For current cause I’m posting about the GeoPackage file format today.
Some of you may have asked yourself: ‘Why should I use GeoPackage?’, ‘Is GeoPackage better than Esri Shapefile?’ or even: ‘What is GeoPackage?!’
To cite Wikipedia: ‘An OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) is an open, non-proprietary, platform-independent and standards-based Read More
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when working with very large vector or raster files then it can often take some time for the rendering process – and that’s usually annoying!
So, here are some tips for you, how to speed up your QGIS.
Modern CPUs are multi-core processors. QGIS uses by default
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Here is the next part about PostGIS running on Ubuntu and how to use it for your everyday work with GIS on your client computer. This can be the same computer your database is running on (here Ubuntu 16.04) or any remote PC with Linux or Windows…
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Today I would like to give you an overview on upcoming and (free) available webinars for GIS, Web mapping and R.
Webinars are very useful to get new insights into new software and developments. Usually they are held by professionals and developers and after each webinar session you
GIS open-source? We often talk about QGis, GRASS, gvSIG and sometimes about GPSprune to edit GPX paths or JOSM to manage data from OpenStreetMap. But the software available under this type of license (open source & free software) is much wider.
The live project OSGeo, is an operating system that
Because of its capabilities in handling spatial data PostGIS is predestined for large vector files like Open Street Map data sets. That’s why a lot of popular OSM maps out there are powered by PostGIS and Mapnik.
Previously I showed you how to set up a PostGIS environment on
Hey there,
I wanted to share the announcement of a potentially interesting event hosted by Boundless Geo with you:
A webinar about “Using Open Source to Help Feed the World” will be held on Tuesday, January 31, at 11 am PST (1 pm CST / 8 pm CET).
The main webinar takeaways are:
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I was recently asked by a user how to calculate the Land Surface Temperature (LST) from Landsat 8 imagery and decided to write an article on this topic. I hope you will enjoy it.
Let’s start with the basics – What is LST?
The Land Surface Temperature (LST) is
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Here are my Links of the Week no. 15 of 2015:
