Removing slivers after splitting a polygon with a line
Hiking & ActivitiesBye-Bye Slivers: Cleaning Up After Polygon Splits in GIS Ever split a polygon in GIS and ended up with those annoying little slivers? Yeah, me too. Those tiny, skinny polygons are like the crumbs after a cookie – unwanted byproducts of the splitting process. They pop up because of slight data imperfections or just the
QGIS Version 3.6 Raster Calculator
Hiking & ActivitiesUnleash the Power of QGIS 3.6 Raster Calculator: A Human’s Guide So, you’re diving into the world of GIS and want to bend raster data to your will? The QGIS Raster Calculator is your trusty sidekick for pixel-based wizardry, letting you conjure up new raster layers with mathematical spells. Whether you’re a seasoned GIS guru
QGIS – some edit feature options disabled in vector layer
Hiking & ActivitiesQGIS: Why Can’t I Edit My Vector Layer?! A Troubleshooting Guide Okay, so you’re in QGIS, ready to whip up some map magic, but you’ve hit a snag. Those edit feature options? Greyed out. Maddening, right? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. QGIS is a powerhouse, but sometimes it throws curveballs. This guide will walk
How fast GPS position estimates fluctuate?
Hiking & ActivitiesHow Much Does Your GPS Location Really Jump Around? GPS. We all use it, right? From finding the nearest coffee shop to navigating rush-hour traffic, it’s become that silent, ever-present guide in our lives. But have you ever stopped to wonder just how stable that little blue dot on your phone screen really is? Does
Find lines entering a polygon with QGIS
Hiking & ActivitiesFinding Lines Entering a Polygon with QGIS: A More Human Approach QGIS, that trusty open-source Geographic Information System, is a real workhorse when it comes to spatial data. And let’s face it, sometimes you need to know which lines are actually entering a polygon. Think of it like this: you might want to see which
Extract data from a WMS with database
Hiking & ActivitiesGetting Data Out of a WMS and Into Your Database: A Human’s Guide Okay, so you’ve got a Web Map Service (WMS) – think of it as a way to grab a picture of a map over the internet. It’s like asking a GIS server to send you a screenshot of its map database. But