Hi Paul, You might want to look at this outstanding bug report. Perhaps it will provide a solution that is still valid, assuming you are on either Windows or OS X.
http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1170 Cheers, John On Jan 15, 2010, at 1:17 PM, paul ferro wrote: > > > Hi Pierre or anyone else that has success with connecting to a GPS with QGIS > through the GPS plugin. > > I am trying to connect a Garmin GPS that has a com to usb converter cable. > Other apps. read my GPS from COM3, and work just fine. > > I just installed QGIS 1.4, and GPS babel is installed, and I have set the > PATH under environmental variables so that QGIS will see gpsbabel. But > whenever I go to download from my GPS, I either get the message that 'GPS > Babel would not start', or 'this layer could not be added to the map' > > What is the code that you are using for your GPS unit under devices in the > GPS Device Editor? > The default for Garmin under the waypoint command is %gpsbabel -w -i garmin > -o gpx "%in" "%out" > I've also tried %babel -w -i garmin -f COM: -o gpx -F gps.gpx but have not > had luck. > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:54:20 +0100 > > From: pierrechevalierg...@free.fr > > To: a.neum...@carto.net > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Hello > > CC: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > > > All right, I haven't tried it. Actually, I don't use the print > > composer, I usually export maps from the mapper, which works fine for > > me. I try the print composer right now. Oh, it has changed much. Let's > > see... > > > > But I still think that a graticule displayed on the mapper would be very > > helpful, when you work on maps. > > > > A+ > > Pierre > > > > PS: sorry, I first replied out of the list. > > > > Andreas Neumann claviota: > > > regarding the coordinate grid: > > > > > > this is now in the print composer (Version 1.4 and above). No more > > > complicated workarounds or separate plugins ... This new feature is > > > available when a map item is selected and active in the print composer. > > > Activate the grid with the checkbox and make your settings. I am sure that > > > there are special cases not handled in the print composer, like grid in a > > > different coordinate system than your data (eg. data in UTM and grid in > > > degrees (lat/lon)). But most general cases should be possible now. > > > > > > Andreas > > > > > > > > > On Wed, January 13, 2010 9:29 am, Pierre Chevalier Géologue wrote: > > > > > >> Good morning, > > >> > > >> Brett Adams claviota: > > >> > > >>> Hi Pierre, > > >>> I'm a geophysicist in Australia, working primarily in Nickel and IOCG. > > >>> Just started my own consultantsy this year and started with Qgis last > > >>> week. My requirements of Qgis sound very similar to yours. > > >>> > > >> Certainly. You geophysicists like bright colours, and we geologists > > >> have more dull colours, but after all, we are dealing with the same > > >> thing: rocks, displayed on maps! ;) > > >> So I believe we should have similar requirements! > > >> > > >> > > >>> How are you getting a coordinate grid around your maps? > > >>> > > >> Not easily. Usually, I generate several graticules using the > > >> appropriate plugin, which creates a shapefile for each graticule. I > > >> have to manually change the srid, and then I overlay all my graticules, > > >> using different transparencies, to get a neat visual effect. I also > > >> play with labels, according to map scale and the step of graticule. > > >> > > >> > > >>> I'm hoping you have a better (faster) system than me. > > >>> > > >> I'm afraid not... ;( > > >> > > >> > > >>> My process works but is a bit of stuffing about. I generate a vector > > >>> grid, edit the DBF file, reimport the DBF then get the labels organised. > > >>> > > >> All right: then, you end up with points with a little cross symbol, if I > > >> understand well, with labels around them. > > >> > > >> I believe this is a feature that would be needed by many of us, qgis > > >> users. I had the plan to try to write a plugin to do a neat graticule, > > >> generated every time the map is changed, with coordinates every 1km, or > > >> 100m, or 1000km, depending on the zoom, or 1°, or 30", etc. depending on > > >> the srid (which may be different from the map). But no time... > > >> So many software packages already do this neatly, so I guess it should > > >> not be too difficult to adapt their code. I'm thinking of viking, for > > >> instance. > > >> > > >> A+ > > >> Pierre > > >> > > >> -- > > >> ____________________________________________________________________________ > > >> Pierre Chevalier Géologue EI > > >> Mesté Duran > > >> 32100 Condom > > >> Tél+fax : 09 75 27 45 62 > > >> 05 62 28 06 83 > > >> 06 37 80 33 64 > > >> Émail : pierrechevaliergeolCHEZfree.fr > > >> icq# : 10432285 > > >> skype : pierre.chevalier1967 > > >> http://pierremariechevalier.free.fr/pierre_chevalier_geologue > > >> ____________________________________________________________________________ > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Qgis-user mailing list > > >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-use > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > Pierre Chevalier Géologue EI > > Mesté Duran > > 32100 Condom > > Tél+fax : 09 75 27 45 62 > > 05 62 28 06 83 > > 06 37 80 33 64 > > Émail : pierrechevaliergeolCHEZfree.fr > > icq# : 10432285 > > skype : pierre.chevalier1967 > > http://pierremariechevalier.free.fr/pierre_chevalier_geologue > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-user mailing list > > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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