On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:47:01 -0800, John Harrop <[email protected]> wrote:
I have been playing with a set of processing scripts for seismic 3D planning in QGIS. I am pretty sure that they are very inefficient and cumbersome. I am working all the time with shapefiles, even knowing that a small portable database (SQlite or Spatialite) would be much better. The point is my complete incompetence to work with databases. :( My first think was to create a plug-in set for the task, but the processing scripts had a shorter development cycle. (aka I am too Lazy;)) > Since we have been talking about geological symbol fonts… > > What is the level of interest in other geological tools? I would > very much like to see the momentum in QGIS carry on into building > tools in QGIS and/or PostGIS to support drilling, geochemistry and > geophysics field surveys. > > For example, I have run simple drill sections as “projections” with > the data calculated in a spreadsheet. Recently I have been > (enjoying!) processing magnetic surveys in R and building profiles > for plotting in plan view along the survey lines. The tools are > there to build a good exploration suite like those provided > commercially for MapInfo and ESRI. > > Any other interest in this? Should we be more formalizing a project? > > John > > > > On Jan 30, 2016, at 12:56 AM, gene <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The solution we were using was a True Type font (Font marker > > symbol) with geological symbols (as ArcGIS with the geology ttf > > symbols). We cannot use directly this ESRI police ( FAQ: What are > > the applicable copyright restrictions on Esri fonts?" > > <http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/32155 > > > ) but it is relatively easy to create a new True Type Font with > > > geological symbols > > with FontForge <https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/> . You draw > > the symbols with a classical interface > > > > > > <http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/file/n5248101/fontforge2.jpg> > > > > and you generate the True Type Font (look at QGIS and fonts as > > symbols, use and creation with FontForge > > <http://www.portailsig.org/content/qgis-et-les-polices-de-caracteres-comme-symboles-utilisation-et-creation-avec-fontforge> > > > > , in French but the figures are universal). You can even copy/paste > > a SVG symbol as a new character of the font or export a character > > to a SVG file . You can change the color and the size of a > > character without problem and it is easy to distribute > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Geological-Map-Symbols-Continued-tp5248087p5248101.html > > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at > > Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] > > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Roxo -- ---------------- Non luctari, ludare -------------------+ WYSIWYG Fernando M. Roxo da Motta <[email protected]> | Editor? Except where explicitly stated I speak on my own behalf.| VI !! ( Usuário Linux registrado #39505 ) | I see text, ------------ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?-------------+ I get text! _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
