QGIS Compositing, more comparisons
QGIS Compositing, more comparisons… . You guess which is QGIS and which is TileStache… . Continue reading QGIS Compositing, more comparisons
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QGIS Compositing, more gushing yet…
Ever had a workflow on the web that resulted in stuff so nice, you wanted to replicate on the desktop? Ya, me neither until recently. I love the cartography a particular website, know all the bits and pieces of color and effects that go into, but had no desktop application that could do the same. Until now. On the left, QGIS, on the right, TileStache … Continue reading QGIS Compositing, more gushing yet…
Quantum GIS Compositing Continued
QGIS compositing is not limited just to between layers, but also for elements in the Print Composer. How is this useful? Every want a non-rectangular map? With 1.9 alpha, you can use an SVG to affect the elements under it. On the right, the svg. On the left, the map element inside the Print Composer. Overlay the two with “Blending Mode” set to “Normal” and … Continue reading Quantum GIS Compositing Continued
Way beyond red-dot fever– bees hives and overlapping home ranges
Last week, post Boston Code Sprint, I spent a couple of hours playing with bee data, specifically bee keeper data for Norfolk County Massachusetts. My friend Eric (a bee keeper of 4 hives in said county) says that worker bees can fly as far as 3 miles for nectar, but after that approximate limit, they hit diminishing returns relative to the calories they burn. Proximity … Continue reading Way beyond red-dot fever– bees hives and overlapping home ranges
Compositing lands on the desktop– QGIS
Ok, how come no one told me this? Blending modes in QGIS? I’m running the nightly build for 1.9, so I have no idea if this is new or old, but a little compositing in QGIS is very welcome… : Now, how the heck do I set transparency? Continue reading Compositing lands on the desktop– QGIS
Cartographic tricks and tips– making text readable.
I was playing recently with techniques for making text/labels in maps more readable in a map. We can use simple buffers to do this, but this isn’t always adequate. Take this example: which is a label on top of contours. It is adequately readable. If we show 2 ft contours as well, the map becomes somewhat cluttered: So, we apply the common technique of halo … Continue reading Cartographic tricks and tips– making text readable.
Using Quantum GIS for real work…
I have long lived in the desktop realm of ESRI, and expect ESRI products to be a part of my workflow for a long time to come. But, the time has come to delve in deeply with Quantum GIS. I’ve read from many sources that it has come of age as a desktop GIS. I tried it 4 years ago, along with its competitors in … Continue reading Using Quantum GIS for real work…
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