Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-12 Thread Lee
>From what I gather, it's an issue with the hotine mercator projection. All of Michigan's state-sponsored data is provided in what is known as the "Michigan georef", which is based on a hotine mercator. If you search, you will find several individuals in various geographic locations that are having

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-12 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 12/03/2012 05:01, Lee ha scritto: > productive than QGIS. There are, however, times I have had to use another free > program called uDIG to handle various Coordinate Reference System conversions > that > QGIS seems to have trouble with. Hi Lee, could you please be more precise? Have you let t

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-11 Thread Lee
-Original Message- > From: Alister Hood [mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:45 PM > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Cc: j...@jmforestry.com > Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > > > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:26:26 -0500 > > From

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
grass > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:26:26 -0500 > From: "Jake Maier" > Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > To: "'Noli Sicad'" > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <006301ccff1d$9ad3fba0$d07bf2e0$@m...@jmforestry.com> > Conte

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
Great, thanks Alister, will do Jake -Original Message- From: Alister Hood [mailto:alister.h...@synergine.com] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:42 PM To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Cc: nsi...@gmail.com; j...@jmforestry.com Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Alister Hood
> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:26:26 -0500 > From: "Jake Maier" > Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > To: "'Noli Sicad'" > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <006301ccff1d$9ad3fba0$d07bf2e0$@m...@jmforestry.com> > Content-Type

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Alister Hood
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:59:07 +1100 > From: Noli Sicad > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > To: Jake Maier > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > To calculate area - (shapeflie file) in

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
bject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass Use Table Manager (Qgis python plugin) to manage table (i.e. delete and add columns). At the moment, it will save the new table into a new shapefile (*.shp, *.dbf, etc). Noli On 3/11/12, Jake Maier wrote: > I try to delete some of the fields (columns

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
system, acres. I think >> that is not provided in QGIS. >> >> Jake >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Noli Sicad [mailto:nsi...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:06 PM >> To: Jake Maier >> Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >&

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
Maier Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass To calculate area - (shapeflie file) in QGIS, Have a look on the Vector (menu)->Geometry Tools -> Export / Add geometry columns. You will get a new shapefile with area and perimetre columns Simple hack for acres; Op

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
Sweet, Thanks Noli Jake -Original Message- From: Noli Sicad [mailto:nsi...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:59 PM To: Jake Maier Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass To calculate area - (shapeflie file) in QGIS, Have a look on the Vector (menu

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Alister Hood
> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:35:51 -0500 > From: "Jake Maier" > Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > To: "'Noli Sicad'" > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Message-ID: <003e01ccff16$8e8a3f50$ab9ebdf0$@m...@jmforestry.com> > Content-

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Noli Sicad
. I think >> that is not provided in QGIS. >> >> Jake >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Noli Sicad [mailto:nsi...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:06 PM >> To: Jake Maier >> Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> Subject: R

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Noli Sicad
6:06 PM > To: Jake Maier > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass > > Hi Jake, > > If you are just new to QGIS, just use QGIS without Grass plug-in first. > Familiarize yourself with QGIS. Download and read QGIS manual. > You can always install

RE: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
Message- From: Noli Sicad [mailto:nsi...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:06 PM To: Jake Maier Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass Hi Jake, If you are just new to QGIS, just use QGIS without Grass plug-in first. Familiarize yourself with QGIS. Download

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Noli Sicad
Hi Jake, If you are just new to QGIS, just use QGIS without Grass plug-in first. Familiarize yourself with QGIS. Download and read QGIS manual. You can always install the Grass plug-in later. If you used ArcMap before and not ArcInfo, mostly like to you don't need Grass at the moment. Most of QG

[Qgis-user] qgis vs grass

2012-03-10 Thread Jake Maier
I'm new to qgis. I used ArcMap before so I have some GIS experience. I have the grass plug-in installed. Should I try to setup the grass database right away and try to do everything within grass or should I first use just qgis without Grass until I get more familiar with it. Any pointers are very