How to transform a shapefile’s projection in ArcGIS?
Hiking & ActivitiesWrangling Shapefiles: How to Change a Projection in ArcGIS (Without Losing Your Mind) So, you’re diving into the world of GIS, and shapefiles are your bread and butter, right? These little guys hold all sorts of geographic info as points, lines, and polygons. But here’s the thing: if they’re not referenced correctly to the Earth’s
Sort and create attribute field to the shapefile
Hiking & ActivitiesShapefiles: Taming the Data Beast with Sorting and Attributes Shapefiles. If you’re working with maps and geographic data, you’ve probably run into them. They’re like the bread and butter of the GIS world, storing all sorts of spatial information. But raw data can be a beast, right? That’s where understanding attribute tables, sorting, and adding
QGIS 3.10 Layout Manager not printing Google Satellite background
Hiking & ActivitiesQGIS 3.10: Why Isn’t My Google Satellite View Showing Up in Print? Let’s Fix It! QGIS is a fantastic, free, and open-source tool that many of us rely on for GIS work. But sometimes, things go a bit sideways. Ever had that moment where your Google Satellite imagery looks perfect in the QGIS map view,
Using NDVI along with regular RGB and NIR bands for image classification
Hiking & ActivitiesDecoding Nature’s Signals: How NDVI Supercharges Image Classification Ever looked at an aerial photo and wished you could see more than just pretty colors? That’s where the magic of remote sensing comes in, and it gets even more interesting when we talk about image classification. Sure, your regular RGB (Red, Green, Blue) images give you
Converting Route to OSM edge ID list in QGIS?
Hiking & ActivitiesTurning a Route into an OSM Edge ID List in QGIS: No Robot Talk Here! So, you’re wrestling with OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in QGIS, huh? Been there! One task that pops up a lot is figuring out how to translate a route – just a simple line on your map – into a list of
GDAL 2.4 but the current library version is 2.2
Hiking & ActivitiesGDAL Version Blues: When Your System Gets Its Wires Crossed (2.4 vs. 2.2) Okay, so you’re wrestling with geospatial data, and suddenly you’re staring down an error message: “GDAL 2.4 but the current library version is 2.2.” What gives? Well, GDAL, that incredibly useful Geospatial Data Abstraction Library, is basically the Rosetta Stone for geospatial