Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
Il 30/09/2011 14:49, adams ha scritto: Therefore I think the print-composer of QGIS is very helpful, there was also a talk at FOSS4G recently, dealing with making maps with QGIS and Inkscape: http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/quantum-gis-inkscape-cartographic-tools-attractive-maps I think very soon you might get the presentations lsides and also a video of the presentation itself. Still no slides available, AFAICT. Anyone knows when they will be available? Thanks. -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
On 10/25/2011 12:55 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Il 30/09/2011 14:49, adams ha scritto: Therefore I think the print-composer of QGIS is very helpful, there was also a talk at FOSS4G recently, dealing with making maps with QGIS and Inkscape: http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/quantum-gis-inkscape-cartographic-tools-attractive-maps I think very soon you might get the presentations lsides and also a video of the presentation itself. Still no slides available, AFAICT. Anyone knows when they will be available? Thanks. No, but it seems there is a need to follow up with the organizing committee. I'll mention it to some people on the conference committee and see what they say. In the mean time that particular presentation is available elsewhere: https://sites.google.com/site/mtobiasresearch/presentations Thanks, Alex ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
Thanks Alex. I tweeted it ;) giovanni 2011/10/25 Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com On 10/25/2011 12:55 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Il 30/09/2011 14:49, adams ha scritto: Therefore I think the print-composer of QGIS is very helpful, there was also a talk at FOSS4G recently, dealing with making maps with QGIS and Inkscape: http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/quantum-gis-inkscape-cartographic-tools-attractive-maps I think very soon you might get the presentations lsides and also a video of the presentation itself. Still no slides available, AFAICT. Anyone knows when they will be available? Thanks. No, but it seems there is a need to follow up with the organizing committee. I'll mention it to some people on the conference committee and see what they say. In the mean time that particular presentation is available elsewhere: https://sites.google.com/site/mtobiasresearch/presentations Thanks, Alex ___ 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
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
On 09/29/2011 11:12 PM, Emile Peek wrote: I am a newbie and I am regularly making maps on Wikimedia Commons with Inkscape. I am trying to make sense of Qgis and the many possibilities it offers but to no avail. What is the Grass database? What can I retrieve from it? Maps, sure, but what kind of maps? What is the scope of the GRASS database? What goes for GRass goes for other databases as well? What is on those databases? Where can I find that kind of information? Answering my questions would mean much to me because right now I am struggling. Emile. GRASS is a geospatial analysis framework and toolset. The GRASS database is custom formats specifically geared toward such analysis tasks and is not suitable for anything else. QGIS is a visualization and analysis front end which can hook into many backends, GRASS, postgis, spatialite, multitude of python plugins, and soon SAGA and OTB toolboxes (I'm sure I missed some things). You can only retrieve data that is some reworking of what you put into it. Example, given an elevation dataset you can generate a hillshade to put behind other map layers. It does not come with data (other than a few samples) It might be most useful for you to look at the some slides and papers on QGIS Inkscape for cartography. The most important difference here is that maps made with QGIS can contain real data that is referenced to a real place on earth in such a way that you can give that data to other people and it will show up in the same place on earth in their viewer - be it QGIS, ArcGIS, Openlayers or any other geospatial map viewing product. Enjoy, Alex ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
On 2011-09-30 08:12, Emile Peek wrote: I am a newbie and I am regularly making maps on Wikimedia Commons with Inkscape. I am trying to make sense of Qgis and the many possibilities it offers but to no avail. Hi Emile, I'm not into GRASS, but for your info: I've been working with Hugo Lopes (in cc) to make wikimedia maps with qgis and svg: see for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Resources/QGis_lesson_3:_Raster_to_vector_and_Change_projection#Export_GIS_Vectors_.26_Raster_layers_to_SVG_.28100.25.29 We have tried to make a plugin to make it possible to export (simple) maps as svg in a way that editing in inkscape is easier (keep features of a class in one group, keep features in a layer, naming a group the name of a layer, naming a point the label name etc etc). Maybe this can be usefull also. Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
Hi Emile, just for making maps you for sure do not need GRASS, GRASS is the Geographic Raster Analysis Support System - a GIS tool for real working with GIS data, but definetely not for creating nice maps... ;-) Therefore I think the print-composer of QGIS is very helpful, there was also a talk at FOSS4G recently, dealing with making maps with QGIS and Inkscape: http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/quantum-gis-inkscape-cartographic-tools-attractive-maps I think very soon you might get the presentations lsides and also a video of the presentation itself. Regards, Till On 30.09.2011 14:18, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: On 2011-09-30 08:12, Emile Peek wrote: I am a newbie and I am regularly making maps on Wikimedia Commons with Inkscape. I am trying to make sense of Qgis and the many possibilities it offers but to no avail. Hi Emile, I'm not into GRASS, but for your info: I've been working with Hugo Lopes (in cc) to make wikimedia maps with qgis and svg: see for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Resources/QGis_lesson_3:_Raster_to_vector_and_Change_projection#Export_GIS_Vectors_.26_Raster_layers_to_SVG_.28100.25.29 We have tried to make a plugin to make it possible to export (simple) maps as svg in a way that editing in inkscape is easier (keep features of a class in one group, keep features in a layer, naming a group the name of a layer, naming a point the label name etc etc). Maybe this can be usefull also. Regards, Richard Duivenvoorde ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- -- GO Mobile - jetzt WebGIS auch auf Smartphones -- ! Achtung - terrestris hat eine neue Adresse ! - terrestris GmbH Co. KG Puetzchens Chaussee 56 53227 Bonn Germany Till Adams Geschaeftsfuehrung Tel:+49 (0)228 / 962 899-52 Mobile: +49 (0)151 / 25394429 Fax:+49 (0)228 / 962 899-57 ad...@terrestris.de http://www.terrestris.de Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835 - Komplementaerin: terrestris Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Hinrich Paulsen, Till Adams ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
Take a class or workshop at a local school, or read a few intro books.(http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781934356067.do) You could also start with the QGIS Manual, or the QGIS Gentle Introduction pdf (both on qgis.org). Thanks, Alex On 09/30/2011 04:29 AM, Emile Peek wrote: What I am really trying to say is that I don't know where to start studying GIS. What can you advise me to study so that I can get a working grasp (instead of a theoretical one) of the possibilities of GIS? Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:21:22 -0700 From: tech_...@wildintellect.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really? On 09/29/2011 11:12 PM, Emile Peek wrote: I am a newbie and I am regularly making maps on Wikimedia Commons with Inkscape. I am trying to make sense of Qgis and the many possibilities it offers but to no avail. What is the Grass database? What can I retrieve from it? Maps, sure, but what kind of maps? What is the scope of the GRASS database? What goes for GRass goes for other databases as well? What is on those databases? Where can I find that kind of information? Answering my questions would mean much to me because right now I am struggling. Emile. GRASS is a geospatial analysis framework and toolset. The GRASS database is custom formats specifically geared toward such analysis tasks and is not suitable for anything else. QGIS is a visualization and analysis front end which can hook into many backends, GRASS, postgis, spatialite, multitude of python plugins, and soon SAGA and OTB toolboxes (I'm sure I missed some things). You can only retrieve data that is some reworking of what you put into it. Example, given an elevation dataset you can generate a hillshade to put behind other map layers. It does not come with data (other than a few samples) It might be most useful for you to look at the some slides and papers on QGIS Inkscape for cartography. The most important difference here is that maps made with QGIS can contain real data that is referenced to a real place on earth in such a way that you can give that data to other people and it will show up in the same place on earth in their viewer - be it QGIS, ArcGIS, Openlayers or any other geospatial map viewing product. Enjoy, Alex ___ 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
Re: [Qgis-user] What is GrASS really?
Hi, 2011/9/30 adams ad...@terrestris.de: just for making maps you for sure do not need GRASS, GRASS is the Geographic Raster Analysis Support System - a GIS tool for real working with GIS data, but definetely not for creating nice maps... ;-) that's not really true, see wxGUI Cartographic Composer [1] and ps.map module [2] ;-) Martin [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxGUI_Cartographic_Composer [2] http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/ps.map.html -- Martin Landa landa.martin gmail.com * http://geo.fsv.cvut.cz/~landa ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
