Re: [Qgis-user] Imagine raster details in QGIS v ArcGIS

2016-08-30 Thread john polo
Mike and Nicolas, Thanks for taking the time to explain all of this to me, it did clear up some misunderstandings I had. best regards, John On 8/30/2016 12:54 PM, Michael Treglia wrote: Hey John, I've dealt with this layer a bit too - one thing for QGIS is that when you import a layer, I

Re: [Qgis-user] Imagine raster details in QGIS v ArcGIS

2016-08-30 Thread Nicolas Cadieux
Hi, The easy answer is no:( That could happen If the nature of the file was different (like a simple picture .jpg) but in this case, as in most, you have choices to make and assumptions are made by the programs based partly on the user settings. The problem is that most rasters used in GIS

[Qgis-user] Imagine raster details in QGIS v ArcGIS

2016-08-30 Thread john polo
Hi, I downloaded the raster at this site: http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/facts_maps/ecoregions.htm (scroll down about halfway to find the raster link. The file is kind of big, ArcGIS says the uncompressed size is 5.69 GB, 225 MB as a zip) and loaded it into QGIS as a standalone raster file.