[Qgis-user] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
Hi, I install the qgis 64 bit from the osgeo4w 64bit. It work pretty smart. But I like to know if it is daily updated as it son osgeo4w-32bit. Or to have the more updated qgis-dev is better stay on the 32 bit version. Also I like to know if is possible maintain on the same window machine a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-32bit and a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-64 bit. avoiding any trouble between them. Thx, -- - Andrea Peri . . . . . . . . . qwerty àèìòù - ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Promlema apertura in QGis 2.0 progetti creati con 1.8
Hi Stefano, I am sorry to say so, but nowhere it is mentioned on the list info page(1) that qgis-user is english only. Language should not be a barrier in FOSS promotion/adoption as the only lingua franca for FOSS is... FOSS itself ;) With kind regards, --N [1]: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Le 3 oct. 2013 22:39, skampus stefano.cam...@regione.piemonte.it a écrit : hi francesco, this is an english list. please re-post tour question not in italian s. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Promlema-apertura-in-QGis-2-0-progetti-creati-con-1-8-tp5081613p5081708.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] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
Hi Andrea, Both 32bit and 64bit versions are updated every night (unless there are technical troubles). I expect that for the long run there will only be a 64bit version. So I would definitely go with the 64bit version if you have a Win64 machine. For a couple years we will have two versions in parallel, but 64bit is definitely the way to go from now on. You can install both versions in parallel if you make sure that the installation directory, the directory for the icons in the start menu and the local package repository are in separate places I don't see much reason to use the 32bit version though. It is in no way better than the 64 bit version. Andreas Am 04.10.2013 06:39, schrieb Andrea Peri: Hi, I install the qgis 64 bit from the osgeo4w 64bit. It work pretty smart. But I like to know if it is daily updated as it son osgeo4w-32bit. Or to have the more updated qgis-dev is better stay on the 32 bit version. Also I like to know if is possible maintain on the same window machine a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-32bit and a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-64 bit. avoiding any trouble between them. Thx, ___ 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] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 04/10/2013 08:53, Andreas Neumann ha scritto: I don't see much reason to use the 32bit version though. It is in no way better than the 64 bit version. In fact, there are a few issues with the 64bit version (the worst I know is about jpeg display), but these are just temporary, I agree 64 bit is the way to go. All the best. - -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJOZtEACgkQ/NedwLUzIr4dJACePPH5fZPCN20ZHd+y55CF8xG/ 9QEAmQHp5bedZ3loUk9wulTxz45cuna7 =dFWE -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
Hi Andreas, Paolo thx for clarification. Andrea. 2013/10/4 Andreas Neumann a.neum...@carto.net Hi Andrea, Both 32bit and 64bit versions are updated every night (unless there are technical troubles). I expect that for the long run there will only be a 64bit version. So I would definitely go with the 64bit version if you have a Win64 machine. For a couple years we will have two versions in parallel, but 64bit is definitely the way to go from now on. You can install both versions in parallel if you make sure that the installation directory, the directory for the icons in the start menu and the local package repository are in separate places I don't see much reason to use the 32bit version though. It is in no way better than the 64 bit version. Andreas Am 04.10.2013 06:39, schrieb Andrea Peri: Hi, I install the qgis 64 bit from the osgeo4w 64bit. It work pretty smart. But I like to know if it is daily updated as it son osgeo4w-32bit. Or to have the more updated qgis-dev is better stay on the 32 bit version. Also I like to know if is possible maintain on the same window machine a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-32bit and a qgis-dev from osgeo4w-64 bit. avoiding any trouble between them. Thx, ___ 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 -- - Andrea Peri . . . . . . . . . qwerty àèìòù - ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
Hi Paolo, On Fri, 04. Oct 2013 at 08:57:22 +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: (the worst I know is about jpeg display) Which is fixed (see #8660[1]). But the standalone installer is not updated yet. There are still GRASS/processing issues - testing is required (and clear bug reports, so that even a GRASS/processing noob like can reproduce them). Jürgen [1] http://hub.qgis.org/issues/8660 -- Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de QGIS PSC member (RM) IRC: jef on FreeNode -- norBIT Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH Rheinstrasse 13, 26506 Norden GF: Jelto Buurman, HR: Amtsgericht Emden, HRB 5502 ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] QGis Server: label rendering
Hi all, I've been using with great satisfaction QGis Server and QgisWebClient posting on various web projects. I noticed a small inconsistency about the rendering of labels between the project QGIS 2.0.1 and the yield on the webIf I use a Recatngle Backgroud (type Buffer Size) without offset, I see that the web of the rectangle background is not perfectly aligned with the text, but it seems to have a small positive offset on X. Some feedback? ThanksLeonardo ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 04/10/2013 09:39, Jrgen E. Fischer ha scritto: Which is fixed (see #8660[1]). But the standalone installer is not updated yet. There are still GRASS/processing issues - testing is required (and clear bug reports, so that even a GRASS/processing noob like can reproduce them). Thanks for clarifying - how about saga, BTW? All the best. - -- Paolo Cavallini - Faunalia www.faunalia.eu Full contact details at www.faunalia.eu/pc Nuovi corsi QGIS e PostGIS: http://www.faunalia.it/calendario -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJOdVMACgkQ/NedwLUzIr47WgCfSsLJyfWy7BGZa/1PoRmwMzT4 Wn4AoJjtUsKGmX9kJNtKrlGFLaO/y+W8 =r43S -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] osgeo4w 64 bit and updatings
Hi Paolo, On Fri, 04. Oct 2013 at 09:59:15 +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Which is fixed (see #8660[1]). But the standalone installer is not updated yet. There are still GRASS/processing issues - testing is required (and clear bug reports, so that even a GRASS/processing noob like can reproduce them). Thanks for clarifying - how about saga, BTW? It was downgraded to 2.0.8 in 64bit. Otherwise the same thing, it also needs testing and clear bug reports. Jürgen -- Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de QGIS PSC member (RM) IRC: jef on FreeNode -- norBIT Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH Rheinstrasse 13, 26506 Norden GF: Jelto Buurman, HR: Amtsgericht Emden, HRB 5502 ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Projects created with version 1.8 not displayed with 2.0
Dear all, I apologize for having already posted this issue in Italian. I did not realize that the list was in English. I have some projects that were created with version 1.8 that are not displayed with 2.0. The files seem to be opened correctly and no warning (nor error) messages are displayed. Though, no layers are displayed in the map legend and no maps are visible on the map view area. It seems that only the SR and the extension are somewhat opened, as the coordinates displayed in the status bar seem to be reasonable. The problem occurs with some projects only, but I cannot tell you what traits they have in common. As I have deleted version 1.8 to install 2.0, I cannot check with the previous version if they share a same corrupt layer. I use Qgis 2.0 on a Mac with MacOSX 10.6.8. Many thanks Francesco ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Polygon coloring
If you google around (qgis manual download pdf) there are several PDF documents. I doubt any are for 2.0, but for basic stuff QGIS hasn't changed too much between versions. I.e.: http://manual.linfiniti.com/ http://nathanw.net/2013/01/06/qgis-manuals/ etc. Jonathan On 3 October 2013 11:27, KLGan 1kl...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Andreas, I am new to QGIS, and for a moment thought this is not possible. Glad to know these are basic stuffs in gis :-) Will browse the manual (how I wish the manual is available for download) Thanks KLGan On 3 October 2013 17:54, Andreas Neumann a.neum...@carto.net wrote: Hi, This is very basic GIS stuff. Please consult the QGIS manual for this. As a hint: You need to define either of: * a rule * a category * assign a column that contains color values These are available in the layer properties and in the Styles tab. All of these are described in the QGIS manual: http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#style-menu Good luck, Andreas Am 03.10.2013 09:44, schrieb KLGan: Hi, I have a layer with many polygons. I want to change the color of some of the polygons. How can I do this in QGIS? Currently changes apply to all the polygons, not individual one. Thanks :-) KLGan ___ 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 mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Polygon coloring
Hi, Note that there is a fundamental difference between a drawing package and GIS. In a GIS you usually do not store graphical properties (like color, stroke-width, pattern, text settings, etc.) directly in the data. You would define rules how the data is styled, which are derived from your data columns. This way you can easily create different variations derived from the same data. A rule can be a category, a range or a more complex rule as you can define it with the expression builder. In a drawing package (like Illustrator, Inkscape or CAD) you directly store the graphical properties with each object with the consequence that it is much harder to create different visualization based on the same data. Hope this helps. Andreas Am 04.10.2013 12:02, schrieb Jonathan Moules: If you google around (qgis manual download pdf) there are several PDF documents. I doubt any are for 2.0, but for basic stuff QGIS hasn't changed too much between versions. I.e.: http://manual.linfiniti.com/ http://nathanw.net/2013/01/06/qgis-manuals/ etc. Jonathan On 3 October 2013 11:27, KLGan 1kl...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Andreas, I am new to QGIS, and for a moment thought this is not possible. Glad to know these are basic stuffs in gis :-) Will browse the manual (how I wish the manual is available for download) Thanks KLGan On 3 October 2013 17:54, Andreas Neumann a.neum...@carto.net wrote: Hi, This is very basic GIS stuff. Please consult the QGIS manual for this. As a hint: You need to define either of: * a rule * a category * assign a column that contains color values These are available in the layer properties and in the Styles tab. All of these are described in the QGIS manual: http://www.qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/vector_properties.html#style-menu Good luck, Andreas Am 03.10.2013 09:44, schrieb KLGan: Hi, I have a layer with many polygons. I want to change the color of some of the polygons. How can I do this in QGIS? Currently changes apply to all the polygons, not individual one. Thanks :-) KLGan ___ 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 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] Spurious Cryllic Script
Many thanks Goyo, you have saved me from tearing out what remains of my hair. I found the function where you described and found it to be set to UK. To effect some kind of change I selected English US and restarted Qgis and now I have everything displaying in English but the US version in both 1.8 and 2.0. As a further experiment I then changed the locale in 1.8 back to UK and restarted the program again. It opened displaying the cryllic/English once again. It appears that there is a problem somewhere within the UK Locale setting. So I have reset it to US English once again. Thanks for your help. John Webber From: Goyo goyod...@gmail.com To: JOHN WEBBER john.m.web...@btinternet.com Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2013, 20:38 Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Spurious Cryllic Script 2013/10/3 JOHN WEBBER john.m.web...@btinternet.com: Opening Qgis 1.8 a few days ago I was presented with menus where some were in English and others in a Cryllic script. I have checked as many language settings as I can find on the operating system and they still show English as the language and UK as the location. I cannot see if there is a language option in Qgis as one does not show in the few entries on the drop downs that are in English. Also I have run a full security scan and that did not pull up any interference. My next move was to download Qgis 2.0.1. This initially opened showing all English but when I opened it again the next day that also displayed Cryllic and English. At this point I uninstalled both versions then downloaded 2.0.1 again and it opened showing both scripts. Downloading 1.8 also produced both scripts on opening. I was able to work reasonably well with 1.8 as I am familiar with the menus and could find items I needed. All well and good until it came to labelling points on a shapefile layer. Although they were entered in English they displayed in Cryllic. Can anyone help resolve this situation please? Maybe all I need is the location of a language selector in the menu system but I would need it in the form of 3rd menu list 5th item as it is obviously one of the Cryllic entries assuming there is one. You almost hit the spot! Settings Options Locale 3rd item in the menu bar 5th item in the drop down menu 10th item in the list on the left Mark the checkbox (it says Override system locale) Select a language in the dropdown list (look for a known flag if you can' read the names). I hope you can find the OK button. Then restart QGIS. Goyo___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Projects created with version 1.8 not displayed with 2.0
Hi Francesco, Sounds like a bug (regression) to me. I'd suggest opening a bug report ( http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/ ) and ideally attached some of the malfunctioning workspaces. Hopefully someone else on the list has some actually useful suggestions on how to work around it. ;-) Cheers, Jonathan On 4 October 2013 12:04, Francesco Vidotto francesco.vido...@unito.itwrote: ** Dear all, I apologize for having already posted this issue in Italian. I did not realize that the list was in English. I have some projects that were created with version 1.8 that are not displayed with 2.0. The files seem to be opened correctly and no warning (nor error) messages are displayed. Though, no layers are displayed in the map legend and no maps are visible on the map view area. It seems that only the SR and the extension are somewhat opened, as the coordinates displayed in the status bar seem to be reasonable. The problem occurs with some projects only, but I cannot tell you what traits they have in common. As I have deleted version 1.8 to install 2.0, I cannot check with the previous version if they share a same corrupt layer. I use Qgis 2.0 on a Mac with MacOSX 10.6.8. Many thanks Francesco ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
[Qgis-user] Importing SVG + Designing maps from scratch
Hello everyone I’m very new to GIS, and I’ve been reading a lot of manuals and information, but I thought I’d ask a couple of questions here. One of my major hobbies is drawing maps of a completely imaginary country; it’s part of a massive project of mine. I’m getting to the point where I’m reaching practical limitations in the way I’m drawing the maps. The first is that to extend in any direction I need to either make the canvas size bigger or create a new image and line up elements exactly, which is quite error-prone and time consuming. The other major problem is different zoom levels: if I want to draw, say, a more detailed map of a town, again I’d have to draw a completely new image and try to copy and/or scale elements of an existing drawing, which is also time-consuming and error prone. As I’m trying to make my maps (and everything else) as realistic as possible, I’ve been starting to think that maybe moving to using some sort of GIS application might be the way to go. With GIS, I could store all the geographical information in a database, and then just generate maps that cover the area and scale that I want. And if I wanted to create different types of maps, such as topographical or a road map, I could easily select which layers I want to export. The possibilities are pretty-much endless. However, I’ve already done quite a lot of work on these SVG maps in Inkscape, and I really would prefer not to start completely from scratch. Can I import an existing SVG map into QGIS and use it as a starting point, preserving the existing paths and shapes? Can I define an arbritary grid to align things to? Learning and adapting to GIS is going to be challenging enough without having to redo years of work. Any links, books, manuals or whatever that you could recommend for this kind of project would be great, as I honestly have no idea where to start. TLDR: Is it possible to import completely fictional maps into (Q)GIS and design them from scratch, and if so, where to begin? regards Robbie ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] [OSGeo-UK] Spurious Cryllic Script
Thanks. I see now why it says UK (which as James surmised is likely Ukrainian). My list looks like this - hence my confusion: [image: Inline images 1] I wonder why they're different given we're both using 2.0.1. - Mine is from the installer. Are you using the OSGEO version? Might it be that? Seems like it may be a bug - I guess they're supposed to be the same. Jonathan On 4 October 2013 16:18, JOHN WEBBER john.m.web...@btinternet.com wrote: Jonathan, Attached as requested. I do remember when I originally downloaded Qgis that I wondered about the UK setting but as everything appeared in English I was not bothered by it. I see now that there is no specific GB setting just the combined US and GB flag. Screenshot attached. John *From:* Jonathan Moules jonathanmou...@warwickshire.gov.uk *To:* Passmore, James H. jp...@bgs.ac.uk *Cc:* JOHN WEBBER john.m.web...@btinternet.com; u...@lists.osgeo.org u...@lists.osgeo.org *Sent:* Friday, 4 October 2013, 16:01 *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-UK] Spurious Cryllic Script Interesting notion. For me at least Ukrainian appears as Українська no matter the language I change it to - I would never have guessed it was Ukrainian, but looked up the flag on wikipedia. uk is the ISO 639-1 value for Ukrainian, but that would suggest his system settings were set to Ukrainian or QGIS was picking them up as such. John - can you share a small screenshot of your locale screen and the language list? Jonathan On 4 October 2013 15:37, Passmore, James H. jp...@bgs.ac.uk wrote: UK I think may stand for Ukraine as far as location is concerned, you may want to use GB instead James Passmore GIS and WWW Specialist Geoscience Products and Services, British Geological Survey, http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ +44 (0)115 936 3125 @nmtoken -Original Message- From: uk-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:uk-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of JOHN WEBBER Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 2:16 PM To: Jonathan Moules Cc: u...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-UK] Spurious Cryllic Script Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your suggestion, it produced a solution. Under Settings - Options - Locale I had to change UK to US English and restart. Why UK produced this effect is beyond my understanding. Thanks again This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. -- This transmission is intended for the named addressee(s) only and may contain sensitive or protectively marked material up to RESTRICTED and should be handled accordingly. Unless you are the named addressee (or authorised to receive it for the addressee) you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you have received this transmission in error please notify the sender immediately. All email traffic sent to or from us, including without limitation all GCSX traffic, may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with relevant legislation. image.png___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] Importing SVG + Designing maps from scratch
Inkscape does have a Save to DXF option. From there the dxf2shape converter plugin(dxf file to shape file), then shape file into QGIS gets your data into QGIS. You would need to use one of the translation tools to then scale the data. It seems technically possible. I think in the transfer you will loose much of the pretty formatting that was developed in Inkscape. An issue would be scaling the vector data to the GIS coordinate reference system (CRS). One method that does not involve DXF or translation tools would be to export a map from Inkscape to a bitmap (ie. raster) file and use the tools in QGIS to trace over the bitmap with vectors. Use Google Earth as the first step in scaling or what is known as georefrencing the raster image. Place reference marks on the top and bottom edges of the raster, three along the top - one in each corner and one in the middle. Put two along the bottom at the 1/3 and 2/3 positions. Import into Google Earth, then scale the map so that the units work out in both x and y dimensions (QGIS won't do this step automatically yet). Then draw a vector W connecting the dots at the top and bottom of the raster. Export the W vector to .kml. Import the kml into QGIS. Wherever the W was drawn in Google Earth, thats where it will appear in QGIS with some Coordinate Reference System (WGS 84:EPSG 4326). Using QGIS's georeferencing tool and the W vector import the raster image, scaled to real world units. Then digitize your map. I've never used the DXF/translate method. I can't say how easy or hard it is. I have used the georeferencing feature. Keep in mind QGIS hasn't a completely WYSIWYG interface, allowing you to merely point and click your way through entering the data. At times some forethought and calculation is necessary. I would develop my base map in QGIS. When I was ready to publish a finished map I would either use QGIS's built-in map composer or then re-export to SVG and do final composition in Inkscape. This also opens the possibility of using one of the many GIS web server applications that would allow you to make your world available online. There is even an animation plugin. Using QGIS opens up many new possibilities. To do a proper GIS then I would use a database like PostGIS to hold the data in the form of tables. Separate tables for vectors and point data. QGIS allows use of many types of data sources, PostGIS being one of them. This would necessitate the understanding of SQL databases (ie. PostGIS) and GIS systems (QGIS). These are free versions of expensive commercial software that are used world-wide. You'll need QGIS, PostGIS, GoogleEarth and some patience. Your hobby could lead you to a career. Just take your time. Read the manuals. It should work. On 10/4/2013 10:22 AM, Robbie Smith wrote: Hello everyone I’m very new to GIS, and I’ve been reading a lot of manuals and information, but I thought I’d ask a couple of questions here. One of my major hobbies is drawing maps of a completely imaginary country; it’s part of a massive project of mine. I’m getting to the point where I’m reaching practical limitations in the way I’m drawing the maps. The first is that to extend in any direction I need to either make the canvas size bigger or create a new image and line up elements exactly, which is quite error-prone and time consuming. The other major problem is different zoom levels: if I want to draw, say, a more detailed map of a town, again I’d have to draw a completely new image and try to copy and/or scale elements of an existing drawing, which is also time-consuming and error prone. As I’m trying to make my maps (and everything else) as realistic as possible, I’ve been starting to think that maybe moving to using some sort of GIS application might be the way to go. With GIS, I could store all the geographical information in a database, and then just generate maps that cover the area and scale that I want. And if I wanted to create different types of maps, such as topographical or a road map, I could easily select which layers I want to export. The possibilities are pretty-much endless. However, I’ve already done quite a lot of work on these SVG maps in Inkscape, and I really would prefer not to start completely from scratch. Can I import an existing SVG map into QGIS and use it as a starting point, preserving the existing paths and shapes? Can I define an arbritary grid to align things to? Learning and adapting to GIS is going to be challenging enough without having to redo years of work. Any links, books, manuals or whatever that you could recommend for this kind of project would be great, as I honestly have no idea where to start. TLDR: Is it possible to import completely fictional maps into (Q)GIS and design them from scratch, and if so, where to begin? regards Robbie ___ Qgis-user mailing list
Re: [Qgis-user] Importing SVG + Designing maps from scratch
I'd start with the center of yout imaginary planet. Assuming it's an alternative Earth I would define where is the center of your alternative Earth, maybe an isle of a certain area, maybe this point of reference would be meta-imaginary. From this point I would have a coordinate reference system wich is modelled from an imaginary place... everythung else would be relative to this place. What I mean is: 1. Create an imaginary point of reference and a polygon associated with well known dimensions and coordinates (I would choose 0 and 0 latitude longitude). 2. Rasterize your maps and draw them around this central imaginary point/area using the georreferencer (i.e. decide in your map where is the imaginary point of reference and mark it, then derive points of reference from the polygon associated, finally reference your rasterized map and draw your stuff). It may be a lot of work, but surely is not starting from scratch... just have to draw again using a geographic coordinate system. BTW, it's a very interesting use of QGIS. 2013/10/4 . digitalm...@cox.net Inkscape does have a Save to DXF option. From there the dxf2shape converter plugin(dxf file to shape file), then shape file into QGIS gets your data into QGIS. You would need to use one of the translation tools to then scale the data. It seems technically possible. I think in the transfer you will loose much of the pretty formatting that was developed in Inkscape. An issue would be scaling the vector data to the GIS coordinate reference system (CRS). One method that does not involve DXF or translation tools would be to export a map from Inkscape to a bitmap (ie. raster) file and use the tools in QGIS to trace over the bitmap with vectors. Use Google Earth as the first step in scaling or what is known as georefrencing the raster image. Place reference marks on the top and bottom edges of the raster, three along the top - one in each corner and one in the middle. Put two along the bottom at the 1/3 and 2/3 positions. Import into Google Earth, then scale the map so that the units work out in both x and y dimensions (QGIS won't do this step automatically yet). Then draw a vector W connecting the dots at the top and bottom of the raster. Export the W vector to .kml. Import the kml into QGIS. Wherever the W was drawn in Google Earth, thats where it will appear in QGIS with some Coordinate Reference System (WGS 84:EPSG 4326). Using QGIS's georeferencing tool and the W vector import the raster image, scaled to real world units. Then digitize your map. I've never used the DXF/translate method. I can't say how easy or hard it is. I have used the georeferencing feature. Keep in mind QGIS hasn't a completely WYSIWYG interface, allowing you to merely point and click your way through entering the data. At times some forethought and calculation is necessary. I would develop my base map in QGIS. When I was ready to publish a finished map I would either use QGIS's built-in map composer or then re-export to SVG and do final composition in Inkscape. This also opens the possibility of using one of the many GIS web server applications that would allow you to make your world available online. There is even an animation plugin. Using QGIS opens up many new possibilities. To do a proper GIS then I would use a database like PostGIS to hold the data in the form of tables. Separate tables for vectors and point data. QGIS allows use of many types of data sources, PostGIS being one of them. This would necessitate the understanding of SQL databases (ie. PostGIS) and GIS systems (QGIS). These are free versions of expensive commercial software that are used world-wide. You'll need QGIS, PostGIS, GoogleEarth and some patience. Your hobby could lead you to a career. Just take your time. Read the manuals. It should work. On 10/4/2013 10:22 AM, Robbie Smith wrote: Hello everyone I’m very new to GIS, and I’ve been reading a lot of manuals and information, but I thought I’d ask a couple of questions here. One of my major hobbies is drawing maps of a completely imaginary country; it’s part of a massive project of mine. I’m getting to the point where I’m reaching practical limitations in the way I’m drawing the maps. The first is that to extend in any direction I need to either make the canvas size bigger or create a new image and line up elements exactly, which is quite error-prone and time consuming. The other major problem is different zoom levels: if I want to draw, say, a more detailed map of a town, again I’d have to draw a completely new image and try to copy and/or scale elements of an existing drawing, which is also time-consuming and error prone. As I’m trying to make my maps (and everything else) as realistic as possible, I’ve been starting to think that maybe moving to using some sort of GIS application might be the way to go. With GIS, I could store all the geographical
