Re: [Qgis-user] Re: Unusual application of QGIS

2012-05-09 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
other in a local coordinate system. Enjoy, Alex -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Re: Unusual application of QGIS

2012-05-08 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
in the summer and will report back to the list of results and any more questions which I might have. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Unusual application of QGIS

2012-05-07 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
make big differences. My question is thus, does this sound possible and have anyone else done something similar? The area being mapped is actually flat and I am not sure if that would make a difference. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] SEXTANTE for QGIS has been released

2012-03-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
Python scripts -Graphical modeler -Batch processing interface -History -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Digitizing Idea...

2012-03-20 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
preferentially follow a certain line/colour. I could thus select a colour on the map and then just click a rough path over the river with the software recognizing my intention and adjusting the path the best fit the line based on the colour I chose or follow the line. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis

[Qgis-user] Relative paths

2012-03-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
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Re: [Qgis-user] Relative paths

2012-03-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
Andreas On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:22:00 +, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Hi My external harddrive broke on which I kept my QGIS files. This meant that in the new location all my data sources are broken, as in they point to a specific location rather than relative to the main project file

Re: [Qgis-user] Relative paths

2012-03-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
-- SVG paths Andreas -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Strange behaviour in new layer

2012-03-10 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
the river layer invisible but the behaviour stays. I have also restarted QGIS but it has no effect. I have no idea why this layer is effecting all new shapefile layers in this way. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Custom label placing

2012-03-10 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
places and need to move labels around to make everything look good but that does not seem to relate well for multiple zoom levels. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman

[Qgis-user] Fine grained zooming

2012-03-10 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
but have not yet found a working one Best Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Map Units in Map Composer

2012-03-08 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
but it is slightly longer than that. I fairly sure I am missing something and would appreciate anyone being able to shed light on these scaling issues. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http

[Qgis-user] Export map to graphics program

2012-03-06 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
map in Illustrator and am at the moment considering doing a number of print screens and stitching it together. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] Export map to graphics program

2012-03-06 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
those, and vice versa only using the old symbology and old labelling? Thanks, Alex -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] CSV and Spatialite

2012-02-24 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
spatialite layer that connect to the database so the difference being that the filter/view is in QGIS rather than in the spatialite db. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman

[Qgis-user] Publishing my map

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
suggestions maybe a very large svg copy?, or any tips/tricks? Also a working link to a online map would be appreciated if anyone could share that. Best Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
. The authentication thing is no big deal sometimes the keyservers just aren't working. As a question of clarification which repository are you installing QGIS from? Thanks, Alex On 01/29/2012 04:40 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Hi That installation unfortunately had no effect. Still

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
: http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/Download#Ubuntu-With-updated-dependencies So try to remove your current install, change your repos, and the update and install again, making sure to grab the python-qgis too. Thanks, Alex On 01/30/2012 09:18 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Hi Alex

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
, making sure to grab the python-qgis too. Thanks, Alex On 01/30/2012 09:18 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Hi Alex, The Plugin Installer if that is a plugin itself then it is not listed. The keyservers have not been working for a while and that breaks any other updates. Which means

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
/python_in_qgis_tutorial1.html Then look for the QSpatialite plugin. Enjoy, Alex On 01/30/2012 11:04 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Ok, Complete removal and re-installation seem to have done the trick. Thank you very much for all the help so far. I can see the correct menus now

Re: [Qgis-user] Publishing my map

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
project. It would allow you to navigate, print parts of the map and display attribute data. Users can also toggle map layers. See http://gis.uster.ch/ for examples. Andreas On 01/30/2012 06:11 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Hi As part of my Geology thesis I need to present a map for which

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-30 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
On 01/30/2012 11:18 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Cool, I did all that and it works kind of but I now get: PySpatiaLite python module is required for QSpatiaLite I have installed every available Spatialite package: libspatialite-dev install libspatialite2 install

Re: [Qgis-user] Converting CSV into a database

2012-01-29 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
the python-qgis package or maybe the base plugins sudo apt-get install python-qgis python-qgis-common Give that a try, restart qgis and see if you have python plugin access. Thanks, Alex On 01/28/2012 01:39 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Thanks Alex, I only have Manage Plugins

[Qgis-user] Ubuntu Repository Problems

2011-11-13 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
would be greatly appreciated. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] to line or not to line

2011-10-29 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
. If the river is a polygon then I would loose the ability to extract length data or is that assumption wrong? Do I represent a river/feature as both a line and a polygon then? Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] to line or not to line

2011-10-29 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
and a line layer that contains the river center line and can be used to calculate distances easily. Best wishes, Anita On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis gerhardus.geldenh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi This question is not as much QGIS specific but more about generic GIS

[Qgis-user] Avoiding Label Clustering and custom placement

2011-10-24 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
writeable attributes to a CSV imported layer, if at all? Or do I need to import the CSV file and convert it to an QGIS type format? Am I approaching this the correct way or is there an easier way to customize my label setting so that I don't have labels overprinting. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis

[Qgis-user] Snapping options logic

2011-10-22 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
Triangle, no error message. I don't understand why that would cause the error message to go away. Is avoid intersections not supposed to be limited to a specific layer? Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org

[Qgis-user] Mapping in the southern hemisphere

2011-10-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
it thinks it is in the northern hemisphere and turns everything upside down. Regards -- Gerhardus Geldenhuis ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] Mapping in the southern hemisphere

2011-10-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
:32735 for zone 35 south. Search for 35S in the Project Properties dialogue, make sure to set the drop down for Search for to Name. Cheers John On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis gerhardus.geldenh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi It seems QGIS is a bit partial to the northern

Re: [Qgis-user] Mapping in the southern hemisphere

2011-10-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
On 19-10-11 20:47, Gerhardus Geldenhuis gerhardus.geldenh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi John,Thank you for the reply. Unless I am mistaken 35S is very much in the northern hemisphere. Both http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LA2-Africa-UTM-zones.png and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Utm

Re: [Qgis-user] Mapping in the southern hemisphere

2011-10-19 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
input methods for the GeoReferencing plugin not thus the co-ordinates displayed in the bottom of the screen change to UTM format. Regards 2011/10/19 Gerhardus Geldenhuis gerhardus.geldenh...@gmail.com Sigh, Thank you for all the replies. It is bloody confusing and a barrier of entry to using GIS

Re: [Qgis-user] Creating Geological Maps

2011-10-16 Thread Gerhardus Geldenhuis
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.comwrote: On 10/16/2011 01:32 PM, Gerhardus Geldenhuis wrote: Just to check, do you have projection on-the-fly turned on? For best image quality the image needs to be in it's native projection. Though in this case it sounds