How to use PyQGIS as standalone script on Ubuntu
Today I wanted to hack together a standalone script using PyQGIS, the QGIS Python bindings, to write a small prototype. I hadn’t written such a standalone script yet,…
Tag: Python
Joining Data with the Placekey QGIS Plugin
Placekey is a free address and point-of-interest (POI) matching tool that is now integrated with QGIS via the Placekey Connector Plugin. Placekey does the work of address and…
Run GIS functions directly in Python with GeoPandas
GeoPandas, once installed, supports you with a handfull of GIS functions in your Python notebooks and will leverage your work with geospatial data. But to be honest: this…
ArcGIS REST API and QGIS: a practical example
The ArcGIS REST API provides some interesting endpoints which can be used for free with a developer account. But how to do this in QGIS as you might…
Places of Interest in QGIS: HQGIS
The OSM based QuickOSM plugin offers a great way to download some data from OSM. As an alternative I am developing HQGIS which offers an easy way to…
Geocoding with Microsoft’s Azure Maps
API’s are getting more and more important as some (maybe the majority?) of GIS users don’t want to handle large datasets, don’t want to care about addresses and…
Short Note: CodingBat or Python, stupid!
Currently I am trying to improve my coding skills in Python. Of course you can read some books, attend some Udemy course but in the end it boils…
Vessel tracking the python way
Let’s assume you like cruise ships, tanker, ferries or you’re so fortunate and own a fleet of vessels cruising over the oceans. But where the heck are the…
Query OpenStreetMap in ArcGIS: OSMQuery
QUickOSM is my weapon of choice when it comes to downloading data from OSM in QGIS. The tool offers an easy way to access tag/key combinations with a…
Service Areas, Traffic and QGIS
Our author Riccardo recently published an article on GeoNet where he described the traffic aware analysis of service areas (isochrones) in ArcGIS Pro with the analytical support of…
Short Announcement: New OSM routing plugin for QGIS OSM Tools
Two years ago I wrote the OSMroute plugin which enable the QGIS user to use the OpenRouteService API for geocoding of points, accessibility analysis as well as routing…
Observing deforestation with Sentinel-1
While preparing for an upcoming presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) I came across a topic that I thought might make an interesting blog…