Re: [Qgis-user] Proposal for QGIS-related blog
For the main part of your proposal, are you thinking of something in the manner of www.r-bloggers.com? It's a really useful resource, with enough posts from enough varied sources to be really worth following. qgis.org/planet/ could fit the bill - with more content from more sites. Well, that is a rather big thing! I am not thinking of an aggregator, but more like a blog written by several people, with a common standard of quality and a common subject (In my case, as I said, i would like to incude tipstrick for QGIS, not just any QGIS-related news) I see it more like a book of chapters with different authors and an editor (in this case all contributors would be editors, but there will be some reviewing or some guidelines, etc) Spanish readers might be familiar with the amazings.es blog, which is the reference blog in terms of science in Spain, and which is written by a group of science bloggers that collaborate on this while they also write their own blogs. I was thinking about something like that... Thanks for the interest Regards Seems like the QGIS wiki needs serious editorial leadership and editing (and probably some search-engine optimisation) more than anything else; I personally find it horrible to use the Redmine system, too. Maybe that's the best place to focus efforts? -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Proposal-for-QGIS-related-blog-tp5008549p5008816.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Qgis-user Digest, Vol 80, Issue 28
Am 15.10.2012 12:24, schrieb Michael Spencer: I'm trying to load a gpsbabel created gpx file containing waypoints and tracks into QGIS. Having successfully managed this in the past I didn't anticipate a problem, although when I get to the window asking which types of data I'd like to load that normally lists how many of each are available they are all listed as -1. If I open the gpx file in a text editor there is definitely data there. Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:33:28 +0200, (Werner) There was a change in the code because AFAIK it took ages to scan through big files and there was a request to skip this scanning through files .. I am not sure but I think because of this reason there is only a -1 there now because scanning is skipped and without scanning no results .. Thanks Werner, when I select what I want it is loading data. Cheers! ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Line break in a legend / salto de línea en una leyenda
Hola! I m a new user, and have a simple question: How I can enter line break in the legend of a layer in the print designer? Soy un usuario novato y tengo una pregunta muy simple: ¿cómo puedo introducir un salto de línea en una leyenda, en el diseñador de impresion? Gracias Pablo ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Line break in a legend / salto de línea en una leyenda
Hi, In the item properties list of the legend item you can define a wrap character(s), e.g. \n. Then you can edit an individual legend entry and change the text, placing the wrap character(s) where you want. You need at least QGIS 1.8 oder master. This feature wasn't present in QGIS 1.7 or earlier. Hope this helps, Andreas Am 16.10.2012 15:11, schrieb Pablo Schweitzer: Hola! I m a new user, and have a simple question: How I can enter line break in the legend of a layer in the print designer? Soy un usuario novato y tengo una pregunta muy simple: ¿cómo puedo introducir un salto de línea en una leyenda, en el diseñador de impresion? Gracias Pablo ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] How to change the data source?
Why do you need to change the datasource, instead of simply opening a new layer? Are there things like symbology that must be preserved? If it's for creating maps, you can use the Print Composer, and simply change layers. If you need the same symbology, in the dev version (qgis-1.9) you can setup symbology defaults for new layers, in the project properties. Etienne On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:20 PM, boesiii boes...@yahoo.com wrote: I would like to be able to edit the location of the data source from within Qgis similar to the image attached. http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/file/n5008819/source_button.png -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/How-to-change-the-data-source-tp5008756p5008819.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] QGIS Community Meeting feedback for Essen, October 2012
Dear QGIS Community, based on the wiki entries I added a website with a few notes on our recent hackfest / community meeting in Essen from 3-7 October: http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings/essen-102012.html If others have posted similar articles about their experiences or pics it would be great to add a link to this page. I already added a few. The QGIS Porject just wanted to say publically a very big THANK YOU to our sponsors and to everyone who donates to the QGIS project - your funding allows us to hold these meetings which really help the project to keep its momentum! Looking forward to the next one! http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/9_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Valmiera_2013 Regards Otto ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Add layer with style
Thanks :) 2012/10/15 Morten Agerlin Petersen m...@ramboll.dk Hey Johan ** ** As far as I know qml is a native QGIS format… ** ** Qgis is also able to save styling as SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor-Files) using some plugins in version 1.8 but I have never tried that and I don’t know if ArcGis can use it: ** ** http://underdark.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/sld-support-and-other-qgis1-8-style-features/ ** ** ** ** Yours sincerely *Morten Agerlin*** ** ** Project Manager Urban Development and Transport Planning ** ** D +45 51 61 36 15 M +45 51 61 36 15 m...@ramboll.dk ** ** Ramboll Hannemanns Allé 53 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark www.ramboll.com ** ** *From:* Johan Nilsson [mailto:joni8...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 15. oktober 2012 09:32 *To:* Morten Agerlin Petersen *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Add layer with style ** ** Thanx :) Do you know if for instance ArcGIS can read qml-files? Or are there any other format, so even ArcGIS user can read styles? 2012/10/15 magerlin m...@ramboll.dk This might be equal to Anitas answer, but you can also do it manually: Just name the qml file like the rest of the shape file family and save it in the same folder as the other files: My_file.shp My_file.dbf My_file.shx *My_file.qml* When you open My_file.shp in Qgis it will then be styled by the settings in My_file.qml. - Regards Morten Qgis 1.8.0 Stand alone installer in Win7 64 bit -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Add-layer-with-style-tp5008522p5008578.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ** ** ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] How to change the data source?
Example: A client of mine would like to view GIS data which would include sanitary sewers, parcels, storm sewers, buildings and roads, so I install Qgis on their computerand then I setup a Qgis file for the client to use but when I setup the Qgis file I will be using my typical GIS data locations but the client will store the data locally somewhere on their network. I believe it would be easier to remap the location of the data source than to add new layers and style each one accordingly and setup the labeling. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/How-to-change-the-data-source-tp5008756p5009034.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Community Meeting feedback for Essen, October 2012
Hi Otto, Would it be possible to put some names to the faces in the photograph? Would be nice to see what people look like :-) Regards, Frank, From: das...@gbd-consult.de Sent:2012-10-16 16:06:48 To: qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org;qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org;qgis-community-t...@lists.osgeo.org Cc: Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS Community Meeting feedback for Essen, October 2012 Dear QGIS Community, based on the wiki entries I added a website with a few notes on our recent hackfest / community meeting in Essen from 3-7 October: http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings/essen-102012.html If others have posted similar articles about their experiences or pics it would be great to add a link to this page. I already added a few. The QGIS Porject just wanted to say publically a very big THANK YOU to our sponsors and to everyone who donates to the QGIS project - your funding allows us to hold these meetings which really help the project to keep its momentum! Looking forward to the next one! http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/9_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Valmiera_2013 Regards Otto ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Foss4G 2013 CfP Academic Track
FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham Geo for All [follow the news on http://2013.foss4g.org for upcoming CfP fro other tracks, workshops, etcetera] Academic Track: “Science for Open Source, Open Source for Science” First Call for Papers The FOSS4G 2013 Academic Track is bringing together researchers, developers, users and practitioners carrying out research and development in the geospatial and the free and open source fields. With the Academic Track motto “Science for Open Source, Open Source for Science”, we aim to attract academic papers describing * the use of open source geospatial software and data, in and for scientific research, as well as * academic endeavours to conceptualize, create, assess, and teach open source geospatial software and data. Based on these categories, to promote a strong connection between the Academic Track and the other elements of FOSS4G 2013, we hope for contributions within the following themes: * Data Quality, Software Quality and Service Quality * Community Building * Doing more for less: Assessment of costs and benefits of open source applications and open source business models * Use of Open Data to inform public services * FOSS vs. FOSS4g: Is spatial special? * Architectures and frameworks for open source software and data * Teaching Geospatial Sciences with open source solutions * Open Source GIS application use cases : Government, Participatory GIS, Location based services, Health, Energy, Water, Climate change, etc. * Human-Computer Interfaces and Usability in and around Open GI systems We invite academics and researchers to submit full papers in English, of maximum 8,000 words, before the deadline of 1 February 2013. More detailed requirements, regarding layout, formatting and the submission process, will be published in the 2nd Call for Papers, expected late November 2012. Your contributions will be reviewed (double-blind) by a diverse reviewing committee of experts in the field, who will be asked to assess the papers on originality and academic rigour, as well as interest for the wider FOSS4G community. We expect to select 20-25 papers for presentation and publication. From this selection, a maximum of 8-10 papers will be given the opportunity for inclusion in a special issue of the renowned international journal Transactions in GIS [1]. The remaining papers will be published in the online OSGEO Journal [2]. We would like to specifically invite “early stage researchers” (PhD students, PostDocs) to use this opportunity to aim for a high-ranking publication. Authors of all selected papers will be expected to present their work in detail in a separate Academic Track (with 20-30 minute slots), and will also be given the opportunity to pitch the central theme of their paper in short 'lightning' talks to the larger community, to generate attention and cross-pollenate with industry, developers and users. Important Dates: * now: 1st Call for Papers * Late 2012: 2nd CfP (with detailed submission procedures and requirements) * 1 February 2013: Submission of full papers * 1 April 2013: Reviewing decisions * 1 May 2013: Paper revision deadline * 15 September 2013: publication of selected papers - 8-10 papers in Early View (on-line) Transactions in GIS - others in on-line OSGEO Journal * 17-21 September 2013: FOSS4G Conference * early 2014: printed issue Transactions in GIS For questions, comments and remarks, contact the Academic Track co-chairs: * Franz-Josef Behr (Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences): franz-josef.behr [at] hft-stuttgart.de * Barend Köbben (ITC-University of Twente): kobben [at] itc.nl [1]: Transactions in GIS. Published by Wiley; included in ISI, with an impact factor of 0.54; edited by John P. Wilson, David O'Sullivan and Alexander Zipf. Print ISSN: 1361-1682 Online ISSN: 1467-9671. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-TGIS.html [2]: OSGEO Journal, the official Journal of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation; http://journal.osgeo.org/index.php/journal Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) University of Twente Chamber of Commerce: 50130536 E-mail disclaimer The information in this e-mail, including any attachments, is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action in relation to the content of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please delete the message and any attachment and inform the sender by return e-mail. ITC accepts no liability for any error or omission in the message content or for damage of any kind that may arise as a result of e-mail transmission. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Community Meeting feedback for Essen, October 2012
:) from left to right: Giuseppe, Larissa, Germán, Stephan, Diana, Raymond, Marco, Radim, Diethard, Pirmin, Hugo, Giovanni, Yvo, Richard, Mathias, Werner, Jürgen, Paolo, Cedric, Andreas, Horst, Otto, Matthias, Peter, Tim and Alessandro unfortunately Stefan is missing. Regards Otto Am Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:48:25 +0200 schrieb Frank Sokolic soko...@worldonline.co.za : Hi Otto, Would it be possible to put some names to the faces in the photograph? Would be nice to see what people look like :-) Regards, Frank, From: das...@gbd-consult.de Sent:2012-10-16 16:06:48 To: qgis-develo...@lists.osgeo.org;qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org;qgis-community-t...@lists.osgeo.org Cc: Subject: [Qgis-user] QGIS Community Meeting feedback for Essen, October 2012 Dear QGIS Community, based on the wiki entries I added a website with a few notes on our recent hackfest / community meeting in Essen from 3-7 October: http://www.qgis.org/en/developer-meetings/essen-102012.html If others have posted similar articles about their experiences or pics it would be great to add a link to this page. I already added a few. The QGIS Porject just wanted to say publically a very big THANK YOU to our sponsors and to everyone who donates to the QGIS project - your funding allows us to hold these meetings which really help the project to keep its momentum! Looking forward to the next one! http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/9_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Valmiera_2013 Regards Otto ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Geoinformatik Büro Dassau - http://www.gbd-consult.de FOSSGIS consulting , training , support and analysis Ackerstrasse 144c , D - 40233 Düsseldorf , Germany Tel: +49-(0)211-47468178 , Mobil: +49-(0)171-4687540 -- Community Advisor - QGIS Project Steering Committee ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Using/visualizing 3D data (Z values)
Waiting for Globe, a solution to extract the z values of 3D shapefiles is to use ogr or shapely (see in qgis-developer http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Re-Qgis-user-Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-td5004272.html http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Re-Qgis-user-Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-td5004272.html , http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-or-data-with-z-attribute-a-solution-td5005360.html http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-or-data-with-z-attribute-a-solution-td5005360.html ). After you can use matplotlib or other Python modules like * Visvis http://code.google.com/p/visvis/ * to visualize the data in 3D: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/file/n5009086/qgisvisvissurfbok.png (see also, with http://code.google.com/p/visvis/wiki/Screenshots http://code.google.com/p/visvis/wiki/Screenshots ) This solution also applies to layers with z attribute. The full explanation of the processing is given, in French, at QGIS, représentation 3D des couches vectorielles (shapefiles dits 3D ou shapefiles avec attributs z) avec avec les modules Python Matplotlib ou Visvis à partir de la console Python http://www.portailsig.org/content/qgis-representation-3d-des-couches-vectorielles-shapefiles-dits-3d-ou-shapefiles-avec-attrib -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-tp4126375p5009086.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] How to change the data source?
I think you could try the QConsolidate plugin (not sure if for 1.8 or only master at the moment, things are moving too fast ;) ). This exports all your scattered shape files into one single Layer-Folder and creates a project file with all your layout stuff. I only tested it for fun cause i didn't need to really use it, but from my experience it's perfect for creating projects and then shipping them somewhere else (But does not work when you have other sources than shape like spatialite etc.) For single layers, you can use the Zip Layers plugin. This creates a zip file with all those shape files and a style file, so when you send this zip by mail, the recipient can load it with the same styling as you created it (all info without warranty ;) ) bernd Am 16.10.2012, 16:30 Uhr, schrieb boesiii boes...@yahoo.com: Example: A client of mine would like to view GIS data which would include sanitary sewers, parcels, storm sewers, buildings and roads, so I install Qgis on their computerand then I setup a Qgis file for the client to use but when I setup the Qgis file I will be using my typical GIS data locations but the client will store the data locally somewhere on their network. I believe it would be easier to remap the location of the data source than to add new layers and style each one accordingly and setup the labeling. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/How-to-change-the-data-source-tp5008756p5009034.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Bernd Vogelgesang * Siedlerstrasse 2 * 91083 Baiersdorf * +49-9133-825374 ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Using/visualizing 3D data (Z values)
Gene, Your email and posts got me inspired to install visvis. I am running Qgis 1.8 on OSX using William's installers at kyngchaos.com. By default, I don't have a GUI toolkit installed for the backend. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to get one installed without conflicting with QGIS or other applications? Thanks, David. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:27 PM, gene martin.lal...@gmail.com wrote: Waiting for Globe, a solution to extract the z values of 3D shapefiles is to use ogr or shapely (see in qgis-developer http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Re-Qgis-user-Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-td5004272.html http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Re-Qgis-user-Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-td5004272.html , http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-or-data-with-z-attribute-a-solution-td5005360.html http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-or-data-with-z-attribute-a-solution-td5005360.html ). After you can use matplotlib or other Python modules like * Visvis http://code.google.com/p/visvis/ * to visualize the data in 3D: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/file/n5009086/qgisvisvissurfbok.png (see also, with http://code.google.com/p/visvis/wiki/Screenshots http://code.google.com/p/visvis/wiki/Screenshots ) This solution also applies to layers with z attribute. The full explanation of the processing is given, in French, at QGIS, représentation 3D des couches vectorielles (shapefiles dits 3D ou shapefiles avec attributs z) avec avec les modules Python Matplotlib ou Visvis à partir de la console Python http://www.portailsig.org/content/qgis-representation-3d-des-couches-vectorielles-shapefiles-dits-3d-ou-shapefiles-avec-attrib -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-tp4126375p5009086.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Using/visualizing 3D data (Z values)
PyQt4 is present in the QGIS versions of William to be used in the Python console, so, automatically you have a backend. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/Using-visualizing-3D-data-Z-values-tp4126375p5009181.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
