Short Announcement: QGIS 3.0 is on its way
QGIS 3.0 is the next big release in terms of features and tools. As it is stated in this e-mail chain we could expect this new major release…
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Geocoding in GIS: ArcGIS, QGIS, Leaflet
The recent move from the Mongolian Post to use W3W as their new address system shed a new light on the question: Where are addresses located and how…
PostgreSQL and PostGIS: A brief introduction
You probably seen this already (maybe on your very own PC as well): A folder with shape files. Well we’re living in the 21st century and I do…
How to create mountain ranges in QGIS?
Last time we had the task to create mountain ranges polygons for the whole world. I prepared a small tutorial referred to that. Maybe you can find something…
From Cloud to GIS: Getting Weather Data.
Introduction In this post we are going to look at how to get weather forecast data and display it as a layer in a desktop geographical information system…
Proud of the Linux world
Sometimes I have something to tell, but also need to realize that it is not so easy to explain. How many times have you heard of Linux, or…
The new flickr2qgis plugin for QGIS
In the last week I saw a post on the German ESRI page called GIS-IQ which featured a new widget for ArcGIS which needs you to have the…
Beautiful Watershed Polygons in QGIS
As the title sugests I am showing you, how to create beautiful watershed polygons. We will start with some raster files and use a nice GRASS tool for…
How a QGIS plugin saved my day: autotrace
One of my favourite horror exercises for students was the digitization of geological maps. Everyone hated it as you need to take of snapping options, correct attributes, and…
Short Announcement: my top 5 features of QGIS 2.12
QGIS is under steady development and with the new release QGIS 2.12 we get some interesting and also visible changes in QGIS. What are the best improvements? Check…
The QGIS survey needs input!
The free and open source gis QGIS started an user survey on its online webpage. The project needs your input to get the best necessary community information for…
Show your Photos in QGIS and ArcGIS: a small example
Hi guys. Once again I found an interesting question in our Geoscientists group on facebook. One user wanted to show her photos in QGIS as she is it…