I am very interested in additional geologic support for QGIS. I have been learning to use this great software for plotting geochemical data (my data- Hg and soil pH) for geothermal exploration. I have ended up using TrueType fonts for some symbols (strike and dip) and editing in GIMP for the other items I could not find or work around.
I am trying to use Blender for drill hole (well data) plotting but have not gotten anywhere, really. I attempted to use Midvatten but I am not enough of a programmer to alter it, despite the cooperation of the author--still learning how to use QGIS. This list is quite helpful for some problems but I wish there was a somewhat less sophisticated user list. The QGIS-USA list has helped with some data plotting issues that were not of interest here. I would like to be part of geology project/ support list but I lack the skill to do much other than share the problems I have managed to solve without python, etc. Thanks for the geologic interest Patty --consulting geochemist On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:47 AM, John Harrop <jchar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <martin.lal...@gmail.com> 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 > > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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