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Chris Spagnuolo writes "My partner in crime, Dave Bouwman, is currently running a survey called "What Do You Do? Geospatial Developer Survey" through May 9, 2008. I took a look at some of the preliminary results this evening and found some very interesting responses (some good...some not so good). Here the blurb on who should take this survey from Dave's blog:
Who should take the survey?
Anyone who writes any code that is geospatial in nature. From the Google Maps Mashup dudes, to those running some geoprocessing tasks with python. If you write code that has anything to do with a map, you're the perfect person to take the survey. Be sure to pass this url around to everyone you work with who is a geospatial developer — the more data points we get, the better. Who knows — we may even be able to influence the content at some conferences... So, if you haven't had a chance to take this yet, it's worth the few minutes it'll take to complete it. Here's the link (for copy pasting to all your developer buddies): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cugzupf5rAG_ 2bIu5WJ_2f7rxQ_3d_3d""
Who should take the survey?
Anyone who writes any code that is geospatial in nature. From the Google Maps Mashup dudes, to those running some geoprocessing tasks with python. If you write code that has anything to do with a map, you're the perfect person to take the survey. Be sure to pass this url around to everyone you work with who is a geospatial developer — the more data points we get, the better. Who knows — we may even be able to influence the content at some conferences... So, if you haven't had a chance to take this yet, it's worth the few minutes it'll take to complete it. Here's the link (for copy pasting to all your developer buddies): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cugzupf5rAG_ 2bIu5WJ_2f7rxQ_3d_3d""
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Chris Spagnuolo writes "I've published the results of the 2008 Agile GIS Survey on my GeoScrum blog. You can also download the full whitepaper and a summary of the results at www.chrisspagnuolo.com. An article on the survey results is also available on Directions Magazine.
I would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their promotion of the Agile GIS Survey: James Fee of Spatially Adjusted and Planet Geospatial , Adena Schutzberg of Directions Magazine , Hilary Perkins of URISA and DTS, Glenn Letham of The AnyGeo Blog, Ron Exler of the GeoFactor, and Agile Commons. I would also like thank Ryan Martens of Rally Software Development for independently reviewing and commenting on the results of this study." The survey was introduced here in early February.
I would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their promotion of the Agile GIS Survey: James Fee of Spatially Adjusted and Planet Geospatial , Adena Schutzberg of Directions Magazine , Hilary Perkins of URISA and DTS, Glenn Letham of The AnyGeo Blog, Ron Exler of the GeoFactor, and Agile Commons. I would also like thank Ryan Martens of Rally Software Development for independently reviewing and commenting on the results of this study." The survey was introduced here in early February.
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Some strange questions!
(Score:2, Insightful)( http://vterrain.org/ )
1.2. "What language do you do most of your work in?"
C++ is not an option. (!)
6.6. "What
If you are a C++ developer refactoring normally, there is no possible correct answer in the choices provided.
7.2. "What tools do you use to generate API documentation?"
Doxygen is not an option. (!)
I don't know what strange alien planet this survey comes from, where a developer has not heard of C++ and Doxygen.