Re: [Qgis-user] inserting symbols into qgis

2009-10-21 Thread sunny74
Hi Andreas, Thanks for your reply. * I am putting the files in the correct installation of QGIS so that is not a problem. * The cause that the SVG is an invalid SVG seems to be the problem. The SVG does not open in any of the browsers. Worst is that it is produced by Inkscape. Is there any

Re: [Qgis-user] how to size a vector layer polygon

2009-10-21 Thread Craig Leat
Fred LaPlante wrote: I am trying to adjust a set of property maps based on georeferenced scans of paper maps. While the georeferenced images aren't bad as pictures, they are poor regarding dimensional accuracy. What method did you use to georeference your scanned maps? If you haven't tried it

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread G. Allegri
Hi Barend, I forward your request to the list, as you probably have submitted it only to me. Anyway I think you shouldn't have problems to compile it under your platforms, the usual way it's done for the other plugins, as the CmakeLists is provided in the svn. Giovanni 2009/10/21 Barend Köbben

Re: [Qgis-user] Congratulations to all :-) and some comments for the hack fest

2009-10-21 Thread Agustin Lobo
I share your enthusiasm and gratitude. I want to mention that Raster gdal utilities are an impressive addition, perhaps not from a developer point of view, but it's a major step forward in terms of functionality for users. Adding these raster functionality to QGIS makes a qualitative

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] Congratulations to all :-) and some comments for the hack fest

2009-10-21 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Hi, 2. A table manager tool able to operate among columns. we already have the field calculator in trunk, it this what you mean? 4. Improve the vector symbology system for continuous variables, in particular adding a color bar to interpret the meaning of the resulting colors. 5.

[Qgis-user] Re: SQL Server 2008 and Quantum GIS (Alex Mandel)

2009-10-21 Thread Seth G
Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply. I am referring to the new geometry and geography datatypes in SQL Server 2008. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] Congratulations to all :-) and some comments for the hack fest

2009-10-21 Thread G. Allegri
1. A raster algebra with  a natural syntax (i.e. like r.mapcalc), and, as a second step, a GUI. The current implementation has such an odd syntax that most users using it early in their qgis learning would conclude that qgis is too complex and odd for them. As far as I know, Barry is not

Re: [Qgis-user] how to size a vector layer polygon

2009-10-21 Thread Borys Jurgiel
Dne neděle 18 října 2009 22:56:41 Fred LaPlante napsal(a): Is there some plugin I have overlooked? I know there used to be an Azimuth and Distance (v. 0.3) plug-in, but that now shows up as incompatible with qGIS1.3. Wow, where's that plugin? I hope qgsAffine plugin could help you. It seems

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] Congratulations to all :-) and some comments for the hack fest

2009-10-21 Thread Agustin Lobo
My comments are based on the current qgis 1.3.0 Mimas as installed from the ubuntu jaunty binaries on the ubuntugis server. When you mention trunk I assume you mean the current svn, right? Great to know the field calculator is already there, as well as some work on the symbology of continuous

[Qgis-user] Creating vector layer Solid ?

2009-10-21 Thread luciano machado
Hi I have a question, It's possible create Solid Layer!? Not just a Polygon, point or line. Best regards Luciano Machado _ Obtenha 30 Emoticons grátis para o seu Windows Live

Re: [Qgis-user] Predefined colour legend

2009-10-21 Thread Lionel Roubeyrie
Hi, we all wait for the new symbology system :) If you want, I have qgis-styles files for Corin Land Cover level 1, 2 and 3, but in french... Cheers no-reply a écrit : Hello, just wandering if is there a way to apply to vector classes predefined colour classes, like Corine land cover colours

[Qgis-user] Help...

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Malan
Hi, my name is Paul(South Africa) - I am a relatively new user... I tried to install QGIS 1.3 Mimas on a new PC - OS is Win XP SP3. When I try to start the program after installation, the following error came up: -- C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Mimas\bin\qgis.exe This application has failed to

Re: [Qgis-user] Help...

2009-10-21 Thread Tim Sutton
Hi Paul Try installing the vcredist installer listed on the download page. Regards Tim --Original Message-- From: Paul Malan Sender: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org To: QGIS Users To: QGIS Developer Subject: [Qgis-user] Help... Sent: Oct 21, 2009 3:20 PM Hi, my name is Paul(South

RE: [Qgis-user] Help...

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Malan
Thanks Tim - it worked fine Paul -Original Message- From: Tim Sutton [mailto:li...@linfiniti.com] Sent: 21 October 2009 04:00 PM To: Paul Malan; qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org; QGIS Users; QGIS Developer Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Help... Hi Paul Try installing the vcredist

Re: [Qgis-user] Predefined colour legend

2009-10-21 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Hi, the lack of color ramps for symbology has been pointed a few times. There is already a request ticket open in the trac, so I believe it will be just a matter of time. cheers On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 15:19 +0200, no-reply wrote: Hello, just wandering if is there a way to apply to vector

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Barend Köbben
Hi Giovanni, I forward your request to the list, as you probably have submitted it only to me. Indeed, it's because this list has the original poster as its from address, where most others I use have the list address itself as the from... Anyway I think you shouldn't have problems to compile

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread G. Allegri
Anyway I think you shouldn't have problems to compile it under your platforms, the usual way it's done for the other plugins, as the CmakeLists is provided in the svn. I see that possibility, but I must warn against that, it's what I would call a typical 'developers attitude'. It won't help

Re: [Qgis-user] Predefined colour legend

2009-10-21 Thread Agustin Lobo
Yes, yes, we want! Agus Lionel Roubeyrie wrote: Hi, we all wait for the new symbology system :) If you want, I have qgis-styles files for Corin Land Cover level 1, 2 and 3, but in french... Cheers no-reply a écrit : Hello, just wandering if is there a way to apply to vector classes

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Agustin Lobo
+ 1 Agus G. Allegri wrote: Anyway I think you shouldn't have problems to compile it under your platforms, the usual way it's done for the other plugins, as the CmakeLists is provided in the svn. I see that possibility, but I must warn against that, it's what I would call a typical

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Paolo Cavallini
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:35 +0200, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com wrote: I absolutely agree with you! I'm a geologist/soil scientist (as you), and I prefer to concentrate on my research rather then learning build systems and compile environments... I just do/try by myself in cases I can't

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Maxim Dubinin
I guess we need policy written out for C++ plugins, how users are going to get them under Linux, what devs should do to make user's life easier, may be a compilation guide for users etc. Hackfest topic? Maxim Вы писали 21 октября 2009 г., 10:37:37: PC On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:35 +0200, G.

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Ezra Boyd
As one of those 'normal' users, I agree with the posts about not wanting to compile and other developer type stuff. But, I also think that is's important to commend the 'super-normal' developers that create these amazing tools for us normal users to be able to focus on our research. Ezra On Wed,

[Qgis-user] getting started: home/qgis_sample_data/gml/lakes.gml data source invalid or unknown

2009-10-21 Thread Aldo Piombino
hello, I'm beginning to learn qgis with ubuntu 09.04. but I have a very early problem: I have downloaded the qgis sample data suite. As the qgis manual says, I opened the raster landcover.img. but when I try to open the vectorial layer lakes.gml the loading system write:

Re: [Qgis-user] how to size a vector layer polygon

2009-10-21 Thread Fred LaPlante
Hi Craig, thanks for the reply. First item to be aware of is that this a rural area, about 30% farm land, the rest forested. There is NO official surveyed benchmark in the area, only one state bridge, and one highway intersection. The scanned maps in question are property tax maps (8-1/2 x

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Barend Köbben
I'm all for that, but again, please note that a compilation guide for users is a 'contradictio in terminis' , ie. an average user should not have to compile, with or without a guide -- Barend Köbben International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC) PO Box 6,

Re: [Qgis-user] how to size a vector layer polygon

2009-10-21 Thread Fred LaPlante
Thanks for the suggestion Borys. Sorry, but qgsAffine plugin seems to only rotate or translate entire polygon. I need to be able to adjust a single side at a time to a specific length. OpenJump does it nicely, showing the direction and length (at the bottom of the screen) of each line

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread G. Allegri
Nice topic. My two cents. We cannot ask a power user to release its tools cross-platform as a requirement. This is a must for the official development, but probably most of the power users work on a single environment. So we can kindly ask for the possibility to have a tool cross-platform, but if

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread G. Allegri
With fewer words, it would be nice to have a compile and build C++ plugins for (linux|osgeo4w|mac) for dummies :-) giovanni 2009/10/21, G. Allegri gioha...@gmail.com: Nice topic. My two cents. We cannot ask a power user to release its tools cross-platform as a requirement. This is a must for

Re: [Qgis-user] inserting symbols into qgis

2009-10-21 Thread Andreas Neumann
sunny74 wrote: Hi Andreas, Thanks for your reply. * I am putting the files in the correct installation of QGIS so that is not a problem. * The cause that the SVG is an invalid SVG seems to be the problem. The SVG does not open in any of the browsers. Worst is that it is produced by

Re: [Qgis-user] inserting symbols into qgis

2009-10-21 Thread John C. Tull
Hi All, Sorry to hijack the topic (and the dev x-post), but this thread prompted me to bring up a general issue with custom symbols. The current structure for adding new symbols on OS X is pretty poor (perhaps on other OS's as well?). It requires the user to copy the relevant svg files

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Tim Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi The counter side to the 'FOSS developers expect users to be compiling geeks' debate is that users always want things at no effort and now :-) G. Allegri wrote: With fewer words, it would be nice to have a compile and build C++ plugins for

[Qgis-user] Re: [Qgis-developer] qgis2google

2009-10-21 Thread Tim Sutton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi motta.l...@gmail.com wrote: Maxim, I make one script in Arcmap for Synchronized Google Earth with View map of ArcMap, it is in : http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=15944 The script is a VBA code, this made synchronized between