I am also on ubuntu 10.04 LTS on the PPC hardware (powerbook G4). However, I mainly run QGIS a windows (work) laptop & a Mac OS 10.5 powerbook G4 (for beta testing purposes).
Percy On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 8:03 AM, percy langa <percyla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Welcome for the forum! Well, I am also relatively to QGIS, but not new to > GIS. > > Unzip the downloaded file. On QGIS, select the 'Layer' menu, Add Vector > Layer, Source Type: File, browse to your data folder, choose a shapefile or > several shapefiles to load. > > Alternatively, you can use 'Source Type: Directory' and browse to your data > folder, click OK. Choose one, several or all layers you wish to load. > > Good luck! > Percy > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Jel Coward <j...@wildmedic.org> wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Briefly - I am new to GIS and to QGIS. Running on ubuntu 10.04 LTS. >> >> Motivation - to be able to generate and manipulate maps (I work with >> Search and Rescue in BC (by work, I mean, I do it for free :) - and a >> desire to understand mapping better. >> >> >> I thought I would start with trying to get QGIS to open/display a map of >> our local area. >> >> I went here >> >> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/**geogratis/en/option/select.do?** >> id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-**1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07<http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07>< >> http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/**geogratis/en/option/select.do?** >> id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-**1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07<http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/option/select.do?id=5460AA9D-54CD-8349-C95E-1A4D03172FDF&datasets=092j07> >> > >> >> and downloaded the ESRI shape file - which turns out to be a zip file of a >> bunch of files. >> >> I opened QGIS to a blank project and tried opening all the files via 'add >> vector layer' >> >> I got a list of layers, all checked, on the left and something that might >> be a map on the right :-) Indeed I think I recognise some shapes/patterns, >> but there are no labels for places, and nothing really resembling a usable >> map. >> >> >> ........now I know that this is my lack of understanding and not a qgis >> failing. Can anyone help get me kick-started a little here please? (or >> just get me kicked if that fees better :) >> >> >> Many thanks all - and many thanks to the devels and community for >> producing this great open-source product. >> >> Cheers >> >> Jel Coward >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jel >> Visit the OSCAR Canada Users Society >> http://OSCARcanada.org >> and learn about a world leading open-source Electronic Medical Record >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-user<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user> >> > >
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