Re: [Qgis-user] Add mssql non-geometric tables

2015-05-02 Thread Peter Schürch
Hi James Thanks for getting back to me. I'using Wien too. The database connection is established. I can add existing geometry layers from the DB to the qgis project. I can also add new layers to the DB (e.g. A shape). So no fundamental problem with the DB. My problem is the following. I have

[Qgis-user] Raster file format

2015-05-02 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, I will be making huge... (No HUGE) DEMs file in QGIS. I usually use .tif or.tiff (not really sure what the real difference is) but they are large files. What would be the best Qgis raster format permitting both smaller disk storage, lossless compression and ease of analysis using the

Re: [Qgis-user] Raster file format

2015-05-02 Thread Alex Mandel
Just add Deflate or LZW compression to your tif (both are loseless, JPG is not). The output files will be 10%-50% the size of the original in most cases. See the following post for a comparison of settings. http://linfiniti.com/2011/05/gdal-efficiency-of-various-compression-algorithms/ Enjoy,

Re: [Qgis-user] Raster file format

2015-05-02 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Thanks! Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc. Les Entreprises Archéotec inc.  8548, rue Saint-Denis Montréal H2P 2H2 Téléphone: 514.381.5112  Fax: 514.381.4995 www.archeotec.ca On May 2, 2015 14:43, Alex Mandel tech_...@wildintellect.com wrote: Just add Deflate or LZW compression to your tif (both are