19/01/2012

* Training: JPBD Northern Zone Project Office get trained in QGIS







Latihan: Pejabat Projek Zon Utara dapat latihan QGIS

Fadzlan dan saya berada selama 2 hari di Pejabat Projek Utara (PPZU), Alor Setar pada 18-19.1.12 dan berjaya melatih seramai 20 orang dalam QGIS. Bagaimana, talian internet kurang elok maka kami tidak menunjuk kebolehan QGIS untuk mengekploitasikan Google Maps, dll. tetapi saya sempat dual boot-kan 1 komputer dengan Ubuntu kerana komputer makmal tu mengalami kerosakan sistem operasi Windows dan menyulitkan pemasangan QGIS. Apabila peserta-peserta melihat dengan mata kasar betapa laju pengguna dapat menyelari internet dengan Ubuntu, ramai yang ingin komputer masing-masing di dual boot-kan tambah pula mereka tahu QGIS juga terdapat dalam Ubuntu, lalu saya sedekahkan salinan CD Ubuntu tersebut. Sesi latihan tersebut dikatakan berjaya dalam mencapai matlamat agar kakitangan pejabat Utara akan berpindah kepada QGIS. Adalah dijangka lanjutan latihan ni, peserta-peserta latihan akan menjadi jurulatih pula bagi lain-lain pegawai disana. Saya yakin menjelang hujung tahun ni, lebih kurang 80 orang di PPZU akan menggunakan QGIS.

Maklumbalas:

Siti Salha Ishak
Very friendly, easy to manage, simple

Norhasliza Din
Easy to manage, It's a good software

Che Puan Jusoh
QGIS ini menarik. Perlu lebih masa dan kelas lanjutan

Fuziah Said
Very user friendly, simple, free of charge

Masturah Lok Ahmad
Easy to manage, it's free software

Rosli Hashim
Free software to download, easy to understand  but need more practical hands-on

Noor Azlin Anta Omar
Mesra pengguna, mudah untuk dipelajar dan fahami

Zaiton Saffiee
Program yang amat friendly bagi pengguna-pengguna GIS, perlu lebih masa untuk mempelajari sistem QGIS

Kuang
It's good for us because we cannot get propreitary software

Ovi
Quite user-friendly, takes time to learn more

Nor Zuhaizan Zulkifli
Mudah difahami bagi yang tidak mahir dengan MapInfo, senang untuk digunakan, aplikasi percuma

Siti Sarah Bakar @ Saad
Bagus sebab free download, cuma perlu libih banyak belajar untuk orang yang peringkat beginner GIS seperti saya.

Ismail Aziz
Free software, jimat-ini yang penting, kebiasaan menggunakan MapInfo jika nak guna untuk Jabatan kena buat pelarasan maklumat, mudah difahami

Ali Che Mat
Agak mudah kena kerap selalu latihan, galakkan dari pihak atasan

Ahmad Khadri Othman
User friendly, mudah dan sangat senang digunakan dalam tugas seharian (kerja-kerja gunatanah)

Mohd Hidzer Osman
Mesra pengguna, suatu perisian yang baik dan mudah dipelajari, laithan amalai perlu dibuat sekurang-kurang-nya 2 hari kerana banyak lagi ikon dan arahan yang tidak didedahkan, teknik editing seperti trim dan erase "outside" seperti MapInfo tidak dapat ditunjukkan semasa kursus berjalan.

Training: JPBD Northern Zone Project Office get trained in QGIS

Fadzlan and me spent 2 days at the Northern Project Office (PPZU) at Alor Setar on 18-19.1.12 and successfully trained 20 people in QGIS. However, the internet line was slow so we could not fully show QGIS's potential at exploiting Google Maps etc. but I managed to help dual boot a computer with Ubuntu since one of the lab computers had a faulty Windows operating system making it difficult to install QGIS. When they all saw how comparatively faster surfing on Ubuntu was, many were anxious to have their own computer dual booted also having found that a Ubuntu QGIS was also there, so I gave them my copy of Ubuntu. I would say the training session was successful in meeting the goal to get the staff to migrate to QGIS. It is expected they will later be trainers to train the rest of the staff there. I am confident that by the end of the year about 80 people at PPZU will be using QGIS.

2 comments:

  1. Its good to see that even though I have moved half way round the world that QGIS is alive and kicking here in Malaysia! I work in flood risk management and having worked with the QGIS guys in Europe I am training my staff to use QGIS (open source, no license fees and as good, if not better, than the alternatives). Is there much of a community here in KL or Malaysia?

    Matt

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  2. Hardly. Firstly, it was only promoted in 2009. Secondly, there's resistance from a legacy of proprietary GIS but breaking down because govt fund has been limited. Last year we trained the Ministry of Education so that should snowball on their own to their regional branches. Beginning this year, my department began QGIS training our 4 regional project office so by year's end QGIS users should run into hundreds. This year we plan to promote PostgreSQL-PostGIS at every state planning dept so if well received, QGIS will dominate town planning depts nationwide. This is the year for the growth of QGIS throughout my dept and I aim to see it materialize.

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