Routing in QGIS… with OSM
Routing with Google is quite cool as the database/network is probably the best currently available. But the terms of services limit the possible usage. So what about OpenStreetMap?…
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Routing in QGIS … with Google
Routing in QGIS was, as far as I know, always dependent on an available network. Either you had some database which was pgrouting enabled, or you had some…
CSV to SHP with Python
Python is a well established script language in the GIS/geodata world. And as a Facebook friend asked how to read csvs with Python I thought about “How to…
Happy B-Day QGIS2leaf
When I started to work on QGIS2leaf about one year ago it was a nice idea and my first real dive into Python programming and using the possibilities…
AHP for ArcGIS 10.x using Python
When it comes to site selection problems or suitability models, the spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis (Weighted Overlay) is the most commonly used method. It’s easy, simple and popular. However,…
Geocoding Addresses in ArcGIS: the other approach
Today I stumbled upon a post from the German ESRI office and their blog gisIQ and a little tutorial (English translation) on how to geocode addresses in the…
Creating ARCs in QGIS: The Python Way
So I came across this nice little project which focussed on trip planning and route over large distances… And there was this nice little post from Nathan Yau…
GeoTiff compression comparison
In remote sensing you often have to deal with large datsets because their spatial or temporal resolution is high. A typical Landsat 8 scene clocks in at 0.7…
Playing Around With ArcPY…
I was playing around with ArcPY and tried to recreate a version of the qgis2leaf plugin just for ArcGIS just to get to know that ArcGIS doesn’t seem…
Attribute Updating using ArcPy
After my first attempt in Python scripting using opensource Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL), I wanted to use ArcPy in my second trial. The following code is so…
Python in QGIS and ArcGIS: A Small Example
Often the usage of GIS never touches the world of programming and I think a lot of GIS users today feel fine with using simple tools and try…
A small tool with Python: the shapefile archiver
Let me introduce to you, guys, my first Python tool: “Shapefile Archiver”. Usually, I face lots of problems in managing my shapefiles. My first problem is backing them…