[Qgis-user] QGIS Atlas Help

2016-05-11 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hello all!! I am in need of your collective expertise, few things. 1. How can I word wrap Column Headers on a Attribute table within Composer, there is an option to word wrap, but it does not seem to work, I have tried *\n* also with no luck. 2. I also have a Main Map with Key Plan, I have

Re: [Qgis-user] Controll QGIS installation

2016-05-06 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi Marian, This suggestion might be not be quite what you are looking for, but have you looked at http://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html Its a Linux Disto with pretty much everything needed, based off Lubuntu, it should be easy to keep everything up to date also! Just a suggestion! Regards,

Re: [Qgis-user] DataDefinedProperties

2016-04-13 Thread Richard McDonnell
Jonah, To add to my previous email, I have had a look at the *.qml or style file, and it seems that the variables are added to a section called "" see below value="1~~0X"/>

Re: [Qgis-user] DataDefinedProperties

2016-04-13 Thread Richard McDonnell
Jonah, I not sure if this is what you want, but in QGIS 2.14 you can set all of these using the Layer properties under Labels, it was in previous versions also. I have used this previously to set label locations & rotation under Placement. I noticed also that you can also specify Shadows,

[Qgis-user] Full SLD

2016-04-07 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, I was wondering If I could pose a question to the developers, what would be required in order to get /*FULL*/ SLD support for QGIS We find QGIS to be a very flexible layer styler, and while it does allow you to save your style as a SLD, the SLD format used by QGIS does not work well with

Re: [Qgis-user] Select heights from a raster layer

2016-03-10 Thread Richard McDonnell
Claus, It may not be exactly what you want, but one suggestion would be to derive the centroids from the building polygons (making sure there within the polygon) and then use the point sampling tool to pull the elevations from your DSM. of course that will not guarantee that you get the max

[Qgis-user] Find text string in old Maps

2016-03-08 Thread Richard McDonnell
Fellow QGIS users, I have rasters of old maps covering the entire country, what I would like to do is search the raster for a specific line of text, and generate a point file for every instance of the text found. I know in theory this should be possible, I was wondering if any one has done

Re: [Qgis-user] MS Access and QGIS

2016-03-08 Thread Richard McDonnell
I think one option might be to put the data on something like geoserver, and utilise the geometry extent for each land parcel as a link to the web server from Access. So you will have a link in your access database to the web service something like:

Re: [Qgis-user] style files

2016-02-19 Thread Richard McDonnell
Kyle, My experience with spatial lite is limited, but When working with PostgreSQL (PostGIS), you can save the style to the database, not sure if this is only available in PostgreSQL. Might I also suggest you send the QGIS Project File, this will keep all the styling for you, and as long as

Re: [Qgis-user] Qgis/qgis server different layer scales to speed up server

2016-02-18 Thread Richard McDonnell
Pietro Hi, I have been tricking around with Zoom Level based Styling for OpenStreetMap (Just Ireland) on GeoServer. We utilise a PostGIS database back end to store the features, a SLD with different zoom levels is then used to display the features required at each level. If you want, I can

Re: [Qgis-user] how to get rid of points and only show labels?

2015-12-09 Thread Richard McDonnell
Bob, You can just set the symbol size to Zero! Regards, Richard. On 08/12/2015 09:54, McDonaldR wrote: Hi Bob, Burghardt You have to change the symbol style to "rule based" and then there is the option to turn off the symbol for the point. The option is not available when using a point

Re: [Qgis-user] Problems occur when copying large amounts to Excel

2015-11-30 Thread Richard McDonnell
Yann, You can use the MMGGIS Plugin to export attributes to CSV, or, right click and select 'save as' (ticking the 'Save only selected features') selecting CSV as the output, it might be easier than using copy and paste, and may be more reliable. Regards, Richard On 30/11/2015 10:39, Yann

Re: [Qgis-user] Set default view for Identify window?

2015-10-20 Thread Richard McDonnell
or editing for example. Upon panning or zooming they both close...does that make sense? Actually I am thinking along the lines of something like the Attribute table, but where you filter by selection! Regards, Richard McDonnell On 20/10/2015 12:14, Nathan Woodrow wrote: I'm keen to kill

Re: [Qgis-user] Copy field definitions from one vector layer to another?

2015-10-16 Thread Richard McDonnell
On second reading of what you are looking for, The Table Manager plugin, may not be what you need. On 15/10/2015 19:29, Richard Males wrote: I have been looking for a capability (plugin or native QGIS) that will easily copy the field definitions (not the attribute data) from one layer to

Re: [Qgis-user] QML reference, symbolize synonyms alike

2015-10-15 Thread Richard McDonnell
Peter I would advise you to use the QGIS rule based symbology to do what you require, the filter would be something like:- /*your attribute_column _name*/ = 'carbonate rock' OR area_code = 'carbonate' keeping it simple!! This should do the trick for you. Regards, Richard. On 14/10/2015

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with oracle spatial views

2015-10-15 Thread Richard McDonnell
to:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Im Auftrag von Richard McDonnell Gesendet: Thursday, October 15, 2015 4:24 PM An: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with oracle spatial views Two things you could try, Im not that up on Oracle, but you could try Indexing y

Re: [Qgis-user] Problem with oracle spatial views

2015-10-15 Thread Richard McDonnell
Two things you could try, Im not that up on Oracle, but you could try Indexing your data, more specifically the geometry, if there is any and also a general index over the most used attributes. Regards, Richard. On 15/10/2015 14:00, florian.feilme...@ldbv.bayern.de wrote: Hello, loading a

Re: [Qgis-user] Call for release name suggestions 2015

2015-09-02 Thread Richard McDonnell
+1 for Periodic Table, I know it has little to do with Geography but at least its unbiased! Regards, Richard. On 01/09/2015 16:06, Mats Elfström wrote: Once, Qgis versions were named after planetary moons. We probably ran out of those, at least those known to the public. However, they had

[Qgis-user] Styling oppertunity

2015-09-02 Thread Richard McDonnell
I am trying to style a vector dataset provided by national mapping agency. I have an Archway entity, represented by a Rectangular polygon with the diagonals crossed What I have is this What I would like is this The size/extent of the rectangle varies...Any advice help welcome!! Regards,

Re: [Qgis-user] Georeferencing Vector Files

2015-08-07 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, There is one sure way to do this, Use your CAD Package to align the property survey to the correct CRS, using two common points. What CAD Package are you using, if you have AutoCAD, then you can use the align command to preform this, I assume that other packages have similar commands!

Re: [Qgis-user] Small maths problem!

2015-07-23 Thread Richard McDonnell
need to edit the data, could you not use a join to add a (precalculated) rotation field on the fly, either on the DB side, or in QGIS? Cheers, Andy On 23/07/2015 09:10, Richard McDonnell wrote: Hi, I am in need of some guidance, I am trying to create an active hatch/Fill as part of a style

Re: [Qgis-user] problem scaling labels in Qgis 2.10

2015-07-23 Thread Richard McDonnell
Try viewing the data in the canvas in the same scale as you wish to view it in the composer, you may also try to use data defined label placing, for the troublesome ones. Regards, Richard. On 23/07/2015 11:58, Rachel Brouwer wrote: I'm currently using Ubuntu - QGis 2.10.0 Pisa. When using

[Qgis-user] Small maths problem!

2015-07-23 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, I am in need of some guidance, I am trying to create an active hatch/Fill as part of a style im working on. What I want is for a hatch to rotate depending on the orientation of a Polygon. For example, here is the same entity rotated, with the hatch rotating. The issue is I am working on

Re: [Qgis-user] Small maths problem!

2015-07-23 Thread Richard McDonnell
really have to calculate this on the fly. For data in Postgis one could write a plsql function to calculate these angles. Sorry that I can't be of better help here. Just showing that I also have in interest in such a feature. Andreas On 2015-07-23 10:10, Richard McDonnell wrote: Hi, I am

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS instalation and uninstallation issues

2015-07-17 Thread Richard McDonnell
/ Excuse my brevity. 16 jul 2015 kl. 13:02 skrev Richard McDonnell richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie mailto:richard.mcdonn...@opw.ie: Please see below, In my experience, if you want QGIS to work within Windows with some stability with GRASS and SAGA you need to use the OSGEO4W installer

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS instalation and uninstallation issues

2015-07-17 Thread Richard McDonnell
+1 to the idea of dumping the standalone, I don't think it ads any functionality, only confusion!! On 16/07/2015 19:46, Anita Graser wrote: On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:48 PM, Werner Macho werner.ma...@gmail.com mailto:werner.ma...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS instalation and uninstallation issues

2015-07-16 Thread Richard McDonnell
Please see below, In my experience, if you want QGIS to work within Windows with some stability with GRASS and SAGA you need to use the OSGEO4W installer not the standalone. 1. Backup python Plugins(C:\OSGeo4W64\apps\qgis\python\plugins for Python Plugins) 2. Delete the OSGEO4W folder 3.

Re: [Qgis-user] HELP Please: SAGA, GRASS 6 7, R, do not work in vers. 2.4 -. 2.8

2015-07-14 Thread Richard McDonnell
I find the easiest way to install is to:- 1. Backup python Plugins(C:\OSGeo4W64\apps\qgis\python\plugins for Python Plugins) 2. Delete the OSGEO4W folder 3. If you have other versions of the software installed via standalone installers, uninstall all the Programs (QGIS,GRASS, SAGA etc) 4.

Re: [Qgis-user] get length of custom geometry in expression

2015-07-06 Thread Richard McDonnell
, Richard McDonnell On 05/07/2015 18:49, Raymond Nijssen wrote: Im' trying to do this in my label expression: length($geometry) but it always returns 0. Is there a way I can do that? I tried getlength() and getLength() as well, without luck. I know there is the $length which works on the geometry

Re: [Qgis-user] extracting the starting point and end point from a linear geometry

2015-06-30 Thread Richard McDonnell
Tonino, From the toolbar...Vector, Geometry Tools, Extract Nodes. This I think should help! Regards, Richard McDonnell OPW - Ag féachaint don am atá le teacht - Ag caomhnú ón am atá thart OPW - Looking to the future - Caring for the past

Re: [Qgis-user] Lables in Composer

2015-03-20 Thread Richard McDonnell
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[Qgis-user] Lables in Composer

2015-03-06 Thread Richard McDonnell
it could be added in a future update. Regards, Richard McDonnell OPW - Ag féachaint don am atá le teacht - Ag caomhnú ón am atá thart OPW - Looking to the future - Caring for the past ** Email Disclaimer: http://www.opw.ie/en

Re: [Qgis-user] GPS issue on android tablet

2014-06-12 Thread Richard McDonnell
accuracies (at present) is to utilise NRTK which is usually a subscription based service, requiring 3rd Party software. Regards, Richard McDonnell On 12/06/2014 10:28, Giuseppe De Marco wrote: Hello again, concerning the limitation imposed by GPS hardware, I have to point out that on my

Re: [Qgis-user] GPS issue on android tablet

2014-06-12 Thread Richard McDonnell
In saying all that, I have just seen something which may be iv interest, besides the NRTK there is also Precise Point Positioning (PPP), which can be provided over a data connection (internet) which is called iPPP. This might be something worth checking out. On 12/06/2014 10:28, Giuseppe De

Re: [Qgis-user] Adding Projections

2014-06-12 Thread Richard McDonnell
Ok, I am open to correction, but you can use Custom CRS under Settings 1. Click add new CRS 2. Give it a name 3. I done a search online for POSGAR2007 and came across this page http://spatialreference.org/ref/sr-org/posgar-2007-argentina-2/ 4. If you select PROJ4 copy the text and paste

Re: [Qgis-user] GPS issue on android tablet

2014-06-04 Thread Richard McDonnell
This is down to the accuracy of the Receiver, nothing to do with QGIS. You wont get Survey Grade data collection from any Tablet on the market at present. Even with a Survey Grade GNSS Receiver connected to your tablet, a 3.0 meter accuracy would be best case scenario. Your only solution is a

Re: [Qgis-user] Text label wrap

2014-05-22 Thread Richard McDonnell
I think the solution you are looking for in in expression based Labelling. Under the functions list, there is the string function, you should have a play around there. Regards, Richard. On 16/05/2014 22:15, AntonioLocandro wrote: Is there a way to wrap text so it wont be to long for

Re: [Qgis-user] Changing Scale factor

2014-05-22 Thread Richard McDonnell
The simplest method (for me) would be to use CAD package to scale the map down by a factor of 0.001 and move it to the correct coordinates. There are a number of free CAD packages available, NanoCAD being my personal favourate, it can be downloaded at http://nanocad.com/ Regards, Richard On

Re: [Qgis-user] Tablet vs GPS accuracy

2014-04-03 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, It all boils down to the level of accuracy your job requires, Commercial or Survey Grade GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) now utilises NRTK (Network Real Time Kinematic) which can produce sub centimetre accuracies. We have found that the accuracies is often too good, with our

Re: [Qgis-user] Can't add multiple features to a layer

2014-02-12 Thread Richard McDonnell
Sounds like a snapping issue, if you check the attribute table, are all the points there? Switch snap off for the layer you are working on, or change the tolerance to a lower setting. Hope this helps, Richard. On 12/02/2014 05:46, Richard Tardif wrote: I am unable to add more than one

Re: [Qgis-user] version - 1.8.0 - 2.0.1

2014-02-10 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, Do you require OSMEditor? If you don't, go to Plugins, manage and install Plugins. A list of Plugins will be shown under Installed the plugin causing the error will be in red (red writing) click on it and select Uninstall plugin restart QGIS and you should be fine after that. If you do

Re: [Qgis-user] Add Google Imagery to Canvas

2014-02-07 Thread Richard McDonnell
Eko The simplest way to insert Google Maps or Satellite Imagery is to use the OpenLayers Plugin. select Plugins from the menu, select Manage and install plugins. In the search bar type open (without quotes) and select install plugin. Once that's done go to Plugins in the menu, highlight

Re: [Qgis-user] import osm-file to qgis

2014-02-05 Thread Richard McDonnell
Hi, One solution would be to download the shapefile for the area you are interested in, this should, I assume have all the required fields. You should be able to download that from the same source. I hope this is of help. Regards, On 05/02/2014 11:02, Larissa Hauser wrote: Hi there After

[Qgis-user] Action to insert DXF into Map Canvas

2014-02-05 Thread Richard McDonnell
I am in need of a little help. I have created a shapefile, which represents the extent and location of a DXF. Within the shapefiles attributes is the file location. I am trying to create an action which would insert the DXF into the map canvas as required, the action I am currently trying is

Re: [Qgis-user] VERSION OF SEXTANTE

2014-01-27 Thread Richard McDonnell
Giacomo, There does not appear to be a SEXTANT plug-in available for 2.0, in saying that there is alot of the tools available under Processing. If you open up the tool box you may find the tools you require. Regards, Richard. On 27/01/2014 16:54, Giacomo Fontanelli wrote: Dear community I

[Qgis-user] QGIS Actions Help

2014-01-15 Thread Richard McDonnell
Apologies if this is the incorrect forum for this, but I am in need of a little help. Ill keep this as simple as I can, Id I create a shapefile, which represents the extent and location of a dxf. within the attributes is the file location, lets call it LOCATION. I have looked for an action

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