[OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-15 Thread diego lesmes
Use example steps 1 Georeference with Falcon View Free using Georect, a free image and mapsource this generate a geotiff + twf 2 download a shape from geofabrik.de for use in QGIS 3 draw lines in qgis as GPX file 4 upload gpx or osm with viking or JOSM results

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-05 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:39:31 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: QGIS is great for *processing* OSM data. I view it more as a tool for users than a tool for contributors. Hi Frederik, could you please give some examples how users process OSM data with QGIS? -- pratite me na twitteru -

[OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread Valent Turkovic
http://mapserver.sk/~wonder/qgis/osmplugin_user_guide_draft.pdf I saw this pdf showing possibility of using osm data with real GIS software. But what is (if any) advantage using qgis? -- pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt blog: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime,

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
I use qgis for : The rtools package that does intersections, difference and buffering of data, the raster contour plugin for creating ways from images, converting and working with shapefiles and all types of raster formats graphically, and alot of other nice tools qgis is great. mike On Sun,

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Valent Turkovic wrote: http://mapserver.sk/~wonder/qgis/osmplugin_user_guide_draft.pdf I saw this pdf showing possibility of using osm data with real GIS software. But what is (if any) advantage using qgis? Advantage compared to what? Bye Frederik

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:51:02 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: Advantage compared to what? JOSM and Potlach. -- pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt blog: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com linux, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless, ronjenje, pametne kuće registered as user

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Valent Turkovic wrote: Advantage compared to what? JOSM and Potlach. Then the answer is no. Except for some specialist uses (e.g. for certain import or automated processing scenarios), I would not recommend to use QGIS to edit OSM data. However, QGIS is great for *processing* OSM data.

Re: [OSM-talk] any advantage when using Quantum GIS (qgis) ?

2010-04-04 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Then the answer is no. Except for some specialist uses (e.g. for certain import or automated processing scenarios), I would not recommend to use QGIS to edit OSM data. However, QGIS is great for *processing* OSM data. I