Running a QGIS processing model using qgis_process
Hiking & ActivitiesUnleash QGIS Power from Your Command Line: A Human’s Guide to qgis_process Okay, so you’re a QGIS whiz, right? You love the GUI, the plugins, the whole nine yards. But have you ever felt chained to your desktop when you just want to automate some spatial magic? That’s where qgis_process comes in – think of
QGIS 2.0 Table Join creates unwanted prefix in field names
Hiking & ActivitiesQGIS Table Joins: Ditching That Annoying Prefix Ever tried merging data in QGIS, only to find your attribute table looking like a jumbled mess of prefixed field names? Yeah, it’s a common headache. You’re trying to bring together information from different sources, which is super useful, but suddenly all your field names have this extra
How to extract exact values from a raster file (TIFF) using a shapefile, using xarray to open the raster
Hiking & ActivitiesDiving into Raster Data: How to Snag Exact Values with Shapefiles and Xarray Ever needed to pull specific data points from a raster image based on geographical boundaries? It’s a common task in fields like environmental science, city planning, and even agriculture. Think of it as pinpointing information within a digital map using custom-drawn shapes.
QGIS says “osgeo [python-gdal]” isn’t installed on Mac?
Hiking & ActivitiesQGIS on macOS: That Pesky “osgeo python-gdal isn’t installed” Error – Solved! So, you’re a geospatial guru (or aspiring one!) rocking QGIS on your Mac, and BAM! You get hit with that dreaded error: “osgeo python-gdal isn’t installed.” Ugh. I’ve been there, and let me tell you, it’s frustrating. It basically means QGIS can’t “talk”
Create a buffer in decimal degrees
Hiking & ActivitiesBuffers in Decimal Degrees: Taming the Geographic Wild West Buffers are like those invisible force fields you see in sci-fi movies, but for the real world of maps and geography. In GIS (Geographic Information Systems), we use them all the time to mark out areas around things. Need to know what properties are within a
Making mass/bulk update by attribute value in ArcGIS Desktop?
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming the Data Beast: Mass Editing Attributes in ArcGIS Desktop Let’s face it: GIS datasets can be massive. We’re talking potentially millions of features, each with a whole bunch of attributes. Manually tweaking each one? Forget about it! That’s where the magic of bulk editing comes in. It’s like having a superpower for your data,