Hi, Regarding relative paths to files and photos, it would be a quite trivial - and useful - change to fix this. If you would like to help funding this, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards, Matthias On 09/01/2015 06:38 PM, didier peeters wrote: > Arni, > > Postgis is certainly an excellent option. > Regarding the data sources, currently QGis cannot use relative paths > to files or photos (at least) but to svg's in styling (and maybe > other, I don’t have an exhaustive list). One option to bypass the > files issue would be to use a web server and store URL instead of > internal paths. For instance you could have a web server, and > whenever a file (or photo) is added generate with a Postgresql trigger > the corresponding url in another attribute, making the file available > to all the users, either through a form or through an action. > > Didier > > >> Le 1 sept. 2015 à 17:45, Árni Geirsson <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : >> >> Thanks Jim >> Your answer encourages me to try the PostGIS option - it obviously >> has some other useful advantages. But your reply also made me realize >> that the problem is really that much of the data I have is on another >> network share - hence the problem with the paths. I should simply >> move the data so that everything is on the same share and and then, >> relative paths will solve the problem. >> Again, thank you for a very helpful answer. >> >> Arni >> >> >> Árni Geirsson >> *Alta ehf* // +354 582 5000 // +354 897 9549 >> www.alta.is <http://www.alta.is/> // Alta á Twitter >> <http://twitter.com/alta_ehf> // Alta á Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alta/161795813838691?v=wall> >> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 3:26 PM, James Keener <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Re: postgresql in my experience it's neither cumbersome nor slow. >> Feel free to email me for help if you would like to explore that >> route. >> >> Are the paths in you qgs file relative or absolute? If their >> relative, is the issue that the path separator is different? If >> that is the issue, I would file a bug report. (If they are >> absolute, try saving them with relative paths.) >> >> Jim >> >> On September 1, 2015 11:12:10 AM EDT, "Árni Geirsson" >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi >> I am adding a Mac to a local network of PCs. The Mac user >> uses QGIS (as well as the PCs) and accesses data on a shared >> drive. Now the problem comes up that data sources have >> different paths to the shared drive in each operating system, >> making cooperation difficult. On the other hand, since the >> .qgs file is easy to edit, some simple solution might map the >> paths automatically on open and back on save, to compensate >> for these differences. And maybe there is some other solution >> out there. >> I realize that having all shared data in PostGIS might be one >> way to solve this but I suspect that it might be both slower >> and a little more cumbersome. >> All thoughts and suggestions are highly appreciated. >> >> Árni Geirsson >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my >> brevity. >> >> _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing >> list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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