Nathans QGIS and GIS blog: Thank you from Stacey and I.
Though the kindness of everyone we made it to over $2000 to donate two, not one like we had planned at the start, camera packs to hospitals that need them. One will be going to the new Gold Coast...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Fundraising for Eloise and Heartfelt
The death of our daughter was one of the hardest things my wife and I have ever had to deal with. It’s not something that I wish anyone ever have to experience and feel really sorry for those who have...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Shortcuts to hide/show panels in QGIS
Just a quick one to show how to assign shortcuts to hide and show for panels in QGIS. Add this to your .qgis2\python\startup.py from functools import partial from qgis.utils import iface from...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Exporting QGIS symbols as images
Ever wanted to export your QGIS symbols as images? Yes. Well here is some Python code that will let you do just that: from PyQt4.QtCore import QSize from PyQt4.QtGui import QImage, QPainter style =...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Serving live tiles from a QGIS project via TileStache
I’m more then likly way behind the 8 ball here, aren’t all the cool kids doing tiles these days, but regardless I thought it was pretty cool to share. The other day I found TileStache a neat little...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: New addition
Stace and I would like to welcome Matilda Anne Woodrow, born 5/1/15 at 10:36am.She is a nice way to start 2015.After the pretty crappy year that was 2014 it was finally nice to see Matilda in the...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Using Hy, a dialect of Lisp for Python, with QGIS
So tonight I rediscovered Hy. I had seen Hy before a while ago but never really sat down and tried it. Tonight just must have been one of those days to try something new.So Hy is a dialect of Lisp but...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Animated QGIS map canvas item
Have you ever wanted to animate a QGIS map canvas item. No? Well soon you will.First we need to create a custom QgsMapCanvasItem from PyQt4.QtCore import QPointF, QRectF, QTimer, QObject, pyqtProperty,...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Function editor for QGIS expressions
A new feature for QGIS 2.8 is a function editor for expressions. Being able to define your own custom functions has be possible for a while now, over a year, I even have a plugin (Expressions+) that...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Serving live tiles from a QGIS project via TileStache
I’m more then likly way behind the 8 ball here, aren’t all the cool kids doing tiles these days, but regardless I thought it was pretty cool to share. The other day I found TileStache a neat little...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Shortcuts to hide/show panels in QGIS
Just a quick one to show how to assign shortcuts to hide and show for panels in QGIS. Add this to your .qgis2\python\startup.py from functools import partial from qgis.utils import iface from...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Using Hy, a dialect of Lisp for Python, with QGIS
So tonight I rediscovered Hy. I had seen Hy before a while ago but never really sat down and tried it. Tonight just must have been one of those days to try something new.So Hy is a dialect of Lisp but...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: New addition
Stace and I would like to welcome Matilda Anne Woodrow, born 5/1/15 at 10:36am.She is a nice way to start 2015.After the pretty crappy year that was 2014 it was finally nice to see Matilda in the...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Fundraising for Eloise and Heartfelt
The death of our daughter was one of the hardest things my wife and I have ever had to deal with. It’s not something that I wish anyone ever have to experience and feel really sorry for those who have...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Function editor for QGIS expressions
A new feature for QGIS 2.8 is a function editor for expressions. Being able to define your own custom functions has be possible for a while now, over a year, I even have a plugin (Expressions+) that...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: QGIS atlas on non geometry tables
This is proof that no matter how close you are to a project you can still miss some really cool stuff that you never knew or considered was possible.The problem to solve: You have a CSV with a row of...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Animated QGIS map canvas item
Have you ever wanted to animate a QGIS map canvas item. No? Well soon you will.First we need to create a custom QgsMapCanvasItem from PyQt4.QtCore import QPointF, QRectF, QTimer, QObject, pyqtProperty,...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Exporting QGIS symbols as images
Ever wanted to export your QGIS symbols as images? Yes. Well here is some Python code that will let you do just that: from PyQt4.QtCore import QSize from PyQt4.QtGui import QImage, QPainter style =...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: Thank you from Stacey and I.
Though the kindness of everyone we made it to over $2000 to donate two, not one like we had planned at the start, camera packs to hospitals that need them. One will be going to the new Gold Coast...
View ArticleNathans QGIS and GIS blog: In memory of Tim York
The other weekend the world lost a great guy, someone so nice that you struggle to find anything bad to say about him at all. Tim was only 27 but died tragically on the weekend, to the complete shock...
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