Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with ubuntu-unstable again

2016-07-18 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 17-07-16 22:42, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote: > Hi Angelos, > thanx a lot for the hint. It works! > > This is now indeed the third variation of a working setup in a row. > We already had to enable three repositories, then two, and now it's only > one. Unfortunately the instructions on the download p

Re: [Qgis-user] PostGIS Queries

2016-07-18 Thread Richard McDonnell
Thank you for your suggestion, I will try this! On 16/07/2016 09:53, Bo Victor Thomsen wrote: What about: SELECT objectid FROM level_1_20151206 AS A, water_polygon AS Z WHERE ST_intersects (A.the_geom, Z.geom); ST_intersects (and st_overlaps) automatically uses boundingbox calculations and

Re: [Qgis-user] Limiting File Choices

2016-07-18 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 17-07-16 23:02, Michael Jabot wrote: > I am working with elementary students in using QGIS to develop spatial > reasoning. > > I have created .shp files for them to use but when they go to the folder > to add the .shp, all the supporting files are also present, so we are > struggling. Is there

[Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Mats Elfström
This is what 20 774 QGIS likers on Facebook get as QGIS news. ​ Surely they are entitled to a bit more attention? Why do you cling to old century mailing lists and bulletin board technology? How many subscribe to this list? Regards, Mats.E -- *GisKraft*, GIS och webbkonsult Mats Elfström, Väpp

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:51:56AM +0200, Mats Elfström wrote: > Why do you cling to old century mailing lists and bulletin board technology? Because it's libre technology. That means: fully documented in the open, preproducible and independent of any single company. It's not by chances that it

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Nathan Woodrow
Hey, I run the qgis Facebook page. I will get in and do some updates. Sorry about that. On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 8:09 pm Sandro Santilli wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:51:56AM +0200, Mats Elfström wrote: > > > Why do you cling to old century mailing lists and bulletin board > technology? > > B

Re: [Qgis-user] Backing up GIS Data

2016-07-18 Thread Jonathan Moules
On top of the excellent suggestions that have come out of this thread, it's worth stating that a backup is worthless if it is untested. You should regularly test backups to ensure you can restore from them; this applies to all backups. There are plenty of horror stories out there from organisat

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 18-07-16 11:51, Mats Elfström wrote: > > This is what 20 774 QGIS likers on Facebook get as QGIS news. Yes, and not even translated, ugly isn't it that Facebook ;-) > Surely they are entitled to a bit more attention? Do I smell a volunteer here? Because THAT is the problem with the newer com

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Sponsor Offer

2016-07-18 Thread Richard Duivenvoorde
On 15-07-16 10:13, Mats Elfström wrote: > Hi! > I made this offer a couple of months ago, but it probably got buried in > the thread because no one has responded. I still think it would be good > for the QGIS community to get updated and working installation > instructions for QGIS Server, and this

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Neumann, Andreas
I am not sure if Facebook is our target audience. Isn't this more for the kids? However, if someone volunteers to work on that - feel free to do it. On Twitter there is probably more news on QGIS - but I agree with Strk that the mailing lists should be our primary channels - properly archive -

[Qgis-user] Value relation option in QGIS

2016-07-18 Thread Chris Buckmaster
Hi I have a field in a PostGIS table for which I would only like the user to be able to select a pre-defined value. Along with my table, I have created a separate PostGIS table listing out those values that I would like the user to be able to select. I filled out the options within the value r

Re: [Qgis-user] Backing up GIS Data

2016-07-18 Thread Chris Berens
Has anyone had any success with GeoGig? Billed as: "GeoGig is an open source tool that draws inspiration from Git, but adapts its core concepts to handle distributed versioning of geospatial data.": http://geogig.org/ I have not yet tried so this is a query, not a recommendation. Chris Berens, G

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Nathan Woodrow
I, along with some others, manage the Facebook and Twitter accounts. It's not normally a issue I have just been a bit slow with it lately. Both are updated now. On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Neumann, Andreas wrote: > I am not sure if Facebook is our target audience. Isn't this more for the >

Re: [Qgis-user] Value relation option in QGIS

2016-07-18 Thread Neumann, Andreas
Hi Chris, Yes - you need both tables in the QGIS project. I usually create a separate group for the value list tables at the bottom of the layer manager. Andreas On 2016-07-18 12:58, Chris Buckmaster wrote: > Hi > > I have a field in a PostGIS table for which I would only like the user to

Re: [Qgis-user] Value relation option in QGIS

2016-07-18 Thread Chris Buckmaster
Hi Andreas Thanks for confirming – I think I understand your approach, but is there a way to store these values in the widget properties, perhaps under value map then so the separate table may not be required? There will be occasions where a user will want to add the spatial layer from the Pos

Re: [Qgis-user] Value relation option in QGIS

2016-07-18 Thread Neumann, Andreas
Hi Chris, There is the "Value Map" alternative, which loads the value and descriptions from an existing layer and you can remove that value layer afterwards. The drawback is that it isn't a "live link". So if you change your value table you have to manually resync the data. The values and descrip

Re: [Qgis-user] Value relation option in QGIS

2016-07-18 Thread Chris Buckmaster
Hi Andreas Yes I think the value map option might suit my needs better from what I can see, thanks very much for your response! From: Neumann, Andreas [mailto:a.neum...@carto.net] Sent: 18 July 2016 12:40 To: Chris Buckmaster Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Subject: RE: [Qgis-user] Value relation

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Sponsor Offer

2016-07-18 Thread Mats Elfström
Just to clarify: 1/ I have volunteered many hours trying to install QGIS Server but failed. I wanted to document the process and offer that to the community. I tried to piece together and use the fragments of information that can be found on the subject, but it became too much trial and error and p

[Qgis-user] Distance calculation between nodes

2016-07-18 Thread Pat Hin
Hello, i have a general questions regards to run some analysis in QGIS.i am going to calculate the distance between the starting points (in WGS84) for the same street submitted by two different map vendors.The result should be in an analytical way in [m] Is that possible? and if yes by which mo

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi! I am sad to say that I disagree strongly with the views expressed in some replies to my earlier post. I am a kid of 63 who has found that Facebook and Twitter are important and invaluable sources and platforms for both communication and information. And kids of a younger age are, and must be

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Alessandro Pasotti
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Mats Elfström wrote: > Hi! > I am sad to say that I disagree strongly with the views expressed in some > replies to my earlier post. > > I am a kid of 63 who has found that Facebook and Twitter are important and > invaluable sources and platforms for both communi

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread James Keener
You feel that to participate in the community of an open source tool I must sign up to a proprietary service who will track and advertise to me (of which none of the advertising revenue goes to qgis)? What happens in a few years when something else becomes the new hotness? What happens when Face

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Mats Elfström
Hint taken. Goodbye. 2016-07-18 15:42 GMT+02:00 Alessandro Pasotti : > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Mats Elfström > wrote: > >> Hi! >> I am sad to say that I disagree strongly with the views expressed in some >> replies to my earlier post. >> >> I am a kid of 63 who has found that Facebook a

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS unable to overlay data with OTF CRS transformations

2016-07-18 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, The easiest way for now is to simply save the layer in the other CRS ( "save as" and reproject the file) so that both have the same CRS.  Then, you don't need to use OTF. Ultimately, a fix for OTF would be best but I believe, complicated from what I have read as this relies, If I understan

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Anita Graser
Hi Mats, On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Mats Elfström wrote: > Second, I am a volunteer. I run a Facebook page for QGIS in swedish, and > try to pick up news on QGIS development and QGIS use of a general interest. > Time is a factor, of course, but using FB I need not spend any time to > maint

Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS communication platforms

2016-07-18 Thread Alex M
I'd recommend to whoever does pickup social media tasks, that there are tools that will allow you to cross post news to all of them from 1 interface (and even schedule the posts). Hootsuite, Buffer, etc... Just might help to make it more manageable at least for things like release announcements.

Re: [Qgis-user] Problems with ubuntu-unstable again

2016-07-18 Thread Bernd Vogelgesang
Hi Richard, Am 18.07.2016, 10:13 Uhr, schrieb Richard Duivenvoorde : On 17-07-16 22:42, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote: Hi Angelos, thanx a lot for the hint. It works! This is now indeed the third variation of a working setup in a row. We already had to enable three repositories, then two, and now i