively happy we have > the right > points to illustrate...). > > Cheers, > Martin > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [hidden email] > <mailto:[hidden email]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [hidden email] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > J. Gustavo -- Jorge Gustavo Rocha Departamento de Informática Universidade do Minho 4710-057 Braga Gabinete 3.29 (Piso 3) Tel: +351 253604480 Fax: +351 253604471 Móvel: +351 910333888 skype: nabocudnosor _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
+1 on adding geometry generators as a bullet point. I was thinking that aside from the screenshot/images, we can also add links directly to the bullet points that would send readers/users to a good resource discussing that bullet point/feature. There are already quite a number of good resources (e.g. videos and blog posts by the community -- videos and posts by Klas, Anita, Nyall, Tim, etc. -- as well as the official documentation) discussing some of the features we want to highlight. Might be good to have those on the README as well. All the best, On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 7:34 PM Jorge Gustavo Rocha <[hidden email]> wrote: Hi all, _______________________________________________ QGIS-Developer mailing list [hidden email] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer |
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