GIS coaching for territorial management.
One of the recurrent problems regarding the management of the geographical layers results from the differences between the layer entities, depending on their origin . The same layer produced by two different sources will have slight…
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Overlay Layer [ caption id = “attachment_2729″ align = ” aligncenter ” width = “353”] Overlay layer [ / caption] Using this layer you control which layers are displayed in the main window. You find…
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We have already discussed how to use Adobe Acrobat Reader for geographic data visualization ( How to create a Geographic PDF file with ArcGis ). Since the new version of this software has provided some major…
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When you create print composer output pdf, the vector layers are converted in pdf by using all points present in the layer entities. If you use of bulky layers, this results in large size pdf. In…
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Following innovations introduced by QGis version 2.12 : as in Excel tables, now you can control the cells setting of the attribute table of a layer . Now you can apply conditional rules on the format…
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QGIS cloud is a free platform to upload online and share your maps with anyone . QGis advantage is to have the chance of preparing your own maps using Qgis and upload them online in a…
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The DWG format is an Autocad proprietary binary format. When we want to load layers in QGis from this format, multiple problems arise. QGis uses the GDAL library to read / write external formats , such…
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The ArcBruTile 0.5 new version is available. To download, follow this link: As it is not easy to have an updated documentation of this tool, in this article there is some useful information to make the…
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The reference website for coordinate systems used during World War II is Thierry Arsicaud’s website : Notes on the “Modified British System” used on the European Theatre of Operations during the WWII. In 1919, Great Britain…
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Origin of the War North projection Here is an excerpt of the thesis defended in November 2005 by Nicolas Guilhot, currently Lecturer in History and Management at IFROSS – University Lyon 3, at the Graduate School…
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