Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS uninstalled after GDAL PPA install

2020-02-24 Thread Alex Mandel
Keep in mind when using PPAs you can easily remove them with ppa-purge (see #4 on https://itsfoss.com/how-to-remove-or-delete-ppas-quick-tip/ ) You might need to drop your PPAs, revert back to the default versions of QGIS, then add back in the repos you need. Thanks, Alex On 2/24/20 9:58 AM, J.

Re: [Qgis-user] Re-centering Map projection

2019-07-30 Thread Alex Mandel
The challenge is that the projection parameters need to change as you recenter the map. This sounds like maybe you want Google Earth like behavior, or perhaps and open source alternative like Marble https://marble.kde.org/ I'm not sure what the status of QGIS Globe plugin is... Thanks, Alex

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS3 macOS GRASS issues

2018-12-20 Thread Alex Mandel
Also seems the move from python2 to python3 may be related. Keep an eye on this bug too https://github.com/OSGeo/homebrew-osgeo4mac/issues/452 Thanks, Alex On 12/20/18 22:39, Alex Mandel wrote: > Stace, > > FYI, your post got buried as reply to a different thread, so some people >

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS3 macOS GRASS issues

2018-12-20 Thread Alex Mandel
Stace, FYI, your post got buried as reply to a different thread, so some people might miss it. Looking at the error, it sounds like a classic python problem where someone used spaces sometimes and tabs other times. What type of file is grass74? > TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in

Re: [Qgis-user] [QGIS-Developer] QGIS Processing "R" Provider -- 3.x beta available

2018-11-15 Thread Alex Mandel
Nyall, I can confirm the plugin loads without error on QGIS 3.4.1, Ubuntu 16.04 I'll need to find an R script or two to test with. Thanks this is very appreciated, Alex On 11/15/18 14:34, Nyall Dawson wrote: > Hi lists, > > Just a quick announcement that the Processing provider for R scripts >

Re: [Qgis-user] Idea: Crowd-sourcing a batch-georeferencer plugin withQR code ?

2018-02-03 Thread Alex Mandel
I think you undervalue what's been done. See the code base, and re-use/adapt whatever components you want. You can run your own custom version. https://github.com/fieldpapers Could even integrate it with QGIS as a plugin, or flip that around and use QGIS server to create the tile layer used in

Re: [Qgis-user] Web menu item disappeared

2017-04-17 Thread Alex Mandel
Do you have any Web plugins activated. I think the menu visibility is tied to plugins being activated. Thanks, Alex On 04/15/2017 05:59 PM, Grant Boxer wrote: > I tried installing QGIS v2.18.6 but then the SCP plugin failed to work. I > have re-installed v2.18.5 but now my Web menu item has

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS airlines: connecting airports with lines ?

2017-03-26 Thread Alex Mandel
It's not super hard. 1. Download the data 2. Import it to GIS (probably comes in text file, so some conversion will be needed.) 3. Densify the lines, or create lines between the pairs of airports. Point 2 Lines plugin should help. You need to make sure to add nodes along the way (Densify),

Re: [Qgis-user] How to edit repetitive data in QGIS

2016-12-15 Thread Alex Mandel
All those solutions are possible good options. To answer the direct question in case you need to know, you have turn on editing (Toggle Edit) of a layer before you can edit, and this is only available on some data format (so make sure you import your data to Spatialite, Shapefile or another

Re: [Qgis-user] Antarctic polar stereographic graticules (composer)

2016-06-02 Thread Alex Mandel
You have to do it this way in the Composer, the whole point of a a geographic grid is to put it on a non-geographic projection map, for navigation purposes. This is clearly a bug. -Alex On 06/02/2016 05:51 AM, Nicolas Cadieux wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to understand. You said " I had some

Re: [Qgis-user] Antarctic polar stereographic graticules (composer)

2016-06-02 Thread Alex Mandel
For smoother lines you can use my Lines Graticule (pyGraticule) maker in in the Processing toolbox, scripts from online. As for the 180, I had the same issue. I can't get any lines to show up between 170 <-> -170, though my polygon renders correctly through that area. This seems to be some sort

Re: [Qgis-user] Extra lines to origin

2016-03-15 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/15/2016 11:02 AM, Adam Dershowitz wrote: > I have a DWG fie that was provided to me. If I use any of a few viewers it > appears to be correct. I then used TeighaFileConverter to convert it to a > DXF file, and again it appears to be correct. But, when I import it into > qgis, the

Re: [Qgis-user] Virtual rasters and relative paths

2016-03-11 Thread Alex Mandel
On 2016-02-25 07:25, Richard Burkmar wrote: > I created a virtual raster from a number of raster files (jpegs) all in one > folder through the interface available from Raster>Miscellaneous>Build > Virtual Raster. I saved the VRT file to the same folder as the raster > images. I open as a VRT and

Re: [Qgis-user] R in QGIS on OSX using Kyngchaos build

2016-03-05 Thread Alex Mandel
I've been meaning to play with this too. I assumed it used rpy2 but maybe that is not the case. Looking at https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/training_manual/processing/r_intro.html https://docs.qgis.org/2.8/en/docs/user_manual/processing/3rdParty.html There's nothing about external

Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with QGIS2leaf

2016-02-19 Thread Alex Mandel
It sounds like you have an accented character in the name of your layer. This is a bug, but a limitation you might just need to work around for now. Try renaming your layers, including their original files names before running the tool. Also file a bug with the developers of the plugin. I believe

Re: [Qgis-user] About Commercial use of QGIS

2016-01-17 Thread Alex Mandel
On 01/17/2016 08:18 AM, Tejas Godbole wrote: > Respected Sir / Madam, > > I am Tejas Godbole from Pune. I just now started working as a Freelancer. > > I have approached by the client & client asks me for a quotation. > > So, I want to know about commercial use of QGIS. I am intend to charge

Re: [Qgis-user] GeoServer online

2016-01-04 Thread Alex Mandel
On 01/04/2016 03:33 AM, "Sebastian Teßmer" wrote: > Hello everybody, > > and a Happy New Year! > > I have a question for GeoServer. I use it as a Web server for my geodata. > With "localhost" everything works great, but does anyone know how I > the data online can call? I need an explanation on

Re: [Qgis-user] Who is in charge of qgisforum.org ?

2015-12-30 Thread Alex Mandel
Whois says: Roi Hojgaard Hovedstaden - Copenhagen I'll note, QGIS used to have a forum. PSC retired it in favor of http://gis.stackexchange.com/ There was a constant debate, since many QGIS experts were only on the mailing lists (and wanted to stay there) and not the forums. -Alex On

Re: [Qgis-user] Projection like Google Earth?

2015-12-17 Thread Alex Mandel
Not a solution but a related interesting way to think of it. http://cartography.oregonstate.edu/demos/AdaptiveCompositeMapProjections/ -Alex On 12/17/2015 04:30 AM, Joris Hintjens wrote: > Thanks Paolo and Alex. > > Alex: I remember now that I had installed Globe plugin, but (on my mac) it >

Re: [Qgis-user] Generalize slope map in QGIS

2015-12-09 Thread Alex Mandel
In the Processing toolbox under GRASS: r.resamp.stats https://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/r.resamp.stats.html Enjoy, Alex On 12/09/2015 04:53 PM, Eddison Araya wrote: > Hello friends (as) I made a map of terrain slopes percentage. > > The map has a pixel size of 10 * 10 meters and desire

Re: [Qgis-user] Project file format

2015-11-25 Thread Alex Mandel
On 11/25/2015 05:05 AM, James Keener wrote: > If I wanted to embark on a fools errand of storing a project in a database, > in a structured manner, is there a spec for the project file format, or is it > what it is? > > Please ask this question on the qgis-developer mailing list (and other

Re: [Qgis-user] Interpolation with breaklines

2015-11-20 Thread Alex Mandel
On 11/20/2015 02:56 AM, Neumann, Andreas wrote: > > > Hi, > > At my workplace we have to generate terrain models (contour lines) from > irregularly input points with heights. We also have break lines (e.g. > walls) that we would like to take into account during interpolation. > > While

Re: [Qgis-user] Projections Not Recognized

2015-11-15 Thread Alex Mandel
Those projections are not identical. NAD83 and NAD83_HARN differ, the later having a higher precision do to corrections made to NAD83 in the 1990s. Looking in QGIS I do see StatePlane HARN EPSG:102348 for North EPSG:102349 for South Here's the prj I get making a fresh layer from EPSG:102348

Re: [Qgis-user] Projections Not Recognized

2015-11-15 Thread Alex Mandel
r > someone new, like me, it helps knowing the projections. > > Thanks, > Clifford > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Clifford Snow <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> > wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com>

Re: [Qgis-user] GEOJSON Marker colours

2015-10-30 Thread Alex Mandel
That said, there are some potential workarounds. If this is for a web map you could 1. save the style to SLD, then reapply the SLD with your web js code or 2. Save the style information into columns of your attribute table and the use code to rextract those components to be useful. The QGIS2leaf

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 2.12 packaging for Ubuntu 14.04?

2015-10-30 Thread Alex Mandel
I think Jurgen decided to keep ubuntugis at the LTS and push the newer ones on qgis.org, since you can only have 1 version in a given repo. Both are built against ubuntugis dependencies. But to get 2.12 you have to have both the qgis.org ubuntugis repo and the ubuntugis-unstable repo. This

Re: [Qgis-user] Fwd: QGIS hardware recommendations?

2015-10-21 Thread Alex Mandel
On 10/21/2015 07:55 AM, Nicolas Cadieux wrote: > Hi, > I think this message never made it to the server. Apologies if it did. > > Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc. > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Nicolas Cadieux > Date: Oct 19, 2015 14:57 > Subject: QGIS

Re: [Qgis-user] Incredibly slow performance using QGIS v2.10

2015-08-30 Thread Alex Mandel
Kenneth, How many records, and how much memory do the files take on disc? Are you joining the SHP and the CSV and then doing Dissolve? Did you save the joined layer to a new file? Does this shapefile have a spatial index created? Is the topology of the polygons clean (are there self

Re: [Qgis-user] Incredibly slow performance using QGIS v2.10

2015-08-30 Thread Alex Mandel
, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Alex Mandel lt; [hidden email] gt; wrote: lt;blockquote style=quot;border-left:2px solid #cc;padding:0 1emquot; style=quot;margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1exquot;gt;Kenneth, How many records, and how much memory do the files take

Re: [Qgis-user] Conversion from World to Geo coordinates

2015-08-12 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/11/2015 01:39 PM, Tudorache, Marian wrote: Hi everyone, I currently have some GIS data using the world format x and y where those were obtained by approximate the Earth with a modified GRS80 datum where the Semi-major axis = Semi-minor axis = 6381711.641389. I would like to know if

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 2.10 + GRASS - changes in behaviour?

2015-08-11 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/11/2015 02:23 PM, Carlos Grohmann wrote: Hi all, After upgrading to 2.10 (running kyngschaos pkgs on OS X), I noticed that the add grass raster layer and add grass vector layer button from the GRASS plugin are gone. Is this a bug or there were changes in 2.10 related to GRASS layers?

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files

2015-08-10 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/10/2015 12:49 PM, Springfield Harrison wrote: Hello Paolo, Good that you can report a different experience, hopefully a better one than mine. My operating system is W7 and I have many years of experience in GIS, mostly Manifold. I have received several suggestions for

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files

2015-08-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Harrison wrote: Hello Alex, Further to my last, for Vector Save As, I couldn't find any option to save it as a raster file. Is there some other place to look? Thanks again, Cheers . . . . . . . . Spring Harrison At 08-08-2015 12:07 Saturday, Alex Mandel wrote

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files

2015-08-09 Thread Alex Mandel
Saturday, Alex Mandel wrote: Save the whole map, it's on the main File menu, it just saves the current canvas. If you already have a list of gcps you can skip that step Example http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/107298/process-to-georeference-corners-of-vector-file Enjoy, Alex On 08

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files

2015-08-08 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/06/2015 11:08 AM, Springfield Harrison wrote: Hello All, Is there a tool/plugin for georeferencing vector files to an existing projected layer? I'm intending to bring in property survey drawings that have only local coordinates but projected coordinates (UTM) are available for some

Re: [Qgis-user] Any working GRASS in QGIS available?

2015-08-02 Thread Alex Mandel
02.08.2015, 01:22 Uhr, schrieb Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com: It's not a Windows/Ubuntu/Mac/OS thing, it's a QGIS + GRASS version change thing. Please indicate which version of QGIS and GRASS you are trying to get working. Actually I do not mind any more what version I would like to get

Re: [Qgis-user] Any working GRASS in QGIS available? - Processing Bug?

2015-08-02 Thread Alex Mandel
02.08.2015, 22:44 Uhr, schrieb Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com: After some brief testing, my OSGeoLive 8.5 VM with QGIS 2.6 and Processing 2.9.3, GRASS 7 works. My QGIS 2.8, GRASS 6/7, Processing 2.10.1 does not. Gave Windows another try: Removed everything, and installed the simple

Re: [Qgis-user] Any working GRASS in QGIS available?

2015-08-01 Thread Alex Mandel
It's not a Windows/Ubuntu/Mac/OS thing, it's a QGIS + GRASS version change thing. Please indicate which version of QGIS and GRASS you are trying to get working. QGIS 2.6 and older works with GRASS 6, 2.8+ sometimes is built to work with GRASS 7 (though possibly also with GRASS 6). If you want a

Re: [Qgis-user] Question on default file formats

2015-07-28 Thread Alex Mandel
It's more elaborate than that. Not all applications in the toolbox can read Spatialite yet either (e.g. SAGA). So the intermediate is something all the tools can use. At some point the toolbox might get developed to were any ogr data source can be used for the intermediates, but it isn't there

Re: [Qgis-user] TIGER projection question

2015-07-27 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/26/2015 08:40 AM, Andre Joost wrote: Am 26.07.2015 um 17:09 schrieb James Keener: This has been bothering me for days and I think I realize why: It's valid on the outside of the rectangle and the marker in the middle isn't to denote which part is valid, it's just the center of the map

Re: [Qgis-user] Live DVD advice

2015-06-29 Thread Alex Mandel
Spatialite tends to be a drop in replacement for Postgis for these kinds of things. As pointed out, another way to go would be to use TileStache+Spatialite+CartoCSS(Import to TileMill/Mapbox studio, then export to Mapnik xml)+Mapnik Thanks, Alex On 06/27/2015 05:19 PM, James Keener wrote: Ah,

Re: [Qgis-user] optimal route plugin?

2015-06-26 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/26/2015 08:54 AM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote: Hello all, Sorry if this is a common question. Is there a plugin to help with calculating optimal driving routes? I have a number of addresses to visit and need to figure out the most efficient route and order to visit them. This would be

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS-R

2015-06-11 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/10/2015 09:12 PM, Daniel Torres wrote: Hi every one, I'm having a hard time with Sextante and R. I'm trying to make a little script to calculate the sum of a variable per cathegory, the script runs in R, but I can't understand how to make it work in QGIS... I haven't found many

Re: [Qgis-user] Opengeo (Geoserver) - QGIS 1:n relations

2015-06-09 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/08/2015 07:00 AM, Pedro wrote: Hi, I'm using Opengeo plugin in QGIS top publish at Geoserver. Have a problem that I don't know how to handle it. At QGIS Project Properties established a relationship between two postgis tables (1:n). So when when I open an object editor got the

Re: [Qgis-user] Import to SpatiaLite from file geodatabase

2015-05-24 Thread Alex Mandel
Of course that won't work in this case as DBF does not support Date-time in a single field. Back to the original question, if I'm understanding you are importing 2+ tables and joins between those tables aren't working when you try to join by Date-Time? If you really want things to work in SQLite

Re: [Qgis-user] Using Nasa's Visible Earth images with Qgis

2015-05-24 Thread Alex Mandel
On 05/24/2015 08:02 PM, Joe Lertola wrote: Hello, -Joe I would like to download Nasa’s Visible Earth images then load them into Qgis and then use the Clipper command to clip out rectangular portions with specific latitude/longitude boundaries. The Nasa images are available here:

[Qgis-user] Fwd: Re: Points in Polygon

2015-05-15 Thread Alex Mandel
. Please the attached .dmp file converted to txt. Thank you for the help. Joseph On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: Does it matter what Point and Polygon layers are used (e.g. can you try some others, maybe even handmade 1 polygon 2 points). Also

Re: [Qgis-user] Points in Polygon

2015-05-15 Thread Alex Mandel
Does it matter what Point and Polygon layers are used (e.g. can you try some others, maybe even handmade 1 polygon 2 points). Also attach or post to the internet the .dmp file mentioned in that image. That is the error log. Thanks, Alex On 05/15/2015 12:17 PM, Joseph Sloop wrote: To All: I am

Re: [Qgis-user] Ubuntu-unstable: New gdal and no QGIS 2.8.2

2015-05-13 Thread Alex Mandel
This issue is known to the Ubuntugis Team. Basically the QGIS package needs to be rebuilt after GDAL was upgraded but it a snag on GRASS versioning. Hopefully will be fixed soon. In the mean time the suggestion of combining qgis.org and ubuntugis repos works. Or skip the upgrade for now until

Re: [Qgis-user] Raster file format

2015-05-02 Thread Alex Mandel
Just add Deflate or LZW compression to your tif (both are loseless, JPG is not). The output files will be 10%-50% the size of the original in most cases. See the following post for a comparison of settings. http://linfiniti.com/2011/05/gdal-efficiency-of-various-compression-algorithms/ Enjoy,

Re: [Qgis-user] Rendering of Images in QGIS 2.6x +

2015-03-27 Thread Alex Mandel
This might be a side effect of Caching or Multi-core rendering. Try toggling the modes in Settings-Options-Rendering and report back. Thanks, Alex On 03/27/2015 07:41 PM, SBP wrote: Maybe my subject line was not clear. There is a Bug is QGIS versions post 2.2 wherein raster images have issues

Re: [Qgis-user] BBox Filter for WFS

2015-03-26 Thread Alex Mandel
That's exactly how I would expect it to work. To cache a whole WFS and start seems overboard, in that case why wouldn't you just download the data set. BBOX is a must for web services as a main part of the purpose is to allow users to only grab the part they need when they need it. Thanks, Alex

Re: [Qgis-user] rule based classification - attribute based on other layer

2015-03-25 Thread Alex Mandel
Maybe but only if you table join 1st (or spatial join). Are you trying to style feature A if it intersects with layer B features? Purely based on comparison of values is kinda unusual and probably doesn't exist yet. Sounds like you are trying Red if valueA max(layer B value)? Thanks, Alex On

Re: [Qgis-user] Layer doesn't change export to pdf

2015-03-22 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/22/2015 02:15 PM, Chris House wrote: Hi all, This is my first email and I'm not 100% on protocol. I exported to a pdf from print composer. One of the layers were symbololized using inverted shapeburst polygons. After the first export I changed the starting color of the shapeburst.

Re: [Qgis-user] Snap Raster

2015-03-20 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/20/2015 12:20 AM, Leo Kris Palao wrote: Hi QGIS Users, Would like to inquire if there is an option in GDAL or in QGIS GUI to snap cells of the other raster to another raster layer. Reason for this is that, I have a raster projected in WGS 84 then I would like to project it to MODIS

Re: [Qgis-user] Plugin challenge: Landsat AWS PDS integration

2015-03-19 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/19/2015 07:13 PM, maning sambale wrote: Just saw this news of LANDSAT8 streaming archive from Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/start-using-landsat-on-aws/ Would be a nice qgis plugin to integrate. :) Just keep in mind it's only free if you are using it on Amazon servers. So

Re: [Qgis-user] Transferring QGIS work when you used a PostGIS database

2015-03-04 Thread Alex Mandel
On 03/04/2015 09:20 PM, Leahy, Thomas A. wrote: Hello, If I just use shape and raster files it is fairly easy for me to give someone all my QGIS work on a USB stick as it uses relative directory references as long as everything is below the Project Directory they can use it as I did.

Re: [Qgis-user] LecoS

2015-02-22 Thread Alex Mandel
On 02/22/2015 01:19 PM, Susan Iremonger wrote: Hi, first time using this mailing list, apologies if I am making errors with whom to sent it to. I am asking for info about a plugin called LecoS - Landscape Ecology Statistics. When I tried to load it (I am using QGIS Brighton) I got a message

Re: [Qgis-user] LecoS

2015-02-22 Thread Alex Mandel
for that, sadly I think that sounds a bit beyond my capabilities. I am using Windows 8.1. I shall look into it further and see if I can get some advice on how to do that. Thanks. Susan. On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: On 02/22/2015 01:19 PM

Re: [Qgis-user] LecoS

2015-02-22 Thread Alex Mandel
data into Fragstats from QGIS too as an alternative... http://www.umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html On Feb 22, 2015, at 3:41 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: I believe OSGeo4W includes Scipy. If you used the QGIS standalone installer you probably don't

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencer formulas

2015-02-19 Thread Alex Mandel
On 02/19/2015 09:37 AM, yannis.forums wrote: Hi all Does anyone know where I can find the formulas used for the transformations in georeferencer module? Yannis Yanniris GDAL source code. Polynomial seems to be in http://www.gdal.org/gvgcpfit_8h_source.html Best to ask on the GDAL

Re: [Qgis-user] Deploying Qgis in an organisation.

2015-02-14 Thread Alex Mandel
There is a slight speed penalty depending on your network to putting shared applications on a network drive. You might want to consider using a deployment tool like Puppet to keep the plugins folder up to date and in sync across machines. -Alex On 02/14/2015 03:20 AM, Bo Victor Thomsen wrote:

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! I cannot save my projects

2015-02-14 Thread Alex Mandel
Hmm, that idea just made me think that using version control on a QGIS project file could be useful. Since it's text based any of the VCS systems out there would be good, like GIT. Just a way to keep your folder less cluttered and always reversible. But yes your method works. Wonder if a plugin

Re: [Qgis-user] Build raster cataloge from directory and subdirectories with only one type of files?

2015-02-05 Thread Alex Mandel
On 02/05/2015 10:17 AM, Johan Nilsson wrote: Using QGIS 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 It is possible to Build Virtual Raster and select directory but only take one type of files, fore instance *.asc and not *.tif? You may select file-types, but only if you select input files not input directory

Re: [Qgis-user] R: Re: Aerograms style

2015-01-23 Thread Alex Mandel
Yes, you can make those http://darrencope.com/2011/11/01/qgis-diagrams-pie-charts-for-symbols/ Diagrams or Charts are the more common english term. Enjoy, Alex On 01/23/2015 03:36 AM, labiancamaril...@libero.it wrote: Hi, I meant that I have seen in several atlases that on map instead of

Re: [Qgis-user] Aerograms style

2015-01-22 Thread Alex Mandel
On 01/22/2015 12:02 PM, Andre Joost wrote: Am 21.01.2015 um 20:16 schrieb labiancamaril...@libero.it: Dear all, I would like to customize the map using the style as aerograms to show the intensity of a phenomenon, but I do not find this option in QGIS. Can anyone help me? I am not sure

Re: [Qgis-user] Editing shapefile attributes in QGIS

2014-12-19 Thread Alex Mandel
Actually the issue is that Excel 2007 and later no longer allow Saving DBF without add-ons (3rd party). Only LibreOffice or OpenOffice still support that. So yes if you can use Table Manager and built in tools to QGIS that would provide less headache long term, manually adding columns to dbf is a

Re: [Qgis-user] reload WMS raster

2014-12-14 Thread Alex Mandel
Tile size is size in pixels of each image request. If you split a WMS request into parts, they can often be rendered, and downloaded separate in parallel from the backend web server. Note most WMTS, TMS and other tile services use a standard of 256x256. So you are saving time on the server side

Re: [Qgis-user] open file .mxd

2014-12-11 Thread Alex Mandel
On 12/11/2014 10:04 AM, Maria Susana Lopreiato wrote: Hi everybody, i want to know if know how to open files .mxd in qgis Thank you María No, you can't open .mxd. That format has not been reverse engineered to my knowledge by any non-ESRI applications. Thanks, Alex

Re: [Qgis-user] Spatialite queries return text instead of numeric values

2014-12-10 Thread Alex Mandel
On 12/10/2014 09:55 AM, Goyo wrote: 2014-12-10 1:50 GMT+01:00 Alexandre Neto senhor.n...@gmail.com: Hello, When querying a spatialite database in the database manager, if you create some calculations (say add two columns values) the resulting column returns as TEXT instead of the expected

Re: [Qgis-user] Spatialite queries return text instead of numeric values

2014-12-10 Thread Alex Mandel
: SELECT *, cast((coluna2/1.0) as real) AS test_field FROM testes I get the same. Thanks for the help. Alexandre Neto On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: On 12/10/2014 09:55 AM, Goyo wrote: 2014-12-10 1:50 GMT+01:00 Alexandre

Re: [Qgis-user] Importing SVG files for symbols

2014-12-09 Thread Alex Mandel
This page shows the process: http://learninggis.com/gis-resources/qgis-oilandgas-symbol Thanks, Alex On 12/09/2014 08:03 AM, Ludwig Gamsjäger wrote: I would need some help to import svg symbols into QGIS Brighton. My main problem is that there is no documentation (or I can’t find it) how

Re: [Qgis-user] Importing SVG files for symbols

2014-12-09 Thread Alex Mandel
, thanks, Ludwig -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Alex Mandel [mailto:tech_...@wildintellect.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 09. Dezember 2014 18:37 An: Ludwig Gamsjäger; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] Importing SVG files for symbols This page shows the process

Re: [Qgis-user] Importing Google Maps

2014-11-26 Thread Alex Mandel
You want the OpenLayers Plugin. Maps Engine plugin imports layers you've made on the online maps engine (My maps) feature of google. -Alex On 11/25/2014 11:35 PM, Brett Adams wrote: Folks, I'm want to bring Google maps, specifically satellite imagery, into QGIS 2.6. I've been

Re: [Qgis-user] [QGIS-user] Prompt for projection when importing raster - QGIS 2.6

2014-11-26 Thread Alex Mandel
On 11/26/2014 05:45 PM, Brett Adams wrote: Hi Folks, How do I set QGIS 2.6 to prompt for projection when importing a raster file with a projection it doesn't recognise? The TIF images are GDA94/MGA zone51 but for some reason it doesn't always recognise the projection.I know

Re: [Qgis-user] 2.6 very slow to render

2014-11-24 Thread Alex Mandel
On 11/24/2014 05:51 PM, Brett Adams wrote: Hi Folks, Just upgraded from 1.8 to 2.6. 2.6 is amazingly slow in the render control and rerendering compared to 1.8. Almost unusable. 1.8 runs perfect. Fast, efficient, no complaints. This has to be local to my machine,

Re: [Qgis-user] Android Camera App with compass bearing

2014-11-04 Thread Alex Mandel
On 11/04/2014 04:55 AM, Zoltan Szecsei wrote: Hi, I need to do a field trip and take some photos. I've been googling around, but cannot find an app that will burn both GPS position _and compass bearing_ into either the image, or just the exif data for that image. Anyone got any experience

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 32 or 64-bit

2014-11-02 Thread Alex Mandel
We should be clear in this conversation, all of these recommendations apply to Windows only and may apply to the current version as later versions might remove the remaining barriers to full 64 bit for everyone. Linux - there's no reason to use 32 bit. Mac - I'm not sure what the builds typically

Re: [Qgis-user] Export WKT format

2014-10-20 Thread Alex Mandel
That sounds like it's hitting some sort of line limit. Might be a bug in OGR. You could try writing WKT to a column first, but it would have to be in a layer type that supports long text fields. That said WKT is not a great format for complex geometries. Perhaps you can tell us your goal and we

Re: [Qgis-user] Export WKT format

2014-10-20 Thread Alex Mandel
. The problem is with exporting the WKT using a specified projection. At the moment I have to export an intermediate format to get the projection right, then load that back in and copy/paste for the WKT. I am now looking into using KML or GML instead. On 20/10/2014 18:26, Alex Mandel wrote

Re: [Qgis-user] Non Earth projection

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/30/2014 03:10 AM, Priscilla Maisie wrote: Hi, I need to work in a non earth map projection system. Can't locate the option on qgis. Is there a way I can create this? Regards, Priscilla Yes you can create your own projection in Settings-Custom CRS. You'll need to create your own

Re: [Qgis-user] Non Earth projection

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Mandel
in terms. Regards, Mats.E 2014-09-30 18:06 GMT+02:00 Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com: On 09/30/2014 03:10 AM, Priscilla Maisie wrote: Hi, I need to work in a non earth map projection system. Can't locate the option on qgis. Is there a way I can create this? Regards, Priscilla Yes

Re: [Qgis-user] exporting text to Illustrator?

2014-09-19 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/18/2014 10:40 PM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote: Hello, I'm working on a map with a large number of labeled streets. I exported the map to Illustrator by saving as SVG. But the exported labels do not seem to have arrived as editable text. I have searched around on the web for a solution, but

Re: [Qgis-user] exporting text to Illustrator?

2014-09-19 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/18/2014 11:24 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: On 09/18/2014 10:40 PM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote: Hello, I'm working on a map with a large number of labeled streets. I exported the map to Illustrator by saving as SVG. But the exported labels do not seem to have arrived as editable text. I have

Re: [Qgis-user] [Solved] exporting text to Illustrator?

2014-09-19 Thread Alex Mandel
at export. Here's a video showing the procedure (sorry no mic so no audio) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2j-o8XhoI4feature=em-upload_owner Enjoy, Alex On 09/19/2014 11:26 AM, Alex Mandel wrote: On 09/18/2014 11:24 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: On 09/18/2014 10:40 PM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote: Hello

Re: [Qgis-user] Accuracy of image export dependent on CPU?

2014-09-18 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/18/2014 10:27 AM, RKaplan wrote: I've developed an AutoCAD based application that imports geo aligned image markers (blocks) into a plan using EXIF metadata from images taken by GPS enabled cameras. The base drawing consists of a JPEG image exported from QGIS (Chugiak 2.4.0

Re: [Qgis-user] Interpolation

2014-09-18 Thread Alex Mandel
All the rage at http://2014.FOSS4g.org - Structure From Motion. Basically using airphotos to build a 3d mesh model of an area with classic photogrammetry calculations automated. Photos need not be from directly overhead. Specifically see the talks by Stephen Mather and Aaron Racicot. The open

Re: [Qgis-user] Interpolation

2014-09-18 Thread Alex Mandel
on a model of the RF itself. If the photography is high enough resolution and taken from low enough the individual plants themselves might show up. From: Alex Mandel [tech_...@wildintellect.com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:21 PM To: Michael.Dodd

Re: [Qgis-user] Displaying vector maps from a Grass Database

2014-09-05 Thread Alex Mandel
On 09/05/2014 08:13 AM, manuel.martin wrote: Hi all, when I try displaying, in Qgis 2.0.1, a vector map from a Grass 7 database, Qgis fails at detecting layers and gives me back a No layers available in this map. Any idea why this happens and how to bypass this? My OS is Ubuntu 14.04 but

Re: [Qgis-user] unable to open the QGIS Tab

2014-08-29 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/29/2014 05:42 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Il 29/08/2014 14:20, Agrawal, Dinesh (NSN - IN/Kolkata) ha scritto: Please suggest where I am doing mistake, my other friends are using this. Please, first of all upgrade to QGIS 2.4. All the best. Well to be more clear, use the following

Re: [Qgis-user] openstreetmap problem

2014-08-29 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/29/2014 11:03 AM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote: Hello all, I'm a QGIS newbie. I'm working on a project involving making a map of the Croix-Rousse in Lyon France. I need the street grid and a few landmarks such has churches, parks, and plazas. I'm having frequent shutdowns when working with

Re: [Qgis-user] Why is QGIS 2.4 using Spatialite 3 instead of Saptialite 4?

2014-08-15 Thread Alex Mandel
On 08/15/2014 07:58 PM, undata12 wrote: I am using QGIS 2.4 on Ubuntu 12.04. QGIS reports that it is using Spatialite 3. Spatialite 4 is a dependency of Grass and is installed. Shouldn't QGIS 2.4 be using Spatialite 4 also? I get an error when I try to connect to a Spatialite database that

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS from External drive ?

2014-08-11 Thread Alex Mandel
You might want to contact Hamish in New Zealand. He also does ship based GIS, and is a core contributor to OSGeo-Live partly because he uses it on research missions. It can be run from an external drive (including flash drive), it just requires rebooting the computer. Thanks, Alex On

Re: [Qgis-user] Plugin's

2014-08-08 Thread Alex Mandel
You'll need to be a little more specific. A few plugins are known to have broken in the upgrade from 2.2 to 2.4 Sometimes even once the fix is released, you actually need to manually delete the old plugin files and reinstall the plugin for it to work right. I believe this technique may apply to

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS from External drive ?

2014-08-06 Thread Alex Mandel
You have 3 options: 1. Portable GIS http://archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html It may or may not work without elevated priveleges on the Windows machine (varies by app is my understanding). 2. An OSGeo4w install can be made to a stick and might work without registry tweaks. 3. If the bios isn't

Re: [Qgis-user] (no subject) - Compressing Raster

2014-07-29 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/29/2014 01:45 AM, Peter Versteeg wrote: thank you very much for the email. I think I am almost there. I have set the compression to LZW and did a export and I did a export on high compression. Both are still really big. in your first mail you explained about:

Re: [Qgis-user] (no subject) - Compressing Raster

2014-07-29 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/29/2014 10:31 AM, Etienne Tourigny wrote: On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: On 07/29/2014 01:45 AM, Peter Versteeg wrote: thank you very much for the email. I think I am almost there. I have set the compression to LZW and did a export

Re: [Qgis-user] (no subject) - Compressing Raster

2014-07-28 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/28/2014 07:03 AM, Peter Versteeg wrote: hello, when i right click my raster i do a save as. there i set the resolution and compress (see png). tbh i do not know any GDAL tools. greetings Peter [image: Inline afbeelding 1] Did you try the High compression (In this case

Re: [Qgis-user] (no subject)

2014-07-26 Thread Alex Mandel
What tool in QGIS are you using to adjust the raster? Can you please include the exact command you are currently using. If you are using something from the Raster Menu (aka GDAL Tools) then you need to set the compression and type of number manually. The type of number stored dictates a large

Re: [Qgis-user] Qgis server returns map from another project, that is defined in URL

2014-07-24 Thread Alex Mandel
On 07/24/2014 09:56 AM, Jan Michálek wrote: Have a nice day I have problem with qgis server (2.2). I have a few projects in my folders and qgis doesn't use project specify in my url. For example i had folder called projects with two files. red.qgs a green.qgs with the same layer (from

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