wiki.GIS.com has been Upgraded
As with any resource, ease of usability is a big factor (at least for me). Well, wiki.GIS.com has been upgraded to do just that – increase the ease of usability. With the newly upgraded wiki, you can now use the editing toolbar to assist you in creating and editing pages. There is a lot of functionality within the editing toolbar – from changing the text to bold and adding internal or external links to creating references and even seeing a preview or the changes made to the page. See the screen shot below for a more detailed look at the editing toolbar:
The editing toolbar with the Advanced functionality opened
The search functionality has also been improved with this upgrade. Now, when you search for a word or some letters within a word, a drop-down menu appears to assist you in either finding the exact word you are looking for or allows you to select the “containing… ” to return pages containing those letters.
Example: wiki.GIS.com Search drop-down
Overall, the usability of wik.GIS.com has been improved and will continue to improve as we move forward. As is the nature of wiki, there is always work to do and ways in which to make it better – both functionally and content-wise. If you have not had a chance to see wiki.GIS.com, create an account, or add some of your GIS knowledge, feel free to join the wiki.GIS.com community and help us to continue to make this an excellent resource for all levels of people using and interested in GIS.
If you are looking for a place to collaborate and share your ideas with other people on the wiki, you can always use the Discussion Room, which is accessible within the ‘Site Management’ links along the left-hand side of any wiki page or create a discussion on a particular wiki page by using the ‘Discussion’ tab.
We are always looking for feedback. To send feedback, click the feedback link located on the bottom of each wiki page or just send us an email to admin@wiki.gis.com.
We hope you enjoy the upgraded wiki and look forward to seeing you around.
-Collin W., wiki.GIS.com Administrator