[Qgis-user] Measuring distance between points in vector layer

2012-04-17 Thread Harald Hofmann
Hi, sorry, I have a rather simple question. I need to determine the distance in between the points of a vector layer. I went down a river and had a GPS on a minute scale logging my position while I was measuring some dissolved gases continuously in the river water along the flow path. I have

[Qgis-user] Error in plugin 'Flowmapper'

2012-04-17 Thread Barend Köbben
Hi there, Running the FlowMapper plugin on a MacOSX install of QGIS 1.7.4 fails (see error report below). Are there people who got this plugin running on MacOSX (or elsewhere for that matter)? -- Barend Köbben ITC - University of Twente An error has occured while executing Python code:

Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring distance between points in vector layer

2012-04-17 Thread Micha Silver
On 17/04/2012 10:20, Harald Hofmann wrote: Hi, sorry, I have a rather simple question. I need to determine the distance in between the points of a vector layer. I went down a river and had a GPS on a minute scale logging my position while

Re: [Qgis-user] Error in plugin 'Flowmapper'

2012-04-17 Thread Jürgen E . Fischer
Hi Barend, On Tue, 17. Apr 2012 at 10:14:32 +0200, Barend Köbben wrote: AttributeError: 'QString' object has no attribute 'startswith' Looks like a typo - it should be startsWith (uppercase W; [1]). Jürgen [1]

Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring distance between points in vector layer

2012-04-17 Thread G. Allegri
Now run v.distance as: v.distance from=gps_point to=river_line upload=to_along column=along out=connectors # The output parameter hold the line segments connecting each point to the river_line. It's required by the module to run, by has no significance for you. I have never tested the

Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring distance between points in vector layer

2012-04-17 Thread Micha Silver
On 04/17/2012 02:13 PM, G. Allegri wrote: Now run v.distance as: v.distance from=gps_point to=river_line upload=to_along column=along out=connectors # The output parameter hold the line segments connecting

Re: [Qgis-user] Measuring distance between points in vector layer

2012-04-17 Thread Harald Hofmann
Hi Micha, you are a champ. Thanks heaps that works really well. I had a few issues with v.in.lines as there was a line created after the protocol but it wasn't. I think the file wasn't read properly. It worked when I used the command with the in=- option and copying the x y coordinates in the

[Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread Duarte Carreira
I'm trying to change some srs definitions to include natgrids transformations. On QGIS (osgeo4w) what must I change? How to manage updates to qgis - will these rewrite over my definitions? Thank you all. Duarte ___ Qgis-user mailing list

Re: [Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread bernhard . stroebl
Hallo, maybe the coordinate system updater plugin? Bernhard Am 17.04.2012 14:06, schrieb Duarte Carreira: I’m trying to change some srs definitions to include natgrids transformations. On QGIS (osgeo4w) what must I change? How to manage updates to qgis – will these rewrite over my

Re: [Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread Giovanni Manghi
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 12:06 +, Duarte Carreira wrote: I’m trying to change some srs definitions to include natgrids transformations. On QGIS (osgeo4w) what must I change? How to manage updates to qgis – will these rewrite over my definitions? I usually add them using the custom CRS menu.

Re: [Qgis-user] crash when shutting down and python error

2012-04-17 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Hi, I just reinstalled qgis because I get the errors listed below each time. I run windows 7 on a 64 bit machine Reinstalling did not fix the problem. I have seen this before. Cleaning the registry (removing qgis entries) worked for the person had this issue. And running the program

[Qgis-user] Field calculator missing function help

2012-04-17 Thread William Kyngesburye
What is the usage of the regexp_replace function? The help is missing. - William Kyngesburye kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com http://www.kyngchaos.com/ [Trillian] What are you supposed to do WITH a maniacally depressed robot? [Marvin] You think you have problems? What are you supposed to

[Qgis-user] Re: [Portugal] qgis 1.7.4 gps coordinate capture

2012-04-17 Thread Giovanni Manghi
Hi Carlos, On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 23:11 +0100, carlos sousa wrote: Hello list, I would like to know if anyone uses the gps coordinate capture function? I am trying to implement a system but I keep getting a core dump when resuming a capture, on a new feature. If I save the edit before

RE: [Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread Giovanni Manghi
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 16:40 +, Duarte Carreira wrote: The problem with the custom crs is that it's saved to the user profile, custom CRSs are stored in .qgis/qgis.db that once is prepared you can copy in different machines. This is not overwritten when upgrading. also does it override an

RE: [Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread Duarte Carreira
The problem with the custom crs is that it's saved to the user profile, and I have to configure several users... also does it override an existing epsg definition? Duarte -Mensagem original- De: Giovanni Manghi [mailto:giovanni.man...@faunalia.pt] Enviada: terça-feira, 17 de Abril de

RE: [Qgis-user] best way to change srs definitions

2012-04-17 Thread Duarte Carreira
That's 2 problems when you need to distribute qgis in an organization: 1) you have to configure each machine per profile, not just once per machine (copy the file to every user's .qgis) 2) you have different non-standard srsid's I am thinking on editing the srs.db in qgis/resources, and

[Qgis-user] shapefile/dbf number limitation?

2012-04-17 Thread William Kyngesburye
I'm adding some real number fields to a shapefile and QGIS only lets me set up to 5 decimal digits. I would like more. Is this intentional or is something broken? - William Kyngesburye kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com http://www.kyngchaos.com/ The equator is so long, it could encircle the

Re: [Qgis-user] shapefile/dbf number limitation?

2012-04-17 Thread John C. Tull
On Apr 17, 2012, at 1:18 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: I'm adding some real number fields to a shapefile and QGIS only lets me set up to 5 decimal digits. I would like more. Is this intentional or is something broken? Hi William, Are you hitting the normal shapefile limitations, or is

Re: [Qgis-user] crash when shutting down and python error

2012-04-17 Thread Etienne Tourigny
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Giovanni Manghi giovanni.man...@faunalia.pt wrote: Hi, I just reinstalled qgis because I get the errors listed below each time. I run windows 7 on a 64 bit machine Reinstalling did not fix the problem. I have seen this before. Cleaning the registry

Re: [Qgis-user] shapefile/dbf number limitation?

2012-04-17 Thread William Kyngesburye
On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:58 PM, John C. Tull wrote: On Apr 17, 2012, at 1:18 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: I'm adding some real number fields to a shapefile and QGIS only lets me set up to 5 decimal digits. I would like more. Is this intentional or is something broken? Hi William,

Re: [Qgis-user] shapefile/dbf number limitation?

2012-04-17 Thread David J. Bakeman
William Kyngesburye wrote: On Apr 17, 2012, at 3:58 PM, John C. Tull wrote: On Apr 17, 2012, at 1:18 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote: I'm adding some real number fields to a shapefile and QGIS only lets me set up to 5 decimal digits. I would like more. Is this intentional or is