Re: [Qgis-user] clicking Project properties crashes qgis

2012-06-27 Thread Zirneklitis
To remove any QGIS configuration Windows users should: 1. delete .qgis directory 2. Deletion of the key from regestry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QuantumGIS\ Best regards, Karlis j. z. wrote: I tried it. Qgis recreates this folder on start but the problem still occures, even if it's a first

Re: [Qgis-user] DXF EXPORT

2012-06-27 Thread Zirneklitis
Is it realy empty file or the exported layer can not be imported in drawing applications? There was a dxf export bug prior to gdal 1.9.1. Now it's fixed. http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4618 Karlis Bis Nulama wrote: Hello, how can I export a shp file to dxf format? I am using qgis 1.7.4

[Qgis-user] How to display an arrow pointing at a certain bearing from a point file

2012-06-27 Thread Jeremy Hill
I have a number of point features which contain an attribute I call bearing and another one called slope. Each point has a bearing between 0 to 359 degrees. And the slope is either +15 or -15, etc, such as +15% or -15% depending on the steepest slope of the ground. What I am wanting to do is

Re: [Qgis-user] How to display an arrow pointing at a certain bearing from a point file

2012-06-27 Thread Giovanni Manghi
What I am wanting to do is display an arrow on the map with the arrow pointing in the bearing direction. this is easy, in both symbology engines (the old and the new) you can use a field for symbol rotation. With a negative slope% pointing outward from the point and a positive slope%

Re: [Qgis-user] clicking Project properties crashes qgis

2012-06-27 Thread Tomas_IV
I can confirm the crash here, after uninstalling QGIS 1.7.3 and installing 1.8.0 (on Windows 7). Not sure if I removed the 1.7.3 before or after instalation of 1.8.0, I thought the latter case might be the cause of the crashes. The crash occurs even after opening QGIS with new empty project, when

Re: [Qgis-user] How to display an arrow pointing at a certain bearing from a point file

2012-06-27 Thread Zirneklitis
By creating two classes? Karlis Giovanni Manghi wrote: .. With a negative slope% pointing outward from the point and a positive slope% pointing inward to the point. ummm not sure how this can be achieved. .. ___ Qgis-user mailing list

[Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread Dennis Ströer
Hello, I set up a QGIS Web Client on a virtual machine. The OS on that machine is Ubuntu server 10.4.2 lucid. When I try to ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread Dennis Ströer
Hello, I set up a QGIS Web Client on a virtual machine. The OS on that machine is Ubuntu server 10.4.2 lucid, the OS on my host system is Windows XP. When I try to open the example helloworld on my host system with the following url:

Re: [Qgis-user] Labels

2012-06-27 Thread Anita Graser
Hi Philippe, QGIS 1.8 comes with expression-based labeling which supports exactly your use case and many more. Click the ... button right besides label this layer with. Best wishes, Anita On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Philippe de FRANCLIEU p...@parcellesetpolygones.fr wrote: Hi all,

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread Bernhard Ströbl
Hi, this is a QGIS server problem and not a problem of the webclient. Check your apache log file. I assume that the user running apache has no executable rights on qgis_mapserv.fcgi check the documentation [1] and also what Tim Sutton blogged [2] and follow the configuration steps there. [1]

Re: [Qgis-user] How to display an arrow pointing at a certain bearing from a point file

2012-06-27 Thread Andreas Neumann
Hi, There is a special renderer available for this called vector field renderer. See the plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/VectorFieldRenderer/ It comes with a help on how to set it up. Hope this helps, Andreas On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:20:01 +0300, Zirneklitis wrote: By creating two

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread D. Stroeer
Hey Bernhard, thanks for your quick response! The user running apache has executable rights on qgis_mapserv.fcgi, I checked that! But the logfile shows the following error message, which I don't understand [Wed Jun 27 11:50:13 2012] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) mod_fcgid/2.3.4 configured --

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread Bernhard Ströbl
Hi, I have not much knowledge about apache, I am glad I got my QGIS Server configured :-) So just one thing that strikes me (see inline): Am 27.06.2012 14:50, schrieb D. Stroeer: Hey Bernhard, thanks for your quick response! The user running apache has executable rights on

[Qgis-user] Isolate area of water supply network using existing valves

2012-06-27 Thread 欧阳乐岩
Hi all, I have a water distribution network with valves. For any given selection, I would like to find the valves that can be used to isolate it from the rest of the network and extract the selected area. This is a very standard feature for GIS aimed at water supply. It is not a very

Re: [Qgis-user] Labels

2012-06-27 Thread Anita Graser
Could the boxes be caused by any special characters? A screenshot would be helpful to understand what's happening. Anita On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Philippe de FRANCLIEU p...@parcellesetpolygones.fr wrote: Hi Anita, Thanks for your prompt reply. Ok , ID || ';' || AREA || ' ha'

Re: [Qgis-user] Labels

2012-06-27 Thread Philippe de FRANCLIEU
Hi Anita, Thanks for your prompt reply. Ok , ID || ';' || AREA || ' ha' works. With ';' as a wrapper. The result, though, is unexpected : there are 16 (4x4) boxes drawn around the label. There is no Output preview. (1.8.0 / Windows 7x64) Regards. Philippe de FRANCLIEU _ De :

[Qgis-user] On format and coordinate systems transformation

2012-06-27 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi Group! I will begin this post with a disclaimer. This is no advertisement, or endorsed statement. I intend it as friendly advice to fellow professionals, for the good of the industry and our reputation. Many posts on this list come from users who struggle to move geodata between software

[Qgis-user] SpatiaLite creation problem

2012-06-27 Thread Julian Bogdani
Hello everybody, I'm using the new 1.8 version and maybe I'm missing something, but I was not able to create a new spatialite archive with spatial tables in it. I'm able to create the database file using Qspatialite plugin, but i wan not able to create e new table with the plugin. After creating

[Qgis-user] rst conversion: problem with references

2012-06-27 Thread Larissa Junek
Hi all, while the call for a reference works fine when I deal with figures, the link to a section doesn't work. For example in the plugins_gps.rst I defined: ... see section `defining-new-device`_ this is the call for the reference .. _`defining-new-device`: this is the reference Can somebody

Re: [Qgis-user] SpatiaLite creation problem

2012-06-27 Thread Micha Silver
On 27/06/2012 16:59, Julian Bogdani wrote: Hello everybody, I'm using the new 1.8 version and maybe I'm missing something, but I was not able to create a new spatialite archive with spatial tables in it. I'm able to create the database file

Re: [Qgis-user] ERROR - The procedure entry point sqlite3_open_v2 could not be located in the dynamic link library sqlite3.dll when running QGIS 1.7 and 1.8 after OSGEO4w installation

2012-06-27 Thread jbogdani
Hello, I'm reopening this topic, because I'm not succeeding in installing qgis in a second Windows (Vista) machine. During installation I get an error relative to crssync (CRSSYNC.exe stopped working). Once installed I get the The procedure entry point sqlite3_open_v2 could not be located in the

[Qgis-user] Python plugins for 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread Luca Casagrande
Hello everybody, on Monday we had a QGis course and we decided to use 1.8. All was fine, but some users were confused about the missing third part repository button. I think that would be nice to keep the button and show a dialogue window with the explanation of what happened. What do you think

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem: Testing QGIS Web Client with VirtualBox

2012-06-27 Thread D. Stroeer
Hey, I solved the problem, that caused those errors. So now, the error.log doesn't show any errors, but the initial problem resists: Firebug shows: NetworkError: 403 Forbidden -

Re: [Qgis-user] Python plugins for 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 27/06/2012 16:44, Luca Casagrande ha scritto: All was fine, but some users were confused about the missing third part repository button. I think that would be nice to keep the button and show a dialogue window with the explanation of what happened. What do you think about? -1 I think

[Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Jake Maier
Hi I postpone installing the nightly 1.8 version since about a month because I hear from different sources that the official release is right around the corner. It still seems not to be ready for release. Hearing all the good stuff about 1.8, I'm contemplating to install the nightly release but am

Re: [Qgis-user] Python plugins for 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread Micha Silver
On 27/06/2012 17:49, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Il 27/06/2012 16:44, Luca Casagrande ha scritto: All was fine, but some users were confused about the missing "third part repository" button. I think that would be nice to keep the button and show a

Re: [Qgis-user] Python plugins for 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread Luca Casagrande
Paolo Cavallini wrote Il 27/06/2012 16:44, Luca Casagrande ha scritto: All was fine, but some users were confused about the missing third part repository button. I think that would be nice to keep the button and show a dialogue window with the explanation of what happened. What do you

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Gary Sherman
On Jun 27, 2012, at 6:19 AM, Jake Maier wrote: Hi I postpone installing the nightly 1.8 version since about a month because I hear from different sources that the official release is right around the corner. It still seems not to be ready for release. Hearing all the good stuff about 1.8,

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Jake Maier
Thanks you Gary, but now I'm confused because at the top of the website it says 1.7.4 and there is no mention of 1.8. At least not in my browser. But now trying it, it says 1.8 on the download page So, thanks I'm fine but someone may want to change it at the top of the page J -Original

[Qgis-user] Problem with adding a PostGIS query using Python

2012-06-27 Thread James Stott
I cannot seem to get this query to work. The python code I am using is: db_conn = dbname=database' host=SERVER port=5432 user='postgres' password='' id_field = gid table=(SELECT * FROM \designations\.\table\ WHERE ST_DWithin(ST_GeomFromText('POINT(451583

[Qgis-user] SEXTANTE plugin does not install

2012-06-27 Thread Sebastiano Lora
Hallo, I tried to update the SEXTANTE plugin (v 1.0.7) for QGIS (lisboa 1.8.0 - OS win7). Previous version worked fine, no problem at all. This time the installer told me: The plugin is broken. Python said: *3* Anybody had the same problem or knows a solution? thanks in advance Sebastiano

Re: [Qgis-user] On format and coordinate systems transformation

2012-06-27 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/27/2012 06:45 AM, Mats Elfström wrote: Hi Group! I will begin this post with a disclaimer. This is no advertisement, or endorsed statement. I intend it as friendly advice to fellow professionals, for the good of the industry and our reputation. Many posts on this list come from

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Giovanni Manghi
On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 11:31 -0400, Jake Maier wrote: Thanks you Gary, but now I'm confused because at the top of the website it says 1.7.4 and there is no mention of 1.8. At least not in my browser. But now trying it, it says 1.8 on the download page So, thanks I'm fine but someone may want to

Re: [Qgis-user] On format and coordinate systems transformation

2012-06-27 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 27/06/2012 19:04, Alex Mandel ha scritto: Thanks for the info I have heard great things about FME, but as a word of caution I have also heard of errors the occur only in FME with certain formats being unusable as the output (something related to postgis if I'm remembering correctly).

Re: [Qgis-user] DXF EXPORT

2012-06-27 Thread lt
I try to open the dxf file with AUTOCAD2007 LT and I cannot open it: I get an error. then the opened file appears to be empty. any suggestion? laura Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:39:54 +0300 From: Zirneklitis e...@lanet.lv To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] DXF EXPORT

[Qgis-user] failed to download package files

2012-06-27 Thread Jake Maier
Hi I did successfully install qgis 1.8 on my Win7 pc, but when I try to install it on my Ubuntu machine I get 'failed to download package files' even so I'm connected to the internet. I have 12.04 and used the software center to first uninstall 1.7.4 and then to install 1.8. Please what can

[Qgis-user] QGIS 1.8 on Windows 7 will not load

2012-06-27 Thread rhoskins
I have installed 1.8 on Windows 7 but I get a message The procedure entry point sqlite3_open_v2 could not be located in the dynamic link library sqlite3.dll I uninstalled, reinstalled, etc - same result. Same install on Windows XP results in a working 1.8 How can I fix this on Windows 7?

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Jake Maier
-Original Message- From: Giovanni Manghi [mailto:giovanni.man...@faunalia.pt] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:09 PM To: Jake Maier Cc: 'Gary Sherman'; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 11:31 -0400, Jake Maier

Re: [Qgis-user] Python plugins for 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread Lee Hachadoorian
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Luca Casagrande luca.casagra...@gmail.com wrote: Paolo Cavallini wrote Il 27/06/2012 16:44, Luca Casagrande ha scritto: All was fine, but some users were confused about the missing third part repository button. I think that would be nice to keep the button

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 1.8 on Windows 7 will not load

2012-06-27 Thread Andre Joost
Am 27.06.2012 19:41, schrieb rhosk...@u.washington.edu: I have installed 1.8 on Windows 7 but I get a message The procedure entry point sqlite3_open_v2 could not be located in the dynamic link library sqlite3.dll I uninstalled, reinstalled, etc - same result. Same install on Windows XP

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Anita Graser
Fixed the wiki. Thanks for pointing it out. Anita On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Andre Joost andre+jo...@nurfuerspam.dewrote: Am 27.06.2012 19:09, schrieb Giovanni Manghi: On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 11:31 -0400, Jake Maier wrote: Thanks you Gary, but now I'm confused because at the top of

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Werner Macho
Hi! To be honest I think there should only be ONE Page announcing the latest release .. I think that would be a lot better .. kind regards Werner ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] qgis 1.8 when official release

2012-06-27 Thread Anita Graser
+1 On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Werner Macho werner.ma...@gmail.comwrote: Hi! To be honest I think there should only be ONE Page announcing the latest release .. I think that would be a lot better .. kind regards Werner ___ Qgis-user

[Qgis-user] too long field

2012-06-27 Thread Aitor Bastarrica Izaguirre
Dear QGIS users, I have an issue with the location based attribute join (spatial join). I have two shapefile, a point and a polygon layer. I would like to compute a sum statistic (based on the points that are inside each polygon). The problem is that the original fields are already 10

[Qgis-user] QGIS 1.7.4 repositories

2012-06-27 Thread Paul Shapley
Hi All, I'm having numerous problems after upgrading to 1.8.0 on Ubuntu 12.04 so having to revert back to a fully working 1.7.4. Can anyone tell me the best way of installing all the relevant libraries. -- Paul J. Shapley ___ Qgis-user mailing list

[Qgis-user] Georefrencing paper map

2012-06-27 Thread .
Is there a recommended georefrencing tutorial that can explain how to locate a paper map in GIS? ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

[Qgis-user] Short cuts broken on 1.8

2012-06-27 Thread .
WIndows 7 64 bit Changes to shortcuts aren't saved. Loading shortcuts from file crashes QGIS. Stuck with default key layout? ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Re: [Qgis-user] too long field

2012-06-27 Thread Christine
If you mean the length of the field name being already 10 characters long, you might rename/abbreviate the field name using the Table Manager plugin. Another way would be creating a new field with a shorter name and writing the given values to the new field with the field calculator ...

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 1.7.4 repositories

2012-06-27 Thread Ramon Andiñach
I'm not a ubuntu nut, but watching the list I offer three thoughts. 1. Lots of programmes (QGIS included) are having issues with the default desktop manager in recent Ubuntu releases. 2. Pick only one source for your .deb files. 3. One topic an email :) -ramon. On 28/06/2012, at 05:22 , Paul

[Qgis-user] Add a point on a layer using lat/long coordinates

2012-06-27 Thread Daniel Kranich
Hello, Lets say I have a set of lat/long coordinates that i would like to add as points to an existing layer in my map. How would i do that?? I saw that the numerical vertex editor plugin will let me add x,y coordinates but that has to be in reference to something and i don't know what the

[Qgis-user] Serious doubt

2012-06-27 Thread Marcos
Hello list, Somebody knows a way to put together two different zones projected on UTM at the same project on QGis? I´m trying to find some documentation, but, at the moment, nothing. Thanks in advance, -- Marcos Eichemberger Ummus Tel.: +55 11 8059-8091 * *

Re: [Qgis-user] Serious doubt

2012-06-27 Thread Lee Hachadoorian
On 06/27/2012 10:11 PM, Marcos wrote: Hello list, Somebody knows a way to put together two different zones projected on UTM at the same project on QGis? I´m trying to find some documentation, but, at the moment, nothing. Thanks in advance, As long as you have Enable 'on the fly' CRS

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 1.8.0 Required Repositories

2012-06-27 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/26/2012 11:42 AM, Paul Shapley wrote: Hi All, I'm confused about which repositories are required to have a fully functioning QGIS 1.8.0 including GDAL 1.9.0 (on Ubuntu 12.04). I currently have the following in the 'sources.list'. deb http://qgis.org/debian precise main deb-src

Re: [Qgis-user] failed to download package files

2012-06-27 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/27/2012 09:59 AM, Jake Maier wrote: Hi I did successfully install qgis 1.8 on my Win7 pc, but when I try to install it on my Ubuntu machine I get 'failed to download package files' even so I'm connected to the internet. I have 12.04 and used the software center to first uninstall

Re: [Qgis-user] Add a point on a layer using lat/long coordinates

2012-06-27 Thread lt
you can create a table with lat/long coordinates, save it as csv, then you can use the csv import plugin and specify the correct csv (epsg 4326 or else) lt Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:01:47 -0800 From: Daniel Kranich dan...@nusalaska.com To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [Qgis-user] Add a