Re: [Qgis-user] GIS Institutes - Online Courses

2024-04-13 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 4/13/2024 12:45 PM, krishna Ayyala via QGIS-User wrote: I wish to enroll in some of the online GIS courses. Is there a place or weblink where can I get the complete list of GIS Institutes that offer online courses? I am looking for institutes that 

Re: [Qgis-user] [QGIS-Developer] Announce - migrate our mailing lists to Discourse

2024-04-10 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 4/10/2024 9:00 AM, Régis Haubourg via QGIS-User wrote: I also heard yesterday another argument, given that we have StackExchange, mailing list and forums would be of no use.  Except you don't discuss on StackExchange, you only ask questions. And we

Re: [Qgis-user] Moving many project files - bulk updating paths to tables?

2024-04-05 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 4/5/2024 2:15 AM, Antonio Viscomi via QGIS-User wrote: if you're using linux what you need is simply use the 'sed' command by terminal as i.e.: sudo sed -i 's/NEWPATHTOSUBSTITUTE(your path or IP or domain)/OLDPATH/g' *.qgs

Re: [Qgis-user] Announce - migrate our mailing lists to Discourse

2024-04-04 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
I've never used Discourse so I'm not in a position to compare it's usefulness to the existing email format. I can add one more voice expressing satisfaction with the email approach and how it encourages readers to view everything rather than narrowing focus to topics of

Re: [Qgis-user] How to create 3d terrain from DEM?

2024-02-23 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
In addition to the advice you've already gotten, the reason your 3D model is so "wonky" is that you don't have elevation data outside the region you plotted, so these all have elevation zero.  Since the region is around 8500' elevation, that creates the vast wall effect

Re: [Qgis-user] Hillshade default direction

2024-01-23 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
Thank you to both of you for your informative responses. This prompted me to look at some satellite imagery and while the plateau vs. valley effect is not as distinct, the reversal of hills persists. Never noticed that before.

Re: [Qgis-user] Convert PNG file to vector file

2023-10-25 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 10/25/2023 7:46 AM, krishna Ayyala via QGIS-User wrote: Thanks for the reply Simon. The Polygonize tool did not work for me. Regards. It's not surprising that polygonize didn't work.

Re: [Qgis-user] Pro tips for beginners

2023-09-21 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
Another "pro" tip (from a non-pro) - Create keyboard shortcuts for frequently used commands, such as this one suggested by Michael Duffy - -Copy and paste styles between layers. ___ QGIS-User

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem saving project to geopkg

2023-07-26 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 7/25/2023 11:55 PM, Michael Dufty wrote: The error message includes MedicalDebt.mldata as a project name.  I believe this is the file the memorylayer saver plugin creates to save the temporary layers to.   Have you tried it

[Qgis-user] Problem saving project to geopkg

2023-07-19 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
I created a geopkg by exporting a layer from my project to a new geopkg. I then exported a couple of other layers to the geopkg. I then did File->Save To-> geopkg and saved my project to the geopkg. So far, so good. Now I made some changes to the project and tried to

Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with QGIS 3.28

2023-07-11 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 7/11/2023 11:41 AM, John Studley via QGIS-User wrote: Please can someone help QGIS 3.32 will not install on my Windows 10 - I am told that various files are missing QGIS 3.28 will install but the layer box is too big so I

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS controlling access in QGIS

2023-05-30 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
Expanding on what Chris said - Qgis does not own or manage data, Qgis manipulates and displays data from files, databases, and web services. As Chris points out, access to files is controlled through OS settings, databases by database settings. Web services may require

Re: [Qgis-user] Issue with QgsLayerTreeNode.itemVisibilityChecked

2023-05-22 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 5/22/2023 7:44 PM, Patrick Dunford via QGIS-User wrote: extentGroup = root.findGroup(extentGroupName) extentLayers = extentGroup.children() for extentLayer in extentLayers:     if extentLayer.itemVisibilityChecked:

Re: [Qgis-user] [EXTERNAL] Re: Geopackage slow on NAS if not read-only

2023-03-18 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 3/18/2023 1:50 PM, Patrick Dunford via QGIS-User wrote: but I use NFS, which is not available on Windows (my computers run Linux) NFS is available on Win 10 and 11 in the Pro and Enterprise versions, but not the Home version. I think it is

Re: [Qgis-user] Formatting dynamic text

2023-01-24 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
I am trying to use the dynamic text option [%item_variables('Map 1')['map_scale']%] in my print layout but I get a scale of 10.7 in my title block. How can I apply a format number to get it to display a whole number like 10? I don't know how to do

Re: [Qgis-user] The theory behind topology

2023-01-11 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
If you're asking the more general question about various geometric algorithms (like intersection, union, inclusion, etc) you might want to look at a text on computational geometry. ___ QGIS-User mailing list

Re: [Qgis-user] importing GeoPDF

2023-01-10 Thread David Strip via QGIS-User
On 1/10/2023 10:01 AM, JOE LEMONNIER via QGIS-User wrote: Is there a way or a plugin that allows me to import GeoPDF file such as USGS topos into QGIS as vectors? I’m using version 3.22.6 and trying to import with Layer>AddLayer>Add Vector Layer, but it gives a

Re: [Qgis-user] Offering QGIS installers through Windows store

2022-11-22 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
This is an intriguing idea. In addition to providing a revenue source, it has potential benefits to certain classes of users. You've already identified the automatic updating feature, which many people will no doubt find desirable. Another feature is the legitimacy of

Re: [Qgis-user] multiple csv file import

2022-11-15 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
Starting with v2.1, ogr2ogr supports args X_POSSIBLE_NAMES, Y_POSSIBLE_NAMES which are strings with allowed wildcards (eg, Lon* ), or you can use field_1, field_2, etc to explicitly give the position of lat/lon. It's explained on the driver page.  This

Re: [Qgis-user] multiple csv file import

2022-11-15 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
You might consider ogr2ogr as an alternative approach. You can run this from the command line allowing you to use shell scripts to iterate through all your .csv files. There are also python bindings for ogr2ogr if you're more comfortable with python than shell scripts.

Re: [Qgis-user] Updating QGIS version

2022-10-27 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
Most Qgis installers for Windows do not do an update in place. Instead they install an additional version of Qgis. This allows you to keep running an earlier version of Qgis at the same time as the newer one. This might be helpful in some cases, but because it's atypical

Re: [Qgis-user] Fwd: Your message to Qgis-user awaits moderator approval

2022-10-07 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
your best bet is to upload your screenshots to an image server (eg, Imgur), then inline the images into your email. On 10/7/2022 11:25 AM, Hugh Kelley via Qgis-user wrote: Hi,  I included a few screenshots in an email to

Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with raster layer in geopackage

2022-09-23 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
Starting with a tiff hillshade 10,812 x 10,812 8-bit unsigned int, 1 band , then exporting geopkg, default settings - 32,136K bytes geopkg, manually setting TILE_FORMAT = PNG - 80,572K bytes gtiff, default no compression - 114,287K bytes gtiff, high compression

Re: [Qgis-user] Polygon next to road search term

2022-09-14 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
My starting approach would be to take the road layer and buffer that out by some small distance - say 5 meters. (Note that you have to be working in a projected coordinate system for the buffer distance to have useful meaning.) I would then intersect the buffered layer with

Re: [Qgis-user] Polygon next to road search term

2022-09-13 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
Is a polygon "next to a road" because one (or more) edges of the polygon is exactly coincident with the road line? Or is it within some distance of the road line? These lead to different solutions, but unless your data is very precise, asking for the boundary to be

[Qgis-user] Problems with raster layer in geopackage

2022-09-01 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
I have a geopackage called GMU5ab. I also have a map project called GMU5ab, which is stored in that geopackage. With the GMU5ab project open in QGIS,  I created a hillshade layer, called "Hillshade" in the layer list. I saved this layer to the geopackage. Unlike a vector

[Qgis-user] Location of Layout with multiple maps.

2022-09-01 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
It appears that if one creates a layout with multiple map frames in the layout, then exports to GeoTiff with world file, the world file will reflect the first map frame added to the layout, regardless of where the frame is in the item stack (visibility order) or where it

Re: [Qgis-user] Tectonic plate boundaries

2022-08-13 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
This page contains a number of shapefile links and some KMZ links as well. On 8/13/2022 10:37 AM, John Moyle via Qgis-user wrote: Hi New to QGIS. I want to plot Victorian submarine telegraph cable interruptions under the Atlantic.  I

Re: [Qgis-user] excessive threads?

2022-07-30 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 7/30/2022 6:36 PM, Greg Troxel via Qgis-user wrote: I do understand that threads could help parallelization, eitehr using multiple cores, or just allowing IO in parallel. chris hermansen writes: Does it seem like you have one

Re: [Qgis-user] Convert huge shapefile to small size

2022-07-28 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 7/28/2022 5:52 AM, krishna Ayyala via Qgis-user wrote: dbf file itself is 5.1GB. Rest all other files are less than 500MB. It is the number of records which is huge. It has about 117,2100 points. Is that 117,200 points or

Re: [Qgis-user] copy and paste very slow in qgis

2022-07-04 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 7/4/2022 9:03 AM, Michael.Dodd via Qgis-user wrote: I am trying to copy points with their attributes from one layer to another (actually one geopackage file to another), the select is quick, couple of mins, bearing in mind there are

[Qgis-user] saving styles to geopackage

2022-06-25 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
I know that I can style a layer and save the style to a geopackage. In doing so, I associate the style with the layer, but can retrieve that style later for use on a different layer. Is there any way to create a geopackage of "bare" styles - styles not associated with a

Re: [Qgis-user] Dimensioning in QGIS

2022-06-25 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 6/25/2022 6:43 PM, Richard Greenwood wrote: At the risk of stating the obvious, all of that can be done with labels in QGIS. A simple line can be annotated with angle and distance, which are dynamically updated when the line is

Re: [Qgis-user] Dimensioning in QGIS

2022-06-25 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
To the extent that anyone is interested in a discussion of adding CAD-like dimensioning capabilities to Qgis: In a CAD model dimensional callouts present the user with information about lengths, angles, radii, and other metric properties. Dimension call-outs  in a

Re: [Qgis-user] Dimensioning in QGIS

2022-06-23 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
although a CAD drawing may be drawn to some scale, it is common to explicitly label lengths (distances) using arrows and extension lines. I suspect the OP wants to create dimensional arrows labeling distances between features on the map, eliminating the

Re: [Qgis-user] polygon fills from different shapefiles

2022-06-21 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 6/21/2022 8:37 AM, Firstname Lastname via Qgis-user wrote: I have gone that far, but I have four sets of maps with similar units.  If I categorize them independantly, I have to manually change the colours to make them consistent between

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem trying to graduate by value (colum)

2022-04-06 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
A lot of folks get bitten by text fields that look like numbers. What if the attribute table color-coded the columns with different colors for text vs. numbers? Or had a second row of headers showing the field type? What would the disadvantage of such an approach? Of

Re: [Qgis-user] How to specify buffer distance in Metres when Using WGS84 (EPSG:4326) geometry.

2022-03-21 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 3/21/2022 1:44 PM, Bernie Connors via Qgis-user wrote:         I am using QGIS 3.20.0-Odense and I have a small set of points in EPSG 4326, a geographic projection.  I am trying to use the Multi Ring Buffer tool and the units for the buffer distance

Re: [Qgis-user] again: Create Geospatial PDF producing faulty output

2022-03-21 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 3/21/2022 9:52 AM, Ken Sanderson via Qgis-user wrote: If TIF output is spatial and is working fine, print to that, then use gdal to convert that to pdf? This would result in a pdf that is nothing more than a bitmap. It would lose the layer structure

Re: [Qgis-user] Browser and Layout side bars now hidden

2022-03-13 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 3/13/2022 8:27 AM, Mike Breiding - Morgantown WV via Qgis-user wrote: Greetings, I have somehow made hidden the Browser Layout and side bars and now only the canvas is visible. What must I do to have them visible again?

Re: [Qgis-user] Automating creation of county distribution maps

2022-03-09 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
As first step towards building a model as Nicolas has suggested: I assume you have a layer with the county boundaries. Export this layer as a CSV file, keeping only the name of each county in the export step, and don't export the geometry. Now open this file in your

Re: [Qgis-user] Fwd: Your message to Qgis-user awaits moderator approval

2022-03-08 Thread David Strip via Qgis-user
On 3/8/2022 11:04 AM, Cory Albrecht via Qgis-user wrote: Could a moderator deal with this, please? It's been sitting for a few days. I attached some images to explain my problem. Thanks in advance. you could