Spatial Galaxy: Plugin Builder 2.8
Plugin Builder 2.8 is now available. This is a minor update that adds: Suggestion for setting up an issue tracker and creating a code repository Suggestion for a home page Tag selection from a list of...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Google Summer of Code 2010 - Quantum GIS
The application deadline for the Google Summer of Code is nearing (April 9). If you are interested in working on QGIS as part of GSOC and need ideas, please see Quantum GIS Wiki. We are waiting for...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Plugin Builder 3.1
We’ve released version 3.1 of the Plugin Builder for QGIS 3.x. This version contains a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements. Here are some of the changes included since version 3.0.3: Fix...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Git Merge - No Problem
Using Git with Subversion makes adding new features easy. Here are the metrics for my latest QGIS hack: SVN revisions by others while working on my branch: 177 Time to complete merge with latest SVN...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Plugin Builder 2.8.1
This minor update to the Plugin Builder allows you to choose where your plugin menu will be located. Previously your menu was placed under the Plugins menu. At version 2.8.1 you can choose from the...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Vim and CMake Out-of-Source Builds
If you use Vim you probably know you can use the make command to build your project. The make command looks for a Makefile in your current directory. If you are editing a file that is not in the...
View Articleanitagraser.com: From CSV to GeoDataFrame in two lines
Pandas is great for data munging and with the help of GeoPandas, these capabilities expand into the spatial realm.With just two lines, it’s quick and easy to transform a plain headerless CSV file into...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Desktop GIS - the book - Now in Beta
The book is now available in beta. Excerpts from two of the chapters are available online. What’s a beta book? Well in this case it’s a lot like software—feature complete and ready for you to give it a...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Rasters in the Database---Why Bother?
I’ve come to the conclusion that storing rasters in a database is of dubious value, particularly from a data warehouse perspective. If you manage a collection of rasters that are updated on a frequent...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: The Shapefile - Reports of My Deprecation have been Greatly...
The death of the shapefile has again been predicted—this time for 2010. The technical description of the format has been around for going on 12 years. In that time it has become a sort of lowest common...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Google Summer of Code 2010 - Quantum GIS
The application deadline for the Google Summer of Code is nearing (April 9). If you are interested in working on QGIS as part of GSOC and need ideas, please see Quantum GIS Wiki. We are waiting for...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: QGIS Forum Is Closed---What Do You Think?
The forum (http://forum.qgis.org) has been closed for new registrations and marked read-only. Users have been encouraged to use http://gis.stackexchange.com instead. If you have an thoughts on the...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Git Merge - No Problem
Using Git with Subversion makes adding new features easy. Here are the metrics for my latest QGIS hack: SVN revisions by others while working on my branch: 177 Time to complete merge with latest SVN...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Two Weeks of Leaflet - Day 1
Background We at Locate Press have been working on a new book: Leaflet Cookbook, by Numa Gremling. The book is chock-full of over 300 pages of recipes and information to get the most of your web maps....
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Two Weeks of Leaflet - Day 1
Background We at Locate Press have been working on a new book: Leaflet Cookbook, by Numa Gremling. The book is chock-full of over 300 pages of recipes and information to get the most of your web maps....
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: The Great Divide - User and Developer
a great divide separates the typical open source developer and user. each has differing expectations, assumptions, and priorities. the interaction between developer and user can be helpful, cordial,...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: Desktop GIS - the book
The Pragmatic Programmers have announced the upcoming Desktop GIS title.
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: The Volcano and the Buffer | Desktop GIS - the book
Take a look at: The Volcano and the Buffer It includes an example that uses CSV, GDAL/OGR VRT, QGIS, and fTools to figure out if I was in danger of being buried in a volcanic ash fall (not much danger...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: QgisToMapServer - A Conversion Tool
QgisToMapServer converts a saved QGIS project file to a map file, ready to be served with MapServer. A binary preview version for both Mac and Windows is available now. For Linux/Unix users, the source...
View ArticleSpatial Galaxy: FOSS4G2007 - Day 0 Wrapup and What's Next
Day 0 - Things are hopping in Victoria. Yesterday I helped a big group of volunteers set up 160+ PCs for the Workshops and the Labs. People filtered in all day and the process of putting faces to names...
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