[QGIS-Developer] Processing model improvement suggestions

2019-11-20 Thread johnrobot
Hi I have been using processing models in QGIS 3.10.0 a bit lately and I have some additional improvement suggestions (on top of my previous collection, http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-Thoughts-on-using-processing-models-for-ETL-tasks-td5365767.html#a5368491). In no particual ord

Re: [Qgis-developer] Processing NG/V2 - brainstorming

2016-12-05 Thread johnrobot
Hi I would very much like to see improvements for Processing. A few additional ideas: - Display the number of features going through the model. This would help the user understand the data better. - Add comments to model components without opening each component. A chance to explain why a specifi

[QGIS-Developer] Parallell processing, OpenCL

2017-06-09 Thread johnrobot
Where does QGIS stand on supporting parallel processing/OpenCL/CUDA? About a year ago, I opened a ticket about using OpenCL/CUDA in QGIS, https://issues.qgis.org/issues/14680, but it was closed almost immediately. The suggestion was to solve this outside of QGIS. Is that really all there is to it?

[QGIS-Developer] Web based admin interface for processing models

2018-01-29 Thread johnrobot
Hi My employer has a growing need for spatial ETL. A few examples of tasks: - Pull adress data text files from FTP, process, validate and load into PostGIS. This should be done every night. - Pull data from a number of sources, process it, zip and and publish to FTP. Also every night. - Pull data

[Qgis-developer] QGIS PDF export options

2016-03-19 Thread johnrobot
Hi I would like to see a few options when exporting a layout to PDF: - PDF version, such as archive PDF/A-1a - Support for layers/geospatial PDF as discussed in https://hub.qgis.org/issues/9362 - Resolution, compression - Password protection - Disable printing - Enable/disable content copy - Fit w

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS 2.14 Processing filter VERY slow/freeze

2016-03-19 Thread johnrobot
Hi I have the same problem, using the filter in Processing is very slow. Have you found a way around this? Should I open a ticket? Windows 7, 64 bit QGIS 2.14, 64 bit Magnus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-2-14-Processing-filter-VERY-slow-freeze-tp525

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS 2.14 Processing filter VERY slow/freeze

2016-03-19 Thread johnrobot
I have opened a ticket for this, http://hub.qgis.org/issues/14517. I set the target version to 2.16, but I hope it makes it to 2.14.1. Magnus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-2-14-Processing-filter-VERY-slow-freeze-tp5256090p5256865.html Sent from the Q

Re: [Qgis-developer] QGIS PDF export options

2016-03-21 Thread johnrobot
Hi Thanks for the feedback. I am not saying that implementing my suggestions is easy or that I need those features today. To me, options for resolution and layer control are the most interesting features to add. However, I still feel that security options might be relevant in some cases and I do no

[Qgis-developer] Any work being done implementing OpenCL / CUDA in QGIS?

2016-04-12 Thread johnrobot
Hi I´m merging a few thousand features and QGIS has been working on it for a while now, which brought me to think of CUDA/OpenCL support. Are there any plans on implementing OpenCL or CUDA in QGIS? I have only found a few older discussions on this matter. http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Using-

Re: [Qgis-developer] Any work being done implementing OpenCL / CUDA in QGIS?

2016-04-14 Thread johnrobot
I opened a ticket for this, so that this suggestion is not lost. http://hub.qgis.org/issues/14680 Regards, Magnus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Any-work-being-done-implementing-OpenCL-CUDA-in-QGIS-tp5260900p5261198.h

Re: [Qgis-developer] Virtual layer vs DBManager issue

2016-05-20 Thread johnrobot
Hi This sound like the bug discussed in http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Project-file-data-loss-td5262903.html. Magnus -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Virtual-layer-vs-DBManager-issue-tp5267382p5267421.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - Developer mailing l

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Web based admin interface for processing models

2018-03-12 Thread johnrobot
My previous post didn´t seem to render much interest and I am a bit curious. Is this not of interest to anyone else? Was I too vague? Does the task involve to much work at the moment? I still think that it would be a great addition to QGIS, especially in corporate environments. -- Sent from: htt

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Web based admin interface for processing models

2018-03-13 Thread johnrobot
Ah, that sounds like what I´m looking for. Nice to hear that there is work in progress. Yes, please come back with a description and roadmap when possible, perhaps I can provide some user input and suggestions. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html __

[QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-05-28 Thread johnrobot
Hi I have started looking at using the processing model builder in QGIS 3.0.3 for ETL tasks. A few initial thoughts: - I would like to be able to resize resize model components, for example to be able to see the full name of a component. - Add support for copy/paste of components. If I have spent

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-05-29 Thread johnrobot
Hi Nice to hear that there is a lot of interest for improving the processing environent. I have quite a few additional improvement suggestions that would be of interest to me and I’m sure that others have a lot of ideas as well. Obviously, I had already opened more tickets than I could remember and

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Web based admin interface for processing models

2018-05-31 Thread johnrobot
Hi Is there any more information on this work? I would love to hear more about current status and roadmap. Magnus -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html ___ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Web based admin interface for processing models

2018-05-31 Thread johnrobot
Thank you, looks interesting. I will have a look at it. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html ___ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qg

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-06-08 Thread johnrobot
Hi I have been testing building models in Processing and I have some additional thoughts. - I would like to see better documentation, including descriptions and examples, including images where applicable, for all algorithms. For quite a few algorithms, there seems to be no documentation in the to

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-06-20 Thread johnrobot
Sorry for the late reply, I´ve been out of office for a while. I used the weekly build of QGIS 3. I will try again in 3.2.0 next week and open tickets if I still get the Python errors. -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html ___

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-06-25 Thread johnrobot
Hi I have now tested the previous Python errors in QGIS 3.2.0 and they are still present. I have created these issues: https://issues.qgis.org/issues/19256 https://issues.qgis.org/issues/19257 https://issues.qgis.org/issues/19258 Regards, Magnus -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.c

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-06-27 Thread johnrobot
Continuing my quest for QGIS ETL perfection, I have a few more questions: 1) Is there a way of selecting output from multiple algorithms as input for an algorithm? In the drop down list, I can only select one input source and I often want to use more than one. 2) I want to adjust lower/upper attr

Re: [QGIS-Developer] Thoughts on using processing models for ETL tasks

2018-06-27 Thread johnrobot
Perhaps open tickets for these suggestions as well? It would be great to get additional processing improvements into 3.4 LTR. Manus -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-Developer-f4099106.html ___ QGIS-Developer mailing list QGIS-Dev

[QGIS-Developer] IFC data in QGIS?

2018-12-12 Thread johnrobot
Hi Are there any plans on adding support for reading IFC data (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Foundation_Classes) in QGIS? That would help bridge the gap between the GIS/BIM/CAD worlds. I originally posted this on the user list, but I realized that this list might be a better match. Reg

Re: [QGIS-Developer] IFC data in QGIS?

2018-12-14 Thread johnrobot
Thank you for the suggestions. It sound like I should raise this issue at the GDAL/OGR forum. I would like to avoid introducing the need for additional software packages, such as FreeCAD, since that process is somewhat costly and time consuming in our organization. Magnus -- Sent from: http://o

[QGIS-Developer] QGIS as desktop/server ETL tool

2019-01-08 Thread johnrobot
Hi I am interested in using QGIS (processing models) as our main tool for ETL tasks, i.e. automate data extraction, processing and loading. Currently, QGIS does not seem fit for the task, although it has improved a lot in QGIS 3. Basically, I would need: a) Improved desktop functionality (there ar

[QGIS-Developer] QGIS and GeoNode

2019-04-21 Thread johnrobot
Hi I am looking for a solution for our QGIS users to easily publish data sets and web maps, either using a web based client or directly from QGIS. The QGIS/GeoNode integration looks interesting and I have a few questions: - Is support for QGIS Server backend enabled in the standard release of GeoN

Re: [QGIS-Developer] QGIS and GeoNode

2019-04-23 Thread johnrobot
Hi Thanks for the reply, Tim. We will soon be moving from QGIS 2.18 to 3.4, so the current GeoNode/QGIS Server solution only supporting 2.18 seems like a problem. I guess it´s OK for our users to create their web maps from the web client, but it would be even better if they could do it without le