Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New England, US

2016-04-02 Thread Phil (The Geek) Wyatt
Hi there Michael, I would also suggest checking with local not for profit organisations, especially those with an environmental background. I volunteer (in Australia) with one such organisation and they are just keen to get things mapped regardless of how it's produced. They are also more

[Qgis-user] QGIS on the road in a native environment?

2016-04-02 Thread Mats Elfström
This is interesting news. Will it be possible to run *nix QGIS on this tablet, I wonder? http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/devices Hälsning / Regards Mats.E Skickat från min / Sent from my iPad, Ursäkta att jag är kortfattad / Excuse my brevity. ___

Re: [Qgis-user] variables in postgis filters

2016-04-02 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 02:47:55AM -0700, ralfwessels wrote: > I would like to filter my PostGIS table by the actual extent of the map > canvas similar to the possibility in the Quick OSM - Plugin. > > Does someone know, if this is possible? I've been thinking about a way to do this too as I'm

Re: [Qgis-user] variables in postgis filters

2016-04-02 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 09:12:22AM -0700, ralfwessels wrote: > ..but I guess (so far) it is not possible to use current extent informations > (e.g. as variable) within the sql filter options for PostGIS data tables. Correct, that's currently not supported. Willing to fund development in that

Re: [Qgis-user] variables in postgis filters

2016-04-02 Thread ralfwessels
Hi, I haven't looked at how the QuickOSM plugin deals with the issue, does it update the layer definition on every pan and zoom operations ? No, the QuickOSm-Plugin is not updateing on every pan or zoom - it just loads the object for the current map extent (if this is not to big though).

Re: [Qgis-user] variables in postgis filters

2016-04-02 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 07:39:47AM -0700, ralfwessels wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't looked at how the QuickOSM plugin deals with the issue, > does it update the layer definition on every pan and zoom operations ? > > No, the QuickOSm-Plugin is not updateing on every pan or zoom - it just >

Re: [Qgis-user] variables in postgis filters

2016-04-02 Thread ralfwessels
Hi, Any plugin can subscribe to receive notifications about canvas updates and can fetch information about the canvas (extent, scale). ..but I guess (so far) it is not possible to use current extent informations (e.g. as variable) within the sql filter options for PostGIS data tables. ralf

[Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New England, US

2016-04-02 Thread Michael Callahan
I'm in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, US where we are very behind on use of Open Source Software. I'm looking for other users of QGIS, and the towns and non-profits I've spoken to around here are entrenched with proprietary software. I'm pursuing a certificate in GIS. I switched to Linux over a decade

[Qgis-user] Overlay tools and join Attributes from the processing are not work correctly

2016-04-02 Thread Claas Leiner
Unfortunately, some tools from the toolbox of QGIS 2.14 not work correctly. Join Attributes tables not working (Bug report #14428) and overlay tools (#14504) produce incomplete results. When the Python Files (.installpath/python/plugins/processing/algs/qgis) JoinAttributes.py Intersection.py

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS users in Southeastern New England, US

2016-04-02 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, You could try things like botanical gardens or a zoo. They have a huge need for GIS but don't really know it! Most will have some type of software but you could use Qgis in that type of setting to show them it's use. In my opinion, it is more important to have a cool workplace and learn