[Qgis-user] las files

Hi All I'm new to QGIS after using MapInfo for more years than I dare to admit and finding QGIS great. I'm making full use of the 3D features as I work mainly in the forestry industry and as they say, a picture says a thousand words, particularly when showing topography. My question is, I am

[Qgis-user] Geometry buffer tool

Hi All Does anybody have issues with the Geometry Buffer Tool failing if used more than once in a QGis session? What I am doing is that I have a polygon representing an area to be planted in trees. I have a stream running through the area and cant plant within 10m of the stream, so I am di

[Qgis-user] QuickMapServices plugin question

Hi All This isn't really a question, but a curiosity. I've been using Google Satellite among other services from the Quick Map Services plugin. Its awesome and very useful to have different sources of imagery etc to use in addition to existing ortho photos that I have access to. My question,

[Qgis-user] Plot roadline using contours / DEM

Hi All I would like to plot a line (potential road) using a given slope (or grade) using contour lines. I imagine picking a start point, entering a grade and somehow plotting the road line. I also have a DEM that I could use if that was possible. Is there a plugin available to assist with th

[Qgis-user] Drag and drop files into QGIS - Silly Question

Hi All I have a brand new PC, have set up QGIS, exported and imported my QGIS profile from my old PC and all is working perfectly with QGIS and added plugins ect apart from the ability to drag and drop shp file (or MapInfo tab or any files) directly into the layer panel in QGIS. Am I missing s

Re: [Qgis-user] Drag and drop files into QGIS - Silly Question

Hi I have figured it out. I'm using 3.8.2. If I open QGIS using the windows option "Run as Administrator", drag and dropping any data (spatial or non spatial) files into QGIS appears to be disabled. A normal starting of QGIS and it is as Mike says "drag and drop come naturally" and it appea

[Qgis-user] Raster edge detection - Raster -> Vector

Hi All Is anybody out there using any tools (QGIS or other) to automatically or semi-automatically digitise vector data from rasters? Roads, obvious edges of change in land use, forestry, crops, water etc? I've tried a few plugins, can't seem to get them to work very well if at all and als

[Qgis-user] 3.10 dialog box icons in other language?

Hi All Hi all. After upgrading to 3.10 this has happened to some buttons on dialog boxes. If you hover over the button with your mouse the tooltip does display correctly. While it is not at all a show stopper, any ideas on how to fix? Cheers Tony Tony Shepherd | GeoSpatial /

[Qgis-user] GEO PDF and Avenza maps or similar

Hi All Hope everyone is well. I have been experimenting with exporting maps as geo-pdf's and then opening them on a mobile device (phone, tablet etc) using Avenza Maps. It is working well and as a bonus it's free. Being able to add tracks and waypoints on top of the PDF in real-time while

[Qgis-user] Shared line-style resources etc

Hi All Hope that averyone is getting through whatever lockdown conditions you are under ok. Day 26 for us in New Zealand. I'm just wondering of any known shared resources for line styles, point styles, svg libraries etc? I have done some searching on the web and found a few things scatte

[Qgis-user] Mergin plugin - Hanging QGIS on startup

Hi All Is anybody having issues with the Mergin plugin causing QGIS (QGIS V3.12) to hang on startup? It loaded ok on the initial insatll, now hangs QGIS on startup. Remove the plugin, QGIS starts fine. Reload the plugin QGIS again fails to start? TO remove I have to use a -noplugins switch

[Qgis-user] Update field based on a value from another layer

Hi All Am I missing something? Is there a simple point and click tool in QGIS to update an existing field in a QGIS layer based on a value in another using a geographic join? For example a series of points and a series polygons. I want to update a field in points from a value in a field in p

[Qgis-user] PDF output - file size

Hi All Hope all is well. I'm really liking QGIS 3.14!! I have a question re the file size of PDF outputs. Since upgrading to 3.14, the file size of PDF outputs seems to have grown by a substantial amount. If I have SVG or font marker fills, even more so. An A3 map, typically was 5mb or s

Re: [Qgis-user] PDF output - file size

ugust 2020 4:17 am To: Nyall Dawson ; Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) Cc: qgis-user Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] PDF output - file size Hi Tony, Consider using multiply blending mode for your map in the rendering menu of item properties. This will lose transparency but reduce file size (could

[Qgis-user] Version 3.14 - Copy and Paste attribute table

Hi All Prior to 3.14 we could simply open an attribute table, select a few rows (or atrl A to select all), ctrl-v to copy and then paste into excel or similar. Handy for a quick excel filter, or pivot table etc. Just to check that I hadn't gone completely mad, I found an old PC with 3.12 in

Re: [Qgis-user] Version 3.14 - Copy and Paste attribute table

e fixed for all users? Thanks, Andreas On 2020-08-26 03:10, Stephane Goldstein wrote: Hi. I also do that very frequently. Ctrl+C does not work for that anymore. Now after selecting your features, you have to go to the Edit menu and click "Copy features". On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at

[Qgis-user] Deploy maps/data to clients - web map solutions or other?

Hi All I'm after some advice/discussion around how others are sharing data/maps with clients. I mainly work in the agricultural/forestry area. So I create maps, some clients have very large farms, so many maps cover the farm with all sorts of data from water schemes, health and safety haza

Re: [Qgis-user] Picture data in Map?

Hi There is a plugin called “Import Photos”. It’ very handy for extracting metadata (exif data) from a folder full of images and creating points etc. I use it to map photo locations then use a calculated field to show an arrow indicating the direction the photo was taken (if collected i

[Qgis-user] Save to PDF - Image Compression - Waiting for QT 5.13

Hi All This may be a silly question but I have noticed the ability to compress images when creating PDF's has appeared in 6.13.x. I've been waiting for this for ages, so it's great to see, thanks guys for making this happen. It says that it is only available with QGIS builds using QT 5.13.

[Qgis-user] Georeferencer failing - QGIS 3.18

Hi All Has anybody had issues with the Georeferencing tool failing after updating to 3.18 I'm not doing anything different to what I have in the past, start with a basic scan of an image, load into georeferencer, pick a few control points on the image and the map canvas, press the green but

[Qgis-user] Layout page size variable?

Hi All Is there a variable that returns the page size of a print layout? I would like to add the page size to the scale below so it reads something like "1:5,000 @ A3" I can see variables for width and height, but not Page Size? Or would I need to code in some 'if' & 'then' statements

Re: [Qgis-user] Layout page size variable?

END%] Cheers Tony From: Charles Dixon-Paver Sent: Friday, 21 May 2021 9:46 am To: Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Layout page size variable? Yeah I am not aware of a variable for this... But page sizes are actually more complicated

[Qgis-user] 3.20. Enabling labels making layout shift out of alignment with aerial imagery

Hi All Any ideas why in V3.20 a layout will display like this. It only happens if I have labels enabled for my road centreline layer. Turn that layer off and the layout displays and prints as expected. The map window always displays as expected, it's only on the layout window where the apparent

[Qgis-user] Offsetting rotated labels proportionate to variable angles/rotations

Hi All Simple question, but I am not sure how best to word it. Since we all love maps, I have a diagram below. 1. Create some points along a polyline. Easy using "Points along Gemoetry" 2. Display and label the points and put a rotation on the labels and justify as needed (middle rig

[Qgis-user] QGIS V3.18 - V3.20 project file problems

Hi All Has anybody had any issues with project files saved in V3.18 opening incorrectly in V3.20? Specifically, I am having 3 annoying issues.. 1. Any manually shifted labels no longer appear in the correct place in 3.20. As a double-check to make sure I am not going mad, I open t

Re: [Qgis-user] Rasters in print layout are not aligned 3.20

Hi See my post from Wed 7th July. I have exactly the same problem since loading 3.20. By chance do you have label masking enabled on any layers? I discovered that if I disable the layer masking, then the rasters and vector data will then align correctly. Re apply masking and then the

[Qgis-user] Raster and vector layers appear mis-aligned on print layouts

Hi All Are many others having this issue since the release of 3.20? Very frustrating.. It seems that if label masking is enabled, when viewing the map layout, raster and vector layers appear mis-aligned on the layout. If printing, or exporting to PDF, or exporting to raster the output is o

[Qgis-user] Windows 11 - QGIS and or ODM?

HI All I am being pestered by Windows to upgrade to Win 11. Has anybody done that already and if so were there any issues with QGIS (or ODM if you use it?)? Cheers Tony Tony Shepherd | GeoSpatial / Mapping Manager Ph 027 435 6193 | E t...@farmmaps.nz F

Re: [Qgis-user] Print composer issue - QGis 3.22.00

Hi Sebastien I reported this bug back in 3.20 (July) https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/44426 To date, I have had no feedback as to confirmation of a bug or because of my doing, so in a way it is good to hear of a similar problem from another user. While not a show stopper, it is ex

Re: [Qgis-user] Print composer issue - QGis 3.22.00

Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) Cc: CCM-S.RAYOT ; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Print composer issue - QGis 3.22.00 Hi, Have you both been using wms server data, or other online data in your maps? Nicolas Cadieux https://gitlab.com/njacadieux Le 16 nov. 2021 à 13:35, Tony

[Qgis-user] Error message in v3.22 when adding virtual layer

Hi All Does anybody know about resolving this error? Only since upgrade to 3.22. Create Layer --> Add Virtual Layer A message appears "Cannot get virtual layer select dialog from provider." Cheers Tony Tony Shepherd | GeoSpatial / Mapping Manager Ph 027 435 6193 | E <

[Qgis-user] Print layout raster misalignment when label masked symbol layers are enabled

Hi All This has been a long-standing issue for me, and likely others for the last three or four versions. I've logged bug reports on github and it looks like they have been closed off, yet the issues persist and I have never had any feedback either way. While not a show stopper, it's

Re: [Qgis-user] Print layout raster misalignment when label masked symbol layers are enabled

If anybody is following this topic, I can confirm that the issue has been resolved in v3.22.3. Thank you Nyall for getting back to me and the team that keeps this software continuously getting better and better. Cheers From: Qgis-user On Behalf Of Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) Sent

Re: [Qgis-user] Tweaking an Atlas

Hi Like the other suggestions that have been given, I have shifted items around on the layout depending on the page number of the atlas. Here is an example where I was shifting the legend as it covered something up on the layout on several of the maps. Similar code for the Y axis.

[Qgis-user] 3.26 -> Print to PDF and some features are extending beyond the map window extents

Hi Has anybody had any issues since upgrading to 3.26 that when creating a PDF from a layout that some features are exported to the PDF file that are outside of the extents of the map window? In my case, I have line features (road centrelines) and polygons that are printed across a blank ar

[Qgis-user] Scrolling using the mouse wheel in a layout >-- CRASH

Hi Is anybody else having issues when using a mouse scroll wheel for zooming in a layout window that QGIS continually crashes? This has only started happening since upgrading to 3.26 Cheers Tony Tony Shepherd | GeoSpatial / Mapping Manager Ph 027 435 6193 | E

[Qgis-user] Forestry machinery svg symbols/fonts etc

Hi All Do any of you that work in the forestry sector have any svg symbols or fonts etc that you might be able to share that indicate forestry machinery like harvesters, forwarders etc? Cheers Tony Tony Shepherd | GeoSpatial / Mapping Manager Ph 027 435 6193 | E

[Qgis-user] Opening a layout in "Zoom full" view

Hi All Maybe a silly question, but not one that I could easily find an answer to. Is there a way to set QGIS so that when it opens an existing layout that it automatically displays it in "Zoom full" mode or maybe set a flag somewhere that when you save the project the current layout zoom is

Re: [Qgis-user] Opening a layout in "Zoom full" view

ation/dashboard?ID=ISTLGORE2> Cheers Tony From: Nicolas Cadieux Sent: Thursday, 3 November 2022 1:30 am To: Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) Cc: Qgis Users List Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Opening a layout in "Zoom full" view Hi, I have not experienced this yet in

[Qgis-user] Watershed - Catchment area upstream of a point

Hi All I'm wanting to use a DEM/DTM to automatically map the watershed/catchment area upstream of a known point. After a bit of reading, this appears to be a not-so-simple task but suggestions are to use the "Upslope Area" algorithm. In my case, the program fails to finish running, and

[Qgis-user] Moving many project files - bulk updating paths to tables?

Hi All I am sure I am not the first to ponder how to deal with this. I have loads, thousands likely, of project files in a series of folders and subfolders. I need to move those files and folders to a new location to enable other staff to use the project files and their associated shp files,

Re: [Qgis-user] Moving many project files - bulk updating paths to tables?

04/04/24 19:28, Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) via QGIS-User wrote: Hi All I am sure I am not the first to ponder how to deal with this. I have loads, thousands likely, of project files in a series of folders and subfolders. I need to move those files and folders to a new location to enable

[Qgis-user] Search through folders and combine SHP files

Hi I have loads, literally thousands, of SHP, GPKG, TAB files located in loads of different folders and sub-folders. Is there a plugin that will trawl through a set of folders, copy say just the polygons from each file into a new file, and populate a field with say the filename and folder t

Re: [Qgis-user] Search through folders and combine SHP files

filelist.txt to the tool. I am not experienced in using python. Cheers TIby From: Nigel Berjak - S3 Technologies mailto:ni...@s3.co.za> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2024 6:03 PM To: Nyall Dawson mailto:nyall.daw...@gmail.com> > Cc: Tony Shepherd (FarmMaps NZ) mailto:t...@farmmaps.nz>