Re: [Qgis-user] attribute actions oddities in 1.3.0?
JD Comtois wrote: Thanks for any insight on what I might be doing wrong, or for letting me know that it is the software and not me (so i can stop banging my head against the keyboard ;-) Hi JD, I cannot help you, but the safest bet I think is to file a ticket (with a good description like in your mail) in trac (https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/), make some example data for this issues, and make it available via trac also. This makes it easier for developers to reproduce your issue and dive into it. Though it is possible that your description already rings a bell with one of the developers...? Regards, Richard ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] attribute actions oddities in 1.3.0?
Hello I am using Mimas 1.3.0 (do not have the build version handy) on windows installed using the stand alone installer, installed on laptop with Windows XP pro operating system. I am having a strange problem with the attribute action feature. I want to be able to play videos or view pictures associated with various points in my layer. I have input the path to vlc on my machine (in quotes) and then the path to the file (in quotes) using the %% argument to get the value in the attribute: "C:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe" "c:\pics_n_vids\%%" is the action. In my specific situation, I have 3 video attributes and 3 picture attributes (the value of each being the name of a video or picture file). So, I should be able to simply right click on one of those values from the Identify Results window and choose the action that I have called View. This worked perfectly fine in 1.0.1 (or was it 1.0.2??? - it is already replace so i cannot check but either way, it was working fine) KORE. But in 1.3.0 Mimas, something strange happens. The value that is sent to the VLC video player is not necessarily the value that I selected from the Identify Results window. The attribute values are correctly associated with the attribute name in the Identify Results window (i.e. video1 is shown to contain the correct filename, etc.) but the value that gets sent to the player can be the value from any of the other attributes listed in the Identify Results window. So I might have to select the value associated with video1 so as to see picture 2, or select the value displayed for picture3 so as to be able to play video1, for example. I am working from layers stored in PostGIS. I have tried to find any related issue on the forums but have not seen this situation discussed. Thanks for any insight on what I might be doing wrong, or for letting me know that it is the software and not me (so i can stop banging my head against the keyboard ;-) jd ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Ecological toolbox for QGIS - collecting ideas
On Nov 21, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > Anne Ghisla wrote: >> Hi all, and sorry for cross-posting, >> >> during QGIS hackfest the idea of an ecological toolbox has popped up, >> thanks mainly to Johannes Signer. >> Among currently available standalone bundles, we thought about Hawth's >> tools [0] and some other Arc* plugins; other tools, like Conefar [1] >> and Circuitscape [2], are dedicated GIS clones and could not cover all >> analysis requirements, therefore obliging the user to switch among >> different programs. >> We'd like to ask ecology researchers, teachers and students what are >> the most common analyses you run, and if you'd like to have the >> related tools available for QGIS in a toolbox just like for example >> GRASS toolbox. >> >> Thanks for feedback, and feel free to forward the message to relevant >> people and mailing lists! >> Anne Ghisla >> >> [0] http://www.spatialecology.com/htools/tooldesc.php >> [1] http://www.conefor.org/ >> [2] http://www.circuitscape.org/Circuitscape/Welcome.html > > For those who have access to Academic Journals, there might be some good > background reading in > http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.07.004 > Steiniger 2009 Free and open source geographic information tools for > landscape ecology. Ecological Informatics I found it freely available via scholar.google.com at http://www.geo.unizh.ch/publications/sstein/sstein_freegitools_ecoinf2009.pdf Regards, John ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Ecological toolbox for QGIS - collecting ideas
Anne Ghisla wrote: > Hi all, and sorry for cross-posting, > > during QGIS hackfest the idea of an ecological toolbox has popped up, > thanks mainly to Johannes Signer. > Among currently available standalone bundles, we thought about Hawth's > tools [0] and some other Arc* plugins; other tools, like Conefar [1] > and Circuitscape [2], are dedicated GIS clones and could not cover all > analysis requirements, therefore obliging the user to switch among > different programs. > We'd like to ask ecology researchers, teachers and students what are > the most common analyses you run, and if you'd like to have the > related tools available for QGIS in a toolbox just like for example > GRASS toolbox. > > Thanks for feedback, and feel free to forward the message to relevant > people and mailing lists! > Anne Ghisla > > [0] http://www.spatialecology.com/htools/tooldesc.php > [1] http://www.conefor.org/ > [2] http://www.circuitscape.org/Circuitscape/Welcome.html For those who have access to Academic Journals, there might be some good background reading in http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.07.004 Steiniger 2009 Free and open source geographic information tools for landscape ecology. Ecological Informatics There are some references to other articles that catalog Landscape Ecological GIS tools that researchers use (whether or not they exist in the software) Anyone have time to read through and make a list of tools? Alex ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Re: Attribute precision AND view selection only
I have a point shapefile that has latitude and longitude in decimal degrees as attributes. Out of the 1000 points, I only want to display certain points by using filtering. While I can select the filter, the display doesn't change. that is, it still shows all 1000 points. The attribute table shows only my filter, and I checked the "show selection only" box. So I did the next best thing and saved the selection as a shapefile, and loaded that new shapefile. However, the decimal degrees gets "rounded off" to an integer. I can see in the original attribute table there is a precision of 0 set for the latitude and longitude column, but I don't know how to change that to a precision of 00 to get my full latitude and longitude to show in the new shapefile. QGIS 1.3 on Windows XP novice user thanks, Tom ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] HomeRange_plugin 2.1.2: bugfix for Windows and moved to user contributed repository
Hi all, and sorry for cross-posting, with the present mail I announce a small bugfix related to Windows, and that I moved the plugin from Faunalia repository to the PyQGIS user contributed repository; I thank Paolo Cavallini who provided plugin's hosting since today. All the best, Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] qgis as a data catalog browser and viewer
+1 Hopefully with close interaction with qgis as already mentioned. Can't wait to use it. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Agustin Lobo wrote: > I think this is a good option: not a qgis plugin but a separate application. > It's not just a matter of geting names and geographic positions, metadata > makes the catalog a complex tool. > Looking forward to it (and to see it fulfilling INSPIRE directives, so that > remote catalogues can be searched and browsed) > Are planing to include a metadata editor? > > Agus > > Gary Sherman wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Ivan Mincik >> wrote: I've been working on a project that will ultimately provide the things you describe. I will be ready to unveil it soon and will be looking for PyQGIS devs to help... -gary >>> >>> Hi Gary, >>> can You give us little bit more info ? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ivan >> >> The data browser (code named GeoNibble at present) currently has the >> following features: >> * Browse directory tree >> * Preview supported raster and vector layers >> * Zoom and pan preview images >> * View metadata for raster and vector layers >> * Drag and drop support, including drop on QGIS >> >> A screenshot can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/shermange/GNDB >> >> The browser is written in Python (PyQt) and requires the bindings for >> QGIS and GDAL/OGR. It is in early stages of development but functions >> pretty well as a data browser/preview/launcher. >> >> -gary >> >> > > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- cheers, maning -- "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] qgis as a data catalog browser and viewer
I think this is a good option: not a qgis plugin but a separate application. It's not just a matter of geting names and geographic positions, metadata makes the catalog a complex tool. Looking forward to it (and to see it fulfilling INSPIRE directives, so that remote catalogues can be searched and browsed) Are planing to include a metadata editor? Agus Gary Sherman wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Ivan Mincik wrote: I've been working on a project that will ultimately provide the things you describe. I will be ready to unveil it soon and will be looking for PyQGIS devs to help... -gary Hi Gary, can You give us little bit more info ? Thanks, Ivan The data browser (code named GeoNibble at present) currently has the following features: * Browse directory tree * Preview supported raster and vector layers * Zoom and pan preview images * View metadata for raster and vector layers * Drag and drop support, including drop on QGIS A screenshot can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/shermange/GNDB The browser is written in Python (PyQt) and requires the bindings for QGIS and GDAL/OGR. It is in early stages of development but functions pretty well as a data browser/preview/launcher. -gary ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] calculating distances between points
I have two CSV files which I've converted to VRTs containing points on the map. Maps are projected in UTM. How can I determine the distances of points in File #1 from points in File #2? By distance, I mean distance like as-the-crow flies. Is it possible to generate these values and add a column for them in the DBF table or some other file? I'm hoping to visualize answers to questions like: how often do events plotted in File #2 occurs in relation to the distance from points in File#1. Am sorry if I can't express myself in GIS terms. Thank you and regards, NIk ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] calculating area
Thank you all for the tips. I've actually managed to do the same when I changed the CRS to the appropriate UTM. On 11/21/09, John C. Tull wrote: > Hi Nik, > > On Nov 20, 2009, at 12:04 AM, Nik Go wrote: > >> >> Hello. I'm trying to calculate area of my shapefiles but I'm not really >> sure if I'm doing it right. I expect results to be in meters (sq meters >> or sq. kilometers) but read out is in sq. degrees. I'm told that I have >> shapefiles in geographic coordinate system WGS 84 but I don't know to >> convert this to a projected coordinate system from qgis. >> >> So, how should I go about doing >> converting from geographic coordinated to projected coordinates so I could >> determine/calculate area >> determine distance between points >> convert sq. degrees to sq. meters? > > You can change your project CRS from the default geographic coordinate > system of WGS84 to a projected coordinate system based on meters, such as a > UTM zone. Turn on the "Enable 'on the fly' CRS transformation, and you will > be set for vector data. If you have raster data, Qgis does not handle on the > fly transforms on them. For those, I recommend looking at gdalwarp, part of > the gdal tools. In particular, look at the vrt output format so you do not > create numerous large file. A vrt invokes gdal to, effectively, perform an > 'on the fly' reprojection of the original raster data. > > Regards, > John ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
