Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring line length while drawing

2012-08-16 Thread Harish
I guess that it may be like digitising lines of specified length and our cursor will be indicating length of segment during digitization, as being done in Measure tool presently. Will be useful in digitising lines of predefined lengths. harish On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Alexandre Neto wro

Re: [Qgis-user] Open Data via Open Standards using Open Source: a new tool from NIWA

2012-08-16 Thread pcreso
Let's start with an apology from me Murphy has outdone himself this time! NIWA's new super easy to use desktop mapping tool is slightly broken, but this has been a very effective test of the user feedback system on the web page! My email address has seldom been as popular. It has, of course

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS running on RHEL 5 Thin Client Network

2012-08-16 Thread Alister Hood
Hi, QGIS will run fine on machines like that. I have used it a bit on my machine at home, which has similar specs, although I'm not running a big desktop environment like Gnome or KDE. Some aspects of the performance are substantially better than on a high spec Windows machine at my work, whe

Re: [Qgis-user] Vector/Raster Projection Problem

2012-08-16 Thread Terry Morse
As Andre suggested, I installed OpenLayers and opened my problem layers: counties (vector) and a mosaicked GMTED (raster); over a Google hybrid map, with th projection set to EPSG 3857. The GMTED layer superimposed properly over the Google image and the counties layer did not. Saving the co

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS running on RHEL 5 Thin Client Network

2012-08-16 Thread fork
Proctor, Nathanael writes: > > Hello QGIS users group, > I am looking for details about the capabilities of running QGIS on thin clients running on a Red Hat > Enterprise Linux Server (64 bit currently version 5 soon to upgrade to 6). I don't know RHEL, but perhaps this would be useful: http:

[Qgis-user] QGIS running on RHEL 5 Thin Client Network

2012-08-16 Thread Proctor, Nathanael
Hello QGIS users group, I am looking for details about the capabilities of running QGIS on thin clients running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (64 bit currently version 5 soon to upgrade to 6). Our thin clients have: 1.5GHz processor > 1GB disk space 896MB ram My understanding is that the

[Qgis-user] Open Data via Open Standards using Open Source: a new tool from NIWA

2012-08-16 Thread pcreso
NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand) has released a free mapping tool for anyone to download and use with NIWA (or other) data. See: https://www.niwa.co.nz/software/quantum-map for information, user guides, to provide feedback and to download a Windows inst

Re: [Qgis-user] Different font styles for different label classes

2012-08-16 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi Jonathan, The rule based labeling, as Giovanni said, is not yet available. If your data is in Postgis you could use a view and introduce a new column called font-color and use the data-defined font-color settings. That's probably the best you can do currently. If you don't use Postgis, you co

[Qgis-user] Georeferencing fail at picture 2

2012-08-16 Thread Lene Fischer
Today I gave my first lesson in georeferencing using QGIS. 32 university students working with succes. Easy to use and great results. It went so fast, that I gave them assignment number two. And then it all crashed :-O After setting the first point a point and line was shown - as view of an erro

[Qgis-user] Georeferencing fail at picture 2

2012-08-16 Thread Lene Fischer
Today I gave my first lesson in georeferencing using QGIS. 32 university students working with succes. Easy to use and great results. It went so fast, that I gave them assignment number two. And then it all crashed :-O After setting the first point a point and line was shown - as view of an er

Re: [Qgis-user] Different font styles for different label classes

2012-08-16 Thread Giovanni Manghi
> > Can QGIS do this? you need the "rule based labelling", the label equivalent of the rule based style. There is a feature request open, and if I'm not wrong there is someone already working on it. Better ask in the dev mailing list. cheers -- Giovanni -- _

[Qgis-user] Density dependent rendering?

2012-08-16 Thread fork
Hi all, This may be a wishlist/ plugin thing, but is there a way have a layer render or not depending on how many features there are in the frame? So if there are 100 points in the frame the layer renders, but if there are 101 the layer is invisible? My use case is this: I look at census tracts

[Qgis-user] Different font styles for different label classes

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Hi List, I have a single layer I'd like to label in such a way that different attributes will get different font styles. For example, a water based label would have the Style attribute "waterText", and would be styled as blue italics. Another label might have a Style attribute of "heritigateText" a

Re: [Qgis-user] problems making grass training map via qgis

2012-08-16 Thread Micha Silver
On 16/08/2012 18:11, Samantha Goodchild-Brown wrote: Thank you In my frustration I have reverted to linux version which has proved useful - seeing more messages is helpful. Mischa, your tip of g.region vect as well as finding referenc

Re: [Qgis-user] problems making grass training map via qgis

2012-08-16 Thread richard burcher
Thanks Giovanni for this. Paolo there is no problem as I reported earlier, I was using the cli incorrectly (attempting to pass arguments). Cheers, Richard -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/problems-making-grass-training-map-via-qgis-tp4995324p4995728.html S

Re: [Qgis-user] problems making grass training map via qgis

2012-08-16 Thread Giovanni Manghi
> The full options for v.to.rast (not available in the QGIS GRASS > plugin, only in GRASS itslef) In QGIS you can open the GRASS cli and type the command name (ex: v.to.rast) with no options and press "enter". The native wxpython GRASS gui of that particular command will open, so this way you wil

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Hi Andrew, Thanks for this. I contacted our own OS Technical Guy (Ilhan) earlier today however he's on holiday for a couple of weeks apparently. Jonathan On 16 August 2012 16:28, Andrew Miller wrote: > We have been in contact with OS who are in the process of releasing their > symbology in SLD f

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Andrew Miller
We have been in contact with OS who are in the process of releasing their symbology in SLD format (with corresponding SVGs), which can be loaded by the latest release of QGIS. I will find out if we are able to send these files to you. Andrew On 16 August 2012 13:43, Jonathan Moules wrote: > Hi

Re: [Qgis-user] problems making grass training map via qgis

2012-08-16 Thread Giovanni Manghi
> Paolo, what is OTB if sextante is gvSIG 'module'? OTB is Orfeo toolbox http://www.orfeo-toolbox.org/otb/ Sextante (that is not just a gvsig module) is not available natively for QGIS as python plugin, and it works (among the other things) as a "bridge" for GRASS, SAGA, R, OTB, Lastools, and

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Thats exactly what I want, works great, thanks! On 16 August 2012 15:25, Andreas Neumann wrote: > > supplied symbols, I'm not convinced QGIS could symbolise them neatly >> anyway without tweaking the SVG itself (i.e. there's no way to specify >> distance between symbols for instance). >> > > Th

Re: [Qgis-user] problems making grass training map via qgis

2012-08-16 Thread Samantha Goodchild-Brown
Thank you In my frustration I have reverted to linux version which has proved useful - seeing more messages is helpful. Mischa, your tip of g.region vect as well as finding reference to v.in.region has proved helpful. This is likely to be my critical mistake. In using the 'grass interface' I ha

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Going slightly off-topic now, I'll shortly (within the next couple of weeks) be releasing my FME loader for MasterMap for free use to all other PSMA/OSMA members. The default version writes to Oracle (what we use), but it it can be easily tweated to write to other formats including SQLite etc. Adm

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Ah, I'm not symbolising Topographic Point or Cartographic Symbol (forgot about that). The MasterMap loader I've created (a custom FME loader) converts those into line symbols which are whats stored in the database. This ensures they get symbolised consistently across GIS packages. The only thing th

Re: [Qgis-user] using spatialite files for data sharing?

2012-08-16 Thread Alexander Bruy
2012/8/16 Etienne Tourigny : > for input I know it's ok, I am wondering about generating spatialite > files and in-place editing (without doing sql). For example, currently > ftools output to shapefile only, correct? Right, currently most fTools will create new shapefile. Only few tools allows to

Re: [Qgis-user] using spatialite files for data sharing?

2012-08-16 Thread Etienne Tourigny
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Alexander Bruy wrote: > Hi, > > 2012/8/16 Etienne Tourigny : >> Second (and my preferred) is to store them in a single spatialite file >> (or several, depending on file size). > > I'll recommend SpatiaLite and/or PostGIS. But as you already mention, > SpatiaLite c

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Saber Razmjooei
I suggest to stick with the current Shapefile structure outputed from OS Translator. Some local authorities use MasterMap in PostGIS format which is similar to the format of OS Translator. So, any qml files will be useful for them. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Os_tools_for_os Cheers Saber -- Sa

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Andreas Neumann
supplied symbols, I'm not convinced QGIS could symbolise them neatly anyway without tweaking the SVG itself (i.e. there's no way to specify distance between symbols for instance). The patterns, by definition, don't have spacing between the tiles, because patterns should provide seamless til

Re: [Qgis-user] using spatialite files for data sharing?

2012-08-16 Thread Alexander Bruy
Hi, 2012/8/16 Etienne Tourigny : > Second (and my preferred) is to store them in a single spatialite file > (or several, depending on file size). I'll recommend SpatiaLite and/or PostGIS. But as you already mention, SpatiaLite currently has very limited support in proprietary GIS. AFAIK, ArcMap a

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread James Stott
That would be great if you could release it if you manage to work something out. It must be a lot easier to get the point styles sorted as SVG files or just a QGIS styles. I may try and create the point symbol ones in QGIS anyway without using the SVGs for them. From: Jonathan Moules [mailto:

Re: [Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Hi James, Yes, that's the general consensus I've had from the off-list replies so far. However, having now played around with some generously supplied symbols, I'm not convinced QGIS could symbolise them neatly anyway without tweaking the SVG itself (i.e. there's no way to specify distance between

[Qgis-user] qgis-dev launcher executable not installed by osgeo4w on windows 7

2012-08-16 Thread G. Allegri
I've just formatted my PC and I'm doing a fresh install of all my SWs. As usual I've selected the various packages from the osgeo4w installer. Everything is installed correctly (except for the VC 2005 redistributable, which gave me an error), but with qgis-dev the bin launchers were not installed,

[Qgis-user] using spatialite files for data sharing?

2012-08-16 Thread Etienne Tourigny
Hi all first I'm sorry if this is a generic question, but I feel that the qgis community can give me some valuable pointers. I have a number of files containing simple plygon data (burned area maps), that I wish to share with collaborators and eventually make public. These files will be used for

Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring line length while drawing

2012-08-16 Thread Alexandre Neto
Maybe using this? http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/25542/splitting-lines-at-a-specified-distance On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Jakob Lanstorp wrote: > Is there any way of measuring the line length on the fly while drawing the > line? > > I have a starting point and need to draw say a

[Qgis-user] SVG Fill

2012-08-16 Thread Jonathan Moules
Hi List, I'm trying to symbolise Ordnance Survey MasterMap. The OS are nice enough to provide a single SVG file (here: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/xml/resource/OSMasterMapStyles.svg) with most/all of their symbology in. My question is simple: How do I use these symbols in QGIS? I've found "S

[Qgis-user] Measuring line length while drawing

2012-08-16 Thread Jakob Lanstorp
Is there any way of measuring the line length on the fly while drawing the line? I have a starting point and need to draw say a 1,234 km long vector line on top of a raster map in lat long degrees. Are there other alternatives? Cheers, Jakob ___ Qgis-u

Re: [Qgis-user] Transparency for vector layer

2012-08-16 Thread Matt Boyd
You need to select multiple categories sing the shift or control key, then right click. On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:54 PM, richard burcher wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > There is no global (from what i see) setting for transparency to be applied > to each category. > > I've tried the following: (win 7

[Qgis-user] join by location

2012-08-16 Thread Julie Pierson
Hi all, I have a question about the 'join by location' tool in ftools. Let's say I've got two polygon layers : a layer of provinces with the population for each province, and a layer of regions, each region resulting in the fusion of several provinces. Now I want to know the total population f

Re: [Qgis-user] Vector/Raster Projection Problem

2012-08-16 Thread Andre Joost
Am 16.08.12 08:13, schrieb Terry Morse: Thank you for the suggestion, Andre. I tried to install Openlayers using the plug-in installer, but it appears not to be in the official plug-in repository. Yes, it is only in the authors repository: http://build.sourcepole.ch/qgis/plugins.xml You can

Re: [Qgis-user] some errors with Python connected to launching DB Manager and PostGIS Manager

2012-08-16 Thread Bartek Wol
Still having this issues with not working DB Manager and buggy PostGIS manager, anyone could help? is it system error because I can work on both managers on linux ubuntu natty 11.10 qgis 1.8.0 and the problem persists in windows 7. 2012/8/14 Bartek Wol : > Hi > > using qgis 1.8.0 windows 7 64 bit

Re: [Qgis-user] Symbology: switch off automatic classification

2012-08-16 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Yes I agree the classify button is a little superfluous now. It was a bit of a oversight on my part. I think we could replace it with a "Freeze Classification" button, or something like that. Can you open a ticket and assign it to me on hub.qgis.org so I don't forget about it. - Nathan On Thu,

Re: [Qgis-user] sobre vector resumen

2012-08-16 Thread Germán Carrillo
*** Español *** ¿Eduardo, las geometrías se mantienen en cada capa? ¿Lo único que cambia es el área sembrada? Si es así, sigue estos pasos para conseguir lo que quieres: 1. Has una copia de una de las capas, esta será la capa que vas a tomar como "resumen". 2. Podrías borrarle el campo "area semb

Re: [Qgis-user] Symbology: switch off automatic classification

2012-08-16 Thread Tammo Jan Dijkema
Hi Nathan, Thanks for your reply. We'll switch to manually editing the qml-file for now. However, I would say the feature could have been thought through a bit more. The button 'classify' now seems superfluous, and there is no way to prevent an update when changing layers. Perhaps the button 'c

Re: [Qgis-user] Symbology: switch off automatic classification

2012-08-16 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Hey Tammo, This is a feature as having to click classify each time when changing the values was confusing to users so I changed how it works a while ago. Currently there is no way to turn it off. You could save out the qgis qml file and hand edit it to have the new column. - Nathan On Thu, Aug

[Qgis-user] Symbology: switch off automatic classification

2012-08-16 Thread Tammo Jan Dijkema
I'm using qgis 1.8 to create graduated maps of multiple data columns. For this, I use the new symbology implementation, with graduated colors. I would like to use one classification for all columns. Usually based on Jenks, and tweaked manually. In qgis 1.8, when changing the column which is u