Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Werner Macho
Hi! Hmm - for german translations grid is - as well as raster - translated as Raster .. so there should be no Problem .. For the english version: What about leaving grid as grid whenever it is used in SAGA-Modules (so you know that you are using a SAGA-Module) and using raster as usual in all

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Martin Dobias
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > Hi all. > Thanks to Camilo, the analytical framework is now working, and many SAGA > modules can > be run smoothly from QGIS. See: > https://github.com/polymeris/qgis/wiki/Module-Support > https://github.com/polymeris/qgis/wiki/Tested-Modu

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Ramon Andinach
If you'll pardon a user intruding (again). I think Werner's point is valid, ie. if you're using the SAGA modules, then presumably you know what is meant in SAGA by "grid". But, If you were going to select one, then please use raster. In my work situation, I find myself having to clarify what sor

[Qgis-developer] Updating to psycopg2.4.2 ?

2011-08-19 Thread aperi2007
Hi, I notice there is avaliable a new psycopg2. http://initd.org/psycopg/articles/2011/06/12/psycopg-242-released/ Should be effort to update the osgeo4w package to this new version ? Some QGIS plugins need psycopg2. I see this new version has some enhancement with PG 9.0 as reported here. http

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/08/2011 09:15, Werner Macho ha scritto: > What about leaving grid as grid whenever it is used in SAGA-Modules (so you > know that > you are using a SAGA-Module) and using raster as usual in all other places? This is why I'm asking: I think in this way the users will be confused: imagine ru

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/08/2011 09:20, Martin Dobias ha scritto: > Also please note that SAGA "grid" is actualy a "raster band" in QGIS > terminology, since one raster layer could contain several bands. True, even though: - most analyses will result in single band rasters, so terms will converge - the use of "grid

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/08/2011 09:21, Ramon Andinach ha scritto: > I think Werner's point is valid, ie. if you're using the SAGA modules, then > presumably you know what is meant in SAGA by "grid". > > But, > If you were going to select one, then please use raster. > In my work situation, I find myself having to

[Qgis-developer] QGIS Server under Windows

2011-08-19 Thread Borys Jurgiel
Hi All, especially Jürgen :) Jürgen, could you please review the present state in OsGeo4W and tell whether it is possible to make it working out of the box? What is missing? Maybe just a patch for Apache package? How many people and how much money do you need? :) I don't have any yet, but it wo

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS Server under Windows

2011-08-19 Thread Noli Sicad
> I believe we should be interested in helping small offices/organizations > with a > Windows server only to introduce the Server and build a QGIS system. > Othwerwise, we should remove the Server from Windows builds and clearly > state > it's designed for Unix family only. The present situation ma

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ramon Andinach wrote: > If you'll pardon a user intruding (again). > Just to be clear - this list is for *discussing* QGIS development and is certainly not limited to posts from QGIS developers only. Anyone is welcome to contribute their ideas here :-) 8<---

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS Server under Windows

2011-08-19 Thread Marco Hugentobler
Hi Noli The material on karlinapp is older than that on the wiki. Yes, there was a MingW compiled version used for teaching, but it is not current state of the software. It is better to go the osgeo4w way with visual studio compiler and to follow the tutorial on the wiki. Regards, Marco Am F

[Qgis-developer] Announcing Metatools plugin

2011-08-19 Thread Alexander Bruy
Hi all, we pleased to announce the Metatools plugin for QGIS [1]. Plugin provides convenient interface for creating, editing and viewing metadata. Key features are: - supports vector and raster data - displaying metadata in the HTML format - two editing modes: full metadata tree and filtered n

[Qgis-developer] Re: QGIS Server under Windows

2011-08-19 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Borys, On Fri, 19. Aug 2011 at 13:42:14 +0200, Borys Jurgiel wrote: > Jürgen, could you please review the present state in OsGeo4W and tell whether > it is possible to make it working out of the box? I thought that was the current state. What problems do you have? > What is missing? Not

Re: [Qgis-developer] Announcing Metatools plugin

2011-08-19 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 19/08/2011 14:55, Alexander Bruy ha scritto: > Key features are: > - supports vector and raster data > - automatic extraction of some metadata such as extent, number of >bands and data type Thanks. I still have problems to extract layer parameters to metadata XML for shp though: Operati

[Qgis-developer] error on shape file read and write

2011-08-19 Thread Marco Bernasocchi
hi all, anybody interested in little green men (android) bug hunting? actually it is qgis stuff: when I try to create a new shape file the app crashes. here all the infos [0] the files are created but I dont know if they would be usable cheers Marco [0]https://gist.github.com/1156884 _

Re: [Qgis-developer] Announcing Metatools plugin

2011-08-19 Thread Alexander Bruy
Hi Paolo, fixed in 0.1.11. 2011/8/19 Paolo Cavallini : > Thanks. > I still have problems to extract layer parameters to metadata XML for shp > though: > Operation can't be completed: > `/home/paolo/Desktop/Documenti/Didattica/home/comuni.shp|layerid=0' does not > exist in > the file system, > a

Re: [Qgis-developer] least surprise, or: which terms should be used?

2011-08-19 Thread Camilo Polymeris
> Now we have to think about human interface. One thing is: which terms should > be used? > SAGA uses "grid", whereas QGIS uses "raster". To me, the idea is to have a > consistent > GUI in QGIS, so better use the QGIS terms not to scare off our users, but > this could > be confusing for previous

[Qgis-developer] Announcing an IPython plugin

2011-08-19 Thread Charlie Sharpsteen
New (Experimental!) Plugin I just uploaded an alpha version of a plugin that allows an IPython kernel to be integrated into QGIS. This in turn allows external IPython-powered consoles to connect to QGIS and execute commands or inspect data. Version 0.2 of the plugin is now ava

[Qgis-developer] QgsExpression: replacement for QgsSearchString

2011-08-19 Thread Martin Dobias
Hi everyone recently I have been trying to fix some flaws in search string implementation and it turned out that rather than fixing them one-by-one it will be easier to rewrite that code completely. Search string and associated searching in attribute table was one of my first contributions to QGIS

Re: [Qgis-developer] symbol levels in rule-based rendering

2011-08-19 Thread Mayeul Kauffmann
Hi, Thanks for raising this! After months of use of symbol levels in rule-based rendering (SLinRBR), I found the implementation robust. I have several colleagues using regularly my OSM styles. Yesterday I deployed it on an intranet with the webclient, see: http://www.qgis.org/qgiswiki/images/f/fd/T

[Qgis-developer] QGISfor android weekly report #11

2011-08-19 Thread Marco Bernasocchi
it is wit great pleasure that I send you thereports of a super successfull week. Cheers Marco http://www.bernawebdesign.ch/byteblog/2011/08/19/qgis-on-android-has-complete-gui-and-supports-translations/ http://www.bernawebdesign.ch/byteblog/2011/08/19/qgis-data-providers-and-map-canvas/ http://www