Submitted by spatialguru on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 21:04
My title was already long enough, but I should have added the subtitle "...on Windows". Up until this week you had to be a Windows compiling guru and a GDAL/OGR master to get the driver for Ingres to build. With a wave of his hand, Frank fixed that this week and now I (a mere Windows padowan) was able to get it running. Here are a few of the things that transpired and some examples of the end result. Things are easier on Linux (what's new?), but I needed to crack the Windows nut for a few reasons since it wasn't quite as ready.
Submitted by spatialguru on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 19:55
Gary's updated book is now (back) in print and listed on Amazon for sale! Covering a vast array of open source software for GIS analysis, mapping and application building. With special sections focused on Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS.
For more info see our book page or the comprehensive book website. Or just buy it on Amazon.
Submitted by spatialguru on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 16:39
A few people were wondering what I've been up to since I stopped working for OSGeo back in November. There are two big things going on that I'm excited about.
Submitted by spatialguru on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 18:36
This week we're putting the final polish on Gary Sherman's new book. For more info see Locate Press site:
Gary Sherman has done it again… Originally published as Desktop GIS, by Pragmatic Press, it quickly went out of print. Locate Press is proud to bring this work back into print by releasing this fully updated second edition. More information coming soon. See Gary’s website dedicated to his book – DesktopGISBook.com.
Submitted by spatialguru on Sun, 11/13/2011 - 00:49
Ever want to take a screenshot at higher-than-your-monitor supports resolutions? I do! I laser print quality, e.g. 300-600 DPI (dots per inch) not a measly 70-90DPI like my screen supports. So if aiming for a 10" wide print out, I'd need a 3000 pixel wide image. I don't know about you but my monitor hasn't gotten up to 2000 yet :)
I found (at least) two particular approaches that I am using now to help with this task...
Submitted by spatialguru on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 02:54
I've mentioned before about the OSGeo Service Providers Directory. It's nothing fancy but quite useful, especially if you're trying to get a feel for the ecosystem of providers out there. Currently there are 196 providers registered (are you?) for 25 software projects. I haven't done the country or language calculations, but I took a look at the cumulative number of service providers saying they support a given GFOSS project.
Submitted by spatialguru on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 00:06
I'm regularly asked about how users or companies can request improvements to OSGeo software or to make a specific bug go away. Short of pointing people to the ~200 OSGeo Service Providers (http://osgeo.org/search_profile) and helping them get onto the right lists to ask for help... what else can I do? Naturally some companies are more active than others in terms of providing code-level support like this, yet I know there are even more out there.
Submitted by spatialguru on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 01:17
Submitted by spatialguru on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 02:15
Tonight I had a set of GPS forestry block line features to convert into polygons for a friend. The file had been created using a merge tool in QGIS and incidentally made multiline features. That might have been fine, until we wanted to convert them to polygons. The ftools vector conversion in QGIS broke the polygons at the start of each new line feature. Hmm...
Submitted by spatialguru on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 02:12
The British Columbia government's Terrain Resource Information Mgmt Program - (TRIM) mapping program of the late 1990/early 2000's was one of the first GIS projects I worked on (from a distance). With a comprehensive aerial photography collection programme in place (and awesome guys in Victoria managing it all), we held out breath for several years waiting for good enough weather to finish our Cariboo Region photo coverage. (I've stopped cursing the mountains now)
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