[Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread badaveil
I want to calculate the areas of specific plots of land (polygon). In Mapinfo, the Search Query Builder has an area operator to help to do this. However in QGIS, this basic function is missing and I am lost. Please advice. Thanks Abbas -- http://badaveil.multiply.com

AW: AW: Re: [Qgis-user] google wms

2010-02-08 Thread Düster Horst
Ooops typo In my opinion it allowed to use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access. http://code.google.com/intl/de-CH/apis/maps/terms.html#section_7_1 In my opinion it is not allowed to use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access.

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
In QGIS 1.4 you can find it. All the best. On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:10:58 +0800, badaveil badav...@gmail.com wrote: I want to calculate the areas of specific plots of land (polygon). In Mapinfo, the Search Query Builder has an area operator to help to do this. However in QGIS, this basic

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread Marco Hugentobler
Hi Abbas Use the field calculator (calculator button in the attribute table). There you have an area button and you may create a field with the feature area with it (or use arithmetic expression that contain the feature area). Regards, Marco Am Montag, 8. Februar 2010 09.10:58 schrieb

Re: AW: Re: [Qgis-user] google wms

2010-02-08 Thread Patrice Vetsel
Le 08/02/10 09:00, Düster Horst a écrit : I am not sure if the Google maps licence would allow the embedding of Google maps data in Desktop GIS? In my opinion it allowed to use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access.

Re: AW: Re: [Qgis-user] google wms

2010-02-08 Thread Jean-Claude Repetto
Patrice Vetsel a écrit : Le 08/02/10 09:00, Düster Horst a écrit : I am not sure if the Google maps licence would allow the embedding of Google maps data in Desktop GIS? In my opinion it allowed to use the free Google Maps with QGIS without public access.

Re: [Qgis-user] export to mapserver

2010-02-08 Thread legio nostra
Olá Giovanni, Quando faço http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/mapas/toponimia.mapmodo=maplayers=allnão aparece mapa nenhum, mas no entanto se abrir um layer do tipo wms no Qgis as layers aparecem lá correctamente para seleccionar. obrigado pela ajuda When I do

[Qgis-user] Re: QGIS1.3.0 Mimas With GRASS - Windows Installer

2010-02-08 Thread Agustin Lobo
Kumaran, As far as I've been able to test, the version of qgis 1.4.0 from the kcubeconsulting server has problems with the following plugins: DEM relief (gdal missing) GDALtools (osgeo missing) RasterCalc (pyparsing missing) Scattergram (WQWt5 missing) I've solved the problem with pyparsing by

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread badaveil
Dr. Thank you again for a fast reply. I open a map, then open the attribute table, yes, I see the field calculator, however, only the first 4 icons on the left until the magnifine glass are active, the rest including the field calculator are not active. How do I activate it? So close but yet so

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread Marco Hugentobler
You need to make the layer editable in order to use the calculator. Click on the pencil icon. After calculation, click on it again to save the changes to disk (or to discard). Regards, Marco Am Montag, 8. Februar 2010 15.10:45 schrieb badaveil: Dr. Thank you again for a fast reply. I open

[Qgis-user] [GRASS+QGIS enceladus on windows XP] r.stream.basins

2010-02-08 Thread laurie de brondeau
Hello all ! It's my first mail to this list. I'm French (sorry for my bad english, I hope you'll understand me) and I work in Engineering consulting firm in environment. I work in this office as cartographer and graphic designer. I would like to install the addon r.stream.basins on my application

Re: [Qgis-user] google wms

2010-02-08 Thread Mike Toews
On 7 February 2010 23:31, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: I think we figured out previously that it is now acceptable under the license, but I think you need to have an api key. Using Google tiles is only acceptable for websites, and it is rather challenging to get the tiles in a

[Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Hi all. As many of you know, our bug fixing initiative is very successful: with very limited investments several users have been able to have their bugs fixed in a very short time. Of course, the entire project is based on hard work, volunteering, goodwill, and trust. This generally works very

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi Paolo. This is bad. I would expect Mr Coats to explain himself. Mats.E 2010/2/8 Paolo Cavallini cavall...@faunalia.it Hi all. As many of you know, our bug fixing initiative is very successful: with very limited investments several users have been able to have their bugs fixed in a very

[Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Kivit, Hubert
I agree with Mats. Mr Coats made a public promise. If he cannot give a proper explanation for his refusal now he will keep his money but loses further cooperation from developers or community. Hubert Kivit Van: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
Paolo is lying, again. I happily offered to pay $1,000.00 for the release in January 2010 of Qgis executables for the popular platforms that start up a publicly posted sample .qgs project file, in no more than 30 seconds. Paolo informed me today that he, as Qgis manager, has decided not to

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Greg Coats ha scritto: Paolo informed me today that he, as Qgis manager, has decided not to offer Qgis I am not the qgis manager, of course :) executables based on Qgis Subversion 12827 of 2010-01-23 or later, until after the next major release of Qgis, at some unspecified time, months

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Marco Hugentobler
Hi Greg In my opinion, Paolo is right. In your mail from 21.01., you write: This slow start up by Qgis 1.4.0 is the last remaining obstacle preventing me, and others, from adopting, and promoting Qgis. My small Qgis project can be downloaded from

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Marco Hugentobler ma...@hugis.net wrote: Hi Greg In my opinion, Paolo is right. In my opinion, as soon as amounts of money starts being offered, you get a contract written out and nailed down. Specify times (including timezones - remember today is already

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
No. I said I would pay in January 2010 if working executables were made available, for the popular platforms, just as is customarily done for a working release of Qgis. Qgis 1.4.0 that uses 100% of the CPU at start up for many minutes should never have been released, and certainly by now should

Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
You are seeing only a part of one email about this subject, not the full story. On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Marco Hugentobler wrote: In your mail from 21.01., you write: ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
Thank you. Qgis is the only organization, and Paolo is the only person I have had any problem with donating money. WHY DID NOT PAOLO SIMPLY MAKE A WORKING QGIS AVAILABLE FOR LINUX USERS BACK ON 23 JAN 2010? Why, 17 days later, can't Paolo answer that question? Why instead does Paolo write

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Maxim Dubinin
This is valuable lesson, but... I guess it would be better for our community if you guys set arguing aside and reach compromise (privately), may be somebody pay 50% and somebody may admit that was not specific enough on deadlines. Just give some space for misunderstanding and make peace. As I

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread G. Allegri
I must say this is a very sad thread and sad story. I think it's serious, as it shades bad lights on this community (and these are words I'm collacting from collegues in these hours). Anyway, as Barry, I think this can be a lesson that sponsorhip needs a stronger legal ground, and the community

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
Paolo emailed me today saying that working executables will not be available until after the next release of Qgis, an unspecified number of months from now, but that Paolo wants me to pay now as though these executables were made available in January 2010. Since Paolo says someone is cheating,

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
If Paolo wanted the $1,000.00, then why did not he arrange for a working Qgis executable for Linux users be made available in Jan 2010? ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Greg Coats gregco...@mac.com wrote: If Paolo wanted the $1,000.00, then why did not he arrange for a working Qgis executable for Linux users be made available in Jan 2010? I suspect ambiguity between his concept of 'a verifiable solution' and 'delivered' and

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
A Max OS X solution ONLY is useless to me. I also support Linux and Windows users. On Feb 8, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Greg Coats gregco...@mac.com wrote: If Paolo wanted the $1,000.00, then why did not he arrange for a working Qgis

RE: [Qgis-user] google wms

2010-02-08 Thread Þórður Ívarsson
I wrote ugly perl proxy that can do wms-t capturing using mapserver as wms server backend. Tiles are cached to disk and registed in postgis database. Once tile is captured it is not captured again unless you delete it from cache and database. It is not compliant to google's fair use document, and

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Jan
It is very narrow minded NOT to pay any (at least 50% or so) money IMHO. If you have a working exe and the code is there (svn) ... what's the problem. Given that 1000 $ is nothing (even less in EUR) .-) compared to the time os developers invest in time and whatever else ... sorry, could not

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Hi Greg, On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 12:53 -0500, Greg Coats wrote: A Max OS X solution ONLY is useless to me. I also support Linux and Windows users. under linux there was no problem, even with qgis 1.4, as your project always opened in a matter of few seconds. If there was an issue under

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Greg Coats gregco...@mac.com wrote: A Max OS X solution ONLY is useless to me. I also support Linux and Windows users. The utility of the solution to you was not explicitly part of the contract (from the original mailing posted by paolo). What does 'delivered'

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread M S
Hats off to Greg for offering a substantial donation for an important fix. Most commendable! Hats off to the developers for responding rapidly. The unfortunate part is the ambiguity of what needed exactly produced for payment (a verifiable solution and delivered). One would hope that in an

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Greg Coats ha scritto: Paolo emailed me today saying that working executables will not be available until after the next release of Qgis,... Just for the records: this is obviously not true. I do not know whether Greg genuinely does not understand, or if he just is looking for excuses.

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
No. I NEVER asked ONLY for a Mac OS X executable. Several Linux users reported their Qgis used 100% of the CPU at start up for several minutes. So, for you to say there never was a problem under Linux is inaccurate. Paolo wrote on 7 Feb 2010 that the only Qgis Linux executable available was

RE: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Pablo Carreira
The only thing I know about that is that my .qgs files takes up to 5 minutes to load in windows on a powerfull computer. They have a 50MB river database of Brazil. Without the database they load almost instantly. Pablo Torres Carreira Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
Thanks! That is exactly my point. You did nothing wrong. That is because Paolo is still not offering you an executable that has been compiled from the 23 Jan 2010 fixed code. Qgis version 1.4.0 should never have been released to anyone. On Feb 8, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Pablo Carreira wrote: The

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
Thanks! That is exactly my point. You did nothing wrong. That is because Paolo is still not offering you an executable that has been compiled from the 23 Jan 2010 fixed code. Qgis version 1.4.0 should never have been released to anyone. But Paolo insists that I pay him, apparently for him not

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Thanks! That is exactly my point. You did nothing wrong. That is because Paolo is still not offering you an executable that has been compiled from the 23 Jan 2010 fixed code. Qgis version 1.4.0 should never have been released to anyone. This is not the way to solve the problems and make

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Greg Coats
This is not the way to solve the problems Wow. So, you are blaming a user, because Qgis 1.4.0 was shipped, when it never should have been released. What you call my problem is that working / fixed /useful Qgis executables are still not available to the Qgis this member of the community. And

Re: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Barend Köbben
Oh guys, please... So we have a user of a FOSS that expects he can pay his way into getting a better version straight away (try that with a commercial software ;-) and a developer who's naive enough to think there's any legal status in promises made in emails. Both should lick their wounds and

[Qgis-user] Make peace!

2010-02-08 Thread ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ ΜΙΧΑΛΑΚΗΣ
Make peace... imagine that QGIS is a wonderful project with the most brightest future. Please, keep it out of funds...Anthony __ Χρησιμοποιείτε Yahoo!; Βαρεθήκατε τα ενοχλητικά μηνύματα (spam); Το Yahoo! Mail διαθέτει την καλύτερη δυνατή

Re: [Qgis-user] export to mapserver

2010-02-08 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
Hi Orlando, the url's you see in the alert after the successfull generating of the mapfiles was intended to be a fast way of just testing the mapfile and view of it. Normally url's like this should be working, it's 'standard' checking stuff of mapserver, see

RE: [Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] bugfix and cheating

2010-02-08 Thread Pablo Carreira
man, I'm not taking sides, I'm not complaining. I made a comment just trying to get back to the point of this list, which is to discuss technical issues. By the way, I use 1.5 12838 and I am having really great results. Regards. Pablo Torres Carreira Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Re:

RE: [Qgis-user] Re: QGIS1.3.0 Mimas With GRASS - Windows Installer

2010-02-08 Thread Kumaran Narayanaswamy
Agus, Thanks for testing the installer and highlighting the issues. We will look into these and will release an updated version once we fix them. Regards Kumaran -Original Message- From: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Agustin

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP! Search Query Builder has limited operators

2010-02-08 Thread badaveil
PROBLEM SOLVED The mistake which I found out as I stumble along GIS is that under QGIS (which may be taken for granted by proficient users) tab files can be viewed but cannot be edited (at that time, I happened to be using a tab file) whereas shp files can be viewed as well as edited. I right

[Qgis-user] Deleting column in QGIS 1.4

2010-02-08 Thread Kumaran Narayanaswamy
All, We have the Delete column feature in QGIS 1.4(Avilable in Attribute table and also Attribute properties) . In Edit mode this button is not enabled. How to delete column in QGIS 1.4? Thanks. Regards Kumaran ___ Qgis-user mailing list

[Qgis-user] QGIS User mailing list response time

2010-02-08 Thread badaveil
Unlike proprietary GIS, open source GIS is highly dependent on an active group to provide advice that is quick and usable. This issue must be addressed aggressively if open source GIS is to become more popular than proprietary GIS. Although recently, ever since I have been using the QGIS user

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS User mailing list response time

2010-02-08 Thread Noli Sicad
Addas, It is really good that you are promoting QGIS in Malaysia. Probably you can provide a website link to download your publication so we can read it. I think it might be good to put a link as well to Qgis site as well if you are favourable to this suggestion. Thanks. Regards, Noli On