Measuring distance from observations to coastline
Hiking & ActivitiesHow would you measure a coastline? The prevailing method of estimating the length of a border (or coastline) was to lay out n equal straight-line segments of length ℓ with dividers on a map or aerial photograph. Each end of the segment must be on the boundary. Why is it so hard to measure coastline?
Ogr2ogr the result of merging two shapefiles has attributes missing
Hiking & ActivitiesHow do I combine two shapefiles with different attributes? Process Click on the Vector menu, Data Management tools, Merge Shapefiles to One Ensure the correct shapefile type is selected (points, lines, or polygons). Select the folder where the two (or more) shapefiles you want to merge are located using the Browse button. How do
Merge without dissolve in ArcGIS for Desktop?
Hiking & ActivitiesWhat is the difference between merge and dissolve ArcGIS? Dissolve: A tool that combines multiple features within a layer into one based on a common attribute value. Online help. Merge features: Must be done in an editing session. Can combine selected features within a layer. What is the opposite of dissolve ArcGIS? Union The opposite
Downloading RGB Sentinel-2 with Google Earth Engine and Python
Hiking & ActivitiesHow do I download Sentinel-2 images from Google Earth Engine? Quote from video: Right click it. And select download don't worry about any virus warnings just click download anyway save this file into your gis folder. Can you use Python in Google Earth Engine? In addition to the web-based IDE Google Earth Engine also provides
How to add a URL as a QGIS Favorite in browser
Hiking & ActivitiesHow do I add a browser to QGIS? The browser panel is located at the bottom of the left-hand panel in QGIS. Click on the Browser tab to open the QGIS Browser. If you do not see the Browser tab, enable it by doing to View ‣ Panels ‣ Browser (Windows and Mac) or Settings
Getting lat&lon extent of country by its name using Python
Hiking & ActivitiesHow do you get a long lat? Get the coordinates of a place On your computer, open Google Maps. Right-click the place or area on the map. This will open a pop-up window. You can find your latitude and longitude in decimal format at the top. To copy the coordinates automatically, left click on the