Great to see that we have both volunteers and ideas flowing for such a
workshop.
I agree with the ideas being suggested so far, and am all for those of
you attending to agree amongst yourselves what the shape of the workshop
should look like.
I think any such workshops are more valuable when you tap into the
personalities, and experience of the presenters.
My thoughts for the presentation have been:
* Quick introduction to Linux/Ubuntu
* Optional: General overview of OSGeo / OGC / OGC standards
* Walk through each category, eg Desktop GIS. Very briefly mention each
OSGeo project in the category (You can draw upon the OSGeo-Live
lightning presentation if you wish). Then pick one of the applications
in the category to explain the concepts. Eg, for Desktop GIS you might
choose QGIS. (The Quickstarts should hopefully contain enough material
for this).
However, I'd prefer local attendees to take the lead and regarding
defining content.
I'll leave it to those of you attending to coordinate amongst each
other. Hopefully one of you will volunteer to take the lead in
coordinating everyone?
And hopefully we can get some updated training content which we can
build into our existing documentation base.
Regards,
Cameron
On 19/03/2015 8:08 am, Daniel Kastl wrote:
> 1. What ideas do people have about what should be included in an
OSGeo-Live
> workshop? What material do people have already which we can
build upon? (We
> have a starting point with our presentation:
> http://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation/index.html )
It's not clear to me how an OSGeo Live workshop would look like. 4
hours of going through each and every Quickstart?
I'm not really convinced that OSGeo Live makes a good workshop.
But I think it's a perfect platform to use for every workshop. Almost
every FOSS4G event now encourages the use of OSGeo Live (or makes it
even mandatory).
Just a few notes based on my experience with OSGeo Live for my own
workshop:
* Installing a workshop package:
It's practically impossible to include every workshop on the ISO,
but having to download and install workshop material is always a
point of failure and just takes time I would like to use for the
workshop. Not sure there is an easy way to do this, maybe a shared
workshop directory, that has a link on the Desktop?
* Very basic "Ubuntu Quickstart"
I think for many workshop participants OSGeo Live is the first
time they use Ubuntu (Linux). It can be tough to follow a workshop
and have to use a completely new OS. Maybe a Desktop background
image could provide the most important information (ie. arrows
pointing to application menu ...)
* Reliability and speed of USB sticks
It just happens too often, that USB sticks with OSGeo Live don't
work as expected for whatever reason. And every event usually
orders its own USB sticks from their dealer of choice.
>
> 3. Who will be at FOSS4G-EU and would be willing to help present
such a workshop?
I will be there.
Best regards,
Daniel
Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan
eMail: daniel.ka...@georepublic.de <mailto:daniel.ka...@georepublic.de>
Web: http://georepublic.info
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