QGIS removed after updating to 2.18.5 on ubuntu
Hiking & ActivitiesQGIS Vanishing Act: Ever Updated and Had QGIS Just… Disappear? Okay, GIS folks, let’s talk about something that’s probably made a few of you pull your hair out: QGIS deciding to peace out during an update. Specifically, version 2.18.5 on Ubuntu. I’ve been there, staring at the screen in disbelief as my trusty QGIS installation
How to create nodata area in a multiband raster?
Hiking & ActivitiesDealing with Gaps: How to Create NoData Areas in Your Raster Images So, you’re working with raster data – maybe it’s satellite imagery, elevation models, the kind of stuff that paints a picture of our world in layers. Multiband rasters? Even better! They’re like the full-color version, packed with info across different wavelengths. But here’s
How to apply svg symbols as point markers in QGIS 2.0
Hiking & ActivitiesDitch the Dots: Jazz Up Your QGIS Maps with SVG Point Markers Tired of those boring default circles and squares cluttering up your QGIS maps? Me too! QGIS 2.0 threw us a lifeline with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) symbols, and trust me, they’re a game-changer. Think custom icons that actually mean something, making your maps
Opening .apr file in ArcGIS for Desktop?
Hiking & ActivitiesCracking Open Those Old .apr Files in ArcGIS Desktop: A Human’s Guide So, you’ve stumbled upon an .apr file. Chances are, if you’re in the GIS world, you know it’s something to do with Esri’s ArcGIS software. But what is it exactly, and how do you actually use it? Well, those .apr files? They’re basically
GIS Development Trends
Hiking & ActivitiesGIS Development Trends: What’s Next for Mapping Our World? Geographic Information Systems (GIS)… they’ve come a long way, haven’t they? From being a somewhat obscure tool, GIS has exploded into a must-have technology. Think about it: we’re using it to understand and play with our world in ways we never imagined before. GIS is all
Finding duplicates of same point in feature class and only keep maximum of field using ArcPy?
Hiking & ActivitiesTaming Those Pesky Duplicate Points in ArcGIS with ArcPy Okay, so you’ve got some GIS data, right? And you suspect you might have a bit of a duplicate problem – those sneaky identical points hogging space and messing with your analysis. Trust me, we’ve all been there. Duplicate data is like that one weed that