Mapperz

non-gis but latency on the connection try tracert to see how many hops its taking to the server and see how many milliseconds (smaller is better)

Anniversary Today (6 years as Moderators for) @underdark @Whuber @Mapperz

One of the best answers [QGIS] ever (so far) for GIS.SE gis.stackexchange.com/a/233597/276 (detailed)

FYI Feature Request - Documentation Tools meta.gis.stackexchange.com/questions/4497/…

@JNat Static pages are fine, but there was interest with the blog at the start (September 2011) but this diminished quickly, so not to concerned.

@JNat I probably have done the most posts (not for a long while but even that is limited (3 or 4 posts) the question will be where do we migrate it to and how? If more GIS SE members were willing to add content, I would favour the migration of gis.blogoverflow.com

New blog post gis.blogoverflow.com/2013/09/another-look-at-gis-stackexchange [ I hear the empty echo of 9 days ago since the last member was in this room]

@DevdattaTengshe Nexus 7 has a good (quick cold start) gps built in - though you can pair standalone gps devices via Bluetooth- this might be a good GIS-SE question.

@Mintx can go back further (typesetting, camera & litho en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography work) but does not involve computers/databases and a time where maps took time to make.

ALL: Any GIS-SE community member with a rep of 150 and above can vote for April 2013 Moderator Election. Please use your vote: gis.stackexchange.com/election there are 7 days remaining to vote.

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Rebecca there is a post pending - have been away - but can get the ball rolling again once back to into the full routine.

@underdark more than welcome too. I would be interested and expand my QGIS knowledge. I would like to style up some postgis data (road) network and make it presentable (cartographically) to users.

cross posts are good, though yes some back-linking to the GIS SE main site is better. @dassouki - yes you can post it else where - then on the GIS SE blog. Though there does need to be some expanded posts on questions that have been popular or detailed answers that can be expanded for an interesting post. Would like to see a post on the google (like) map in qgis - looks like QGIS can be more cartographic than I thought.

@George what issues do you have with ArcGIS server?

@ChadCooper I have put in a request for GISse to have an official blog. meta.gis.stackexchange.com/questions/576/…

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please move to chat to further discuss this...

We have two new moderators congratulations gis.stackexchange.com/election/4 and thank you to everyone for voting and participating.

Good luck to all candidates in the 2016 Election review Answers meta.gis.stackexchange.com/questions/4333/…

"any community member in good standing with more than 300 reputation may nominate themselves to be a community moderator."

@Nxaunxau @PolyGeo about 30 minutes a day (during breaks at work) less at the weekend.

@PolyGeo @PolyGeo this message sums it up "I only noticed the elections because the top bar was there".... proves more visibility to the Election. There should be some SE system messages coming online today (out of our control) at the start of the nominations. see Nick Craver comments on the post (tagged declined system) meta.stackexchange.com/questions/134789/…

@PolyGeo in previous elections the moderators could (this option is now disabled) send top banner messages (for a set timeframe) to all users, this pointed more eyes on the meta page for the election info.

Results are in meta.gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3742/…

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FYI All Candidates should answer these questions (2 already have) meta.gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3728/…

@DanPatterson vote it counts!

Thanks to all, good luck gang & happy GISse-ing...

@MichaelTodd African or European Swallow? ;)

@RebeccaChernoff diplomatic persuasion to be a good community and highlight their good points.

Good luck to all candidates! have voted for 3 in this room :)

@KirkKuykendall no none so far.

@MichaelMrozek don't mind having a rhombus after my name.... geometry specific there.

@KirkKuykendall there are using it to create a map base to compete with google maps....

@mattwilkie agree non-binding votes (though 3 mods votes can close a post)

@RebeccaChernoff can promote the site whether a mod or not - moderators are to help keep the quality and consistency through the GISse...

@RebeccaChernoff don't we vote for a post to be closed? if 3 moderators is the minimum to close the post should be straightforward correct?

does GISse have a budget? (for online ads etc) - i doubt it - so word of mouth the best way.

@DanPatterson bye see around soon.

@underdark in other forums? GISse frown on this (as discovered in the early days)

How do we promote GISse for a big community base? more blog, twitter posts - any more ideas?

@RebeccaChernoff time is the biggest challenge (how to cover holidays and vacations??)

I don't mind the answering the 'non' PURE GIS questions some lead to a different way of thinking - Server set up is important to delivering a GIS Platform too.

but ESRI do have their own forums.... but GISse does get users faster answers! (bonus)

@MichaelTodd it can get a bit E-S-R-I orientated but thanks to @underdark and QGIS it leads to other ways GIS software can do it for minimum cost and fuss.

@scw and @mattwilkie have done an excellent job would be happy for them to continue if they or voters want them too.

@josh @KirkKuykendall question

@KirkKuykendall GISse is becoming a much healthier resource day thanks to the community as a broad range of questions and fast answers...

On the GISse most days - already approving or rejecting 'new users' edits