12/08/2011

* A step in the right direction


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Secara rasmi, saya bukan pakar QGIS tapi suka godek-godek Quantum GIS setelah melayari Ubuntu Software Centre memetik perisian-perisian yang dapat ku perolehi secara percuma. Ilmu yang diperolehi itu boleh saya simpan sendiri tetapi sejak menggunapakai Ubuntu sejak tahun 2008,  semangat Sumber Terbuka telah serap kedalam naluri lalu tibanya keinginan untuk berkongsi ilmu tersebut yang pasti akan berguna kepada mereka yang memerlukannya. Saya bermula sedar saya adalah peneraju mempromosi Quantum GIS (QGIS) diMalaysia khususnya sektor awam, saya berpendapat satu langkah untuk mengiatkan penggunaan perisian QGIS adalah dengan penubuhan blog ini dengan harapan ianya akan mewujudkan komuniti QGIS Malaysia kerana inilah cara hidup alam Internet. Lingua franca Internet adalah Bahasa Inggeris, oleh itu, komunikasi dwi-bahasa digalakkan kerana perkembangan ilmu tidak wajar disekat hanya pasal isu bahasa.  Apa jenis kembangan dalam penggunaan QGIS baik atau buruk akan diumumkan sini. Blog ini juga telah mendapat sokongan QGIS Overlord di QGIS forum. Klik tajuk kecil dalam blog akan datang untuk paparan kertas saya. Siapa saya? Kalau ingin tahu, mungkin saudara(i) boleh ke sini.

A step in the right direction
Welcome

For the record, I am no QGIS expert but one who muddles with Quantum GIS after surfing around the Ubuntu Software Centre pinching what I could get for free. I could have kept all this knowledge selfishly to myself but having used Ubuntu since 2008, by then the spirit of Open Source was in me and came this desire to want to share this knowledge I found with others whom I knew would  benefit from it. I soon realized I became a pioneer promoting Quantum GIS (QGIS) in Malaysia especially the public sector, I am of the opinion a step to generate interest in the use of QGIS is to create this blog with the hope it will establish a Malaysian QGIS community. The lingua fraca of the Internet is English so bilingual communication is encouraged as knowledge should not be limited just because of language barrier. All type of development in the use of QGIS good or bad will be made here. This blog has also received support from a QGIS Overlord at QGIS forum. Click sub-titles in the next blog to view my papers. Who am I? To answer that, maybe you should pop over here.

2 comments:

  1. Hi there, I am clueless of obtaining a mapset for Sabah for QGIS. The reason of trying to use QGIS is to know if the area that i am gonna acquire is flooded or not. and also how often does it floods and how long does it take for the water to subside. Do you think you may be kind enough to guild me through obtaining a mapset?

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  2. You require topography maps and for any state comes under the custodianship of the Survey department (www.jupem.gov.my).

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